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 Davis 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 Hayden 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 William Addison Pitt 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 Hayden 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 1881 George E. Weeks Augusta Republican 1881–1882 Liberty H. Hutchinson Lewiston Republican 1882–1884 J. Manchester Haynes Augusta Republican 1884–1886 Charles Hamlin Bangor Republican 1886–1888 Charles E. Littlefield Rockland Republican 1888–1890 Fred Dow Portland Republican 1890–1892 Andrew P. Wiswell Ellsworth Republican 1892–1894 Albert R. Savage Auburn Republican 1894–1896 Llewellyn Powers Houlton Republican 1896–1898 Seth L. Larrabee Portland Republican 1898–1900 Isaiah K. Stetson Bangor Republican 1900–1902 Joseph Homan Manley Augusta Republican 1902–1904 Oscar F. Fellows Bucksport Republican 1904–1906 Morrill N. Drew Portland Republican 1906–1908 Donald A. H. Powers Houlton Republican 1908–1910 George G. Weeks Fairfield Republican 1910–1912 Frank A. Morey Lewiston Democratic 1912–1914 John A. Peters Ellsworth Republican 1914–1916 Herbert W. Trafton Fort Fairfield Democratic 1916–1918 William L. Bonney Bowdoinham Republican 1918–1920 Frank G. Farrington Augusta Republican 1920–1922 Charles P. Barnes Houlton Republican 1922–1924 Frank H. Holley Anson Republican 1924–1926 William Tudor Gardiner Gardiner Republican 1926–1928 Burleigh Martin Augusta Republican 1928–1930 Robert Hale Portland Republican 1930–1932 E. Delmont Merrill Dover-Foxcroft Republican 1932–1934 Franz U. Burkett Portland Republican 1934–1936 Nathaniel Tompkins Houlton Republican 1936–1938 George E. Hill South Portland Republican 1938–1940 D. W. Philbrick Cape Elizabeth Republican 1940–1942 George D. Varney Sr. Berwick Republican 1942–1945 F. Ardine Richardson Strong Republican 1945–1946 George B. Barnes Houlton Republican 1946–1948 John F. Ward Millinocket Republican 1948–1950 Nathaniel M. Haskell Portland Republican 1950–1952 William S. Silsby Aurora Republican 1952–1954 Roswell P. Bates Orono Republican 1954–1956 Willis A. Trafton Jr. Auburn Republican 1956–1960 Joseph T. Edgar Bar Harbor Republican 1960–1962 Vinal G. Good Sebago Republican 1962–1964 David J. Kennedy Milbridge Republican 1964–1966 Dana Childs Portland Democratic 1966–1972 David J. Kennedy Milbridge Republican 1972–1974 Richard Hewes Cape Elizabeth Republican 1974–1994 John L. Martin Eagle Lake Democratic Resigned as Speaker February 2, 1994 1994–1996 Dan Gwadosky Fairfield Democratic Elected Speaker January 25, 1994 1996–1998 Libby Mitchell Vassalboro Democratic First female House Speaker 1998–2000 G. Steven Rowe Portland Democratic 2000–2002 Michael V. Saxl Portland Democratic 2002–2004 Patrick Colwell Gardiner Democratic 2004–2006 John G. Richardson Brunswick Democratic 2006–2008 Glenn Cummings Portland Democratic 2008–2010 Hannah Pingree North Haven Democratic 2010–2012 Robert Nutting Oakland Republican 2012–2016 Mark Eves North Berwick Democratic 2016–2020 Sara Gideon Freeport Democratic First Asian-American Speaker 2020–2022 Ryan Fecteau Biddeford Democratic First openly gay Speaker 2022–2024 Rachel Talbot Ross Portland Democratic First African-American Speaker 2024– Ryan Fecteau Biddeford Democratic

See also List of Maine state legislatures