List of Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives
List of Speakers
Table:
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 H. 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

W. A. P. 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 H. 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

1880–1881

George E. Weeks

Augusta

Republican

1881–1882

Liberty A. Hutchinson

Lewiston

Republican

1883–1884

J. Manchester Haynes

Augusta

Republican

1885–1886

Charles Hamlin

Bangor

Republican

1887–1888

Charles E. Littlefield

Rockland

Republican

1889–1890

Frederick N. Dow

Portland

Republican

1891–1892

Andrew P. Wiswell

Ellsworth

Republican

1893–1894

Albert R. Savage

Auburn

Republican

1895–1896

Llewellyn Powers

Houlton

Republican

1897–1898

Seth L. Larrabee

Portland

Republican

1899–1900

Isaiah K. Stetson

Bangor

Republican

1901–1902

Joseph Homan Manley

Augusta

Republican

1903–1904

Oscar F. Fellows

Bucksport

Republican

1905–1906

Morrill N. Drew

Portland

Republican

1907–1908

Donald A. H. Powers

Houlton

Republican

1909–1910

George G. Weeks

Fairfield

Republican

1911–1912

Frank A. Morey

Lewiston

Democratic

1913–1914

John A. Peters

Ellsworth

Republican

1915–1916

Herbert W. Trafton

Fort Fairfield

Democratic

1917–1918

William L. Bonney

Bowdoinham

Republican

1919–1920

Frank G. Farrington

Augusta

Republican

1921–1922

Charles P. Barnes

Houlton

Republican

1923–1924

Frank H. Holley

Anson

Republican

1925–1926

William Tudor Gardiner

Gardiner

Republican

1927–1928

Burleigh Martin

Augusta

Republican

1929–1930

Robert Hale

Portland

Republican

1931–1932

E. D. Merrill

Dover-Foxcroft

Republican

1933–1934

Franz U. Burkett

Portland

Republican

1935–1936

Nathaniel Tompkins

Houlton

Republican

1937–1938

George E. Hill

South Portland

Republican

1939–1940

D. W. Philbrick

Cape Elizabeth

Republican

1941–1942

George D. Varney, Sr.

Berwick

Republican

1943–1944

F. Ardine Richardson

Strong

Republican

1945–1946

George B. Barnes

Houlton

Republican

1947–1948

John F. Ward

Millinocket

Republican

1949–1950

Nathaniel M. Haskell

Portland

Republican

1951–1952

William S. Silsby

Aurora

Republican

1953–1954

Roswell P. Bates

Orono

Republican

1955–1956

Willis A. Trafton, Jr.

Auburn

Republican

1957–1960

Joseph T. Edgar

Bar Harbor

Republican

1961–1962

Vinal G. Good

Sebago

Republican

1963–1964

David J. Kennedy

Milbridge

Republican

1965–1966

Dana Childs

Portland

Democratic

1967–1972

David J. Kennedy

Milbridge

Republican

1973–1974

Richard Hewes

Cape Elizabeth

Republican

1975–1994

John L. Martin

Eagle Lake

Democratic

Resigned as Speaker 2-4-1994

1994–1996

Dan Gwadosky

Fairfield

Democratic

Elected Speaker 1-25-1994

1997–1998

Libby Mitchell

Vassalboro

Democratic

1999–2000

G. Steven Rowe

Portland

Democratic

2001–2002

Michael V. Saxl

Portland

Democratic

2003–2004

Patrick Colwell

Gardiner

Democratic

2005–2006

John G. Richardson

Brunswick

Democratic

2007–2008

Glenn Cummings

Portland

Democratic

2009–2010

Hannah Pingree

North Haven

Democratic

2011–2012

Robert Nutting

Oakland

Republican

2013–2016

Mark Eves

North Berwick

Democratic

2016–present

Sara Gideon

Freeport

Democratic

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