Governors of Maine, 1820-2022(May be incomplete!)
WilliamKing 1820-21WilliamD. Williamson 1821BenjaminAmes 1821-22DanielRose 1822AlbionK. Parris 1822-27EnochLincoln 1827-29NathanCutler 1829-30JoshuaHall 1830JonathanGlidden Hunton 1830-31SamuelEmerson Smith 1831-34RobertP. Dunlap 1834-38EdwardKent 1838-39JohnFairfield 1839-41RichardH. Vose 1841EdwardKent 1841-42JohnFairfield 1842-43EdwardKavanagh 1843-44DavidDunn 1844JohnW. Dana 1844HughJ. Anderson 1844-47JohnW. Dana 1847-50JohnHubbard 1850-53WilliamGeorge Crosby 1853-55AnsonP. Morrill 1855-56SamuelWells 1856-57HannibalHamlin 1857JosephH. Williams 1857-58LotM. Morrill 1858-61IsraelWashburn, Jr. 1861-63AbnerCoburn 1863-64SamuelCony 1864-67JoshuaL. Chamberlain 1867-71SidneyPerham 1871-74NelsonDingley, Jr. 1874-76SeldenConnor 1876-79AlonzoM. Garcelon 1879-80DanielFranklin Davis 1880-81HarrisMerrill Plaisted 1881-83FrederickRobie 1883-87J.R. Bodwell 1887SebastianS. Marble 1887-89EdwinC. Burleigh 1889-93HenryB. Cleaves 1893-97LlewellynPowers 1897-1901JohnF. Hill 1901-05WilliamT. Cobb 1905-09BertM. Fernald 1909-11FrederickW. Plaisted 1911-13WilliamT. Haines 1913-15OakleyC. Curtis 1915-17CarlE. Milliken 1917-21FredericH. Parkhurst 1921PercivalP. Baxter 1921-25OwenBrewster 1925-29WilliamT. Gardiner 1929-33LouisJ. Brann 1933-37LewisO. Barrows 1937-41SumnerSewall 1941-45HoraceA. Hildreth 1945-49FrederickG. Payne 1949-52BurtonM. Cross 1952-55EdmundS. Muskie 1955-59RobertN. Haskell 1959ClintonA. Clauson 1959JohnH. Reed 1959-67KennethM. Curtis 1967-75JamesB. Longley 1975-79JosephE. Brennan 1979-87JohnMcKernan, Jr. 1987-95AngusS. King 1995-2003JohnE. Baldacci 2003-11PaulLePage 2011-19JanetT. Mills 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1829 Oct 8:EnochLincoln, died in office. 1830:JonathanGlidden Hunton, defeated. 1831:DanielGoodenow, defeated. 1832:DanielGoodenow, defeated. 1833:SamuelEmerson Smith, defeated;DanielGoodenow, defeated. 1834:PelegSprague, defeated. 1835:WilliamKing, defeated. 1836:EdwardKent, defeated. 1837:GorhamParks, defeated. 1838:EdwardKent, defeated. 1839:EdwardKent, defeated. 1840:JohnFairfield, defeated. 1841:EdwardKent, defeated. 1842:JamesAppleton (Liberty), defeated;EdwardRobinson, defeated. 1843:JamesAppleton (Liberty), defeated;EdwardRobinson, defeated. 1844:JamesAppleton (Liberty), defeated;EdwardRobinson, defeated. 1845:FreemanH. Morse, defeated. 1846:DavidBronson, defeated;SamuelFessenden, defeated. 1847:SamuelFessenden, defeated;DavidBronson, defeated. 1848:ElijahL. Hamlin, defeated;SamuelFessenden, defeated. 1849:ElijahL. Hamlin, defeated;GeorgeF. Talbot, defeated. 1850:WilliamGeorge Crosby, defeated;GeorgeF. Talbot, defeated. 1852:WilliamGeorge Crosby, defeated;AnsonG. Chandler, defeated. 1853:AnsonP. Morrill, defeated;AlbertPillsbury, defeated;EzekielHolmes, defeated. 1854:IsaacReed, defeated;ShepardCary (Liberty), defeated;AlbionK. Parris (Dem), defeated. 1855:AnsonP. Morrill, defeated. 1861 Sep 9:IsraelWashburn, Jr. (Rep), elected;CharlesD. Jameson (War Democrat), defeated;JohnW. Dana (Dem), defeated. 1862 Sep 8:AbnerCoburn (Rep), elected;BionBradbury (Dem), defeated;CharlesD. Jameson (War Democrat), defeated. 1863 Sep 14:SamuelCony (Union), elected;BionBradbury (Dem), defeated. 1864 Sep 12:SamuelCony (Union), elected;JosephHoward (Dem), defeated. 1865 Sep 11:SamuelCony (Union), elected;JosephHoward (Dem), defeated. 1866 Sep 10:JoshuaL. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;EbenF. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated. 1867 Sep 9:JoshuaL. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;EbenF. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated. 1868 Sep 14:JoshuaL. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;EbenF. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated. 1869 Sep 13:JoshuaL. Chamberlain (Rep), elected;FranklinSmith (Dem), defeated;N.C. Hichborn (Temperance), defeated. 1870 Sep 12:SidneyPerham (Rep), elected;CharlesW. Roberts (Dem), defeated. 1871 Sep 11:SidneyPerham (Rep), elected;CharlesP. Kimball (Dem), defeated. 1872 Sep 9:SidneyPerham (Rep), elected;CharlesP. Kimball (Dem), defeated. 1873 Sep 8:NelsonDingley, Jr. (Rep), elected;JosephTitcomb (Dem), defeated;JosephH. Williams (Liberal Republican), defeated. 1874 Sep 14:NelsonDingley, Jr. (Rep), elected;JosephTitcomb (Dem), defeated. 1875 Sep 13:SeldenConnor (Rep), elected;CharlesW. Roberts (Dem), defeated. 1876 Sep 11:SeldenConnor (Rep), elected;JohnC. Talbot (Dem), defeated;AlmonP. Gage (Greenback), defeated. 1877 Sep 10:SeldenConnor (Rep), elected;JosephH. Williams (Dem), defeated;HenryC. Munson (Greenback), defeated;JohnC. Talbot (Dem), defeated. 1884:JohnB. Redman (Dem), defeated. 1887 Dec 15:J.R. Bodwell, died in office. 1888 Sep 10:EdwinC. Burleigh (Rep), elected;WilliamL. Putnam (Dem), defeated;VolneyB. Cushing (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamH. Simmons (Union Labor), defeated. 1890 Sep 8:EdwinC. Burleigh (Rep), elected;WilliamP. Thompson (Dem), defeated;AaronClark (Prohibition), defeated;IsaacClark (Labor), defeated. 1892 Sep 12:HenryB. Cleaves (Rep), elected;CharlesF. Johnson (Dem), defeated;TimothyB. Hussey (Prohibition), defeated;LutherC. Bateman (Socialist), defeated;E.F. Knowlton (Union Labor), defeated. 1894 Sep 10:HenryB. Cleaves (Rep), elected;CharlesF. Johnson (Dem), defeated;LutherC. Bateman (People's), defeated;IraG. Hersey (Prohibition), defeated. 1896 Sep 14:LlewellynPowers (Rep), elected;MelvinP. Frank (Dem), defeated;LutherC. Bateman (People's), defeated;AmmiS. Ladd (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamH. Clifford (National Democratic), defeated. 1898 Sep 12:LlewellynPowers (Rep), elected;SamuelL. Lord (Dem), defeated;AmmiS. Ladd (Prohibition), defeated;RobertGerry (People's), defeated;ErastusLermond (National Democratic), defeated. 1900 Sep 10:JohnF. Hill (Rep), elected;SamuelL. Lord (Dem), defeated;GrantRogers (Prohibition), defeated;NormanW. Lemold (Socialist), defeated. 1902 Sep 8:JohnF. Hill (Rep), elected;SamuelW. Gould (Dem), defeated;JamesPerrigo (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesL. Fox (Socialist), defeated. 1904 Sep 12:WilliamT. Cobb (Rep), elected;CyrusW. Davis (Dem), defeated;NathanF. Woodbury (Prohibition), defeated;WilburG. Hapgood (Socialist), defeated. 1906 Sep 10:WilliamT. Cobb (Rep), elected;CyrusW. Davis (Dem), defeated;CharlesL. Fox (Socialist), defeated;HenryWoodward (Prohibition), defeated. 1908 Sep 14:BertM. Fernald (Rep), elected;ObadiahGardner (Dem), defeated;JamesH. Ames (Prohibition), defeated;CurtisA. Perry (Socialist), defeated. 1910 Sep 12:FrederickW. Plaisted (Dem), elected;BertM. Fernald (Rep), defeated;RobertV. Hunter (Socialist), defeated;JamesH. Ames (Prohibition), defeated. 1912 Sep 9:WilliamT. Haines (Rep), elected;FrederickW. Plaisted (Dem), defeated;GeorgeA. England (Socialist), defeated;WilliamI. Sterling (Prohibition), defeated. 1914 Sep 14:OakleyC. Curtis (Dem), elected;WilliamT. Haines (Rep), defeated;HalbertP. Gardner (Progressive), defeated;PercyF. Morse (Socialist), defeated;FrederickA. Shepherd (Prohibition), defeated. 1916 Sep 11:CarlE. Milliken (Rep), elected;OakleyC. Curtis (Dem), defeated;FrankMaxfield (Socialist), defeated;LinusSeeley (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Sep 9:CarlE. Milliken (Rep), elected;BertrandG. McIntire (Dem), defeated. 1920:JohnP. Deering (Rep), defeated in primary. 1920 Sep 13:FredericH. Parkhurst (Rep), elected;BertrandG. McIntire (Dem), defeated. 1921 Jan 31:FredericH. Parkhurst, died in office. 1922:JohnP. Deering (Rep), defeated in primary. 1922 Sep 11:PercivalP. Baxter (Rep), elected;WilliamR. Pattangall (Dem), defeated. 1924 Sep 8:OwenBrewster (Rep), elected;WilliamR. Pattangall (Dem), defeated. 1926 Sep 13:OwenBrewster (Rep), elected;ErnestL. McLean (Dem), defeated. 1928 Sep 10:WilliamT. Gardiner (Rep), elected;EdwardC. Moran, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1930 Sep 8:WilliamT. Gardiner (Rep), elected;EdwardC. Moran, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1936:F.Harold Dubord (Dem), defeated. 1940:FultonJ. Redman (Dem), defeated. 1952:JamesC. Oliver (Dem), defeated. 1958:MaynardC. Dolloff (Dem), defeated in primary. 1959 Dec 30:ClintonA. Clauson, died in office. 1960:FrankM. Coffin (Dem), defeated. 1974:GeorgeJ. Mitchell (Dem), defeated. 1986:JamesE. Tierney (Dem), defeated. 1994:SusanM. Collins (Rep), defeated. 1998:JamesB. Longley, Jr., defeated;PatLaMarche (Green Independent), defeated. 2006:PatLaMarche (Green Independent), defeated. 2010:SteveRowe (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:PaulLePage (Rep), elected. 2014 Nov 6:PaulLePage (Rep), elected. 2022 Nov 8:JanetT. Mills (Dem), elected;PaulLePage (Rep), defeated;SamHunkler (Ind), defeated. | |
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