No.

Governor

Term(s) 

Age

Party

Birth

Death

1

WILLIAM KING, Bath

1820-5/28/1821

52

Dem.-Rep.

2/9/1768

6/17/1852

2

WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON, Bangor

5/29/1821-12/5/1821

41

Dem.-Rep.

7/31/1779

5/27/1846

3

BENJAMIN AMES, Bath

12/5/1821-1/25/1822

43

Dem.-Rep.

10/30/1778

9/28/1835

4

DANIEL ROSE, Thomaston

1/2/1822-1/4/1822

49

Dem.-Rep.

7/31/1772

10/25/1833

5

ALBION K. PARRIS, Portland

1822-1827

33

Dem. Rep.

1/19/1788

2/11/1857

6

ENOCH LINCOLN, Paris

1827-10/8/1829

38

Dem. Rep.

12/28/1788

10/8/1829

7

NATHAN CUTLER, Farmington

10/12/1829-2/5/1830

54

Dem.-Rep.

5/29/1775

6/8/1861

8

JOSHUA HALL, Frankfort

2/5/1830-2/10/1830

61

Nat.-Rep.

10/22/1768

12/25/1862

9

JONATHAN G. HUNTON, Readfield

1830-1831

48

Nat.-Rep.

3/14/1781

10/12/1851

10

SAMUEL E. SMITH, Wiscasset

1831-1834

42

Dem.-Rep.

3/12/1788

3/4/1860

11

ROBERT P. DUNLAP, Brunswick

1834-1838

39

Democrat

8/17/1794

10/20/1859

12

EDWARD KENT, Bangor

1838-1839

36

Whig

1/8/1802

5/19/1877

13

JOHN FAIRFIELD, Saco

1839-1841

41

Democrat

1/30/1797

12/24/1847

14

RICHARD H. VOSE, Augusta

1/12/1841-1/13/1841

37

11/8/1803

1/19/1864

15

EDWARD KENT, Bangor

1841-1842

39

Whig

1/8/1802

5/19/1877

16

JOHN FAIRFIELD, Saco

1842-1843

44

Democrat

1/30/1797

12/24/1847

17

EDWARD KAVANAUGH, Newcastle

3/7/1843-1/1/1844

47

Democrat

4/27/1795

1/20/1844

18

DAVID DUNN, Poland

1/2/1844-1/3/1844

32

Democrat

1/17/1811

2/17/1894

19

JOHN W. DANA, Fryeburg

1/3/1844-1/5/1844

35

Democrat

6/21/1808

12/22/1867

20

HUGH J. ANDERSON, Belfast

1844-1847

42

Democrat

5/10/1801

5/31/1881

21

JOHN W. DANA, Fryeburg

1847-1850

38

Democrat

6/21/1808

12/22/1867

22

JOHN HUBBARD, Hallowell

1850-1853

55

Democrat

3/22/1794

2/6/1869

23

WILLIAM G. CROSBY, Belfast

1853-1855

47

Whig

9/10/1805

3/21/1881

24

ANSON P. MORRILL, Readfield

1855-1856

51

Know-Nothing

6/10/1803

7/4/1887

25

SAMUEL E. WELLS, Portland

1856-1857

54

Democrat

8/15/1801

7/15/1868

26

HANNIBAL HAMLIN, Hampden

1/8/1857-2/26/1857

47

Republican

8/27/1809

7/4/1891

27

JOSEPH H. WILLIAMS, Augusta

2/26/1857-1/8/1858

42

Republican

2/15/1814

7/19/1896

28

LOT M. MORRILL, Augusta

1858-1861

44

Republican

5/3/1813

1/10/1883

29

ISRAEL WASHBURN, JR., Orono

1861-1863

47

Republican

6/6/1813

5/12/1883

30

ABNER COBURN, Skowhegan

1863-1864

59

Republican

3/22/1803

1/4/1885

31

SAMUEL CONY, Augusta

1864-1867

52

Republican

2/27/1811

10/5/1870

32

JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN, Brunswick

1867-1871

38

Republican

9/8/1828

2/24/1914

33

SIDNEY PERHAM, Paris

1871-1874

51

Republican

3/27/1819

4/10/1907

34

NELSON DINGLEY, JR., Lewiston

1874-1876

41

Republican

2/15/1832

1/13/1899

35

SELDON CONNOR, Augusta

1876-1879

36

Republican

1/25/1839

7/9/1917

36

ALONZO GARCELON, Lewiston

1879-1880

65

Democrat

5/6/1813

12/8/1906

37

DANIEL F. DAVIS, Corinth

1880-1881

36

Republican

9/12/1843

1/9/1897

38

HARRIS M. PLAISTED, Bangor

1881-1883

52

Fusion

11/2/1828

1/31/1898

39

FREDERICK ROBIE, Gorham

1883-1887

60

Republican

8/12/1822

2/3/1912

40

JOSEPH R. BODWELL, Hallowell

1887-12/15/1887

68

Republican

6/18/1818

12/15/1887

41

SABASTIAN S. MARBLE, Waldoboro

12/16/1887-1/2/1889

70

Republican

3/1/1817

5/10/1902

42

EDWIN C. BURLEIGH, Bangor

1889-1893

45

Republican

11/27/1843

6/16/1916

43

HENRY B. CLEAVES, Portland

1893-1897

52

Republican

2/6/1840

6/22/1912

44

LLEWELLYN POWERS, Houlton

1897-1901

60

Republican

10/14/1836

7/28/1908

45

JOHN FREMONT HILL, Augusta

1901-1905

45

Republican

10/29/1855

3/16/1912

46

WILLIAM T. COBB, Rockland

1905-1909

47

Republican

7/23/1857

7/24/1937

47

BERT M. FERNALD, Poland

1909-1911

50

Republican

4/3/1858

8/23/1926

48

FREDERICK W. PLAISTED, Augusta

1911-1913

45

Democrat

7/26/1865

3/4/1943

49

WILLIAM T. HAINES, Waterville

1913-1915

58

Republican

8/7/1854

6/4/1919

50

OAKLEY C. CURTIS, Portland

1915-1917

49

Democrat

3/29/1865

2/22/1924

51

CARL E. MILLIKEN, Island Falls

1917-1921

39

Republican

7/13/1877

5/1/1961

52

FREDERIC H. PARKHURST, Bangor

1921-1/31/1921

56

Republican

11/5/1864

1/31/1921

53

PERCIVAL P. BAXTER, Portland

1/31/1921-1925

44

Republican

11/22/1876

6/12/1969

54

RALPH OWEN BREWSTER, Portland

1925-1929

36

Republican

2/22/1888

12/25/1961

55

WILLIAM TUDOR GARDINER, Gardiner

1929-1933

36

Republican

6/12/1892

8/2/1953

56

LOUIS J. BRANN, Lewiston

1933-1937

56

Democrat

7/8/1876

2/3/1948

57

LEWIS O. BARROWS, Newport

1937-1941

43

Republican

6/7/1893

1/30/1967

58

SUMNER SEWALL, Bath

1941-1945

43

Republican

6/17/1897

1/25/1965

59

HORACE A. HILDRETH, Cumberland

1945-1949

42

Republican

12/2/1902

6/2/1988

60

FREDERICK G. PAYNE, Waldoboro

1949-12/25/1952

44

Republican

7/24/1904

6/15/1978

*

BURTON M. CROSS, Augusta

12/25/1952-1/7/1953

50

Republican

11/15/1902

10/22/1998

*

NATHANIEL M. HASKELL, Portland

10 AM 1/7/1953-
11 AM 1/8/1953
= 25 hours

40

Republican

9/27/1912

2/8/1983

61

BURTON M. CROSS, Augusta

1953-1955

50

Republican

11/15/1902

10/22/1998

62

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Waterville

1955-1/2/1959

40

Democrat

3/28/1914

3/26/96

63

ROBERT N. HASKELL, Bangor

1/2/1959-1/7/1959

55

Republican

8/24/1903

12/3/1987

64

CLINTON A. CLAUSON, Waterville

1959-12/30/1959
=11mo.-1 day

63

Democrat

3/28/1895

12/30/1959

65

JOHN H. REED, Fort Fairfield

12/30/1959-1967

37

Republican

1/5/1921

 12/31/2012

66

KENNETH M. CURTIS, Manchester

1967-1975

35

Democrat

2/8/1931

 

67

JAMES B. LONGLEY, Lewiston

1975-1979

50

Independent

4/22/1924

8/16/1980

68*

JOSEPH E. BRENNAN, Portland

1979-1987

44

Democrat

11/2/1934

 

70

JOHN R. McKERNAN, Jr., Bangor

1987-1995

38

Republican

5/20/1948

 

71

ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Brunswick

1995-2003

50

Independent

3/31/1944

 

72

JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Bangor

2003- 2010

47

Democrat

1/30/1955

 

73

PAUL R. LePAGE, Waterville

2011-2018

62

Republican

10/9/1948

 

 74

JANET T. MILLS, Farmington

2019-

71

Democrat

12/30/1947

 

 

* Numbering. The records maintained by the Law Library did not originally list or number the terms for which Burton Cross and Nathaniel Haskell served as acting governors. Prior to McKernan's inauguration the mistake was discovered and the counting corrected by one. To be consistent, the numbers should have been adjusted by two making McKernan the 71st Governor and King the 72nd Governor. Inaugural invitations and news clips from that time show that they were identified as the 70th and 71st Governors.