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. The longest-tenured president of the Senate is currently Charles P. Pray, who served four consecutive two-year terms for eight total years as Senate President between 1984 and 1992.

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.

List of presidents of the Maine Senate Name Image Took office Left office Party HometownJohn Chandler 18201820 Democratic-Republican MonmouthWilliam Moody18201820 Democratic-Republican SacoWilliam D. Williamson18201821 Democratic-Republican BangorDaniel Rose18221823 Democratic-Republican ThomastonBenjamin Ames18241824 Democratic-Republican BathJonas Wheeler18251826 Democratic-Republican CamdenRobert P. Dunlap18271828 Democratic-Republican BrunswickNathan Cutler18291829 Democratic-Republican FarmingtonJoshua Hall18301830 Democratic-Republican FrankfortRobert P. Dunlap18311831 Democratic-Republican BrunswickF.O.J. Smith18321832 Democratic PortlandJoseph Williamson18331834 Democratic BelfastJosiah Pierce18351836 Democratic GorhamJohn C. Talbot18371837 Democratic East MachiasNathaniel Littlefield18381838 Democratic BridgtonJob Prince18391839 Democratic TurnerStephen C. Foster18401840 Democratic PembrokeRichard H. Vose18411841 Democratic AugustaSamuel Blake18421842 Democratic BangorEdward Kavanagh18431843 Democratic DamariscottaVirgil D. Parris18431843 Democratic BuckfieldJohn W. Dana18441844 Democratic FryeburgManly B. Townsend18451845 Democratic AlexanderStephen Chase18461846 Democratic FryeburgDavid Dunn18461846 Democratic PolandJohn Hodgdon18471847 Democratic HoultonCaleb R. Ayer18481848 Democratic CornishWilliam Tripp18491849 Democratic WiltonPaulinus Foster18501850 Democratic AnsonNoah Prince18511852 Democratic BuckfieldSamuel Butman18531853 Whig DixmontLuther Moore18541854 Democratic LimerickFranklin Muzzy18551855 Whig BangorLot M. Morrill18561856 Republican AugustaJoseph H. Williams18571857 Republican AugustaHiram Chapman18571857 Republican DamariscottaSeth Scamman18581858 Republican SacoCharles Goddard18591859 Republican AuburnThomas H. Marshall18601860 Republican BelfastJohn H. Goodenow18611862 Republican AlfredNathan Farwell18631863 Republican RocklandGeorge Barrows18641864 Republican FryeburgDavid Dinsmore Stewart18651865 Republican St. AlbansWilliam Wirt Virgin18661866 Republican NorwayNathaniel A. Burpee18671867 Republican RocklandJosiah Crosby18681868 Republican DexterStephen Lindsey18691869 Republican NorridgewockWilliam W. Bolster18701870 Republican DixfieldCharles Buffum18711871 Republican OronoReuben Foster18721872 Republican WatervilleJohn B. Foster18731873 Republican BangorJohn E. Butler18741874 Republican BiddefordEdmund F. Webb18751875 Republican WatervilleThomas W. Hyde18761877 Republican BathWarren H. Vinton18781878 Republican GrayJ. Manchester Haynes18791879 Republican AugustaJoseph A. Locke18801882 Republican PortlandJohn L. Cutler18831884 Republican BangorWilliam D. Pennell18851886 Republican LewistonSebastian Marble18871888 Republican WaldoboroHenry Lord18891890 Republican BangorCharles Libby18911892 Republican PortlandAlbert Spear18931894 Republican GardinerGeorge M. Seiders18951896 Republican PortlandAlbert R. Day18971898 Republican CorinnaOliver B. Clason18991900 Republican GardinerHannibal E. Hamlin19011902 Republican EllsworthHarry R. Virgin19031904 Republican PortlandForrest Goodwin19051906 Republican SkowheganFred J. Allen19071908 Republican SanfordLuere B. Deasy19091910 Republican Bar HarborNathan Clifford19111912 Democratic Cape ElizabethCarl E. Milliken19131914 Republican Island FallsIra G. Hersey19151916 Republican HoultonTaber D. Bailey19171918 Republican BangorLeon F. Higgins19191920 Republican BrewerPercival Baxter19211921 Republican PortlandCharles E. Gurney19211922 Republican PortlandFrank G. Farrington19231924 Republican AugustaHodgdon C. Buzzell19251926 Republican BelfastFrank H. Holley19271928 Republican North AnsonJ. Blaine Morrison19291930 Republican PhillipsBurleigh Martin19311932 Republican AugustaHarold H. Murchie19331934 Republican CalaisHarold E. Weeks19351936 Republican FairfieldFrederick J. Burns19371938 Republican HoultonSumner Sewall19391940 Republican BathNathaniel Tompkins19411942 Republican HoultonFrancis H. Friend19421942 Republican SkowheganHorace A. Hildreth19421944 Republican CumberlandGeorge D. Varney19441948 Republican KitteryBurton M. Cross19481952 Republican AugustaNathaniel M. Haskell19531954 Republican PortlandJohn F. Ward19541954 Republican MillinocketRobert Haskell19541958 Republican BangorJohn H. Reed19581960 Republican Fort FairfieldEarle M. Hillman19601962 Republican BangorRobert A. Marden19621964 Republican WatervilleCarlton Day Reed, Jr.19641966 Democratic WoolwichJoseph Campbell19661968 Republican AugustaKenneth P. MacLeod19681974 Republican BrewerJoseph Sewall19741982 Republican Old TownGerard Conley19821984 Democratic PortlandCharles P. Pray19841992 Democratic MillinocketDennis L. Dutremble19921994 Democratic BiddefordJeffrey Butland19941996 Republican CumberlandMark Lawrence19962000 Democratic KitteryMike Michaud20002001 Democratic East MillinocketRick Bennett20012002 Republican NorwayThe 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.Beverly Daggett20022004 Democratic AugustaBeth Edmonds20042008 Democratic Freeport Libby Mitchell20082010 Democratic VassalboroKevin Raye20102012 Republican PerryJustin Alfond20122014 Democratic PortlandMichael Thibodeau20142018 Republican WinterportTroy Jackson20182024 Democratic AllagashMattie Daughtry2024- Democratic Brunswick

See also List of Maine state legislatures

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