List of Presidents of the Maine Senate

The position of President of the Maine Senate was created when Maine separated from Massachusetts and achieved statehood in 1820.

The Maine Legislature had one year terms until 1880, when an amendment to the Maine Constitution took effect to provide for two year terms. Joseph A. Locke was the first Senate President to serve a two year term, starting in 1881.^[1]

As Maine has no Lieutenant Governor, the President of the Senate is first in line to become Governor of Maine in the event of a vacancy.

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Hometown
John Chandler	1820	1820	Democratic-Republican	Monmouth
William Moody	1820	1820	Democratic-Republican	Saco
William D. Williamson	1820	1821	Democratic-Republican	Bangor
Daniel Rose	1822	1823	Democratic-Republican	Thomaston
Benjamin Ames	1824	1824	Democratic-Republican	Bath
Jonas Wheeler	1825	1826	Democratic-Republican	Camden
Robert P. Dunlap	1827	1828	Democratic-Republican	Brunswick
Nathan Cutler	1829	1829	Democratic-Republican	Farmington
Joshua Hall	1830	1830	Democratic-Republican	Frankfort
Robert P. Dunlap	1831	1831	Democratic-Republican	Brunswick
F.O.J. Smith	1832	1832	Democratic	Portland
Joseph Williamson	1833	1834	Democratic	Belfast
Josiah Pierce	1835	1836	Democratic	Gorham
John C. Talbot	1837	1837	Democratic	East Machias
Nathaniel Littlefield	1838	1838	Democratic	Bridgton
Job Prince	1839	1839	Democratic	Turner
Stephen C. Foster	1840	1840	Democratic	Pembroke
Richard H. Vose	1841	1841	Democratic	Augusta
Samuel Blake	1842	1842	Democratic	Bangor
Edward Kavanagh	1843	1843	Democratic	Damariscotta
Virgil D. Parris	1843	1843	Democratic	Buckfield
John W. Dana	1844	1844	Democratic	Fryeburg
Manly B. Townsend	1845	1845	Democratic	Alexander
Stephen Chase	1846	1846	Democratic	Fryeburg
David Dunn	1846	1846	Democratic	Poland
John Hodgdon	1847	1847	Democratic	Houlton
Caleb R. Ayer	1848	1848	Democratic	Cornish
William Tripp	1849	1849	Democratic	Wilton
Paulinus Foster	1850	1850	Democratic	Anson
Samuel Butman	1851	1852	Democratic	Dixmont
Luther Moore	1854	1854	Democratic	Limerick
Franklin Muzzy	1855	1855	Whig	Bangor
Lot M. Morrill	1856	1856	Republican	Augusta
Joseph H. Williams	1857	1857	Republican	Augusta
Hiram Chapman	1857	1857	Republican	Damariscotta
Seth Scamman	1858	1858	Republican	Saco
Charles Goddard	1859	1859	Republican	Auburn
Thomas H. Marshall	1860	1860	Republican	Belfast
John H. Goodenow	1861	1862	Republican	Alfred
Nathan Farwell	1863	1863	Republican	Rockland
George Barrows	1864	1864	Republican	Fryeburg
David D. Stewart	1865	1865	Republican	St. Albans
William Wirt Virgin	1866	1866	Republican	Norway
Nathanial A. Burpee	1867	1867	Republican	Rockland
Josiah Crosby	1868	1868	Republican	Dexter
Stephen Lindsey	1869	1869	Republican	Norridgewock
William W. Bolster	1870	1870	Republican	Dixfield
Charles Buffum	1871	1871	Republican	Orono
Reuben Foster	1872	1872	Republican	Waterville
John B. Foster	1873	1873	Republican	Bangor
John E. Butler	1874	1874	Republican	Biddeford
Edmund F. Webb	1875	1875	Republican	Waterville
Thomas W. Hyde	1876	1877	Republican	Bath
Warren H. Vinton	1878	1878	Republican	Gray
J. Manchester Haynes	1879	1879	Republican	Augusta
Joseph A. Locke	1880	1882	Republican	Portland
John L. Cutler	1883	1884	Republican	Bangor
William Pennell	1885	1886	Republican	Lewiston
Sebastian Marble	1887	1888	Republican	Waldoboro
Henry Lord	1889	1890	Republican	Bangor
Charles Libby	1891	1892	Republican	Portland
Albert Spear	1893	1894	Republican	Gardiner
George M. Seiders	1895	1896	Republican	Portland
Albert R. Day	1897	1898	Republican	Corinna
Oliver B. Clason	1899	1900	Republican	Gardiner
Hannibal E. Hamlin	1901	1902	Republican	Ellsworth
Harry R. Virgin	1903	1904	Republican	Portland
Forrest Goodwin	1905	1906	Republican	Skowhegan
Fred J. Allen	1907	1908	Republican	Sanford
Luere B. Deasy	1909	1910	Republican	Bar Harbor
Nathan Clifford	1911	1912	Democratic	Cape Elizabeth
Carl E. Milliken	1913	1914	Republican	Island Falls
Ira G. Hersey	1915	1916	Republican	Houlton
Taber D. Bailey	1917	1918	Republican	Bangor
Leon F. Higgins	1919	1920	Republican	Brewer
Percival Baxter	1921	1921	Republican	Portland
Charles E. Gurney	1921	1922	Republican	Portland
Frank G. Farrington	1923	1924	Republican	Augusta
Hodgdon C. Buzzell	1925	1926	Republican	Belfast
Frank H. Holley	1927	1928	Republican	North Anson
J. Blaine Morrison	1929	1930	Republican	Phillips
Burleigh Martin	1931	1932	Republican	Augusta
Harold H. Murchie	1933	1934	Republican	Calais
Harold E. Weeks	1935	1936	Republican	Fairfield
Frederick J. Burns	1937	1938	Republican	Houlton
Sumner Sewall	1939	1940	Republican	Bath
Nathaniel Thompkins	1941	1941	Republican	Houlton
Francis H. Friend	1942	1942	Republican	Skowhegan
Horace A. Hildreth	1943	1944	Republican	Cumberland
George D. Varney	1945	1948	Republican	Kittery
Burton M. Cross	1949	1952	Republican	Augusta
Nathaniel M. Haskell	1953	1953	Republican	Portland
John F. Ward	1954	1954	Republican	Millinocket
Robert Haskell	1955	1958	Republican	Bangor
John H. Reed	1959	1959	Republican	Fort Fairfield
Earle M. Hillman	1960	1962	Republican	Bangor
Robert A. Marden	1963	1964	Republican	Waterville
Carlton Day Reed, Jr.	1965	1966	Democratic	Woolwich
Joseph Campbell	1967	1968	Republican	Augusta
Kenneth P. MacLeod	1969	1974	Republican	Brewer
Joseph Sewall	1975	1982	Republican	Old Town
Gerard Conley	1983	1984	Democratic	Portland
Charles P. Pray	1985	1992	Democratic	Millinocket
Dennis L. Dutremble	1993	1994	Democratic	Biddeford
Jeffrey Butland	1995	1996	Republican	Cumberland
Mark Lawrence	1997	2000	Democratic	Kittery
Mike Michaud	2000	2001	Democratic	East Millinocket
Richard A. Bennett	2001	2002	Republican	Norway ^[2]
Beverly Daggett	2002	2004	Democratic	Augusta
Beth Edmonds	2004	2008	Democratic	Freeport
Libby Mitchell	2008	2010	Democratic	Vassalboro
Kevin Raye	2010	2012	Republican	Perry
Justin Alfond	2012	2014	Democratic	Portland
Michael Thibodeau	2014	-	Republican	Winterport

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Living former senate presidents

As of September 2015, ten former senate presidents were alive. The most recent death of a former senate president was that of Beverly Daggett (2002–2004), on September 6, 2015.

Senate president	Senate president term	Date of birth
Gerard Conley	1983–1984	(1930-01-03) January 3, 1930
Charles P. Pray	1985–1992	(1945-08-15) August 15, 1945
Dennis L. Dutremble	1993–1994	(1947-04-28) April 28, 1947
Mark Lawrence	1997–2000	(1958-06-27) June 27, 1958
Mike Michaud	2000–2001	(1955-01-18) January 18, 1955
Richard A. Bennett	2001–2002	(1963-05-24) May 24, 1963
Beth Edmonds	2004–2008	(1950-10-27) October 27, 1950
Libby Mitchell	2008–2010	(1940-06-22) June 22, 1940
Kevin Raye	2010–2012	(1961-02-07) February 7, 1961
Justin Alfond	2012–2014	(1975-01-08) January 8, 1975

References

↑ http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/history/past/prespast/1880jl.htm
↑ The Maine Senate had an equal number of Democrats and Republicans 2000-2002, plus one Independent Senator; as such each party chose the President for a year.
↑ http://bangordailynews.com/2014/11/07/politics/state-house/republican-lawmakers-install-mike-thibodeau-as-senate-president/

Years in Maine (1820–present)

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