List of speakers of the Maine House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives is the speaker and presiding officer of the Maine House of Representatives, the lower house of the Maine Legislature.

List of Speakers

Years	Name	Residence	Party	Notes
1820–1823	Benjamin Ames	Bath	Democratic-Republican
1824–1825	Benjamin Greene	South Berwick	National Republican
1825–1828	John Ruggles	Thomaston	Democratic-Republican
1829–1830	George Evans	Gardiner	National Republican
1830–1831	Daniel Goodenow	York	National Republican
1831–1832	John Ruggles	Thomaston	Democratic-Republican	Resigned
1832–1833	Benjamin White	Monmouth	Democratic
1833–1834	Nathan Clifford	Newfield	Democratic
1835	Thomas Davee	Blanchard	Democratic	Resigned February 26, 1835
1835–1836	Jonathan Cilley	Thomaston	Democratic
1837–1838	Hannibal Hamlin	Hampden	Democratic
1838–1839	Elisha Hunt Allen	Bangor	Whig
1839–1840	Hannibal Hamlin	Hampden	Democratic
1841–1842	Josiah S. Little	Portland	Whig
1842–1843	Charles Andrews	Turner	Democratic
1843–1844	David Dunn	Poland	Democratic
1845–1846	Moses Macdonald	Limerick	Democratic
1846–1847	Ebenezer Knowlton	Montville	Democratic
1847–1848	Hugh Dean McLellan	Gorham	Democratic
1849–1850	Samuel Belcher	Farmington	Democratic
1851–1852	George P. Sewall	Old Town	Democratic
1853–1854	John C. Talbot, Jr.	Lubec	Democratic
1854–1855	Noah Smith, Jr.	Calais	Whig
1855–1856	Sidney Perham	Woodstock	Republican
1856–1857	Josiah S. Little	Portland	Democratic
1857–1858	Charles A. Spofford	Deer Isle	Democratic
1858–1859	Josiah H. Drummond	Waterville	Republican
1859–1860	William T. Johnson	Augusta	Republican
1860–1861	Frederick A. Pike	Calais	Republican
1861–1862	James G. Blaine	Augusta	Republican
1863–1864	Nelson Dingley, Jr.	Auburn	Republican
1865–1866	W. A. P. Dillingham	Waterville	Republican
1866–1867	James Stone	Kennebunk	Republican
1867–1868	Lewis Barker	Stetson	Republican
1868–1869	Theodore C. Woodman	Bucksport	Republican
1869–1870	Josiah H. Drummond	Waterville	Republican
1870–1871	Reuben Foster	Waterville	Republican
1871–1872	Edwin B. Smith	Saco	Republican
1872–1873	Frederick Robie	Gorham	Republican
1873–1874	Edmund F. Webb	Waterville	Republican
1874–1875	William W. Thomas, Jr.	Portland	Republican
1876–1877	Frederick Robie	Gorham	Republican
1877–1878	Edward Bowdoin Nealley	Bangor	Republican
1878–1879	Henry Lord	Bangor	Republican
1879–1880	Melvin P. Frank	Portland	Democratic
1880–1881	George E. Weeks	Augusta	Republican
1881–1882	Liberty A. Hutchinson	Lewiston	Republican
1883–1884	J. Manchester Haynes	Augusta	Republican
1885–1886	Charles Hamlin	Bangor	Republican
1887–1888	Charles E. Littlefield	Rockland	Republican
1889–1890	Frederick N. Dow	Portland	Republican
1891–1892	Andrew P. Wiswell	Ellsworth	Republican
1893–1894	Albert R. Savage	Auburn	Republican
1895–1896	Llewellyn Powers	Houlton	Republican
1897–1898	Seth L. Larrabee	Portland	Republican
1899–1900	Isaiah K. Stetson	Bangor	Republican
1901–1902	Joseph Homan Manley	Augusta	Republican
1903–1904	Oscar F. Fellows	Bucksport	Republican
1905–1906	Morrill N. Drew	Portland	Republican
1907–1908	Donald A. H. Powers	Houlton	Republican
1909–1910	George G. Weeks	Fairfield	Republican
1911–1912	Frank A. Morey	Lewiston	Democratic
1913–1914	John A. Peters	Ellsworth	Republican
1915–1916	Herbert W. Trafton	Fort Fairfield	Democratic
1917–1918	William L. Bonney	Bowdoinham	Republican
1919–1920	Frank G. Farrington	Augusta	Republican
1921–1922	Charles P. Barnes	Houlton	Republican
1923–1924	Frank H. Holley	Anson	Republican
1925–1926	William Tudor Gardiner	Gardiner	Republican
1927–1928	Burleigh Martin	Augusta	Republican
1929–1930	Robert Hale	Portland	Republican
1931–1932	E. D. Merrill	Dover-Foxcroft	Republican
1933–1934	Franz U. Burkett	Portland	Republican
1935–1936	Nathaniel Tompkins	Houlton	Republican
1937–1938	George E. Hill	South Portland	Republican
1939–1940	D. W. Philbrick	Cape Elizabeth	Republican
1941–1942	George D. Varney, Sr.	Berwick	Republican
1943–1944	F. Ardine Richardson	Strong	Republican
1945–1946	George B. Barnes	Houlton	Republican
1947–1948	John F. Ward	Millinocket	Republican
1949–1950	Nathaniel M. Haskell	Portland	Republican
1951–1952	William S. Silsby	Aurora	Republican
1953–1954	Roswell P. Bates	Orono	Republican
1955–1956	Willis A. Trafton, Jr.	Auburn	Republican
1957–1960	Joseph T. Edgar	Bar Harbor	Republican
1961–1962	Vinal G. Good	Sebago	Republican
1963–1964	David J. Kennedy	Milbridge	Republican
1965–1966	Dana Childs	Portland	Democratic
1967–1972	David J. Kennedy	Milbridge	Republican
1973–1974	Richard Hewes	Cape Elizabeth	Republican
1975–1994	John L. Martin	Eagle Lake	Democratic	Resigned as Speaker 2-4-1994
1994–1996	Dan Gwadosky	Fairfield	Democratic	Elected Speaker 1-25-1994
1997–1998	Libby Mitchell	Vassalboro	Democratic
1999–2000	G. Steven Rowe	Portland	Democratic
2001–2002	Michael V. Saxl	Portland	Democratic
2003–2004	Patrick Colwell	Gardiner	Democratic
2005–2006	John G. Richardson	Brunswick	Democratic
2007–2008	Glenn Cummings	Portland	Democratic
2009–2010	Hannah Pingree	North Haven	Democratic
2011–2012	Robert Nutting	Oakland	Republican
2013–2016	Mark Eves	North Berwick	Democratic
2016–present	Sara Gideon	Freeport	Democratic