List of Presidents of the Maine Senate

The position of President of the Maine Senate was created when Maine separated from Massachusetts and achieved statehood in 1820.

The Maine Legislature had one year terms until 1880, when an amendment to the Maine Constitution took effect to provide for two year terms. Joseph A. Locke was the first Senate President to serve a two year term, starting in 1881.[1]

As Maine has no Lieutenant Governor, the President of the Senate is first in line to become Governor of Maine in the event of a vacancy.

Name Took Office Left Office Party Hometown
John Chandler 18201820 Democratic-Republican Monmouth
William Moody18201820 Democratic-Republican Saco
William D. Williamson18201821 Democratic-Republican Bangor
Daniel Rose18221823 Democratic-Republican Thomaston
Benjamin Ames18241824 Democratic-Republican Bath
Jonas Wheeler18251826 Democratic-Republican Camden
Robert P. Dunlap18271828 Democratic-Republican Brunswick
Nathan Cutler18291829 Democratic-Republican Farmington
Joshua Hall18301830 Democratic-Republican Frankfort
Robert P. Dunlap18311831 Democratic-Republican Brunswick
F.O.J. Smith18321832 Democratic Portland
Joseph Williamson18331834 Democratic Belfast
Josiah Pierce18351836 Democratic Gorham
John C. Talbot18371837 Democratic East Machias
Nathaniel Littlefield18381838 Democratic Bridgton
Job Prince18391839 Democratic Turner
Stephen C. Foster18401840 Democratic Pembroke
Richard H. Vose18411841 Democratic Augusta
Samuel Blake18421842 Democratic Bangor
Edward Kavanagh18431843 Democratic Damariscotta
Virgil D. Parris18431843 Democratic Buckfield
John W. Dana18441844 Democratic Fryeburg
Manly B. Townsend18451845 Democratic Alexander
Stephen Chase18461846 Democratic Fryeburg
David Dunn18461846 Democratic Poland
John Hodgdon18471847 Democratic Houlton
Caleb R. Ayer18481848 Democratic Cornish
William Tripp18491849 Democratic Wilton
Paulinus Foster18501850 Democratic Anson
Samuel Butman18511852 Democratic Dixmont
Luther Moore18541854 Democratic Limerick
Franklin Muzzy18551855 Whig Bangor
Lot M. Morrill18561856 Republican Augusta
Joseph H. Williams18571857 Republican Augusta
Hiram Chapman18571857 Republican Damariscotta
Seth Scamman18581858 Republican Saco
Charles Goddard18591859 Republican Auburn
Thomas H. Marshall18601860 Republican Belfast
John H. Goodenow18611862 Republican Alfred
Nathan Farwell18631863 Republican Rockland
George Barrows18641864 Republican Fryeburg
David D. Stewart18651865 Republican St. Albans
William Wirt Virgin18661866 Republican Norway
Nathanial A. Burpee18671867 Republican Rockland
Josiah Crosby18681868 Republican Dexter
Stephen Lindsey18691869 Republican Norridgewock
William W. Bolster18701870 Republican Dixfield
Charles Buffum18711871 Republican Orono
Reuben Foster18721872 Republican Waterville
John B. Foster18731873 Republican Bangor
John E. Butler18741874 Republican Biddeford
Edmund F. Webb18751875 Republican Waterville
Thomas W. Hyde18761877 Republican Bath
Warren H. Vinton18781878 Republican Gray
J. Manchester Haynes18791879 Republican Augusta
Joseph A. Locke18801882 Republican Portland
John L. Cutler18831884 Republican Bangor
William Pennell18851886 Republican Lewiston
Sebastian Marble18871888 Republican Waldoboro
Henry Lord18891890 Republican Bangor
Charles Libby18911892 Republican Portland
Albert Spear18931894 Republican Gardiner
George M. Seiders18951896 Republican Portland
Albert R. Day18971898 Republican Corinna
Oliver B. Clason18991900 Republican Gardiner
Hannibal E. Hamlin19011902 Republican Ellsworth
Harry R. Virgin19031904 Republican Portland
Forrest Goodwin19051906 Republican Skowhegan
Fred J. Allen19071908 Republican Sanford
Luere B. Deasy19091910 Republican Bar Harbor
Nathan Clifford19111912 Democratic Cape Elizabeth
Carl E. Milliken19131914 Republican Island Falls
Ira G. Hersey19151916 Republican Houlton
Taber D. Bailey19171918 Republican Bangor
Leon F. Higgins19191920 Republican Brewer
Percival Baxter19211921 Republican Portland
Charles E. Gurney19211922 Republican Portland
Frank G. Farrington19231924 Republican Augusta
Hodgdon C. Buzzell19251926 Republican Belfast
Frank H. Holley19271928 Republican North Anson
J. Blaine Morrison19291930 Republican Phillips
Burleigh Martin19311932 Republican Augusta
Harold H. Murchie19331934 Republican Calais
Harold E. Weeks19351936 Republican Fairfield
Frederick J. Burns19371938 Republican Houlton
Sumner Sewall19391940 Republican Bath
Nathaniel Thompkins19411941 Republican Houlton
Francis H. Friend19421942 Republican Skowhegan
Horace A. Hildreth19431944 Republican Cumberland
George D. Varney19451948 Republican Kittery
Burton M. Cross19491952 Republican Augusta
Nathaniel M. Haskell19531953 Republican Portland
John F. Ward19541954 Republican Millinocket
Robert Haskell19551958 Republican Bangor
John H. Reed19591959 Republican Fort Fairfield
Earle M. Hillman19601962 Republican Bangor
Robert A. Marden19631964 Republican Waterville
Carlton Day Reed, Jr.19651966 Democratic Woolwich
Joseph Campbell19671968 Republican Augusta
Kenneth P. MacLeod19691974 Republican Brewer
Joseph Sewall19751982 Republican Old Town
Gerard Conley19831984 Democratic Portland
Charles P. Pray19851992 Democratic Millinocket
Dennis L. Dutremble19931994 Democratic Biddeford
Jeffrey Butland19951996 Republican Cumberland
Mark Lawrence19972000 Democratic Kittery
Mike Michaud20002001 Democratic East Millinocket
Richard A. Bennett20012002 Republican Norway [2]
Beverly Daggett20022004 Democratic Augusta
Beth Edmonds20042008 Democratic Freeport
Libby Mitchell20082010 Democratic Vassalboro
Kevin Raye20102012 Republican Perry
Justin Alfond20122014 Democratic Portland
Michael ThibodeauDec. 3, 2014- Republican Winterport

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Living former senate presidents

As of October 2013, eleven former senate presidents were alive. The most recent death of a former senate president was that of Joseph Sewall (1975–1982), on November 23, 2011.

Senate presidentSenate president termDate of birth
Gerard Conley 1983–1984 January 3, 1930
Charles P. Pray 1985–1992 August 15, 1945
Dennis L. Dutremble 1993–1994 April 28, 1947
Mark Lawrence 1997–2000 June 27, 1958
Mike Michaud 2000–2001 January 18, 1955
Richard A. Bennett 2001–2002 May 24, 1963
Beverly Daggett 2002–2004 1945 (age 69–70)
Beth Edmonds 2004–2008 October 27, 1950
Libby Mitchell 2008–2010 June 22, 1940
Kevin Raye 2010–2012 February 7, 1961
Justin Alfond 2012–2014 January 8, 1975

References

  1. ↑ http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/history/past/prespast/1880jl.htm
  2. ↑ The Maine Senate had an equal number of Democrats and Republicans 2000-2002, plus one Independent Senator; as such each party chose the President for a year.
  3. ↑ http://bangordailynews.com/2014/11/07/politics/state-house/republican-lawmakers-install-mike-thibodeau-as-senate-president/