Presidents of the Maine Senate, 1820 -
YEAR
NAME
RESIDENCE
PARTY
1820
John Chandler (Resigned 6-19-1820)
Monmouth
Democratic-Republican1
1820
William Moody (Resigned 6-28-1820
Saco
Democratic-Republican
1820-1821
William D. Williamson
Bangor
Democratic-Republican2
1822-1823
Daniel Rose
Thomaston
Democratic-Republican
1824
Benjamin Ames
Bath
Democratic-Republican
1825-26
Jonas Wheeler
Camden
Democratic-Republican
1827-28
Robert P. Dunlap
Brunswick
Democratic-Republican3
1829
Nathan Cutler
Farmington
Democratic-Republican
1830
Joshua Hall
Frankfort
Democratic-Republican
1831-32
Robert P. Dunlap
Brunswick
Democratic-Republican3
1833
F. O. J. Smith
Portland
D
1834
Joseph Williamson
Belfast
D
1835-36
Josiah Pierce
Gorham
D
1837
John C. Talbot
East Machias
D
1838
Nathaniel S. Littlefield
Bridgton
D
1839
Job Prince
Turner
D
1840
Stephen C. Foster
Pembroke
D4
1841
Richard H. Vose
Augusta
D
1842
Samuel H. Blake
Bangor
D
1843
E. Kavanagh
Damariscotta
D
1843
V. D. Parris
Buckfield
D
1844
John W. Dana
Fryeburg
D
1845
Manly B. Townsend
Alexander
D
1846
Stephen H. Chase
Fryeburg
D
1846
David Dunn
Poland
D
1847
John Hodgdon
Houlton
D
1848
Caleb R. Ayer
Cornish
D
1849
William Tripp
Wilton
D
1850
Paulinus M. Foster
Anson
D
1851-1852
Noah Prince
Buckfield
D
1853
Samuel Butman
Dixmont
D
1854
Luther S. Moore
Limerick
D
1855
Franklin Muzzy
Bangor
Whig
1856
Lot M. Morrill
Augusta
R
1857
Joseph H. Williams (Resigned 2-26-1857)
Augusta
R
1857
Hiram Chapman
Damariscotta
R
1858
Seth Scamman
Saco
R
1859
Charles W. Goddard
Auburn
R
1860
Thomas H. Marshall
Belfast
R
1861-1862
John H. Goodenow
Alfred
R
1863
Nathan A. Farwell
Rockland
R
1864
George B. Barrows
Fryeburg
R
1865
David D. Stewart
St. Albans
R
1866
William Wirt Virgin
Norway
R
1867
Nathaniel A. Burpee
Rockland
R
1868
Josiah Crosby
Dexter
R
1869
Stephen D. Lindsey
Norridgewock
R
1870
William W. Bolster
Dixfield
R
1871
Charles Buffum
Orono
R
1872
Reuben Foster
Waterville
R
1873
John B. Foster
Bangor
R
1874
John E. Butler
Biddeford
R
1875
Edmund F. Webb
Waterville
R
1876-1877
Thomas W. Hyde
Bath
R
1878
Warren H. Vinton
Gray
R
1879
J. Manchester Haynes
Augusta
R
1880-1882
Joseph A. Locke
Portland
R
1883-1884
John L. Cutler
Bangor
R
1885-1886
William D. Pennell
Lewiston
R
1887-1888
Sebastian S. Marble
Waldoboro
R
1889-1990
Henry Lord
Bangor
R
1891-1892
Charles F. Libby
Portland
R
1893-1894
Albert M. Spear
Gardiner
R
1895-1896
George M. Seiders
Portland
R
1897-1898
Albert R. Day
Corinna
R
1899-1900
Oliver B. Clason
Gardiner
R
1901-1902
Hannibal E. Hamlin
Ellsworth
R
1903-1904
Harry R. Virgin
Portland
R
1905-1906
Forrest Goodwin
Skowhegan
R
1907-1908
Fred J. Allen
Sanford
R
1909-1910
Luere B. Deasy
Bar Harbor
R
1911-1912
Nathan Clifford
Cape Elizabeth
D
1913-1914
Carl E. Milliken
Island Falls
R
1915-1916
Ira G. Hersey
Houlton
R
1917-1918
Taber D. Bailey
Bangor
R
1919-1920
Leon F. Higgins
Brewer
R
1921
Percival P. Baxter (1-5-1921 to 1-31-1921, became governor after the death of Gov. Parkhurst)
Portland
R
1921
Frank G. Farrington (President Pro Tem 1-31-1921, resigned 2-7-1921)
Augusta
R
1921-1922
Charles E. Gurney (President Pro Tem 2-7-1921)
Portland
R
1923-1924
Frank G. Farrington
Augusta
R
1925-1926
Hodgdon C. Buzzell
Belfast
R
1927-1928
Frank H. Holley
North Anson
R
1929-1930
J. Blaine Morrison
Phillips
R
1931-1932
Burleigh Martin
Augusta
R
1933-1934
Harold H. Murchie
Calais
R
1935-1936
Harold E. Weeks
Fairfield
R
1937-1938
J. Frederic Burns
Houlton
R
1939-1940
Sumner Sewall
Bath
R
1941
Nathaniel Tompkins
Houlton
R
1942
Francis H. Friend
Skowhegan
R
1943-1944
Horace A. Hildreth
Cumberland
R
1945-1948
George D. Varney
Kittery
R
1949-1952
Burton M. Cross
Augusta
R
1953
Nathaniel M. Haskell
Portland
R
1954
John F. Ward
Millinocket
R
1955-1958
Robert N. Haskell
Bangor
R
1959
John H. Reed
Fort Fairfield
R
1960-1962
Earle M. Hillman
Bangor
R
1963-1964
Robert A. Marden
Waterville
R
1965-1966
Carlton Day Reed, Jr.
Woolwich
D
1967-1968
Joseph B. Campbell
Augusta
R
1969-1974
Kenneth P. MacLeod
Brewer
R
1975-1982
Joseph Sewall
Old Town
R
1983-1984
Gerard P. Conley
Portland
D
1985-1992
Charles P. Pray
Millinocket
D
1993-1994
Dennis L. Dutremble
Biddeford
D
1995-1996
Jeffrey H. Butland
Cumberland
R
1997-2000
Mark W. Lawrence
Kittery
D
20015
Michael H. Michaud
E. Millinocket
D
2002
Richard A. Bennett
Norway
R
2003-20046
Beverly C. Daggett
Augusta
D
2005-2008
Betheda Edmonds
Freeport
D
2009-20107
Elizabeth H. Mitchell
Vassalboro
D
2011-2012
Kevin L. Raye
Perry
R
2013-2014
Justin Alfond
Portland
D
2015-2018
Mike Thibodeau
Winterport
R
2019-2024
Troy Jackson
Allagash
D
2025-
Matthea Elisabeth Larsen Daughtry
Brunswick
D
1So listed in Mundy. Shown on original Library list as Democrat.
2 So listed in Mundy. Shown on original Library list as Democrat.
3So listed in Mundy. Shown on original Library list as Democrat.
4Mundy indicates that Mr. Foster became a Republican prior to the Civil War.
5The political composition of the Senate for the 120th Legislature is 17 Democrats, 17 Republicans, and 1 Independent. The Senate elected Senator Michaud as President and Senator Bennett as President Pro Tem until December 5, 2001. They will then switch and Senator Bennett will be the President and Senator Michaud will be President Pro Tem.
6Senator Beverly C. Daggett is the first woman to be elected to be President of the Senate.
7First woman to serve as both Speaker and President
Sources:
Laws of Maine.
House and Senate Register.
News clippings
Mundy, James H. Presidents of the Senate of Maine from 1820. Augusta: Secretary of the Senate of Maine, c1979.
12/9/2024 A-Z List
| YEAR | NAME | RESIDENCE | PARTY |
| 1820 | John Chandler (Resigned 6-19-1820) | Monmouth | Democratic-Republican1 |
| 1820 | William Moody (Resigned 6-28-1820 | Saco | Democratic-Republican |
| 1820-1821 | William D. Williamson | Bangor | Democratic-Republican2 |
| 1822-1823 | Daniel Rose | Thomaston | Democratic-Republican |
| 1824 | Benjamin Ames | Bath | Democratic-Republican |
| 1825-26 | Jonas Wheeler | Camden | Democratic-Republican |
| 1827-28 | Robert P. Dunlap | Brunswick | Democratic-Republican3 |
| 1829 | Nathan Cutler | Farmington | Democratic-Republican |
| 1830 | Joshua Hall | Frankfort | Democratic-Republican |
| 1831-32 | Robert P. Dunlap | Brunswick | Democratic-Republican3 |
| 1833 | F. O. J. Smith | Portland | D |
| 1834 | Joseph Williamson | Belfast | D |
| 1835-36 | Josiah Pierce | Gorham | D |
| 1837 | John C. Talbot | East Machias | D |
| 1838 | Nathaniel S. Littlefield | Bridgton | D |
| 1839 | Job Prince | Turner | D |
| 1840 | Stephen C. Foster | Pembroke | D4 |
| 1841 | Richard H. Vose | Augusta | D |
| 1842 | Samuel H. Blake | Bangor | D |
| 1843 | E. Kavanagh | Damariscotta | D |
| 1843 | V. D. Parris | Buckfield | D |
| 1844 | John W. Dana | Fryeburg | D |
| 1845 | Manly B. Townsend | Alexander | D |
| 1846 | Stephen H. Chase | Fryeburg | D |
| 1846 | David Dunn | Poland | D |
| 1847 | John Hodgdon | Houlton | D |
| 1848 | Caleb R. Ayer | Cornish | D |
| 1849 | William Tripp | Wilton | D |
| 1850 | Paulinus M. Foster | Anson | D |
| 1851-1852 | Noah Prince | Buckfield | D |
| 1853 | Samuel Butman | Dixmont | D |
| 1854 | Luther S. Moore | Limerick | D |
| 1855 | Franklin Muzzy | Bangor | Whig |
| 1856 | Lot M. Morrill | Augusta | R |
| 1857 | Joseph H. Williams (Resigned 2-26-1857) | Augusta | R |
| 1857 | Hiram Chapman | Damariscotta | R |
| 1858 | Seth Scamman | Saco | R |
| 1859 | Charles W. Goddard | Auburn | R |
| 1860 | Thomas H. Marshall | Belfast | R |
| 1861-1862 | John H. Goodenow | Alfred | R |
| 1863 | Nathan A. Farwell | Rockland | R |
| 1864 | George B. Barrows | Fryeburg | R |
| 1865 | David D. Stewart | St. Albans | R |
| 1866 | William Wirt Virgin | Norway | R |
| 1867 | Nathaniel A. Burpee | Rockland | R |
| 1868 | Josiah Crosby | Dexter | R |
| 1869 | Stephen D. Lindsey | Norridgewock | R |
| 1870 | William W. Bolster | Dixfield | R |
| 1871 | Charles Buffum | Orono | R |
| 1872 | Reuben Foster | Waterville | R |
| 1873 | John B. Foster | Bangor | R |
| 1874 | John E. Butler | Biddeford | R |
| 1875 | Edmund F. Webb | Waterville | R |
| 1876-1877 | Thomas W. Hyde | Bath | R |
| 1878 | Warren H. Vinton | Gray | R |
| 1879 | J. Manchester Haynes | Augusta | R |
| 1880-1882 | Joseph A. Locke | Portland | R |
| 1883-1884 | John L. Cutler | Bangor | R |
| 1885-1886 | William D. Pennell | Lewiston | R |
| 1887-1888 | Sebastian S. Marble | Waldoboro |
R |
| 1889-1990 | Henry Lord | Bangor | R |
| 1891-1892 | Charles F. Libby | Portland | R |
| 1893-1894 | Albert M. Spear | Gardiner | R |
| 1895-1896 | George M. Seiders | Portland | R |
| 1897-1898 | Albert R. Day | Corinna | R |
| 1899-1900 | Oliver B. Clason | Gardiner | R |
| 1901-1902 | Hannibal E. Hamlin | Ellsworth | R |
| 1903-1904 | Harry R. Virgin | Portland | R |
| 1905-1906 | Forrest Goodwin | Skowhegan | R |
| 1907-1908 | Fred J. Allen | Sanford | R |
| 1909-1910 | Luere B. Deasy | Bar Harbor | R |
| 1911-1912 | Nathan Clifford | Cape Elizabeth | D |
| 1913-1914 | Carl E. Milliken | Island Falls | R |
| 1915-1916 | Ira G. Hersey | Houlton | R |
| 1917-1918 | Taber D. Bailey | Bangor | R |
| 1919-1920 | Leon F. Higgins | Brewer | R |
| 1921 | Percival P. Baxter (1-5-1921 to 1-31-1921, became governor after the death of Gov. Parkhurst) | Portland | R |
| 1921 | Frank G. Farrington (President Pro Tem 1-31-1921, resigned 2-7-1921) | Augusta | R |
| 1921-1922 | Charles E. Gurney (President Pro Tem 2-7-1921) | Portland | R |
| 1923-1924 | Frank G. Farrington | Augusta | R |
| 1925-1926 | Hodgdon C. Buzzell | Belfast | R |
| 1927-1928 | Frank H. Holley | North Anson | R |
| 1929-1930 | J. Blaine Morrison | Phillips | R |
| 1931-1932 | Burleigh Martin | Augusta | R |
| 1933-1934 | Harold H. Murchie | Calais | R |
| 1935-1936 | Harold E. Weeks | Fairfield | R |
| 1937-1938 | J. Frederic Burns | Houlton | R |
| 1939-1940 | Sumner Sewall | Bath | R |
| 1941 | Nathaniel Tompkins | Houlton | R |
| 1942 | Francis H. Friend | Skowhegan | R |
| 1943-1944 | Horace A. Hildreth | Cumberland | R |
| 1945-1948 | George D. Varney | Kittery | R |
| 1949-1952 | Burton M. Cross | Augusta | R |
| 1953 | Nathaniel M. Haskell | Portland | R |
| 1954 | John F. Ward | Millinocket | R |
| 1955-1958 | Robert N. Haskell | Bangor | R |
| 1959 | John H. Reed | Fort Fairfield | R |
| 1960-1962 | Earle M. Hillman | Bangor | R |
| 1963-1964 | Robert A. Marden | Waterville | R |
| 1965-1966 | Carlton Day Reed, Jr. | Woolwich | D |
| 1967-1968 | Joseph B. Campbell | Augusta | R |
| 1969-1974 | Kenneth P. MacLeod | Brewer | R |
| 1975-1982 | Joseph Sewall | Old Town | R |
| 1983-1984 | Gerard P. Conley | Portland | D |
| 1985-1992 | Charles P. Pray | Millinocket | D |
| 1993-1994 | Dennis L. Dutremble | Biddeford | D |
| 1995-1996 | Jeffrey H. Butland | Cumberland | R |
| 1997-2000 | Mark W. Lawrence | Kittery | D |
| 20015 | Michael H. Michaud | E. Millinocket | D |
| 2002 | Richard A. Bennett | Norway | R |
| 2003-20046 | Beverly C. Daggett | Augusta | D |
| 2005-2008 | Betheda Edmonds | Freeport | D |
| 2009-20107 | Elizabeth H. Mitchell | Vassalboro | D |
| 2011-2012 | Kevin L. Raye | Perry | R |
| 2013-2014 | Justin Alfond | Portland | D |
| 2015-2018 | Mike Thibodeau | Winterport | R |
| 2019-2024 | Troy Jackson | Allagash | D |
| 2025- | Matthea Elisabeth Larsen Daughtry | Brunswick | D |
1So listed in Mundy. Shown on original Library list as Democrat.
2 So listed in Mundy. Shown on original Library list as Democrat.
3So listed in Mundy. Shown on original Library list as Democrat.
4Mundy indicates that Mr. Foster became a Republican prior to the Civil War.
5The political composition of the Senate for the 120th Legislature is 17 Democrats, 17 Republicans, and 1 Independent. The Senate elected Senator Michaud as President and Senator Bennett as President Pro Tem until December 5, 2001. They will then switch and Senator Bennett will be the President and Senator Michaud will be President Pro Tem.
6Senator Beverly C. Daggett is the first woman to be elected to be President of the Senate.
7First woman to serve as both Speaker and President
Sources:
Laws of Maine.
House and Senate Register.
News clippings
Mundy, James H. Presidents of the Senate of Maine from 1820. Augusta: Secretary of the Senate of Maine, c1979.
12/9/2024 A-Z List