The Political Graveyard: Maine: Governors

The Political
Graveyard

Maine: Governors

Governors of Maine, 1820-2006 (May be incomplete!)
William King 1820-21 William Durkee Williamson 1821 Albion K. Parris 1822-27 Enoch Lincoln 1827-29 Nathan Cutler 1829-30 Jonathan Glidden Hunton 1830-31 Samuel Emerson Smith 1831-34 Robert P. Dunlap 1834-38 Edward Kent 1838-39 John Fairfield 1839-41 Richard H. Vose 1841 Edward Kent 1841-42 John Fairfield 1842-43 Edward Kavanagh 1843-44 David Dunn 1844 John W. Dana 1844 Hugh J. Anderson 1844-47 John W. Dana 1847-50 John Hubbard 1850-53 William George Crosby 1853-55 Anson P. Morrill 1855-56 Samuel Wells 1856-57 Hannibal Hamlin 1857 Joseph Hartwell Williams 1857-58 Lot M. Morrill 1858-61 Israel Washburn, Jr. 1861-63 Abner Coburn 1863-64 Samuel Cony 1864-67 Joshua L. Chamberlain 1867-71 Sidney Perham 1871-74 Nelson Dingley, Jr. 1874-76 Seldon Connor 1876-79 Alonzo M. Garcelon 1879-80 Daniel Franklin Davis 1880-81 Harris Merrill Plaisted 1881-83 Frederick Robie 1883-87 Joseph Robinson Bodwell 1887 Sebastian S. Marble 1887-89 Edwin C. Burleigh 1889-93 Henry B. Cleaves 1893-97 Llewellyn Powers 1897-1901 John F. Hill 1901-05 William T. Cobb 1905-09 Bert M. Fernald 1909-11 Frederick W. Plaisted 1911-13 William T. Haines 1913-15 Oakley C. Curtis 1915-17 Carl E. Milliken 1917-21 Frederick H. Parkhurst 1921 Percival P. Baxter 1921-25 Ralph O. Brewster 1925-29 William Tudor Gardiner 1929-33 Louis J. Brann 1933-37 Lewis O. Barrows 1937-41 Sumner Sewall 1941-45 Horace A. Hildreth 1945-49 Frederick G. Payne 1949-52 Burton M. Cross 1952-55 Edmund S. Muskie 1955-59 Clinton A. Clauson 1959 John H. Reed 1959-67 Kenneth M. Curtis 1967-75 James B. Longley 1975-79 Joseph E. Brennan 1979-87 John McKernan, Jr. 1987-95 Angus King 1995-2003 John Elias Baldacci 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1829 Oct 8: Enoch Lincoln, died in office.

1830: Jonathan Glidden Hunton, defeated.

1831: Daniel Goodenow, defeated.

1832: Daniel Goodenow, defeated.

1833: Daniel Goodenow, defeated; Samuel Emerson Smith, defeated.

1834: Peleg Sprague, defeated.

1835: William King, defeated.

1836: Edward Kent, defeated.

1837: Gorham Parks, defeated.

1838: Edward Kent, defeated.

1839: Edward Kent, defeated.

1840: John Fairfield, defeated.

1841: Edward Kent, defeated.

1842: Edward Robinson, defeated; James Appleton (Liberty), defeated.

1843: Edward Robinson, defeated; James Appleton (Liberty), defeated.

1844: Edward Robinson, defeated; James Appleton (Liberty), defeated.

1845: Freeman H. Morse, defeated.

1846: David Bronson, defeated; Samuel Fessenden, defeated.

1847: Samuel Fessenden, defeated; David Bronson, defeated.

1848: Elijah L. Hamlin, defeated; Samuel Fessenden, defeated.

1849: Elijah L. Hamlin, defeated; George F. Talbot, defeated.

1850: William George Crosby, defeated; George F. Talbot, defeated.

1852: William George Crosby, defeated; Anson G. Chandler, defeated.

1853: Anson P. Morrill, defeated; Albert Pillsbury, defeated; Ezekiel Holmes, defeated.

1854: Isaac Reed, defeated; Albion K. Parris (Dem), defeated.

1855: Anson P. Morrill, defeated.

1886: Ira G. Hersey (Prohibition), defeated.

1887 Dec 15: Joseph Robinson Bodwell, died in office.

1892: Charles F. Johnson (Dem), defeated.

1894: Charles F. Johnson (Dem), defeated.

1902: Samuel W. Gould (Dem), defeated.

1908: Obadiah Gardner (Dem), defeated.

1921 Jan 31: Frederick H. Parkhurst, died in office.

1922: William R. Pattangall (Dem), defeated.

1924: William R. Pattangall (Dem), defeated.

1928: Edward C. Moran, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1930: Edward C. Moran, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1936: F. Harold Dubord (Dem), defeated.

1940: Fulton J. Redman (Dem), defeated.

1952: James C. Oliver (Dem), defeated.

1959 Dec 30: Clinton A. Clauson, died in office.

1974: George J. Mitchell (Dem), defeated.

1994: Susan M. Collins (Rep), defeated.

1998: James B. Longley, Jr., defeated; Pat LaMarche (Green Independent), defeated.

2006: Pat LaMarche (Green Independent), defeated.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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