Maine Attorneys General, 1820-
Attorneys General Portraits, 1820-1965, at Maine State Archives
YEAR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE
1820-1831
Erastus Foote, Wiscasset
H 1841; S1820
1832-1833
Jonathan P. Rogers, Bangor
S 1834
1834-1837
Nathan Clifford, Newfield
H 1831-1834
1838
Daniel Goodenow, Alfred
H 1825, 1827, 1830
1839-1840
Stephen Emery, Paris
None found
1841
Daniel Goodenow, Alfred
H 1825, 1827, 1830
1842-1845
Otis L. Bridges, Calais
None found
1845-1847
Wyman B.S. Moor, Waterville
H 1839
1847-1848
Samuel H. Blake, Bangor
H 1855, 1862-1863; S 1840, 1842
1849-1852
Henry Tallman, Bath
S 1844-1845
1853-1855
George Evans, Portland
H 1826-1829
1856-1857
John S. Abbott, Norridgewock
H 1854
1857-1859
Nathan D. Appleton, Alfred
H 1829, 1847-1848; S 1830
1860
G.W. Ingersoll, Bangor (died)
H 1854-1855
1860-1863
Josiah H. Drummond, Portland
H 1857-1859, 1869; S 1860
1864-1866
John A. Peters, Bangor
H 1864; S 1862-1863
1867-1869
William P. Frye, Lewiston
H 1861-1862, 1867
1870-1872
Thomas B. Reed, Portland
H 1868-1869, S 1879
1873-1875
Harris M. Plaisted, Bangor
H 1867-1868
1876-1878
Lucilius A. Emery, Ellsworth
S 1874-1875, 1881-1882
1879
William H. McLellan, Belfast
S 1872
1880-1884
Henry B. Cleaves, Portland
H 1876, 1877
1885-1888
Orville D. Baker, Augusta
None found
1889-1892
Charles E. Littlefield, Rockland
H 1885-1888
1893-1896
Frederick A. Powers, Houlton
H 1885-1888, H 1891-1892
1897-1900
William T. Haines, Waterville
H 1895-1896, S 1889-1892
1901-1904
George M. Seiders, Portland
H 1878; S 1893-1896
1905-1908
Hannibal E. Hamlin, Ellsworth
H: 1893-1896; S 1899-1902
1909-1910
Warren C. Philbrook, Waterville
H 1897-1900
1911
Cyrus R. Tupper, Boothbay Harbor (resigned)
S 1905-1906
1911-1912
William R. Pattangall, Waterville
H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912
1913-1914
Scott Wilson, Portland
None found
1915-1916
William R. Pattangall, Waterville
H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912
1917-1920
Guy H. Sturgis, Portland
None found
1921-1924
Ransford W. Shaw, Houlton
S 1893-1896
1925-1928
Raymond Fellows, Bangor
None found
1929-1932
Clement F. Robinson, Portland
None found
1933-1936
Clyde R. Chapman, Belfast
None found
1937-1940
Franz U. Burkett, Portland
H 1929-1932, 1951-1952; S 1935-1936
1941-1944
Frank I. Cowan, Portland
H 1939-1940
1945-1950
Ralph W. Farris, Augusta
H 1929-34, S 1941-1944
1951-1954
Alexander A. LaFleur, Portland
H 1939-1942
1955-1958
Frank F. Harding, Rockland
H 1951-1952, S 1953-1954
1959-1964
Frank E. Hancock, York
H 1955-1958
1965-1966
Richard J. Dubord, Waterville
None found
1967-1972
James S. Erwin, York
H 1965-1966, S 1961-1962
1973-1974
Jon A. Lund, Augusta
H 1965-66, 1969-1972; S 1967-1968
1975-1978
Joseph E. Brennan, Portland
H 1965-70, S 1973-1974
1979-1980
Richard S. Cohen, Augusta
None found
1981-1990
James E. Tierney, Lisbon Falls
H 1973-1980
1991-1994
Michael Carpenter, Houlton
H 1975-1976, S 1977-1986, 2017-2020
1995-2000
Andrew Ketterer, Madison
H 1991-1994
2001-2008
G. Steven Rowe, Portland
H 1993-2000
2009-2010
Janet Mills, Farmington
H 2003-2010
2011-2012
William Schneider, Durham
H 1999-2002
2013-2018
Janet Mills, Farmington
H 2003-2010
2019-
Aaron Frey, Bangor
H 2013-2018
Sources:
A history of the law : the courts, and the lawyers of Maine, from its first colonization to the early part of the present century / By William Willis, 1863
Maine House Journal and Maine Senate Journal
Senate and House Registers
Laws of the State of Maine
Legislative Record
Legislators Biographical Database: https://history.mainelegislature.org/Presto/home/home.aspx
LLMC (Law Library Microform Consortium) Digital Library
2/26/2026 A-Z List
Attorneys General Portraits, 1820-1965, at Maine State Archives
| YEAR | ATTORNEY GENERAL | LEGISLATIVE SERVICE |
| 1820-1831 | Erastus Foote, Wiscasset | H 1841; S1820 |
| 1832-1833 | Jonathan P. Rogers, Bangor | S 1834 |
| 1834-1837 | Nathan Clifford, Newfield | H 1831-1834 |
| 1838 | Daniel Goodenow, Alfred | H 1825, 1827, 1830 |
| 1839-1840 | Stephen Emery, Paris | None found |
| 1841 | Daniel Goodenow, Alfred | H 1825, 1827, 1830 |
| 1842-1845 | Otis L. Bridges, Calais | None found |
| 1845-1847 | Wyman B.S. Moor, Waterville | H 1839 |
| 1847-1848 | Samuel H. Blake, Bangor | H 1855, 1862-1863; S 1840, 1842 |
| 1849-1852 | Henry Tallman, Bath | S 1844-1845 |
| 1853-1855 | George Evans, Portland | H 1826-1829 |
| 1856-1857 | John S. Abbott, Norridgewock | H 1854 |
| 1857-1859 | Nathan D. Appleton, Alfred | H 1829, 1847-1848; S 1830 |
| 1860 | G.W. Ingersoll, Bangor (died) | H 1854-1855 |
| 1860-1863 | Josiah H. Drummond, Portland | H 1857-1859, 1869; S 1860 |
| 1864-1866 | John A. Peters, Bangor | H 1864; S 1862-1863 |
| 1867-1869 | William P. Frye, Lewiston | H 1861-1862, 1867 |
| 1870-1872 | Thomas B. Reed, Portland | H 1868-1869, S 1879 |
| 1873-1875 | Harris M. Plaisted, Bangor | H 1867-1868 |
| 1876-1878 | Lucilius A. Emery, Ellsworth | S 1874-1875, 1881-1882 |
| 1879 | William H. McLellan, Belfast | S 1872 |
| 1880-1884 | Henry B. Cleaves, Portland | H 1876, 1877 |
| 1885-1888 | Orville D. Baker, Augusta | None found |
| 1889-1892 | Charles E. Littlefield, Rockland | H 1885-1888 |
| 1893-1896 | Frederick A. Powers, Houlton | H 1885-1888, H 1891-1892 |
| 1897-1900 | William T. Haines, Waterville | H 1895-1896, S 1889-1892 |
| 1901-1904 | George M. Seiders, Portland | H 1878; S 1893-1896 |
| 1905-1908 | Hannibal E. Hamlin, Ellsworth | H: 1893-1896; S 1899-1902 |
| 1909-1910 | Warren C. Philbrook, Waterville | H 1897-1900 |
| 1911 | Cyrus R. Tupper, Boothbay Harbor (resigned) | S 1905-1906 |
| 1911-1912 | William R. Pattangall, Waterville | H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912 |
| 1913-1914 | Scott Wilson, Portland | None found |
| 1915-1916 | William R. Pattangall, Waterville | H 1897-1898, 1901-1902, 1909-1912 |
| 1917-1920 | Guy H. Sturgis, Portland | None found |
| 1921-1924 | Ransford W. Shaw, Houlton | S 1893-1896 |
| 1925-1928 | Raymond Fellows, Bangor | None found |
| 1929-1932 | Clement F. Robinson, Portland | None found |
| 1933-1936 | Clyde R. Chapman, Belfast | None found |
| 1937-1940 | Franz U. Burkett, Portland | H 1929-1932, 1951-1952; S 1935-1936 |
| 1941-1944 | Frank I. Cowan, Portland | H 1939-1940 |
| 1945-1950 | Ralph W. Farris, Augusta | H 1929-34, S 1941-1944 |
| 1951-1954 | Alexander A. LaFleur, Portland | H 1939-1942 |
| 1955-1958 | Frank F. Harding, Rockland | H 1951-1952, S 1953-1954 |
| 1959-1964 | Frank E. Hancock, York | H 1955-1958 |
| 1965-1966 | Richard J. Dubord, Waterville | None found |
| 1967-1972 | James S. Erwin, York | H 1965-1966, S 1961-1962 |
| 1973-1974 | Jon A. Lund, Augusta | H 1965-66, 1969-1972; S 1967-1968 |
| 1975-1978 | Joseph E. Brennan, Portland | H 1965-70, S 1973-1974 |
| 1979-1980 | Richard S. Cohen, Augusta | None found |
| 1981-1990 | James E. Tierney, Lisbon Falls | H 1973-1980 |
| 1991-1994 | Michael Carpenter, Houlton | H 1975-1976, S 1977-1986, 2017-2020 |
| 1995-2000 | Andrew Ketterer, Madison | H 1991-1994 |
| 2001-2008 | G. Steven Rowe, Portland | H 1993-2000 |
| 2009-2010 | Janet Mills, Farmington | H 2003-2010 |
| 2011-2012 | William Schneider, Durham | H 1999-2002 |
| 2013-2018 | Janet Mills, Farmington | H 2003-2010 |
| 2019- | Aaron Frey, Bangor | H 2013-2018 |
Sources:
A history of the law : the courts, and the lawyers of Maine, from its first colonization to the early part of the present century / By William Willis, 1863
Maine House Journal and Maine Senate Journal
Senate and House Registers
Laws of the State of Maine
Legislative Record
Legislators Biographical Database: https://history.mainelegislature.org/Presto/home/home.aspx
LLMC (Law Library Microform Consortium) Digital Library
2/26/2026 A-Z List