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The governor of Maine is the chief executive, head of government, and head of state of the U.S. state of Maine.
The office of the governor is established in the Maine Constitution, which provides in Article V, Part 1 that:
- The "supreme executive power" of the state is vested in the governor (Section 1).
- The governor is elected directly and has a term of office of four years, "from the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of January next following the election and until the successor to the Governor has been duly elected and qualified." There is a term limit of two consecutive elected four-year terms (Section 2).
- The gubernatorial election is conducted in the same manner prescribed for members of the Maine Legislature. The Secretary of State of Maine receives votes and delivers the lists (and the ballots if the Legislature so elects) to the Maine House of Representatives and Senate. The Legislature determine the number of votes duly cast for governor, and declares the plurality of all of the votes returned. If there is no plurality and there is a tie between the two persons having the largest number of votes for governor, the House of Representatives and the Senate meet in joint session and elect one of the two persons governor (Section 3).
- At the beginning of the governor's term the governor must be not less than 30 years of age, a United States citizen for at least 15 years, a Maine resident for at least five years, and a resident of Maine and at the time of election and during the term for which elected (Section 4).
- No person holding any other office under the United States, Maine, or any other power, shall become governor, nor shall any person exercise the office of governor except as provided by the state constitution (Section 5).
- The governor shall receive a compensation which shall not be increased or diminished during the governor's term of office (Section6).
- The governor acts as commander-in-chief of "the army and navy of the State, and of the militia" (the Maine National Guard), "except when the same are called into the actual service of the United States" (Section 7).
- The governor has the power to appoint officers, to appoint all judicial officers subject to confirmation except probate judges and justices of the peace if their manner of selection is otherwise provided for by the constitution or by law, and to appoint and all other civil and military officers whose appointment is not by this constitution, or otherwise provided for by law (Section 8).
Confirmation
Procedure for confirmation. The procedure for confirmation shall be as follows: an appropriate legislative committee comprised of members of both houses in reasonable proportion to their membership as provided by law shall recommend confirmation or denial by majority vote of committee members present and voting. The committee recommendation shall be reviewed by the Senate and upon review shall become final action of confirmation or denial unless the Senate by vote of 2/3 of those members present and voting overrides the committee recommendation. The Senate vote shall be by the yeas and nays.
Affirmative vote of 2/3 of members required. All statutes enacted to carry out the purposes of the second paragraph of this section shall require the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members of each House present and voting.
Governor or President of Senate may call Senate into session. Either the Governor or the President of the Senate shall have the power to call the Senate into session for the purpose of voting upon confirmation of appointments.
Nomination by Governor made 7 days prior to appointment of nominee. Every nomination by the Governor shall be made 7 days at least prior to appointment of the nominee.
Section 9. To give information and recommend measures. The Governor shall from time to time give the Legislature information of the condition of the State, and recommend to their consideration such measures, as the Governor may judge expedient.
Section 10. May require information of any officer. The Governor may require information from any military officer, or any officer in the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.
Section 11. Power to pardon and remit penalties, etc.; conditions. The Governor shall have power to remit after conviction all forfeitures and penalties, and to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, except in cases of impeachment, upon such conditions, and with such restrictions and limitations as may be deemed proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law, relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Such power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons shall include offenses of juvenile delinquency.
Section 12. Shall enforce the laws. The Governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
Section 13. Convene the Legislature on extraordinary occasions, and adjourn it in case of disagreement; may change the place of meeting. The Governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature; and in case of disagreement between the 2 Houses with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time, as the Governor shall think proper, not beyond the day of the next regular session; and if, since the last adjournment, the place where the Legislature were next to convene shall have become dangerous from an enemy or contagious sickness, may direct the session to be held at some other convenient place within the State.
Section 14. Vacancy, how supplied. Whenever the office of Governor shall become vacant because of the death, resignation or removal of a Governor in office, or any other cause, the President of the Senate shall assume the office of Governor until another Governor shall be duly qualified. When the vacancy occurs more than 90 days preceding the date of the primary election for nominating candidates to be voted for at the biennial election next succeeding, the President of the Senate shall assume the office of Governor until the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of January following the biennial election. At the biennial election, a Governor shall be elected to fill the unexpired term created by the vacancy. When the vacancy occurs less than 90 days preceding the date of a primary election the President of the Senate shall fill the unexpired term.
Whenever the offices of Governor and President of the Senate are vacant at the same time, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall assume the office of Governor for the same term and under the same conditions as the President of the Senate.
Whenever the offices of Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives are vacant at the same time, the person acting as Secretary of State for the time being shall exercise the office of Governor and shall forthwith by proclamation convene the Senate and the House of Representatives which shall fill respectively the vacancies in the offices of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, and by joint ballot of the Senators and Representatives in convention choose a person who shall assume the office of Governor for the same term and under the same conditions as the President of the Senate.
Mental or physical disability of the Governor continuously for more than 6 months. Whenever for 6 months a Governor in office shall have been continuously unable to discharge the powers and duties of that office because of mental or physical disability such office shall be deemed vacant. Such vacancy shall be declared by the Supreme Judicial Court upon presentment to it of a joint resolution declaring the ground of the vacancy, adopted by a vote of 2/3 of the Senators and Representatives in convention, and upon notice, hearing before the court and a decision by a majority of the court that ground exists for declaring the office to be vacant.
Section 15. Temporary mental or physical disability of Governor. Whenever the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of that office because of mental or physical disability, the President of the Senate, or if that office is vacant, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall exercise the powers and duties of the office of Governor until the Governor is again able to discharge the powers and duties of that office, or until the office of Governor is declared to be vacant or until another Governor shall be duly qualified.
Whenever the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of that office, the Governor may so certify to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, in which case and upon notice from the Chief Justice, the President of the Senate, or if that office is vacant, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall exercise the powers and duties of the office of Governor until such time as the Governor shall certify to the Chief Justice that the Governor is able to discharge such powers and duties and the Chief Justice shall so notify the officer who is exercising the powers and duties of the office of Governor.
When the Secretary of State shall have reason to believe that the Governor is unable to discharge the duties of that office, the Secretary of State may so certify to the Supreme Judicial Court, declaring the reason for such belief. After notice to the Governor, a hearing before the court and a decision by a majority of the court that the Governor is unable to discharge the duties of the office of Governor, the court shall notify the President of the Senate, or if that office is vacant the Speaker of the House of Representatives, of such inability and that officer shall exercise the functions, powers and duties of the office of Governor until such time as the Secretary of State or the Governor shall certify to the court that the Governor is able to discharge the duties of the office of Governor and the court, after notice to the Governor and a hearing before the court, decides that the Governor is able to discharge the duties of that office and so notifies the officer who is exercising the powers and duties of the office of Governor.
Whenever either the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the office of Governor, the officer shall receive only the compensation of Governor, but the officer's duties as President or Speaker shall be suspended; and the Senate or House shall fill the vacancy resulting from such suspension, until the officer shall cease to exercise the office of Governor.
The current governor is John Baldacci, a Democrat. He is the 73rd governor of Maine.
- See also: List of Governors of Maine
| President | Home |
|---|---|
| George Washington | Mount Vernon |
| John Adams | Peacefield |
| Thomas Jefferson | Monticello |
| James Madison | Montpelier |
| James Monroe | Ash Lawn |
| Andrew Jackson | The Hermitage |
| William Henry Harrison | Berkeley Plantation |
| Martin Van Buren | Lindenwald |
| John Tyler | Sherwood Forest Plantation |
| James Buchanan | Wheatland |
| Rutherford Hayes | Spiegel Grove |
| Grover Cleveland | Westland Mansion |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York |
| Woodrow Wilson | Shadow Lawn |
| Calvin Coolidge | The Beeches |
| Franklin Roosevelt | Springwood, Hyde Park, New York |
| Harry Truman | Independence, Missouri |
| John F. Kennedy | Hyannisport, Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Richard Nixon | La Casa Pacifica, San Clemente, California |
| Jimmy Carter | Plains, Georgia |
| Ronald Reagan | Rancho del Cielo, Santa Barbara County, California |
| George H. W. Bush | Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine |
| George W. Bush | Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas |
