List of speakers of the Maine House of Representatives explained

Post:Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
Incumbent:Rachel Talbot Ross
Incumbentsince:December 7, 2022
First:Benjamin Ames
Formation:1820
Insignia:Seal of Maine.svg
Insigniacaption:Great Seal of Maine

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

YearsNameResidencePartyNotes
1820–1823Benjamin AmesBathDemocratic-Republican
1824–1825Benjamin GreeneSouth BerwickNational Republican
1825–1828John RugglesThomastonDemocratic-Republican
1829–1830George EvansGardinerNational Republican
1830–1831Daniel GoodenowYorkNational Republican
1831–1832ThomastonDemocratic-RepublicanResigned
1832–1833 MonmouthDemocratic
1833–1834NewfieldDemocratic
1835BlanchardDemocraticResigned February 26, 1835
1835–1836ThomastonDemocratic
1837–1838 HampdenDemocratic
1838–1839BangorWhig
1839–1840HampdenDemocratic
1841–1842Josiah S. LittlePortlandWhig
1842–1843Charles AndrewsTurnerDemocratic
1843–1844David DunnPolandDemocratic
1845–1846Moses MacdonaldLimerickDemocratic
1846–1847Ebenezer KnowltonMontvilleDemocratic
1847–1848Hugh Dean McLellanGorhamDemocratic
1849–1850Samuel BelcherFarmingtonDemocratic
1851–1852George P. SewallOld TownDemocratic
1853–1854John C. Talbot, Jr.LubecDemocratic
1854–1855Noah Smith, Jr.CalaisWhig
1855–1856Sidney PerhamWoodstockRepublican
1856–1857Josiah S. LittlePortlandDemocratic
1857–1858Charles A. SpoffordDeer IsleDemocratic
1858–1859Josiah Hayden DrummondWatervilleRepublican
1859–1860William T. JohnsonAugustaRepublican
1860–1861Frederick A. PikeCalaisRepublican
1861–1862James G. BlaineAugustaRepublican
1863–1864Nelson Dingley Jr.AuburnRepublican
1865–1866William Addison Pitt DillinghamWatervilleRepublican
1866–1867James StoneKennebunkRepublican
1867–1868Lewis BarkerStetsonRepublican
1868–1869Theodore C. WoodmanBucksportRepublican
1869–1870Josiah Hayden DrummondWatervilleRepublican
1870–1871Reuben FosterWatervilleRepublican
1871–1872Edwin B. SmithSacoRepublican
1872–1873Frederick RobieGorhamRepublican
1873–1874Edmund F. WebbWatervilleRepublican
1874–1875William W. Thomas Jr.PortlandRepublican
1876–1877Frederick RobieGorhamRepublican
1877–1878Edward Bowdoin NealleyBangorRepublican
1878–1879Henry LordBangorRepublican
1879–1880Melvin P. FrankPortlandDemocratic
1881George E. WeeksAugustaRepublican
1881–1882Liberty A. HutchinsonLewistonRepublican
1882–1884J. Manchester HaynesAugustaRepublican
1884–1886Charles HamlinBangorRepublican
1886–1888Charles E. LittlefieldRocklandRepublican
1888–1890Fred DowPortlandRepublican
1890–1892Andrew P. WiswellEllsworthRepublican
1892–1894Albert R. SavageAuburnRepublican
1894–1896Llewellyn PowersHoultonRepublican
1896–1898Seth L. LarrabeePortlandRepublican
1898–1900Isaiah K. StetsonBangorRepublican
1900–1902Joseph Homan ManleyAugustaRepublican
1902–1904Oscar F. FellowsBucksportRepublican
1904–1906Morrill N. DrewPortlandRepublican
1906–1908Donald A. H. PowersHoulton
1908–1910George G. WeeksFairfieldRepublican
1910–1912Frank A. MoreyLewistonDemocratic
1912–1914John A. PetersEllsworth
1914–1916Herbert W. TraftonFort FairfieldDemocratic
1916–1918William L. BonneyBowdoinhamRepublican
1918–1920Frank G. FarringtonAugustaRepublican
1920–1922Charles P. BarnesHoultonRepublican
1922–1924Frank H. HolleyAnsonRepublican
1924–1926 Republican
1926–1928Republican
1928–1930 Robert HalePortlandRepublican
1930–1932 Elmer D. MerrillDover-FoxcroftRepublican
1932–1934 Franz U. BurkettPortlandRepublican
1934–1936 Nathaniel TompkinsRepublican
1936–1938George E. HillRepublican
1938–1940 D. W. PhilbrickCape ElizabethRepublican
1940–1942 BerwickRepublican
1942–1944 StrongRepublican
1944–1946 Republican
1946–1948 John F. WardMillinocketRepublican
1948–1950 Nathaniel M. HaskellRepublican
1950–1952 William S. SilsbyRepublican
1952–1954 Roswell P. BatesRepublican
1954–1956Republican
1956–1960 Joseph T. EdgarRepublican
1960–1962 Vinal G. GoodRepublican
1962–1964 David J. KennedyRepublican
1964–1966Dana ChildsPortland
1966–1972Milbridge
1972–1974Cape ElizabethRepublican
1974–1994Eagle LakeDemocraticResigned as Speaker February 2, 1994
1994–1996 FairfieldDemocraticElected Speaker January 25, 1994
1996–1998VassalboroDemocraticFirst female House Speaker
1998–2000PortlandDemocratic
2000–2002PortlandDemocratic
2002–2004GardinerDemocratic
2004–2006BrunswickDemocratic
2006–2008PortlandDemocratic
2008–2010North HavenDemocratic
2010–2012OaklandRepublican
2012–2016North BerwickDemocratic
2016–2020FreeportDemocratic
2020–2022BiddefordDemocraticFirst openly gay House Speaker
2022–presentPortlandDemocraticFirst African-American House Speaker

See also