# List of justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

The following tables list the terms of all Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices in their order of appointment to serve on the Court.

## Chief justices

| # | Judge | Lifespan | Residence | Began service | Ended service | Reason for termination | Appointed by | Re-appointed by |
| 1 | Prentiss Mellen | 1764–1840 | Portland | July 1, 1820 | October 11, 1834 | mandatory retirement | William King | |
| 2 | Nathan Weston | 1782–1872 | Augusta | October 22, 1834 | October 22, 1841 | term expired | Robert P. Dunlap | |
| 3 | Ezekiel Whitman | 1776–1866 | Portland | December 10, 1841 | October 23, 1848 | resigned | Edward Kent | |
| 4 | Ether Shepley | 1789–1877 | Saco | October 23, 1848 | October 22, 1855 | term expired | John W. Dana | |
| 5 | John S. Tenney | 1793–1869 | Norridgewock | October 23, 1855 | October 23, 1862 | term expired | Anson Morrill | |
| 6 | John Appleton | 1804–1891 | Bangor | October 24, 1862 | September 19, 1883 | term expired | Israel Washburn Jr. | Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor |
| 7 | John A. Peters | 1822–1904 | Bangor | September 20, 1883 | January 1, 1900 | resignation | Frederick Robie | Edwin C. Burleigh Llewellyn Powers |
| 8 | Andrew P. Wiswell | 1852–1906 | Ellsworth | January 2, 1900 | December 4, 1906 | death | Llewellyn Powers | |
| 9 | Lucilius A. Emery | 1840–1920 | Ellsworth | December 14, 1906 | July 26, 1911 | resignation | William T. Cobb | |
| 10 | William Penn Whitehouse | 1842–1922 | Augusta | July 26, 1911 | April 8, 1913 | resignation | Frederick W. Plaisted | |
| 11 | Albert R. Savage | 1847–1917 | Auburn | April 9, 1913 | June 14, 1917 | death | William T. Haines | |
| 12 | Leslie C. Cornish | 1854–1925 | Augusta | June 25, 1917 | March 1, 1925 | resignation | Carl Milliken | Percival Proctor Baxter |
| 13 | Scott Wilson | 1870–1942 | Portland | March 1, 1925 | October 7, 1929 | elevation to the 1st Cir. | Owen Brewster | |
| 14 | Luere B. Deasy | 1859–1940 | Bar Harbor | October 12, 1929 | February 7, 1930 | resignation | William Tudor Gardiner | |
| 15 | William Robinson Pattangall | 1865–1942 | Augusta | February 7, 1930 | July 16, 1935 | resignation | William Tudor Gardiner | |
| 16 | Charles J. Dunn | 1872–1939 | Orono | July 18, 1935 | November 10, 1939 | death | Louis J. Brann | |
| 17 | Charles P. Barnes | 1869–1951 | Houlton | November 21, 1939 | July 31, 1940 | resignation | Lewis O. Barrows | |
| 18 | Guy H. Sturgis | 1877–1951 | Portland | August 8, 1940 | March 8, 1949 | retirement | Lewis O. Barrows | Horace Hildreth |
| 19 | Harold H. Murchie | 1888–1953 | Calais | March 8, 1949 | March 7, 1953 | death | Frederick G. Payne | |
| 20 | Edward F. Merrill | 1883–1962 | Skowhegan | March 18, 1953 | April 7, 1954 | resignation | Nathaniel M. Haskell | |
| 21 | Raymond Fellows | 1885–1957 | Bangor | April 7, 1954 | September 15, 1956 | resignation | Burton M. Cross | |
| 22 | Robert B. Williamson | 1899–1976 | Augusta | October 4, 1956 | August 21, 1970 | resignation | Edmund Muskie | John H. Reed |
| 23 | Armand A. Dufresne | 1909–1994 | Lewiston | September 3, 1970 | September 3, 1977 | term expired | Kenneth M. Curtis | |
| 24 | Vincent L. McKusick | 1921–2014 | Cape Elizabeth | September 16, 1977 | February 28, 1992 | resignation | James B. Longley | Joseph E. Brennan |
| 25 | Daniel Wathen | 1939– | Augusta | March 20, 1992 | October 4, 2001 | resignation | John R. McKernan Jr. | Angus King |
| 26 | Leigh Saufley | 1954– | Portland | December 6, 2001 | April 14, 2020 | retirement | Angus King | John Baldacci Paul LePage |
| 27 | Valerie Stanfill | 1957/58– | Wayne | June 8, 2021 | – | – | Janet Mills | – |

## Associate justices

| # | Judge | Lifespan | Residence | Began service | Ended service | Reason for termination | Appointed by | Re-appointed by |
| 1 | William Pitt Preble | 1783–1857 | Portland | July 1, 1820 | June 18, 1828 | resignation | William King | |
| 2 | Nathan Weston | 1782–1872 | Augusta | July 1, 1820 | October 22, 1834 | elevation to Chief Justice | William King | |
| 3 | Albion Parris | 1788–1857 | Portland | June 25, 1828 | August 20, 1836 | resignation | Enoch Lincoln | |
| 4 | Nicholas Emery | 1776–1861 | Portland | October 22, 1834 | October 21, 1841 | term expired | Robert P. Dunlap | |
| 5 | Ether Shepley | 1789–1877 | Saco | September 23, 1836 | October 23, 1848 | elevation to Chief Justice | Robert P. Dunlap | Edward Kavanagh |
| 6 | John S. Tenney | 1793–1869 | Norridgewock | October 23, 1841 | October 23, 1855 | elevation to Chief Justice | Edward Kent | John W. Dana |
| 7 | Samuel Wells | 1801–1868 | Portland | September 28, 1847 | March 31, 1854 | resignation | John W. Dana | |
| 8 | Joseph Howard | 1800–1877 | Portland | October 23, 1848 | October 22, 1855 | term expired | John W. Dana | |
| 9 | Richard D. Rice | 1810–1882 | Augusta | May 11, 1852 | December 1, 1863 | resignation | John Hubbard | Lot M. Morrill |
| 10 | John Appleton | 1804–1891 | Bangor | May 11, 1852 | October 24, 1862 | elevation to Chief Justice | John Hubbard | Lot M. Morrill |
| 11 | Joshua W. Hathaway | 1797–1862 | Bangor | May 11, 1852 | May 10, 1859 | term expired | John Hubbard | |
| 12 | Jonas Cutting | 1800–1876 | Bangor | April 20, 1854 | April 20, 1875 | term expired | William G. Crosby | Israel Washburn Jr. Joshua Chamberlain |
| 13 | Seth May | 1802–1881 | Winthrop | May 6, 1855 | May 7, 1862 | term expired | Anson Morrill | |
| 14 | Woodbury Davis | 1818–1871 | Portland | October 10, 1855 February 25, 1857 | April 11, 1856 December 12, 1865 | removal by address resignation | Anson Morrill Hannibal Hamlin | Samuel Cony |
| 15 | Daniel Goodenow | 1793–1863 | Alfred | October 10, 1855 | October 10, 1862 | term expired | Anson Morrill | |
| 16 | Edward Kent | 1802–1877 | Bangor | May 11, 1859 | May 11, 1873 | term expired | Lot M. Morrill | Samuel Cony |
| 17 | Charles W. Walton | 1819–1900 | Deering | May 14, 1862 | May 14, 1897 | term expired | Israel Washburn Jr. | Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor Frederick Robie Edwin C. Burleigh |
| 18 | Jonathan G. Dickerson | 1811–1878 | Belfast | October 24, 1862 | September 1, 1878 | death | Israel Washburn Jr. | Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor |
| 19 | Edward Fox | 1815–1881 | Portland | October 24, 1862 | March 27, 1863 | resignation | Israel Washburn Jr. | |
| 20 | William G. Barrows | 1821–1886 | Brunswick | March 27, 1863 | March 24, 1884 | term expired | Abner Coburn | Joshua Chamberlain Seldon Connor |
| 21 | Charles Danforth | 1815–1890 | Gardiner | January 5, 1864 | March 30, 1890 | death | Samuel Cony | Sidney Perham Seldon Connor Frederick Robie |
| 22 | Rufus P. Tapley | 1823–1893 | Saco | December 21, 1865 | December 21, 1872 | term expired | Samuel Cony | |
| 23 | William Wirt Virgin | 1823–1893 | Portland | December 26, 1872 | January 23, 1893 | death | Sidney Perham | Alonzo Garcelon Frederick Robie |
| 24 | John A. Peters | 1822–1904 | Bangor | May 20, 1873 | September 20, 1883 | elevation to Chief Justice | Sidney Perham | Seldon Connor |
| 25 | Artemus Libbey | 1823–1894 | Augusta | April 24, 1875 January 11, 1883 | April 23, 1882 March 15, 1894 | term expired death | Nelson Dingley Jr. Frederick Robie | Edwin C. Burleigh |
| 26 | Joseph W. Symonds | 1840–1918 | Portland | October 16, 1878 | March 31, 1884 | resignation | Seldon Connor | |
| 27 | Lucilius A. Emery | 1840–1920 | Ellsworth | October 5, 1883 | December 14, 1906 | elevation to Chief Justice | Frederick Robie | Edwin C. Burleigh Llewellyn Powers John Fremont Hill |
| 28 | Enoch Foster | 1839–1913 | Bethel | March 24, 1884 | March 24, 1898 | term expired | Frederick Robie | Edwin C. Burleigh |
| 29 | Thomas H. Haskell | 1842–1900 | Portland | March 31, 1884 | September 24, 1900 | death | Frederick Robie | Edwin C. Burleigh Llewellyn Powers |
| 30 | William Penn Whitehouse | 1842–1922 | Augusta | April 15, 1890 | July 26, 1911 | elevation to Chief Justice | Edwin C. Burleigh | Llewellyn Powers John Fremont Hill Frederick W. Plaisted |
| 31 | Andrew P. Wiswell | 1852–1906 | Ellsworth | April 10, 1893 | January 2, 1900 | elevation to Chief Justice | Henry B. Cleaves | |
| 32 | Sewall C. Strout | 1827–1914 | Portland | April 12, 1894 | April 12, 1908 | term expired | Henry B. Cleaves | John Fremont Hill |
| 33 | Albert R. Savage | 1847–1913 | Auburn | May 15, 1897 | April 9, 1913 | elevation to Chief Justice | Llewellyn Powers | John Fremont Hill Frederick W. Plaisted |
| 34 | William H. Fogler | 1837–1902 | Rockland | March 25, 1898 | February 18, 1902 | death | Llewellyn Powers | |
| 35 | Frederick A. Powers | 1855–1824 | Houlton | January 2, 1900 | March 31, 1907 | resignation | Llewellyn Powers | William T. Cobb |
| 36 | Henry C. Peabody | 1838–1911 | Portland | November 29, 1900 | March 29, 1911 | death | Llewellyn Powers | William T. Cobb |
| 37 | Albert Spear | 1852–1929 | Gardiner | March 1, 1902 June 25, 1917 | March 1, 1916 June 25, 1923 | term expired term expired | John Fremont Hill Carl Milliken | Bert M. Fernald |
| 38 | Charles F. Woodard | 1848–1907 | Bangor | December 14, 1906 | June 17, 1907 | death | William T. Cobb | |
| 39 | Leslie C. Cornish | 1854–1925 | Augusta | March 31, 1907 | June 25, 1917 | elevation to Chief Justice | William T. Cobb | William T. Haines |
| 40 | Arno W. King | 1855–1918 | Ellsworth | June 28, 1907 | July 21, 1918 | death | William T. Cobb | William T. Haines |
| 41 | George E. Bird | 1847–1926 | Portland | April 13, 1908 | August 29, 1918 | retirement | William T. Cobb | Oakley C. Curtis |
| 42 | George F. Haley | 1856–1918 | Biddeford | April 12, 1911 | February 19, 1918 | death | Frederick W. Plaisted | |
| 43 | George M. Hanson | 1856–1924 | Calais | July 26, 1911 | April 4, 1924 | death | Frederick W. Plaisted | Carl Milliken |
| 44 | Warren C. Philbrook | 1857–1933 | Waterville | April 9, 1913 | November 29, 1928 | retirement | William T. Haines | Carl Milliken Owen Brewster |
| 45 | John B. Madigan | 1863–1918 | Houlton | March 1, 1916 | January 19, 1918 | death | Oakley C. Curtis | |
| 46 | Charles J. Dunn | 1872–1939 | Orono | February 6, 1918 | July 18, 1935 | elevation to Chief Justice | Carl Milliken | Owen Brewster William Tudor Gardiner |
| 47 | John A. Morrill | 1855–1945 | Auburn | March 5, 1918 | May 31, 1926 | retirement | Carl Milliken | Owen Brewster |
| 48 | Scott Wilson | 1870–1942 | Portland | August 17, 1918 | March 1, 1925 | elevation to Chief Justice | Carl Milliken | |
| 49 | Luere B. Deasy | 1859–1940 | Bar Harbor | September 25, 1918 | October 12, 1929 | elevation to Chief Justice | Carl Milliken | Owen Brewster |
| 50 | Guy H. Sturgis | 1877–1951 | Portland | August 13, 1923 | August 8, 1940 | elevation to Chief Justice | Percival Proctor Baxter | William Tudor Gardiner Lewis O. Barrows |
| 51 | Charles P. Barnes | 1869–1951 | Houlton | April 17, 1924 | November 21, 1939 | elevation to Chief Justice | Percival Proctor Baxter | William Tudor Gardiner Lewis O. Barrows |
| 52 | Norman L. Bassett | 1869–1931 | Augusta | March 26, 1925 | September 9, 1930 | resignation | Owen Brewster | |
| 53 | William Robinson Pattangall | 1865–1942 | Augusta | July 2, 1926 | February 7, 1930 | elevation to Chief Justice | Owen Brewster | |
| 54 | Frank G. Farrington | 1872–1933 | Augusta | November 16, 1928 | September 3, 1933 | death | Owen Brewster | |
| 55 | Sidney St. Felix Thaxter | 1883–1958 | Portland | September 16, 1930 | February 28, 1954 | retirement | William Tudor Gardiner | Lewis O. Barrows Sumner Sewall Frederick G. Payne |
| 56 | James H. Hudson | 1878–1947 | Guilford | November 20, 1933 | August 21, 1947 | death | Louis J. Brann | Lewis O. Barrows |
| 57 | Harry Manser | 1874–1955 | Auburn | July 18, 1935 | March 20, 1946 | retirement | Louis J. Brann | Sumner Sewall |
| 58 | George H. Worster | 1871–1965 | Bangor | December 21, 1939 | July 31, 1942 | resignation | Lewis O. Barrows | |
| 59 | Harold H. Murchie | 1888–1953 | Calais | August 8, 1940 | March 3, 1949 | elevation to Chief Justice | Lewis O. Barrows | Horace Hildreth |
| 60 | Arthur Chapman | 1873–1959 | Portland | November 4, 1942 | July 27, 1945 | retirement | Sumner Sewall | |
| 61 | Nathaniel Tompkins | 1879–1949 | Houlton | July 27, 1945 | April 22, 1949 | death | Horace Hildreth | |
| 62 | Raymond Fellows | 1885–1957 | Bangor | May 1, 1946 | April 7, 1954 | elevation to Chief Justice | Horace Hildreth | Burton M. Cross |
| 63 | Edward P. Murray | 1876–1966 | Bangor | September 18, 1947 | April 6, 1948 | retirement | Horace Hildreth | |
| 64 | Edward F. Merrill | 1883–1962 | Skowhegan | June 2, 1948 | March 18, 1953 | elevation to Chief Justice | Horace Hildreth | |
| 65 | William B. Nulty | 1888–1953 | Portland | March 16, 1949 | September 11, 1953 | death | Frederick G. Payne | |
| 66 | Robert B. Williamson | 1899–1976 | Augusta | May 5, 1949 | October 4, 1956 | elevation to Chief Justice | Frederick G. Payne | Edmund Muskie |
| 67 | Frank A. Tirrell | 1893–1955 | Camden | March 18, 1953 | June 4, 1955 | death | Burton M. Cross | |
| 68 | Donald W. Webber | 1906–1995 | Auburn | October 8, 1953 | July 31, 1973 | resignation | Burton M. Cross | John H. Reed Kenneth M. Curtis |
| 69 | Albert Beliveau | 1887–1971 | Rumford | March 3, 1954 | March 25, 1958 | resignation | Burton M. Cross | |
| 70 | Walter M. Tapley | 1898–1971 | Portland | May 5, 1954 | June 30, 1969 | resignation | Burton M. Cross | John H. Reed Kenneth M. Curtis |
| 71 | Percy T. Clarke | 1885–1957 | Ellsworth | March 3, 1955 | June 15, 1956 | retirement | Edmund Muskie | |
| 72 | F. Harold Dubord | 1891–1964 | Waterville | October 4, 1956 | December 10, 1962 | resignation | Edmund Muskie | |
| 73 | Francis W. Sullivan | 1894–1967 | Portland | October 4, 1956 | July 10, 1965 | resignation | Edmund Muskie | John H. Reed |
| 74 | Cecil J. Siddall | 1894–1986 | Sanford | May 7, 1958 | February 27, 1965 | resignation | Edmund Muskie | |
| 75 | Harold C. Marden | 1900–1994 | Waterville | December 19, 1962 | November 15, 1970 | resignation | John H. Reed | Kenneth M. Curtis |
| 76 | Abraham M. Rudman | 1896–1970 | Bangor | March 30, 1965 | December 14, 1966 | resignation | John H. Reed | |
| 77 | Armand A. Dufresne | 1909–1994 | Lewiston | August 25, 1965 | September 3, 1970 | elevation to Chief Justice | John H. Reed | |
| 78 | Randolph Weatherbee | 1907–1976 | Bangor | December 21, 1966 | May 20, 1976 | death | John H. Reed | Kenneth M. Curtis |
| 79 | Charles A. Pomeroy | 1914–1993 | Windham | July 21, 1969 | January 1, 1980 | resignation | Kenneth M. Curtis | James B. Longley |
| 80 | Sidney W. Wernick | 1913–1995 | Portland | September 30, 1970 | August 24, 1981 | retirement | Kenneth M. Curtis | James B. Longley |
| 81 | James Archibald | 1912–2006 | Houlton | January 27, 1971 | January 1, 1980 | retirement | Kenneth M. Curtis | James B. Longley |
| 82 | Thomas E. Delahanty | 1914–1985 | Lewiston | September 5, 1973 | August 31, 1983 | retirement | Kenneth M. Curtis | Joseph E. Brennan |
| 83 | Edward S. Godfrey | 1913–2005 | Portland | September 1, 1976 | September 1, 1983 | term expired | James B. Longley | |
| 84 | David A. Nichols | 1917–1997 | Lincolnville | May 24, 1977 | May 31, 1988 | resignation | James B. Longley | Joseph E. Brennan |
| 85 | Harry P. Glassman | 1928–1981 | Portland | August 31, 1979 | May 15, 1981 | death | Joseph E. Brennan | |
| 86 | David G. Roberts | 1928–1999 | Bangor | January 11, 1980 | August 31, 1998 | retirement | Joseph E. Brennan | John R. McKernan Jr. (x2) |
| 87 | Gene Carter | 1935–2021 | Bangor | September 15, 1980 | July 5, 1983 | elevation to the D. Me. | Joseph E. Brennan | |
| 88 | Elmer H. Violette | 1921–2000 | Van Buren | August 31, 1981 | August 1, 1986 | retirement | Joseph E. Brennan | |
| 89 | Daniel Wathen | 1939– | Augusta | August 31, 1981 | March 20, 1992 | elevation to Chief Justice | Joseph E. Brennan | John R. McKernan Jr. |
| 90 | Caroline Duby Glassman | 1922–2013 | Portland | August 30, 1983 | August 29, 1997 | term expired | Joseph E. Brennan | John R. McKernan Jr. |
| 91 | Louis Scolnik | 1923– | Lewiston | September 7, 1983 | August 1, 1988 | resignation | Joseph E. Brennan | |
| 92 | Robert W. Clifford | 1937– | Lewiston | August 1, 1986 | August 31, 2009 | retirement | Joseph E. Brennan | John R. McKernan Jr. Angus King John Baldacci |
| 93 | D. Brock Hornby | 1944– | Cape Elizabeth | June 10, 1988 | May 7, 1990 | elevation to the D. Me. | John R. McKernan Jr. | |
| 94 | Samuel Collins | 1923–2012 | Rockland | September 16, 1988 | April 15, 1994 | retirement | John R. McKernan Jr. | |
| 95 | Morton A. Brody | 1933–2000 | Waterville | June 6, 1990 | August 8, 1991 | elevation to the D. Me. | John R. McKernan Jr. | |
| 96 | Paul L. Rudman | 1935– | Bangor | June 5, 1992 | July 1, 2005 | resignation | John R. McKernan Jr. | Angus King |
| 97 | Howard H. Dana Jr. | 1940– | Cape Elizabeth | March 4, 1993 | March 2, 2007 | term expired | John R. McKernan Jr. | Angus King |
| 98 | Kermit Lipez | 1941– | South Portland | May 12, 1994 | June 30, 1998 | elevation to the 1st Cir. | John R. McKernan Jr. | |
| 99 | Leigh Saufley | 1954– | Portland | October 20, 1997 | December 6, 2001 | elevation to Chief Justice | Angus King | |
| 100 | Donald G. Alexander | 1942– | Winthrop | September 2, 1998 | January 31, 2020 | retirement | Angus King | John Baldacci Paul LePage |
| 101 | Susan W. Calkins | 1942– | Portland | September 2, 1998 | October 1, 2007 | resignation | Angus King | John Baldacci |
| 102 | Jon D. Levy | 1954– | Portland | March 7, 2002 | May 5, 2014 | elevation to the D. Me. | Angus King | John Baldacci |
| 103 | Warren Silver | 1948– | Bangor | July 29, 2005 | December 31, 2014 | resignation | John Baldacci | Paul LePage |
| 104 | Andrew Mead | 1952– | Bangor | March 22, 2007 | present | | John Baldacci | Paul LePage Janet Mills |
| 105 | Ellen Gorman | 1955– | Falmouth | October 1, 2007 | March 18, 2022 | retirement | John Baldacci | Paul LePage |
| 106 | Joseph Jabar | 1946– | Waterville | September 1, 2009 | January 31, 2024 | resignation | John Baldacci | Paul LePage |
| 107 | Jeffrey Hjelm | 1955– | Camden | August 1, 2014 | December 2019 | retirement | Paul LePage | |
| 108 | Thomas E. Humphrey | 1945– | Sanford | June 9, 2015 | May 31, 2022 | retirement | Paul LePage | |
| 109 | Andrew M. Horton | 1949– | Falmouth | February 4, 2020 | present | | Janet Mills | |
| 110 | Catherine Connors | 1959– | Kennebunk | February 4, 2020 | present | | Janet Mills | |
| 111 | Rick E. Lawrence | 1955/56– | Portland | May 4, 2022 | present | | Janet Mills | |
| 112 | Wayne R. Douglas | 1951/52– | Unknown | March 10, 2023 | present | | Janet Mills | |

## Active retired justices

Retired justices who have been reappointed to enable them to continue to take part in Supreme Judicial Court proceedings.
| Judge | Lifespan | Residence | Began service | Ended service | Reason for termination | Appointed by | Re-appointed by |
| George E. Bird | 1847–1926 | Portland | October 23, 1923 | January 19, 1926 | death | Percival Proctor Baxter | |
| Albert Spear | 1852–1929 | Gardiner | July 24, 1923 | January 31, 1929 | death | Percival Proctor Baxter | |
| John A. Morrill | 1855–1945 | Auburn | June 4, 1926 | June 4, 1933 | term expired | Owen Brewster | |
| Warren C. Philbrook | 1857–1933 | Waterville | November 29, 1928 | May 31, 1933 | death | Owen Brewster | |
| Arthur Chapman | 1873–1959 | Portland | July 27, 1945 | August 8, 1952 | term expired | Horace Hildreth | |
| Harry Manser | 1874–1955 | Auburn | March 30, 1946 | February 20, 1955 | death | Horace Hildreth | Burton M. Cross |
| Edward P. Murray | 1876–1966 | Bangor | November 1948 | November 1962 | term expired | Horace Hildreth | Burton M. Cross |
| Guy H. Sturgis | 1877–1951 | Portland | March 8, 1949 | January 18, 1951 | death | Frederick G. Payne | |
| Sidney St. Felix Thaxter | 1883–1958 | Portland | March 3, 1954 | June 30, 1958 | death | Burton M. Cross | |
| Percy T. Clarke | 1885–1957 | Ellsworth | June 19, 1956 | August 1957 | retirement | Edmund Muskie | |
| Armand A. Dufresne | 1909–1994 | Lewiston | September 16, 1977 | March 16, 1985 | retirement | James B. Longley | Joseph E. Brennan |
| Thomas E. Delahanty | 1914–1985 | Lewiston | August 31, 1979 | February 4, 1985 | death | Joseph E. Brennan | |
| James Archibald | 1912–2006 | Houlton | October 24, 1981 | May 28, 2006 | death | Joseph E. Brennan | John R. McKernan Jr. Angus King (x2) |
| Sidney W. Wernick | 1913–1995 | Portland | July 11, 1984 | September 22, 1995 | death | Joseph E. Brennan | John R. McKernan Jr. |
| Elmer H. Violette | 1921–2000 | Van Buren | August 1, 1986 | February 1, 1994 | retirement | Joseph E. Brennan | John R. McKernan Jr. |
| Samuel Collins | 1923–2012 | Rockland | May 12, 1994 | March 22, 2012 | death | John R. McKernan Jr. | Angus King John Baldacci |
| David G. Roberts | 1928–1999 | Bangor | September 2, 1998 | January 26, 1999 | death | Angus King | |
| Robert W. Clifford | 1937– | Lewiston | September 1, 2009 | present | | John Baldacci | Paul LePage |
| Jeffrey Hjelm | 1956– | Camden | January 6, 2020 | present | | Janet Mills | |
| Thomas E. Humphrey | 1945– | Sanford | June 2022 | present | | Janet Mills | |