Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives, 1820 -
YEARS
NAME
RESIDENCE
PARTY
AGE WHEN ELECTED
1820-1823
Benjamin Ames
Bath
Democratic-Republican
41
1824
Benjamin Greene
South Berwick
National Republican
60
1825-1828
John Ruggles
Thomaston
Democratic- Republican1
36
1829
George Evans
Gardiner
National Republican
31
1830
Daniel Goodenow
York
National Republican
36
1831
John Ruggles
(Resigned)
(Resigned)
Thomaston
Democratic-Republican1
see 1825
1832
Benjamin White
Monmouth
D
40
1833-1834
Nathan Clifford
Newfield
D
29
1835
Thomas Davee
(Resigned 2/26/1835)
(Resigned 2/26/1835)
Blanchard
D
37
1835-1836
Jonathan Cilley
Thomaston
D2
32
1837
Hannibal Hamlin
Hampden
D
27
1838
Elisha H. Allen
Bangor
Whig
33
1839-1840
Hannibal Hamlin
Hampden
D
see 1837
1841
Josiah S. Little
Portland
Whig3
39
1842
Charles Andrews
Turner
D
27
1843-1844
David Dunn
Poland
D
31
1845
Moses McDonald
Limerick
D
30
1846
Ebenezer Knowlton
Montville
D4
30
1847-1848
Hugh D. McLellan
Gorham
D
41
1849-1850
Samuel Belcher
Farmington
D
34
1851-1852
George P. Sewall
Old Town
D
40
1853
John C. Talbot, Jr.
Lubec
D
36
1854
Noah Smith, Jr.
Calais
Whig
54
1855
Sidney Perham
Woodstock
R
35
1856
Josiah S. Little
Portland
D3
see 1841
1857
Charles A. Spofford
Deer Isle
D
34
1858
Josiah H. Drummond
Waterville
R
30
1859
William T. Johnson
Augusta
R
43
1860
Frederick A. Pike
Calais
R
42
1861-1862
James G. Blaine
Augusta
R
31
1863-1864
Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Auburn
R
30
1865
W. A. P. Dillingham
Waterville
R
40
1866
James M. Stone
Kennebunk
R
39
1867
Lewis Barker
Stetson
R
48
1868
Theodore C. Woodman
Bucksport
R
52
1869
Josiah Drummond
Waterville
R
see 1858
1870
Reuben Foster
Waterville
R
36
1871
Edwin B. Smith
Saco
R
38
1872
Frederick Robie
Gorham
R
49
1873
Edmund F. Webb
Waterville
R
37
1874-1875
William W. Thomas, Jr.
Portland
R
34
1876
Frederick Robie
Gorham
R
see 1872
1877
Edward B. Nealley
Bangor
R
39
1878
Henry Lord
Bangor
R
30
1879
Melvin P. Frank
Portland
D
37
1880
George E. Weeks
Augusta
R
41
1881-82
Liberty A. Hutchinson
Lewiston
R
36
1883-84
J. Manchester Haynes
Augusta
R
43
1885-86
Charles Hamlin
Bangor
R
47
1887-88
Charles E. Littlefield
Rockland
R
35
1889-90
Frederick N. Dow
Portland
R
48
1891-92
Andrew P. Wiswell
Ellsworth
R
38
1893-94
Albert R. Savage
Auburn
R
45
1895-96
Llewellyn Powers
Houlton
R
58
1897-98
Seth L. Larrabee
Portland
R
41
1899-1900
Isaiah K. Stetson
Bangor
R
40
1901-02
Joseph H. Manley
Augusta
R
58
1903-04
Oscar F. Fellows
Bucksport
R
45
1905-06
Morrill N. Drew
Portland
R
42
1907-08
Donald A. H. Powers
Houlton
R
56
1909-10
George G. Weeks
Fairfield
R
48
1911-12
Frank A. Morey
Lewiston
D
47
1913-14
John A. Peters
Ellsworth
R
48
1915-16
Herbert W. Trafton
Ft. Fairfield
D
50
1917-18
William L. Bonney
Bowdoinham
R
50
1919-20
Frank G. Farrington
Augusta
R
46
1921-22
Charles P. Barnes
Houlton
R
51
1923-24
Frank H. Holley
Anson
R
42
1925-26
William Tudor Gardiner
Gardiner
R
32
1927-28
Burleigh Martin
Augusta
R
38
1929-30
Robert Hale
Portland
R
39
1931-32
E. D. Merrill
Dover-Foxcroft
R
65
1933-34
Franz U. Burkett
Portland
R
45
1935-36
Nathaniel Tompkins
Houlton
R
55
1937-38
George E. Hill
South Portland
R
33
1939-40
D. W. Philbrick
Cape Elizabeth
R
42
1941-42
George D. Varney
Berwick
R
37
1943-44
F. Ardine Richardson
Strong
R
47
1945-46
George B. Barnes
Houlton
R
40
1947-48
John F. Ward
Millinocket
R
42
1949-50
Nathaniel M. Haskell
Portland
R
36
1951-52
William S. Silsby
Aurora
R
48
1953-54
Roswell P. Bates
Orono
R
41
1955-56
Willis A. Trafton, Jr.
Auburn
R
36
1957-60
Joseph T. Edgar
Bar Harbor
R
46
1961-62
Vinal G. Good
Sebago
R
54
1963-64
David J. Kennedy
Milbridge
R
55
1965-66
Dana Childs
Portland
D
42
1967-72
David J. Kennedy
Milbridge
R
see 1963
1973-74
Richard D. Hewes
Cape Elizabeth
R
46
1975-94
John L. Martin
(Resigned as Speaker 2-3-1994)
(Resigned as Speaker 2-3-1994)
Eagle Lake
D
33
1994-96
Dan A. Gwadosky
(Elected Speaker 2-3-1994)
(Elected Speaker 2-3-1994)
Fairfield
D
39
1997-1998
Elizabeth H. Mitchell
Vassalboro
D
56
1999-2000
G. Steven Rowe
Portland
D
45
2001-2002
Michael V. Saxl
Portland
D
33
2003-2004
Patrick Colwell
Gardiner
D
51
2005-2006
John Richardson
Brunswick
D
48
2007-2008
Glenn Cummings
Portland
D
45
2009-2010
Hannah M. Pingree
North Haven
D
32
2011-2012
Robert Nutting
Oakland
R
63
2013-2016
Mark Eves
North Berwick
D
35
2017-2020
Sara Gideon
Freeport
D
44
2021-2022
Ryan M. Fecteau
Biddeford
D
28
2023-2024
Rachel Talbot Ross
Portland
D
62
2025-
Ryan M. Fecteau
Biddeford
D
see 2021
1So listed in Mundy. Who Was Who in America states Mr. Ruggles was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat; the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress indicates he was elected as a Jacksonian.
2So listed in Mundy and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Shown on original Library list as Jackson Democrat.
3Mundy indicates that Mr. Little became a Democrat in the 1850's on the breakup of the Whig party.
4So listed in Mundy, who also indicates that Mr. Knowlton was converted to Republicanism by the slavery question. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that he was elected to Congress as a Republican
Sources:
House and Senate Register
News clippings
Mundy, James H. Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives from 1820. Augusta: Clerk of the House, c1981.
12/9/2024 A-Z List
YEARS |
NAME |
RESIDENCE |
PARTY |
AGE WHEN ELECTED
|
| 1820-1823 | Benjamin Ames | Bath | Democratic-Republican | 41 |
| 1824 | Benjamin Greene | South Berwick | National Republican | 60 |
| 1825-1828 | John Ruggles | Thomaston | Democratic- Republican1 | 36 |
| 1829 | George Evans | Gardiner | National Republican | 31 |
| 1830 | Daniel Goodenow | York | National Republican | 36 |
| 1831 | John Ruggles (Resigned) |
Thomaston | Democratic-Republican1 | see 1825 |
| 1832 | Benjamin White | Monmouth | D | 40 |
| 1833-1834 | Nathan Clifford | Newfield | D | 29 |
| 1835 | Thomas Davee (Resigned 2/26/1835) |
Blanchard | D | 37 |
| 1835-1836 | Jonathan Cilley | Thomaston | D2 | 32 |
| 1837 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | D | 27 |
| 1838 | Elisha H. Allen | Bangor | Whig | 33 |
| 1839-1840 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | D | see 1837 |
| 1841 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | Whig3 | 39 |
| 1842 | Charles Andrews | Turner | D | 27 |
| 1843-1844 | David Dunn | Poland | D | 31 |
| 1845 | Moses McDonald | Limerick | D | 30 |
| 1846 | Ebenezer Knowlton | Montville | D4 | 30 |
| 1847-1848 | Hugh D. McLellan | Gorham | D | 41 |
| 1849-1850 | Samuel Belcher | Farmington | D | 34 |
| 1851-1852 | George P. Sewall | Old Town | D | 40 |
| 1853 | John C. Talbot, Jr. | Lubec | D | 36 |
| 1854 | Noah Smith, Jr. | Calais | Whig | 54 |
| 1855 | Sidney Perham | Woodstock | R | 35 |
| 1856 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | D3 | see 1841 |
| 1857 | Charles A. Spofford | Deer Isle | D | 34 |
| 1858 | Josiah H. Drummond | Waterville | R | 30 |
| 1859 | William T. Johnson | Augusta | R | 43 |
| 1860 | Frederick A. Pike | Calais | R | 42 |
| 1861-1862 | James G. Blaine | Augusta | R | 31 |
| 1863-1864 | Nelson Dingley, Jr. | Auburn | R | 30 |
| 1865 | W. A. P. Dillingham | Waterville | R | 40 |
| 1866 | James M. Stone | Kennebunk | R | 39 |
| 1867 | Lewis Barker | Stetson | R | 48 |
| 1868 | Theodore C. Woodman | Bucksport | R | 52 |
| 1869 | Josiah Drummond | Waterville | R | see 1858 |
| 1870 | Reuben Foster | Waterville | R | 36 |
| 1871 | Edwin B. Smith | Saco | R | 38 |
| 1872 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | R | 49 |
| 1873 | Edmund F. Webb | Waterville | R | 37 |
| 1874-1875 | William W. Thomas, Jr. | Portland | R | 34 |
| 1876 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | R | see 1872 |
| 1877 | Edward B. Nealley | Bangor | R | 39 |
| 1878 | Henry Lord | Bangor | R | 30 |
| 1879 | Melvin P. Frank | Portland | D | 37 |
| 1880 | George E. Weeks | Augusta | R | 41 |
| 1881-82 | Liberty A. Hutchinson | Lewiston | R | 36 |
| 1883-84 | J. Manchester Haynes | Augusta | R | 43 |
| 1885-86 | Charles Hamlin | Bangor | R | 47 |
| 1887-88 | Charles E. Littlefield | Rockland | R | 35 |
| 1889-90 | Frederick N. Dow | Portland | R | 48 |
| 1891-92 | Andrew P. Wiswell | Ellsworth | R | 38 |
| 1893-94 | Albert R. Savage | Auburn | R | 45 |
| 1895-96 | Llewellyn Powers | Houlton | R | 58 |
| 1897-98 | Seth L. Larrabee | Portland | R | 41 |
| 1899-1900 | Isaiah K. Stetson | Bangor | R | 40 |
| 1901-02 | Joseph H. Manley | Augusta | R | 58 |
| 1903-04 | Oscar F. Fellows | Bucksport | R | 45 |
| 1905-06 | Morrill N. Drew | Portland | R | 42 |
| 1907-08 | Donald A. H. Powers | Houlton | R | 56 |
| 1909-10 | George G. Weeks | Fairfield | R | 48 |
| 1911-12 | Frank A. Morey | Lewiston | D | 47 |
| 1913-14 | John A. Peters | Ellsworth | R | 48 |
| 1915-16 | Herbert W. Trafton | Ft. Fairfield | D | 50 |
| 1917-18 | William L. Bonney | Bowdoinham | R | 50 |
| 1919-20 | Frank G. Farrington | Augusta | R | 46 |
| 1921-22 | Charles P. Barnes | Houlton | R | 51 |
| 1923-24 | Frank H. Holley | Anson | R | 42 |
| 1925-26 | William Tudor Gardiner | Gardiner | R | 32 |
| 1927-28 | Burleigh Martin | Augusta | R | 38 |
| 1929-30 | Robert Hale | Portland | R | 39 |
| 1931-32 | E. D. Merrill | Dover-Foxcroft | R | 65 |
| 1933-34 | Franz U. Burkett | Portland | R | 45 |
| 1935-36 | Nathaniel Tompkins | Houlton | R | 55 |
| 1937-38 | George E. Hill | South Portland | R | 33 |
| 1939-40 | D. W. Philbrick | Cape Elizabeth | R | 42 |
| 1941-42 | George D. Varney | Berwick | R | 37 |
| 1943-44 | F. Ardine Richardson | Strong | R | 47 |
| 1945-46 | George B. Barnes | Houlton | R | 40 |
| 1947-48 | John F. Ward | Millinocket | R | 42 |
| 1949-50 | Nathaniel M. Haskell | Portland | R | 36 |
| 1951-52 | William S. Silsby | Aurora | R | 48 |
| 1953-54 | Roswell P. Bates | Orono | R | 41 |
| 1955-56 | Willis A. Trafton, Jr. | Auburn | R | 36 |
| 1957-60 | Joseph T. Edgar | Bar Harbor | R | 46 |
| 1961-62 | Vinal G. Good | Sebago | R | 54 |
| 1963-64 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | R | 55 |
| 1965-66 | Dana Childs | Portland | D | 42 |
| 1967-72 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | R | see 1963 |
| 1973-74 | Richard D. Hewes | Cape Elizabeth | R | 46 |
| 1975-94 | John L. Martin (Resigned as Speaker 2-3-1994) |
Eagle Lake | D | 33 |
| 1994-96 | Dan A. Gwadosky (Elected Speaker 2-3-1994) |
Fairfield | D | 39 |
| 1997-1998 | Elizabeth H. Mitchell | Vassalboro | D | 56 |
| 1999-2000 | G. Steven Rowe | Portland | D | 45 |
| 2001-2002 | Michael V. Saxl | Portland | D | 33 |
| 2003-2004 | Patrick Colwell | Gardiner | D | 51 |
| 2005-2006 | John Richardson | Brunswick | D | 48 |
| 2007-2008 | Glenn Cummings | Portland | D | 45 |
| 2009-2010 | Hannah M. Pingree | North Haven | D | 32 |
| 2011-2012 | Robert Nutting | Oakland | R | 63 |
| 2013-2016 | Mark Eves | North Berwick | D | 35 |
| 2017-2020 | Sara Gideon | Freeport | D | 44 |
| 2021-2022 | Ryan M. Fecteau | Biddeford | D | 28 |
| 2023-2024 | Rachel Talbot Ross | Portland | D | 62 |
| 2025- | Ryan M. Fecteau | Biddeford | D | see 2021 |
1So listed in Mundy. Who Was Who in America states Mr. Ruggles was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat; the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress indicates he was elected as a Jacksonian.
2So listed in Mundy and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Shown on original Library list as Jackson Democrat.
3Mundy indicates that Mr. Little became a Democrat in the 1850's on the breakup of the Whig party.
4So listed in Mundy, who also indicates that Mr. Knowlton was converted to Republicanism by the slavery question. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that he was elected to Congress as a Republican
Sources:
House and Senate Register
News clippings
Mundy, James H. Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives from 1820. Augusta: Clerk of the House, c1981.
12/9/2024 A-Z List