# List of speakers of the Maine House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives is the speaker and presiding officer of the Maine House of Representatives, the lower house of the Maine Legislature.

## List of speakers

| Years | Name | Residence | Party | Notes |
| 1820–1823 | Benjamin Ames | Bath | Democratic-Republican |
| 1824–1825 | Benjamin Greene | South Berwick | National Republican |
| 1825–1828 | John Ruggles | Thomaston | Democratic-Republican |
| 1829–1830 | George Evans | Gardiner | National Republican |
| 1830–1831 | Daniel Goodenow | York | National Republican |
| 1831–1832 | John Ruggles | Thomaston | Democratic-Republican | Resigned |
| 1832–1833 | Benjamin White | Monmouth | Democratic |
| 1833–1834 | Nathan Clifford | Newfield | Democratic |
| 1835 | Thomas Davee | Blanchard | Democratic | Resigned February 26, 1835 |
| 1835–1836 | Jonathan Cilley | Thomaston | Democratic |
| 1837–1838 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | Democratic |
| 1838–1839 | Elisha Hunt Allen | Bangor | Whig |
| 1839–1840 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | Democratic |
| 1841–1842 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | Whig |
| 1842–1843 | Charles Andrews | Turner | Democratic |
| 1843–1844 | David Dunn | Poland | Democratic |
| 1845–1846 | Moses Macdonald | Limerick | Democratic |
| 1846–1847 | Ebenezer Knowlton | Montville | Democratic |
| 1847–1848 | Hugh Dean McLellan | Gorham | Democratic |
| 1849–1850 | Samuel Belcher | Farmington | Democratic |
| 1851–1852 | George P. Sewall | Old Town | Democratic |
| 1853–1854 | John C. Talbot, Jr. | Lubec | Democratic |
| 1854–1855 | Noah Smith, Jr. | Calais | Whig |
| 1855–1856 | Sidney Perham | Woodstock | Republican |
| 1856–1857 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | Democratic |
| 1857–1858 | Charles A. Spofford | Deer Isle | Democratic |
| 1858–1859 | Josiah Hayden Drummond | Waterville | Republican |
| 1859–1860 | William T. Johnson | Augusta | Republican |
| 1860–1861 | Frederick A. Pike | Calais | Republican |
| 1861–1862 | James G. Blaine | Augusta | Republican |
| 1863–1864 | Nelson Dingley Jr. | Auburn | Republican |
| 1865–1866 | William Addison Pitt Dillingham | Waterville | Republican |
| 1866–1867 | James Stone | Kennebunk | Republican |
| 1867–1868 | Lewis Barker | Stetson | Republican |
| 1868–1869 | Theodore C. Woodman | Bucksport | Republican |
| 1869–1870 | Josiah Hayden Drummond | Waterville | Republican |
| 1870–1871 | Reuben Foster | Waterville | Republican |
| 1871–1872 | Edwin B. Smith | Saco | Republican |
| 1872–1873 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | Republican |
| 1873–1874 | Edmund F. Webb | Waterville | Republican |
| 1874–1875 | William W. Thomas Jr. | Portland | Republican |
| 1876–1877 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | Republican |
| 1877–1878 | Edward Bowdoin Nealley | Bangor | Republican |
| 1878–1879 | Henry Lord | Bangor | Republican |
| 1879–1880 | Melvin P. Frank | Portland | Democratic |
| 1881 | George E. Weeks | Augusta | Republican |
| 1881–1882 | Liberty A. Hutchinson | Lewiston | Republican |
| 1882–1884 | J. Manchester Haynes | Augusta | Republican |
| 1884–1886 | Charles Hamlin | Bangor | Republican |
| 1886–1888 | Charles E. Littlefield | Rockland | Republican |
| 1888–1890 | Fred Dow | Portland | Republican |
| 1890–1892 | Andrew P. Wiswell | Ellsworth | Republican |
| 1892–1894 | Albert R. Savage | Auburn | Republican |
| 1894–1896 | Llewellyn Powers | Houlton | Republican |
| 1896–1898 | Seth L. Larrabee | Portland | Republican |
| 1898–1900 | Isaiah K. Stetson | Bangor | Republican |
| 1900–1902 | Joseph Homan Manley | Augusta | Republican |
| 1902–1904 | Oscar F. Fellows | Bucksport | Republican |
| 1904–1906 | Morrill N. Drew | Portland | Republican |
| 1906–1908 | Donald A. H. Powers | Houlton | Republican |
| 1908–1910 | George G. Weeks | Fairfield | Republican |
| 1910–1912 | Frank A. Morey | Lewiston | Democratic |
| 1912–1914 | John A. Peters | Ellsworth | Republican |
| 1914–1916 | Herbert W. Trafton | Fort Fairfield | Democratic |
| 1916–1918 | William L. Bonney | Bowdoinham | Republican |
| 1918–1920 | Frank G. Farrington | Augusta | Republican |
| 1920–1922 | Charles P. Barnes | Houlton | Republican |
| 1922–1924 | Frank H. Holley | Anson | Republican |
| 1924–1926 | William Tudor Gardiner | Gardiner | Republican |
| 1926–1928 | Burleigh Martin | Augusta | Republican |
| 1928–1930 | Robert Hale | Portland | Republican |
| 1930–1932 | Elmer D. Merrill | Dover-Foxcroft | Republican |
| 1932–1934 | Franz U. Burkett | Portland | Republican |
| 1934–1936 | Nathaniel Tompkins | Houlton | Republican |
| 1936–1938 | George E. Hill | South Portland | Republican |
| 1938–1940 | D. W. Philbrick | Cape Elizabeth | Republican |
| 1940–1942 | George D. Varney Sr. | Berwick | Republican |
| 1942–1944 | F. Ardine Richardson | Strong | Republican |
| 1944–1946 | George B. Barnes | Houlton | Republican |
| 1946–1948 | John F. Ward | Millinocket | Republican |
| 1948–1950 | Nathaniel M. Haskell | Portland | Republican |
| 1950–1952 | William S. Silsby | Aurora | Republican |
| 1952–1954 | Roswell P. Bates | Orono | Republican |
| 1954–1956 | Willis A. Trafton Jr. | Auburn | Republican |
| 1956–1960 | Joseph T. Edgar | Bar Harbor | Republican |
| 1960–1962 | Vinal G. Good | Sebago | Republican |
| 1962–1964 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | Republican |
| 1964–1966 | Dana Childs | Portland | Democratic |
| 1966–1972 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | Republican |
| 1972–1974 | Richard Hewes | Cape Elizabeth | Republican |
| 1974–1994 | John L. Martin | Eagle Lake | Democratic | Resigned as Speaker February 2, 1994 |
| 1994–1996 | Dan Gwadosky | Fairfield | Democratic | Elected Speaker January 25, 1994 |
| 1996–1998 | Libby Mitchell | Vassalboro | Democratic | First female House Speaker |
| 1998–2000 | G. Steven Rowe | Portland | Democratic |
| 2000–2002 | Michael V. Saxl | Portland | Democratic |
| 2002–2004 | Patrick Colwell | Gardiner | Democratic |
| 2004–2006 | John G. Richardson | Brunswick | Democratic |
| 2006–2008 | Glenn Cummings | Portland | Democratic |
| 2008–2010 | Hannah Pingree | North Haven | Democratic |
| 2010–2012 | Robert Nutting | Oakland | Republican |
| 2012–2016 | Mark Eves | North Berwick | Democratic |
| 2016–2020 | Sara Gideon | Freeport | Democratic | First Asian-American Speaker |
| 2020–2022 | Ryan Fecteau | Biddeford | Democratic | First openly gay Speaker |
| 2022–2024 | Rachel Talbot Ross | Portland | Democratic | First African-American Speaker |
| 2024- | Ryan Fecteau | Biddeford | Democratic |