Presidents of the Maine Senate, 1820 -
SESSION
YEAR
NAME
RESIDENCE
PARTY
See "Sources" below
1st
1820
John Chandler (Resigned 6/19/1820)
Monmouth
Democratic-Republican
1820
William Moody (Resigned 6/28/1820
Saco
Democratic-Republican
1820-1821
William D. Williamson
Bangor
Democratic-Republican
2nd - 3rd
1822-1823
Daniel Rose
Boothbay
Democratic-Republican
4th
1824
Benjamin Ames
Bath
Democratic-Republican
5th - 6th
1825-26
Jonas Wheeler
Camden
Democratic-Republican
7th - 8th
1827-28
Robert P. Dunlap
Brunswick
Democratic-Republican
9th
1829
Nathan Cutler
Farmington
Democratic-Republican
10th
1830
Joshua Hall
Frankfort
Democratic-Republican
11th - 12th
1831-32
Robert P. Dunlap
Brunswick
Democratic-Republican
13th
1833
Francis O.J. Smith
Portland
Democrat
14th
1834
Joseph Williamson
Belfast
Democrat
15th - 16th
1835-36
Josiah Pierce
Gorham
Democrat
17th
1837
John Coffin Talbot
East Machias
Democrat
18th
1838
Nathaniel S. Littlefield
Bridgton
Democrat
19th
1839
Job Prince
Turner
Democrat
20th
1840
Stephen C. Foster
Pembroke
Democrat
21st
1841
Richard H. Vose
Augusta
Democrat
22nd
1842
Samuel H. Blake
Bangor
Democrat
23rd
1843
Edward Kavanagh (Resigned 3/7/1843)
Newcastle
Democrat
1843
Virgil D. Parris
14th Senatorial District
Democrat
24th
1844
John W. Dana
Fryeburg
Democrat
25th
1845
Manly B. Townsend
9th Senatorial District
Democrat
26th
1846
Stephen Henry Chase (Resigned 8/4/1846)
14th Senatorial District
Democrat
1846
David Dunn
Poland
Democrat
27th
1847
John Hodgdon
9th Senatorial District
Democrat
28th
1848
Caleb R. Ayer
Cornish
Democrat
29th
1849
William Tripp
13th Senatorial District
Democrat
30th
1850
Paulinus M. Foster
Anson
Democrat
31st
1851-1852
Noah Prince
Buckfield
Democrat
32nd
1853
Samuel Butman
9th Senatorial District
Democrat
33rd
1854
Luther S. Moore
Limerick
Democrat
34th
1855
Franklin Muzzy
9th Senatorial District
Whig
35th
1856
Lot Morrill
Augusta
Republican
36th
1857
Joseph H. Williams (Resigned 2/26/1857)
Augusta
Republican
1857
Hiram Chapman
Nobleboro
Republican
37th
1858
Seth Scamman
Saco
Republican
38th
1859
Charles W. Goddard
2nd Senatorial District
Republican
39th
1860
Thomas H. Marshall
Belfast
Republican
40th - 41st
1861-1862
John H. Goodenow
Alfred
Republican
42nd
1863
Nathan A. Farwell
Rockland
Republican
43rd
1864
George B. Barrows
Fryeburg
Republican
44th
1865
David D. Stewart
Saint Albans
Republican
45th
1866
William Wirt Virgin
Norway
Republican
46th
1867
Nathaniel A. Burpee
Rockland
Republican
47th
1868
Josiah Crosby
Dexter
Republican
48th
1869
Stephen D. Lindsey
Norridgewock
Republican
49th
1870
William W. Bolster
Dixfield
Republican
50th
1871
Charles Buffum
Orono
Republican
51st
1872
Reuben Foster
Waterville
Republican
52nd
1873
John B. Foster
Bangor
Republican
53rd
1874
John Edward Butler
Biddeford
Republican
54th
1875
Edmund F. Webb
Waterville
Republican
55th - 56th
1876-1877
Thomas W. Hyde
Bath
Republican
57th
1878
Warren H. Vinton
Gray
Republican
58th
1879
Josiah Manchester Haynes
Augusta
Republican
59th - 60th
1880-1882
Joseph A. Locke
Portland
Republican
61st
1883-1884
John L. Cutler
Bangor
Republican
62nd
1885-1886
William D. Pennell
Lewiston
Republican
63rd
1887-1888
Sebastian S. Marble
Waldoboro
Republican
64th
1889-1890
Henry Lord
Bangor
Republican
65th
1891-1892
Charles F. Libby
Portland
Republican
66th
1893-1894
Albert M. Spear
Gardiner
Republican
67th
1895-1896
George M. Seiders
Portland
Republican
68th
1897-1898
Albert R. Day
Corinna
Republican
69th
1899-1900
Oliver B. Clason
Gardiner
Republican
70th
1901-1902
Hannibal E. Hamlin
Ellsworth
Republican
71st
1903-1904
Harry R. Virgin
Portland
Republican
72nd
1905-1906
Forrest Goodwin
Skowhegan
Republican
73rd
1907-1908
Fred J. Allen
Sanford
Republican
74th
1909-1910
Luere B. Deasy
Eden
Republican
75th
1911-1912
Nathan Clifford
Cape Elizabeth
Democrat
76th
1913-1914
Carl E. Milliken
Island Falls
Republican
77th
1915-1916
Ira G. Hersey
Houlton
Republican
78th
1917-1918
Taber D. Bailey
Bangor
Republican
79th
1919-1920
Leon F. Higgins
Brewer
Republican
80th
1921
Percival P. Baxter (1/5/1921 to 1/31-1921, became governor after the death of Gov. Parkhurst)
Portland
Republican
1921
Frank G. Farrington (President Pro Tem 1/31/1921, resigned 2-7-1921)
Augusta
Republican
1921-1922
Charles E. Gurney (President Pro Tem 2/7/1921)
Portland
Republican
81st
1923-1924
Frank G. Farrington
Augusta
Republican
82nd
1925-1926
Hodgdon C. Buzzell
Belfast
Republican
83rd
1927-1928
Frank H. Holley
Anson
Republican
84th
1929-1930
J. Blaine Morrison
Phillips
Republican
85th
1931-1932
Burleigh Martin
Augusta
Republican
86th
1933-1934
Harold H. Murchie
Calais
Republican
87th
1935-1936
Harold E. Weeks
Fairfield
Republican
88th
1937-1938
J. Frederic Burns
Houlton
Republican
89th
1939-1940
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Republican
90th
1941
Nathaniel Tompkins (Resigned before 1942 Special Session)
Houlton
Republican
1942
Francis Howard Friend
Skowhegan
Republican
91st
1943-1944
Horace A. Hildreth
Cumberland
Republican
92nd - 93rd
1945-1948
George D. Varney, Sr.
Kittery
Republican
94th - 95th
1949-1952
Burton M. Cross
Augusta
Republican
96th
1953
Nathaniel M. Haskell (Resigned 8/31/1953)
Portland
Republican
1954
John F. Ward
Millinocket
Republican
97th -98th
1955-1958
Robert N. Haskell
Bangor
Republican
99th
1959
John H. Reed (Became governor on death of Gov. Clauson in December 1959)
Fort Fairfield
Republican
1960
Earle M. Hillman
Bangor
Republican
100th
1961-1962
Earle M. Hillman
Bangor
Republican
101st
1963-1964
Robert A. Marden
Waterville
Republican
102nd
1965-1966
Carlton Day Reed, Jr.
Woolwich
Democrat
103rd
1967-1968
Joseph B. Campbell
Augusta
Republican
104th - 106th
1969-1974
Kenneth P. MacLeod
Brewer
Republican
107th - 110th
1975-1982
Joseph Sewall
Old Town
Republican
111th
1983-1984
Gerard P. Conley, Sr.
Portland
Democrat
112th - 115th
1985-1992
Charles P. Pray
Millinocket
Democrat
116th
1993-1994
Dennis L. Dutremble
Biddeford
Democrat
117th
1995-1996
Jeffrey H. Butland
Cumberland
Republican
118th - 119th
1997-2000
Mark W. Lawrence
Kittery (118th), South Berwick (119th)
Democrat
120th
*2001
Michael H. Michaud
E. Millinocket
Democrat
*2002
Richard A. Bennett
Norway
Republican
121st
2003-2004
Beverly C. Daggett
Augusta
Democrat
122nd - 123rd
2005-2008
Betheda "Beth" Edmonds
Freeport
Democrat
124th
2009-2010
Elizabeth H. "Libby" Mitchell
Vassalboro
Democrat
125th
2011-2012
Kevin L. Raye
Perry
Republican
126th
2013-2014
Justin L. Alfond
Portland
Democrat
127th
2015-2018
Michael D. Thibodeau
Winterport
Republican
128th - 131st
2019-2024
Troy Dale Jackson
Allagash
Democrat
132
2025-
Matthea E.L. "Mattie" Daughtry
Brunswick
Democrat
* 120th - Due to a tie in the political makeup of the Senate, a power-sharing agreement between the parties was developed to equitably share the offices of President of the Senate, Secretary of the Senate, and committee assignments.
Sources:
1820-1982
Party affiliation priority source is Mundy, James H. Presidents of the Senate of Maine from 1820. Augusta: Secretary of the Senate of Maine, c1979.
Residence is taken primarily from the Laws of the State of Maine and later from State of Maine Senate and House Registers. In some cases, information was supplemented by Mundy, published obituaries and news articles. When residence at the time of serving as Senate President is not available in the aforementioned sources, then the Senate District number is indicated.
Birth and death dates are taken from Mundy, primarily, as well as news articles and obituaries.
Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the Laws of the State of Maine, Legislative Record, and the Journal of the Senate of the State of Maine.
1983 to present
Party and residence information is taken primarily from the State of Maine Senate and House Registers.
Birth and death dates are taken primarily from published obituaries and news articles.
Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the Senate Legislative Record.
8/19/2025 A-Z List
| SESSION | YEAR | NAME | RESIDENCE | PARTY |
| See "Sources" below | ||||
| 1st | 1820 | John Chandler (Resigned 6/19/1820) | Monmouth | Democratic-Republican |
| 1820 | William Moody (Resigned 6/28/1820 | Saco | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1820-1821 | William D. Williamson | Bangor | Democratic-Republican | |
| 2nd - 3rd | 1822-1823 | Daniel Rose | Boothbay | Democratic-Republican |
| 4th | 1824 | Benjamin Ames | Bath | Democratic-Republican |
| 5th - 6th | 1825-26 | Jonas Wheeler | Camden | Democratic-Republican |
| 7th - 8th | 1827-28 | Robert P. Dunlap | Brunswick | Democratic-Republican |
| 9th | 1829 | Nathan Cutler | Farmington | Democratic-Republican |
| 10th | 1830 | Joshua Hall | Frankfort | Democratic-Republican |
| 11th - 12th | 1831-32 | Robert P. Dunlap | Brunswick | Democratic-Republican |
| 13th | 1833 | Francis O.J. Smith | Portland | Democrat |
| 14th | 1834 | Joseph Williamson | Belfast | Democrat |
| 15th - 16th | 1835-36 | Josiah Pierce | Gorham | Democrat |
| 17th | 1837 | John Coffin Talbot | East Machias | Democrat |
| 18th | 1838 | Nathaniel S. Littlefield | Bridgton | Democrat |
| 19th | 1839 | Job Prince | Turner | Democrat |
| 20th | 1840 | Stephen C. Foster | Pembroke | Democrat |
| 21st | 1841 | Richard H. Vose | Augusta | Democrat |
| 22nd | 1842 | Samuel H. Blake | Bangor | Democrat |
| 23rd | 1843 | Edward Kavanagh (Resigned 3/7/1843) | Newcastle | Democrat |
| 1843 | Virgil D. Parris | 14th Senatorial District | Democrat | |
| 24th | 1844 | John W. Dana | Fryeburg | Democrat |
| 25th | 1845 | Manly B. Townsend | 9th Senatorial District | Democrat |
| 26th | 1846 | Stephen Henry Chase (Resigned 8/4/1846) | 14th Senatorial District | Democrat |
| 1846 | David Dunn | Poland | Democrat | |
| 27th | 1847 | John Hodgdon | 9th Senatorial District | Democrat |
| 28th | 1848 | Caleb R. Ayer | Cornish | Democrat |
| 29th | 1849 | William Tripp | 13th Senatorial District | Democrat |
| 30th | 1850 | Paulinus M. Foster | Anson | Democrat |
| 31st | 1851-1852 | Noah Prince | Buckfield | Democrat |
| 32nd | 1853 | Samuel Butman | 9th Senatorial District | Democrat |
| 33rd | 1854 | Luther S. Moore | Limerick | Democrat |
| 34th | 1855 | Franklin Muzzy | 9th Senatorial District | Whig |
| 35th | 1856 | Lot Morrill | Augusta | Republican |
| 36th | 1857 | Joseph H. Williams (Resigned 2/26/1857) | Augusta | Republican |
| 1857 | Hiram Chapman | Nobleboro | Republican | |
| 37th | 1858 | Seth Scamman | Saco | Republican |
| 38th | 1859 | Charles W. Goddard | 2nd Senatorial District | Republican |
| 39th | 1860 | Thomas H. Marshall | Belfast | Republican |
| 40th - 41st | 1861-1862 | John H. Goodenow | Alfred | Republican |
| 42nd | 1863 | Nathan A. Farwell | Rockland | Republican |
| 43rd | 1864 | George B. Barrows | Fryeburg | Republican |
| 44th | 1865 | David D. Stewart | Saint Albans | Republican |
| 45th | 1866 | William Wirt Virgin | Norway | Republican |
| 46th | 1867 | Nathaniel A. Burpee | Rockland | Republican |
| 47th | 1868 | Josiah Crosby | Dexter | Republican |
| 48th | 1869 | Stephen D. Lindsey | Norridgewock | Republican |
| 49th | 1870 | William W. Bolster | Dixfield | Republican |
| 50th | 1871 | Charles Buffum | Orono | Republican |
| 51st | 1872 | Reuben Foster | Waterville | Republican |
| 52nd | 1873 | John B. Foster | Bangor | Republican |
| 53rd | 1874 | John Edward Butler | Biddeford | Republican |
| 54th | 1875 | Edmund F. Webb | Waterville | Republican |
| 55th - 56th | 1876-1877 | Thomas W. Hyde | Bath | Republican |
| 57th | 1878 | Warren H. Vinton | Gray | Republican |
| 58th | 1879 | Josiah Manchester Haynes | Augusta | Republican |
| 59th - 60th | 1880-1882 | Joseph A. Locke | Portland | Republican |
| 61st | 1883-1884 | John L. Cutler | Bangor | Republican |
| 62nd | 1885-1886 | William D. Pennell | Lewiston | Republican |
| 63rd | 1887-1888 | Sebastian S. Marble | Waldoboro | Republican |
| 64th | 1889-1890 | Henry Lord | Bangor | Republican |
| 65th | 1891-1892 | Charles F. Libby | Portland | Republican |
| 66th | 1893-1894 | Albert M. Spear | Gardiner | Republican |
| 67th | 1895-1896 | George M. Seiders | Portland | Republican |
| 68th | 1897-1898 | Albert R. Day | Corinna | Republican |
| 69th | 1899-1900 | Oliver B. Clason | Gardiner | Republican |
| 70th | 1901-1902 | Hannibal E. Hamlin | Ellsworth | Republican |
| 71st | 1903-1904 | Harry R. Virgin | Portland | Republican |
| 72nd | 1905-1906 | Forrest Goodwin | Skowhegan | Republican |
| 73rd | 1907-1908 | Fred J. Allen | Sanford | Republican |
| 74th | 1909-1910 | Luere B. Deasy | Eden | Republican |
| 75th | 1911-1912 | Nathan Clifford | Cape Elizabeth | Democrat |
| 76th | 1913-1914 | Carl E. Milliken | Island Falls | Republican |
| 77th | 1915-1916 | Ira G. Hersey | Houlton | Republican |
| 78th | 1917-1918 | Taber D. Bailey | Bangor | Republican |
| 79th | 1919-1920 | Leon F. Higgins | Brewer | Republican |
| 80th | 1921 | Percival P. Baxter (1/5/1921 to 1/31-1921, became governor after the death of Gov. Parkhurst) | Portland | Republican |
| 1921 | Frank G. Farrington (President Pro Tem 1/31/1921, resigned 2-7-1921) | Augusta | Republican | |
| 1921-1922 | Charles E. Gurney (President Pro Tem 2/7/1921) | Portland | Republican | |
| 81st | 1923-1924 | Frank G. Farrington | Augusta | Republican |
| 82nd | 1925-1926 | Hodgdon C. Buzzell | Belfast | Republican |
| 83rd | 1927-1928 | Frank H. Holley | Anson | Republican |
| 84th | 1929-1930 | J. Blaine Morrison | Phillips | Republican |
| 85th | 1931-1932 | Burleigh Martin | Augusta | Republican |
| 86th | 1933-1934 | Harold H. Murchie | Calais | Republican |
| 87th | 1935-1936 | Harold E. Weeks | Fairfield | Republican |
| 88th | 1937-1938 | J. Frederic Burns | Houlton | Republican |
| 89th | 1939-1940 | Sumner Sewall | Bath | Republican |
| 90th | 1941 | Nathaniel Tompkins (Resigned before 1942 Special Session) | Houlton | Republican |
| 1942 | Francis Howard Friend | Skowhegan | Republican | |
| 91st | 1943-1944 | Horace A. Hildreth | Cumberland | Republican |
| 92nd - 93rd | 1945-1948 | George D. Varney, Sr. | Kittery | Republican |
| 94th - 95th | 1949-1952 | Burton M. Cross | Augusta | Republican |
| 96th | 1953 | Nathaniel M. Haskell (Resigned 8/31/1953) | Portland | Republican |
| 1954 | John F. Ward | Millinocket | Republican | |
| 97th -98th | 1955-1958 | Robert N. Haskell | Bangor | Republican |
| 99th | 1959 | John H. Reed (Became governor on death of Gov. Clauson in December 1959) | Fort Fairfield | Republican |
| 1960 | Earle M. Hillman | Bangor | Republican | |
| 100th | 1961-1962 | Earle M. Hillman | Bangor | Republican |
| 101st | 1963-1964 | Robert A. Marden | Waterville | Republican |
| 102nd | 1965-1966 | Carlton Day Reed, Jr. | Woolwich | Democrat |
| 103rd | 1967-1968 | Joseph B. Campbell | Augusta | Republican |
| 104th - 106th | 1969-1974 | Kenneth P. MacLeod | Brewer | Republican |
| 107th - 110th | 1975-1982 | Joseph Sewall | Old Town | Republican |
| 111th | 1983-1984 | Gerard P. Conley, Sr. | Portland | Democrat |
| 112th - 115th | 1985-1992 | Charles P. Pray | Millinocket | Democrat |
| 116th | 1993-1994 | Dennis L. Dutremble | Biddeford | Democrat |
| 117th | 1995-1996 | Jeffrey H. Butland | Cumberland | Republican |
| 118th - 119th | 1997-2000 | Mark W. Lawrence | Kittery (118th), South Berwick (119th) | Democrat |
| 120th | *2001 | Michael H. Michaud | E. Millinocket | Democrat |
| *2002 | Richard A. Bennett | Norway | Republican | |
| 121st | 2003-2004 | Beverly C. Daggett | Augusta | Democrat |
| 122nd - 123rd | 2005-2008 | Betheda "Beth" Edmonds | Freeport | Democrat |
| 124th | 2009-2010 | Elizabeth H. "Libby" Mitchell | Vassalboro | Democrat |
| 125th | 2011-2012 | Kevin L. Raye | Perry | Republican |
| 126th | 2013-2014 | Justin L. Alfond | Portland | Democrat |
| 127th | 2015-2018 | Michael D. Thibodeau | Winterport | Republican |
| 128th - 131st | 2019-2024 | Troy Dale Jackson | Allagash | Democrat |
| 132 | 2025- | Matthea E.L. "Mattie" Daughtry | Brunswick | Democrat |
* 120th - Due to a tie in the political makeup of the Senate, a power-sharing agreement between the parties was developed to equitably share the offices of President of the Senate, Secretary of the Senate, and committee assignments.
Sources:
1820-1982
Party affiliation priority source is Mundy, James H. Presidents of the Senate of Maine from 1820. Augusta: Secretary of the Senate of Maine, c1979.
Residence is taken primarily from the Laws of the State of Maine and later from State of Maine Senate and House Registers. In some cases, information was supplemented by Mundy, published obituaries and news articles. When residence at the time of serving as Senate President is not available in the aforementioned sources, then the Senate District number is indicated.
Birth and death dates are taken from Mundy, primarily, as well as news articles and obituaries.
Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the Laws of the State of Maine, Legislative Record, and the Journal of the Senate of the State of Maine.
1983 to present
Party and residence information is taken primarily from the State of Maine Senate and House Registers.
Birth and death dates are taken primarily from published obituaries and news articles.
Information related to resignations and elections is taken from the Senate Legislative Record.
8/19/2025 A-Z List