List of speakers of the Maine House of Representatives

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.

Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
Great Seal of Maine
Incumbent Rachel Talbot Ross since December 7, 2022
Formation	1820
First holder	Benjamin Ames

List of speakers

Years	Name	Residence	Party	Notes
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	John Ruggles	Thomaston	Democratic-Republican	Resigned
1832–1833	Benjamin White	Monmouth	Democratic
1833–1834	Nathan Clifford	Newfield	Democratic
1835	Thomas Davee	Blanchard	Democratic	Resigned February 26, 1835
1835–1836	Jonathan Cilley	Thomaston	Democratic
1837–1838	Hannibal Hamlin	Hampden	Democratic
1838–1839	Elisha Hunt Allen	Bangor	Whig
1839–1840	Hannibal Hamlin	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	Republican
1908–1910	George G. Weeks	Fairfield	Republican
1910–1912	Frank A. Morey	Lewiston	Democratic
1912–1914	John A. Peters	Ellsworth	Republican
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	William Tudor Gardiner	Gardiner	Republican
1926–1928	Burleigh Martin	Augusta	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	Houlton	Republican
1936–1938	George E. Hill	South Portland	Republican
1938–1940	D. W. Philbrick	Cape Elizabeth	Republican
1940–1942	George D. Varney Sr.	Berwick	Republican
1942–1944	F. Ardine Richardson	Strong	Republican
1944–1946	George B. Barnes	Houlton	Republican
1946–1948	John F. Ward	Millinocket	Republican
1948–1950	Nathaniel M. Haskell	Portland	Republican
1950–1952	William S. Silsby	Aurora	Republican
1952–1954	Roswell P. Bates	Orono	Republican
1954–1956	Willis A. Trafton Jr.	Auburn	Republican
1956–1960	Joseph T. Edgar	Bar Harbor	Republican
1960–1962	Vinal G. Good	Sebago	Republican
1962–1964	David J. Kennedy	Milbridge	Republican
1964–1966	Dana Childs	Portland	Democratic
1966–1972	David J. Kennedy	Milbridge	Republican
1972–1974	Richard Hewes	Cape Elizabeth	Republican
1974–1994	John L. Martin	Eagle Lake	Democratic	Resigned as Speaker February 2, 1994
1994–1996	Dan Gwadosky	Fairfield	Democratic	Elected Speaker January 25, 1994
1996–1998	Libby Mitchell	Vassalboro	Democratic	First female House Speaker
1998–2000	G. Steven Rowe	Portland	Democratic
2000–2002	Michael V. Saxl	Portland	Democratic
2002–2004	Patrick Colwell	Gardiner	Democratic
2004–2006	John G. Richardson	Brunswick	Democratic
2006–2008	Glenn Cummings	Portland	Democratic
2008–2010	Hannah Pingree	North Haven	Democratic
2010–2012	Robert Nutting	Oakland	Republican
2012–2016	Mark Eves	North Berwick	Democratic
2016–2020	Sara Gideon	Freeport	Democratic
2020–2022	Ryan Fecteau	Biddeford	Democratic	First openly gay House Speaker
2022–2024	Rachel Talbot Ross	Portland	Democratic	First African-American House Speaker

See also

• List of Maine state legislatures