Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives
From The Almanac of Maine Politics
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!Party | !Party | ||
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|- | |- | ||
+ | |1820-1823 | ||
+ | |[[Benjamin Ames]] | ||
+ | |Bath | ||
+ | |style="background:#B9D8BD" |Democratic-Republican | ||
+ | |41 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1824-1825 | ||
+ | |[[Benjamin Greene]] | ||
+ | |South Berwick | ||
+ | |style="background:#E4E198" |National-Republican | ||
+ | |60 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1825-1828 | ||
+ | |[[John Ruggles]] | ||
+ | |Thomaston | ||
+ | |style="background:#B9D8BD" |Democratic-Republican | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1829-1830 | ||
+ | |[[George Evans]] | ||
+ | |Gardiner | ||
+ | |style="background:#E4E198" |National-Republican | ||
+ | |31 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1830-1831 | ||
+ | |[[Daniel Goodenow]] | ||
+ | |York | ||
+ | |style="background:#E4E198" |National-Republican | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1831-1832 | ||
+ | |[[John Ruggles]] | ||
+ | |Thomaston | ||
+ | |style="background:#B9D8BD" |Democratic-Republican | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1832-1833 | ||
+ | |[[Benjamin White]] | ||
+ | |Monmouth | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |40 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1833-1834 | ||
+ | |[[Nathan Clifford]] | ||
+ | |Newfield | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |29 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1835-1835 | ||
+ | |[[Thomas Davee]] | ||
+ | |Blanchard | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |37 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1835-1836 | ||
+ | |[[Jonathan Cilley]] | ||
+ | |Thomaston | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic Party | ||
+ | |32 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1837-1838 | ||
+ | |[[Hannibal Hamlin]] | ||
+ | |Hampden | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |27 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1838-1839 | ||
+ | |[[Elisha Allen]] | ||
+ | |Bangor | ||
+ | |style="background:#F8FFB2" |Whig | ||
+ | |33 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1839-1840 | ||
+ | |[[Hannibal Hamlin]] | ||
+ | |Hampden | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |33 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1841-1842 | ||
+ | |[[Josiah Little]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#F8FFB2" |Whig Party | ||
+ | |39 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1842-1843 | ||
+ | |[[Charles Andrews]] | ||
+ | |Turner | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |27 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1843-1844 | ||
+ | |[[David Dunn]] | ||
+ | |Poland | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |31 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1845-1846 | ||
+ | |[[Moses MacDonald]] | ||
+ | |Limerick | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |30 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1846-1847 | ||
+ | |[[Ebenezer Knowlton]] | ||
+ | |Montville | ||
+ | |style="background:#B9D8BD"|D4 Party | ||
+ | |30 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1847-1848 | ||
+ | |[[Hugh McLellan]] | ||
+ | |Gorham | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |41 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1849-1850 | ||
+ | |[[Samuel Belcher]] | ||
+ | |Farmington | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |34 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1851-1852 | ||
+ | |[[George Sewall]] | ||
+ | |Old Town | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |40 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1853-1854 | ||
+ | |[[John Talbot, Jr.]] | ||
+ | |Lubec | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1854-1855 | ||
+ | |[[Noah Smith, Jr.]] | ||
+ | |Calais | ||
+ | |style="background:#F8FFB2" |Whig | ||
+ | |54 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855-1856 | ||
+ | |[[Sidney Perham]] | ||
+ | |Woodstock | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |35 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1856-1857 | ||
+ | |[[Josiah Little]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
- | | | + | |- |
- | | | + | |1857- 1858 |
- | | | + | |[[Charles Spofford]] |
- | | | + | |Deer Isle |
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |34 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1858-1859 | ||
+ | |[[Josiah Drummond]] | ||
+ | |Waterville | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |30 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1859-1860 | ||
+ | |[[William Johnson]] | ||
+ | |Augusta | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |43 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1860-1861 | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Pike]] | ||
+ | |Calais | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861-1862 | ||
+ | |[[James Blaine]] | ||
+ | |Augusta | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |31 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1863-1864 | ||
+ | |[[Nelson Dingley, Jr.]] | ||
+ | |Auburn | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |30 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1865-1866 | ||
+ | |[[W.A.P. Dillingham]] | ||
+ | |Waterville | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |40 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1866-1867 | ||
+ | |[[James Stone]] | ||
+ | |Kennebunk | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |39 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1867-1868 | ||
+ | |[[Lewis Barker]] | ||
+ | |Stetson | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |48 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1868-1869 | ||
+ | |[[Theodore Woodman]] | ||
+ | |Bucksport | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |52 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869-1870 | ||
+ | |[[Josiah Drummond]] | ||
+ | |Waterville | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |41 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1870-1871 | ||
+ | |[[Reuben Foster]] | ||
+ | |Waterville | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1871-1872 | ||
+ | |[[Edwin Smith]] | ||
+ | |Saco | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |38 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1872-1873 | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Robie]] | ||
+ | |Gorham | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |49 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1873-1874 | ||
+ | |[[Edmund Webb]] | ||
+ | |Waterville | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |37 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1874-1875 | ||
+ | |[[William Thomas, Jr.]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |34 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1876-1877 | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Robie]] | ||
+ | |Gorham | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |53 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1877-1878 | ||
+ | |[[Edward Nealley]] | ||
+ | |Bangor | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |39 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1878-1879 | ||
+ | |[[Henry Lord]] | ||
+ | |Bangor | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |30 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1879-1880 | ||
+ | |[[Melvin Frank]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |37 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1880-1881 | ||
+ | |[[George Weeks]] | ||
+ | |Augusta | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |41 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1881-1882 | ||
+ | |[[Liberty Hutchinson]] | ||
+ | |Lewiston | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1883-1884 | ||
+ | |[[J. Manchester Haynes]] | ||
+ | |Augusta | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |43 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1885-1886 | ||
+ | |[[Charles Hamlin]] | ||
+ | |Bangor | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |47 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1887-1888 | ||
+ | |[[Charles Littlefield]] | ||
+ | |Rockland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |35 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1889-1890 | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Dow]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |48 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1891-1892 | ||
+ | |[[Andrew Wiswell]] | ||
+ | |Ellsworth | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |38 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1893-1894 | ||
+ | |[[Albert Savage]] | ||
+ | |Auburn | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |45 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1895-1896 | ||
+ | |[[Llewellyn Powers]] | ||
+ | |Houlton | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |58 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1897-1898 | ||
+ | |[[Seth Larrabee]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |41 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1899-1900 | ||
+ | |[[Isaiah Stetson]] | ||
+ | |Bangor | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |40 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1901-1902 | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Manley]] | ||
+ | |Augusta | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |58 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1903-1904 | ||
+ | |[[Oscar Fellows]] | ||
+ | |Bucksport | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |45 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1905-1906 | ||
+ | |[[Morrill Drew]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1907-1908 | ||
+ | |[[Donald Powers]] | ||
+ | |Houlton | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |56 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1909-1910 | ||
+ | |[[George Weeks]] | ||
+ | |Fairfield | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |48 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1911-1912 | ||
+ | |[[Frank Morey]] | ||
+ | |Lewiston | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |47 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1913-1914 | ||
+ | |[[John Peters]] | ||
+ | |Ellsworth | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |48 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1915-1916 | ||
+ | |[[Herbert Trafton]] | ||
+ | |Fort Fairfield | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |50 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1917-1918 | ||
+ | |[[William Bonney]] | ||
+ | |Bowdoinham | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |50 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1919-1920 | ||
+ | |[[Frank Farrington]] | ||
+ | |Augusta | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |46 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1921-1922 | ||
+ | |[[Charles Barnes]] | ||
+ | |Houlton | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |51 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1923-1924 | ||
+ | |[[Frank Holley]] | ||
+ | |Anson | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1925-1926 | ||
+ | |[[William Tudor Gardiner]] | ||
+ | |Gardiner | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |32 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1927-1928 | ||
+ | |[[Burleigh Martin]] | ||
+ | |Augusta | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |38 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1929-1930 | ||
+ | |[[Robert Hale]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |39 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1931-1932 | ||
+ | |[[E.D. Merrill]] | ||
+ | |Dover-Foxcroft | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |65 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1933-1934 | ||
+ | |[[Franz Burkett]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |45 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1935-1936 | ||
+ | |[[Nathaniel Tompkins]] | ||
+ | |Houlton | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |55 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1937-1938 | ||
+ | |[[George Hill]] | ||
+ | |South Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |33 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1939-1940 | ||
+ | |[[D.W. Philbrick]] | ||
+ | |Cape Elizabeth | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1941-1942 | ||
+ | |[[George Varney]] | ||
+ | |Berwick | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |37 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1943-1944 | ||
+ | |[[F. Ardine Richardson]] | ||
+ | |Strong | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |47 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1945-1946 | ||
+ | |[[George Barnes]] | ||
+ | |Houlton | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |40 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1947-1948 | ||
+ | |[[John Ward]] | ||
+ | |Millinocket | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1949-1950 | ||
+ | |[[Nathaniel Haskell]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1951-1952 | ||
+ | |[[William Silsby]] | ||
+ | |Aurora | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |48 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1953-1954 | ||
+ | |[[Roswell Bates]] | ||
+ | |Orono | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |41 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1955-1956 | ||
+ | |[[Willis Trafton, Jr.]] | ||
+ | |Auburn | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1957-1960 | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Edgar]] | ||
+ | |Bar Harbor | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |46 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1961-1962 | ||
+ | |[[Vinal Good]] | ||
+ | |Sebago | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |54 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1963-1964 | ||
+ | |[[David Kennedy]] | ||
+ | |Milbridge | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |55 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1965-1966 | ||
+ | |[[Dana Childs]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1967-1972 | ||
+ | |[[David Kennedy]] | ||
+ | |Milbridge | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |55 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1973-1974 | ||
+ | |[[Richard Hewes]] | ||
+ | |Cape Elizabeth | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |46 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1975-1994 | ||
+ | |[[John Martin]] | ||
+ | |Eagle Lake | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |33 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1994-1996 | ||
+ | |[[Dan Gwadosky]] | ||
+ | |Fairfield | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |39 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1997-1998 | ||
+ | |[[Elizabeth Mitchell]] | ||
+ | |Vassalboro | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |56 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1999-2000 | ||
+ | |[[Steven Rowe]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |45 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2001-2002 | ||
+ | |[[Michael Saxl]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |33 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2003-2004 | ||
+ | |[[Patrick Colwell]] | ||
+ | |Gardiner | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |51 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2005-2006 | ||
+ | |[[John Richardson]] | ||
+ | |Brunswick | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |48 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2007-2008 | ||
+ | |[[Glenn Cummings]] | ||
+ | |Portland | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |45 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2009-2010 | ||
+ | |[[Hannah Pingree]] | ||
+ | |North Haven | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |32 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2011-2012 | ||
+ | |[[Robert Nutting]] | ||
+ | |Oakland | ||
+ | |style="background:#FFA4A4"|Republican | ||
+ | |63 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2013-Current | ||
+ | |[[Mark Eves]] | ||
+ | |North Berwick | ||
+ | |style="background:#C6D3E9" |Democratic | ||
+ | |35 | ||
|- | |- | ||
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