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.
Years | Name | Residence | Party | Notes | |
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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 | Thomaston | Democratic-Republican | Resigned | ||
1832–1833 | Monmouth | Democratic | |||
1833–1834 | Newfield | Democratic | |||
1835 | Blanchard | Democratic | Resigned February 26, 1835 | ||
1835–1836 | Thomaston | Democratic | |||
1837–1838 | Hampden | Democratic | |||
1838–1839 | Bangor | Whig | |||
1839–1840 | 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 | |||
1908–1910 | George G. Weeks | Fairfield | Republican | ||
1910–1912 | Frank A. Morey | Lewiston | Democratic | ||
1912–1914 | John A. Peters | Ellsworth | |||
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 | Republican | ||||
1926–1928 | 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 | Republican | |||
1936–1938 | George E. Hill | Republican | |||
1938–1940 | D. W. Philbrick | Cape Elizabeth | Republican | ||
1940–1942 | Berwick | Republican | |||
1942–1944 | Strong | Republican | |||
1944–1946 | Republican | ||||
1946–1948 | John F. Ward | Millinocket | Republican | ||
1948–1950 | Nathaniel M. Haskell | Republican | |||
1950–1952 | William S. Silsby | Republican | |||
1952–1954 | Roswell P. Bates | Republican | |||
1954–1956 | Republican | ||||
1956–1960 | Joseph T. Edgar | Republican | |||
1960–1962 | Vinal G. Good | Republican | |||
1962–1964 | David J. Kennedy | Republican | |||
1964–1966 | Dana Childs | Portland | |||
1966–1972 | Milbridge | ||||
1972–1974 | Cape Elizabeth | Republican | |||
1974–1994 | Eagle Lake | Democratic | Resigned as Speaker February 2, 1994 | ||
1994–1996 | Fairfield | Democratic | Elected Speaker January 25, 1994 | ||
1996–1998 | Vassalboro | Democratic | First female House Speaker | ||
1998–2000 | Portland | Democratic | |||
2000–2002 | Portland | Democratic | |||
2002–2004 | Gardiner | Democratic | |||
2004–2006 | Brunswick | Democratic | |||
2006–2008 | Portland | Democratic | |||
2008–2010 | North Haven | Democratic | |||
2010–2012 | Oakland | Republican | |||
2012–2016 | North Berwick | Democratic | |||
2016–2020 | Freeport | Democratic | |||
2020–2022 | Biddeford | Democratic | First openly gay House Speaker | ||
2022–present | Portland | Democratic | First African-American House Speaker |