Governors of Maine, 1820-2022 (May be incomplete!)
William
King 1820-21
William
D. Williamson 1821
Benjamin
Ames 1821-22
Daniel
Rose 1822
Albion
K. Parris 1822-27
Enoch
Lincoln 1827-29
Nathan
Cutler 1829-30
Joshua
Hall 1830
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
H. 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
Selden
Connor 1876-79
Alonzo
M. Garcelon 1879-80
Daniel
Franklin Davis 1880-81
Harris
Merrill Plaisted 1881-83
Frederick
Robie 1883-87
J.
R. 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
Frederic
H. Parkhurst 1921
Percival
P. Baxter 1921-25
Owen
Brewster 1925-29
William
T. 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
Robert
N. Haskell 1959
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
S. King 1995-2003
John
E. Baldacci 2003-11
Paul
LePage 2011-19
Janet
T. Mills 2019-
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:
Samuel
Emerson Smith, defeated;
Daniel
Goodenow, 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:
James
Appleton (Liberty), defeated;
Edward
Robinson, defeated.
1843:
James
Appleton (Liberty), defeated;
Edward
Robinson, defeated.
1844:
James
Appleton (Liberty), defeated;
Edward
Robinson, 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;
Shepard
Cary (Liberty), defeated;
Albion
K. Parris (Dem), defeated.
1855:
Anson
P. Morrill, defeated.
1861 Sep 9:
Israel
Washburn, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Charles
D. Jameson (War Democrat), defeated;
John
W. Dana (Dem), defeated.
1862 Sep 8:
Abner
Coburn (Rep), elected;
Bion
Bradbury (Dem), defeated;
Charles
D. Jameson (War Democrat), defeated.
1863 Sep 14:
Samuel
Cony (Union), elected;
Bion
Bradbury (Dem), defeated.
1864 Sep 12:
Samuel
Cony (Union), elected;
Joseph
Howard (Dem), defeated.
1865 Sep 11:
Samuel
Cony (Union), elected;
Joseph
Howard (Dem), defeated.
1866 Sep 10:
Joshua
L. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;
Eben
F. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated.
1867 Sep 9:
Joshua
L. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;
Eben
F. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated.
1868 Sep 14:
Joshua
L. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;
Eben
F. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated.
1869 Sep 13:
Joshua
L. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;
Franklin
Smith (Dem), defeated;
N.
C. Hichborn (Temperance), defeated.
1870 Sep 12:
Sidney
Perham (Rep), elected;
Charles
W. Roberts (Dem), defeated.
1871 Sep 11:
Sidney
Perham (Rep), elected;
Charles
P. Kimball (Dem), defeated.
1872 Sep 9:
Sidney
Perham (Rep), elected;
Charles
P. Kimball (Dem), defeated.
1873 Sep 8:
Nelson
Dingley, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Joseph
Titcomb (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
H. Williams (Liberal Republican), defeated.
1874 Sep 14:
Nelson
Dingley, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Joseph
Titcomb (Dem), defeated.
1875 Sep 13:
Selden
Connor (Rep), elected;
Charles
W. Roberts (Dem), defeated.
1876 Sep 11:
Selden
Connor (Rep), elected;
John
C. Talbot (Dem), defeated;
Almon
P. Gage (Greenback), defeated.
1877 Sep 10:
Selden
Connor (Rep), elected;
Joseph
H. Williams (Dem), defeated;
Henry
C. Munson (Greenback), defeated;
John
C. Talbot (Dem), defeated.
1884:
John
B. Redman (Dem), defeated.
1887 Dec 15:
J.
R. Bodwell, died in office.
1888 Sep 10:
Edwin
C. Burleigh (Rep), elected;
William
L. Putnam (Dem), defeated;
Volney
B. Cushing (Prohibition), defeated;
William
H. Simmons (Union Labor), defeated.
1890 Sep 8:
Edwin
C. Burleigh (Rep), elected;
William
P. Thompson (Dem), defeated;
Aaron
Clark (Prohibition), defeated;
Isaac
Clark (Labor), defeated.
1892 Sep 12:
Henry
B. Cleaves (Rep), elected;
Charles
F. Johnson (Dem), defeated;
Timothy
B. Hussey (Prohibition), defeated;
Luther
C. Bateman (Socialist), defeated;
E.
F. Knowlton (Union Labor), defeated.
1894 Sep 10:
Henry
B. Cleaves (Rep), elected;
Charles
F. Johnson (Dem), defeated;
Luther
C. Bateman (People's), defeated;
Ira
G. Hersey (Prohibition), defeated.
1896 Sep 14:
Llewellyn
Powers (Rep), elected;
Melvin
P. Frank (Dem), defeated;
Luther
C. Bateman (People's), defeated;
Ammi
S. Ladd (Prohibition), defeated;
William
H. Clifford (National Democratic), defeated.
1898 Sep 12:
Llewellyn
Powers (Rep), elected;
Samuel
L. Lord (Dem), defeated;
Ammi
S. Ladd (Prohibition), defeated;
Robert
Gerry (People's), defeated;
Erastus
Lermond (National Democratic), defeated.
1900 Sep 10:
John
F. Hill (Rep), elected;
Samuel
L. Lord (Dem), defeated;
Grant
Rogers (Prohibition), defeated;
Norman
W. Lemold (Socialist), defeated.
1902 Sep 8:
John
F. Hill (Rep), elected;
Samuel
W. Gould (Dem), defeated;
James
Perrigo (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
L. Fox (Socialist), defeated.
1904 Sep 12:
William
T. Cobb (Rep), elected;
Cyrus
W. Davis (Dem), defeated;
Nathan
F. Woodbury (Prohibition), defeated;
Wilbur
G. Hapgood (Socialist), defeated.
1906 Sep 10:
William
T. Cobb (Rep), elected;
Cyrus
W. Davis (Dem), defeated;
Charles
L. Fox (Socialist), defeated;
Henry
Woodward (Prohibition), defeated.
1908 Sep 14:
Bert
M. Fernald (Rep), elected;
Obadiah
Gardner (Dem), defeated;
James
H. Ames (Prohibition), defeated;
Curtis
A. Perry (Socialist), defeated.
1910 Sep 12:
Frederick
W. Plaisted (Dem), elected;
Bert
M. Fernald (Rep), defeated;
Robert
V. Hunter (Socialist), defeated;
James
H. Ames (Prohibition), defeated.
1912 Sep 9:
William
T. Haines (Rep), elected;
Frederick
W. Plaisted (Dem), defeated;
George
A. England (Socialist), defeated;
William
I. Sterling (Prohibition), defeated.
1914 Sep 14:
Oakley
C. Curtis (Dem), elected;
William
T. Haines (Rep), defeated;
Halbert
P. Gardner (Progressive), defeated;
Percy
F. Morse (Socialist), defeated;
Frederick
A. Shepherd (Prohibition), defeated.
1916 Sep 11:
Carl
E. Milliken (Rep), elected;
Oakley
C. Curtis (Dem), defeated;
Frank
Maxfield (Socialist), defeated;
Linus
Seeley (Prohibition), defeated.
1918 Sep 9:
Carl
E. Milliken (Rep), elected;
Bertrand
G. McIntire (Dem), defeated.
1920:
John
P. Deering (Rep), defeated in primary.
1920 Sep 13:
Frederic
H. Parkhurst (Rep), elected;
Bertrand
G. McIntire (Dem), defeated.
1921 Jan 31:
Frederic
H. Parkhurst, died in office.
1922:
John
P. Deering (Rep), defeated in primary.
1922 Sep 11:
Percival
P. Baxter (Rep), elected;
William
R. Pattangall (Dem), defeated.
1924 Sep 8:
Owen
Brewster (Rep), elected;
William
R. Pattangall (Dem), defeated.
1926 Sep 13:
Owen
Brewster (Rep), elected;
Ernest
L. McLean (Dem), defeated.
1928 Sep 10:
William
T. Gardiner (Rep), elected;
Edward
C. Moran, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
1930 Sep 8:
William
T. Gardiner (Rep), elected;
Edward
C. Moran, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
1936:
F.
Harold Dubord (Dem), defeated.
1940:
Fulton
J. Redman (Dem), defeated.
1952:
James
C. Oliver (Dem), defeated.
1958:
Maynard
C. Dolloff (Dem), defeated in primary.
1959 Dec 30:
Clinton
A. Clauson, died in office.
1960:
Frank
M. Coffin (Dem), defeated.
1974:
George
J. Mitchell (Dem), defeated.
1986:
James
E. Tierney (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.
2010:
Steve
Rowe (Dem), defeated in primary.
2010 Nov 2:
Paul
LePage (Rep), elected.
2014 Nov 6:
Paul
LePage (Rep), elected.
2022 Nov 8:
Janet
T. Mills (Dem), elected;
Paul
LePage (Rep), defeated;
Sam
Hunkler (Ind), defeated.
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