The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maine: Governor

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

History The Republican Party controlled the governorship from the American Civil War to 1932, with the Democratic Party only winning four times. The Greenback Party was active in Maine and its gubernatorial candidates had their vote totals rise from 520 votes in the 1876 election to 41,371 votes in the 1878 election. The Greenbacks aided in the election of Democratic gubernatorial nominees Alonzo Garcelon and Harris M. Plaisted. The Democratic Party did not control the state legislature between 1847 and 1911.

The Maine Republican Party supported Theodore Roosevelt during the 1912 Republican presidential primaries against President William Howard Taft. The Maine Progressive Party was founded by Roosevelt supporters on July 31, 1912, at a convention in Portland, Maine. The Republicans were weakened after losing members including Charles H. Hitchborn, who was the treasurer of the party, although Warren C. Philbrook, the chair of the party, remained. Woodrow Wilson won Maine in the presidential election while Roosevelt received more votes than Taft.

On April 5, 1916, the Progressives held their convention and nominated Edwin Lawrence for governor under the coniditon that they would follow the path of the national party. The national Progressive Party attempted to nominate Roosevelt for president against, but he declined and the party returned to the Republicans. The Maine Progressives withdrew their candidates and supported the Republicans. B. F. Lawrence, who ran for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, was the only Progressive elected in 1916, but later joined the Republicans.

Robert M. La Follette, who ran as the Progressive presidential nominee in the 1924 election, told Gilbert E. Roe, who was running his campaign in the eastern United States, that the conditions for his campaigns were good in the eastern United States except for in Maine and Vermont. Republican nominee Calvin Coolidge received over 70% of the popular vote while La Follette only received six percent.

Table

YearGovernorState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House District 1U.S. House District 21820William King DR majorityDR majorityJohn Holmes John Chandler Joseph Dane James Monroe/Daniel D. Tompkins 1821DR majorityDR majorityWilliam D. Williamson 5DR, 2FBenjamin Ames 1822Daniel Rose DR majorityDR majority6DR, 1FAlbion Parris 1823DR majorityDR majority1824DR majorityNR majorityJohn Quincy Adams/John C. Calhoun 1825DR majorityDR majorityJohn Holmes John Chandler 6NR, 1J1826DR majorityDR majority1827Enoch Lincoln DR majorityDR majorityAlbion Parris 4NR, 3J1828DR majorityDR majorityJohn Quincy Adams/Richard Rush 1829DR majorityNR majorityJohn Holmes Peleg Sprague 4J, 3NRNathan Cutler 1830Joshua Hall 12NR, 8DRNR majorityJonathan G. Hunton 1831Samuel E. Smith 11DR, 9DR86DR, 62NR, 1?6J, 1NR183221DR, 4NR100DR, 58NR, 24?, 2 vac.Andrew Jackson/Martin Van Buren 183315DR, 10NR97DR, 59NR, 30?Ether Shepley 7J, 1NR1834Robert P. Dunlap 21DR, 3NR, 79DR, 39NR, 63?183518D, 7NR94D, 66NR, 26?John Ruggles 6J, 2NR183622D, 3NR51D, 41NR, 94?Judah Dana Martin Van Buren/Richard Mentor Johnson 183721D, 4W108D, 54W, 24?Reuel Williams John Ruggles 6D, 2W1838Edward Kent 14D, 11W98W, 85D, 5?5D, 3W1839John Fairfield 15D, 10W107D, 73W, 9?. 1 vac.6D, 2W184017D, 8W123D, 63W, 5?William Henry Harrison/John Tyler 1841Richard H. Vose 18W, 7D94W, 66D, 30?George Evans 4D, 4WEdward Kent 1842John Fairfield 27D, 4W131D, 55W, 18?184330D, 1W55D, 18W, 78?5D, 2WEdward Kavanagh vacant1844David Dunn 28D, 3W89D, 42W, 2, 18?John Fairfield James K. Polk/George M. Dallas John W. Dana Hugh J. Anderson 184585D, 49W, 17?6D, 1W184627D, 4W85D, 66W184778D, 66W, 6Lty, 1IJames W. Bradbury John W. Dana 1848102D, 49WWyman B. S. Moor Lewis Cass/William Orlando Butler Hannibal Hamlin 184920D, 11W85D, 66W5D, 2W185088D, 63RJohn Hubbard 185126D, 4W, 1FS93D, 50W, 8FS18524D, 3WFranklin Pierce/William R. King 1853William G. Crosby 22W, 9D84D, 62W, 4FS, 1?vacant3D, 3W185417W, 14D76D, 66W, 9FSWilliam P. Fessenden 1855Anson Morrill 16W, 10D, 5FS83D, 44W, 23FS, 1?3O, 2R, 1D1856Samuel Wells 20D, 9W, 2R68D, 61R, 22WJohn C. Frémont/William L. Dayton 1857Hannibal Hamlin 30R, 1D125R, 26DAmos Nourse William P. Fessenden 6RJoseph H. Williams Hannibal Hamlin 1858Lot M. Morrill 117R, 34D1859103R, 48D1860119R, 32DAbraham Lincoln/Hannibal Hamlin 1861Israel Washburn Jr. 31R128R, 23DLot M. Morrill 186226R, 5D123R, 28D1863Abner Coburn 25R, 6D107R, 44D4R, 1D1864Samuel Cony 30R, 1D120R, 31DAbraham Lincoln/Andrew Johnson Nathan A. Farwell 186528R, 3D129R, 22DWilliam P. Fessenden 5R186631R136R, 15D1867Joshua Chamberlain 138R, 13D186828R, 3D105R, 46DUlysses S. Grant/Schuyler Colfax 186929R, 2D123R, 28DHannibal Hamlin 187028R, 3D117R, 34DLot M. Morrill 1871Sidney Perham 113R, 38D1872112R, 39DUlysses S. Grant/Henry Wilson 187330R, 1LR128R, 19D, 2LR, 2I1874Nelson Dingley Jr. 103R, 41D, 7I187528R, 3D89R, 55D, 7I1876Seldon Connor 20R, 11D85R, 63D, 3IRutherford B. Hayes/William A. Wheeler 187729R, 2D120R, 30D, 1IJames G. Blaine 187828R, 3D99R, 47D, 3I, 2GB1879Alonzo Garcelon 20R, 10GB, 1D65R, 57GB, 27D, 2I3R, 2GB1880Daniel F. Davis 19R, 11GB, 1D90R, 50GB, 11DJames A. Garfield/Chester A. Arthur 1881Harris M. Plaisted 23R, 6GB, 2D84R, 40GB, 27DEugene Hale William P. Frye 18821883Frederick Robie 28R, 3D108R, 43D4R1884James G. Blaine/John A. Logan 188531R115R, 34D, 2GB4R18861887Joseph R. Bodwell 27R, 4D122R, 29DSebastian Streeter Marble 1888Benjamin Harrison/Levi P. Morton 1889Edwin C. Burleigh 31R125R, 26D1890189127R, 4D110R, 41D1892Benjamin Harrison/Whitelaw Reid 1893Henry B. Cleaves 30R, 1D107R, 44D1894189531R146R, 5D1896William McKinley/Garret Hobart 1897Llewellyn Powers 145R, 6D18981899126R, 25D1900William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt 1901John Fremont Hill 30R, 1D132R, 19D19021903128R, 23D1904Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks 1905William T. Cobb 27R, 4D126R, 25D1906190723R, 8D88R, 63D1908William Howard Taft/James S. Sherman 1909Bert M. Fernald 100R, 51D19101911Frederick W. Plaisted 22D, 9R86D, 65RCharles F. Johnson 2R, 2DObadiah Gardner 1912Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall 1913William T. Haines 21R, 10D79R, 72DEdwin C. Burleigh 3R, 1D19141915Oakley C. Curtis 17R, 14D78D, 69R, 4Prog1916Charles Evans Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks vacantBert M. Fernald 1917Carl Milliken 28R, 3D105R, 46DFrederick Hale 4R1918191929R, 2D110R, 41D1920Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge 1921Frederic Hale Parkhurst 31R135R, 16DPercival P. Baxter 1922192328R, 3D116R, 35D1924Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes 1925Owen Brewster 30R, 1D122R, 29D1926vacantArthur R. Gould 1927129R, 22D1928Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 1929William Tudor Gardiner 31R135R, 16D19301931120R, 31DWallace H. White 1932Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 1933Louis J. Brann 26R, 7D93R, 58D2D, 1R1934193522R, 11D96R, 55D1936Alf Landon/Frank Knox 1937Lewis O. Barrows 29R, 4D124R, 27D3R1938193931R, 2D1940Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary 1941Sumner Sewall 128R, 23DOwen Brewster 1942194332R, 1D136R, 15D1944Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker 1945Horace Hildreth 31R, 2D1946194730R, 3D126R, 25D1948Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren 1949Frederick G. Payne 28R, 5DMargaret Chase Smith 1950195131R, 2D126R, 24D, 1I1952Burton M. Cross Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 1953Nathaniel M. Haskell 127R, 24DFrederick G. Payne 1954Burton M. Cross 1955Edmund Muskie 27R, 6D119R, 32D1956195725R, 8D100R, 51D2R, 1D19581959Clinton Clauson 21R, 12D94R, 57DEdmund Muskie 2D, 1R1960John H. Reed Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 196130R, 3D113R, 38D3R1962196329R, 5D110R, 41DStanley R. Tupper Clifford McIntire 1964Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey 196529D, 5R80D, 71RWilliam Hathaway 19661967Kenneth M. Curtis 24R, 10D95R, 56DPeter Kyros 1968Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie 196918R, 14D85R, 66D1970197180R, 71D1972Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 197322R, 11D79R, 72DWilliam Hathaway William Cohen 19741975James B. Longley 19R, 14D91D, 59R, 1IDavid F. Emery 1976Gerald Ford/Bob Dole 197721R, 12D89D, 62R19781979Joseph E. Brennan 19R, 13D, 1I77D, 73R, 1IDWilliam Cohen Olympia Snowe 1980George J. Mitchell Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 198117R, 16D84D, 67R1982198323D, 10R92D, 59RJock McKernan 1984198524D, 11R83D, 68R19861987Jock McKernan 20D, 15R86D, 65RJoseph E. Brennan 1988George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 198997D, 54R1990199121D, 14RThomas Andrews 1992Bill Clinton/Al Gore 199320D, 15R90D, 61R19941995Angus King 18R, 16D, 1I77D, 74ROlympia Snowe Jim Longley John Baldacci 1996199719D, 15R, 1I81D, 69R, 1ISusan Collins Tom Allen 1998199920D, 14R, 1I79D, 71R, 1I2000Al Gore/Joe Lieberman 200117R, 17D, 1I88D, 62R, 1I20022003John Baldacci 18D, 17R80D, 67R, 3I, 1GMike Michaud 2004John Kerry/John Edwards 200576D, 73R, 1I, 1G2006200790D, 59R, 2I2008Barack Obama/Joe Biden 200920D, 15R95D, 55R, 1IChellie Pingree 20102011Paul LePage 20R, 14D, 1I78R, 72D, 1I2012201319D, 15R, 1I89D, 58R, 4IAngus King (I)2014201520R, 15D78D, 68R, 5IBruce Poliquin 201678D, 69R, 4I3 – Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 1 – Donald Trump/Mike Pence 201718R, 17D77D, 73R, 1I201874D, 70R, 6I, 1G2019Janet Mills 21D, 14R89D, 56R, 6IJared Golden 20203 – Joe Biden/Kamala Harris 1 – Donald Trump/Mike Pence 202122D, 13R80D, 67R, 4I2022202381D, 68R, 2I20243 – Kamala Harris/Tim Walz 1 – Donald Trump/JD Vance 202520D, 15R76D, 73R, 2I2026

See also Law and government in Maine

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