Maine State Treasurer

The Maine State Treasurer is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Maine.

The office is authorized by Article V, Part Third of the Maine Constitution. The Treasurer is chosen by the Maine Legislature in joint session for a two-year term; the officeholder can serve no more than four consecutive terms. Responsibilities of the Treasurer's Office include providing financial services for all state agencies, issuing bonds and managing the State's debt, as well as holding unclaimed property and working to return it to its rightful owners. The Treasurer is also an ex officio member of several state boards and agencies.

Governor Paul LePage proposed in 2015 to change the selection process to a gubernatorial appointment that would be confirmed by the Legislature. In 2023, state Republicans called for the State Treasurer to be elected by popular vote. Neither change passed and the State Treasurer continues to be selected by the Legislature.

List of State Treasurers

Tenure ImageState TreasurerPartyHometown Notes1820–1822Joseph C. BoydPortland1823–1827Elias ThomasPortland1828Mark HarrisDemocratic-RepublicanPortlandU.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district (1822–1823)1829–1830Elias ThomasPortland1831A. B. ThompsonBrunswick1832–1834Mark HarrisDemocratic-RepublicanPortlandU.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district (1822–1823)1835–1837Asa Redington, Jr.Augusta1838James B. CahoonWhig (later Democratic)Portland1839Jeremiah GoodwinDemocraticAlfred1840Daniel WilliamsAugusta1841Sanford KingsburyKingsbury Plantation1842–1846James WhiteDemocraticBelfast1847–1849Moses MacdonaldDemocraticLimerick1850–1854Samuel ConyRepublicanAugusta1855Woodbury DavisRepublicanBelfast1856Isaac ReedDemocraticWaldoboro1857–1859Benjamin D. PeckPortland1860–1864Nathan DameAlfred1865–1868Nathan Griffin HichbornRepublicanStockton Springs1869–1873William CaldwellRepublicanAugusta1874–1876Silas C. HatchRepublicanBangor1877–1878Esreff H. BanksRepublicanBiddeford1879Charles WhiteDemocraticGardiner1880–1884Samual A. HolbrookRepublicanAugusta1885–1887Edwin C. BurleighRepublicanBangor42nd Governor of Maine (1889–1893)U.S. Representative for Maine's 3rd congressional district (1897–1911)U.S. Senator from Maine (1913–1916)1888–1894George L. BealRepublicanNorwayUnion Army General1895–1900F. Marion SimpsonRepublicanCarmel1901–1906Ormandal SmithRepublicanLitchfield1907–1910Pascal P. GilmoreRepublicanBucksport1911–1912 James F. SingletonDemocraticBangor1913–1914Joseph W. SimpsonRepublicanYork1915–1916Elmer E. NewbertDemocraticAugusta1917–1920Joseph W. SimpsonRepublicanYork1921–1926William L. BonneyRepublicanBowdoinham1927–1931William S. OwenRepublicanMilo1932Louis H. WinshipRepublicanAugustaFilled the remainder of William S. Owen's term following his resignation1933–1936George S. FosterRepublicanEllsworthDied in office1936Louis H. WinshipRepublicanAugustaFilled the remainder of Foster's term1937–1942Belmont A. SmithRepublicanBangor1943–1946Joseph H. McGillicuddyRepublicanHoulton1947–1964Frank S. CarpenterRepublicanAugusta1965–1966Eben L. ElwellDemocraticAugusta1967–1968Michael A. NapolitanoRepublicanAugusta1969–1974Norman K. FergusonRepublicanHanover1975–1976Rodney L. ScribnerDemocraticAugusta1977–1978H. Leighton Cooney, Jr.DemocraticAugusta1979–1980Jerrold SpeersRepublicanWinthrop1981–1996Samuel ShapiroDemocraticWaterville1997–2004Dale McCormickDemocraticMonmouth2005–2010David LemoineDemocraticSaco2011–2012Bruce PoliquinRepublicanGeorgetownU.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district (2015–2019)2013–2015Neria DouglassDemocraticAuburn2015–2019Terry HayesIndependentBuckfield2019–2025Henry BeckDemocraticWatervile2025–presentJoe PerryDemocraticBangor

References and external links List of Maine State Treasurers Official Maine State Treasurer site Constitution of Maine

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