The mayor of Portland, Maine is the official head of the city of Portland, Maine, United States, as stipulated in the Charter of the City of Portland. This article is a list of past (and present) mayors of Portland.

History of the office Before 1923, the city's leader was known as the mayor. From 1923 to 1969, the position was named "Chairman of the City Council." In 1969, the "Mayor" title was reinstated, but the office continued to be held by the leader of the city council, chosen by a vote of its members.

In 2011, the city returned to the practice of popularly electing a mayor for the first time since 1923. Subsequent elections were held in 2015, 2019 and 2023.

List of mayors This is a list of mayors of Portland, Maine. This information is obtained from the website of the city council.

# Mayor Party Term Notes1Andrew L. Emerson 1832 2Jonathan Dow 1832 3 John Anderson Democrat 1833 National Republican Party candidate4 Levi Cutter 1834–1840 5 James C. Churchill 1841 6 John Anderson Democrat 1842 7 Eliphalet Greeley Whig 1843–1848 8 James B. Cahoon Whig 1849–1850 9 Neal Dow Whig 1851–1852 Maine law10 Albion K. Parris Democrat 1852–1853 Preiviously U.S. senator and governor of Maine11 James B. Calhoon Democrat 1853–1854 12 Neal Dow Republican 1855–1856 Later served in the Maine House13 James T. McCobb 1856 14 William Willis Republican 1857 Previously served in the Maine Senate15 Jedediah Jewett 1858–1859 16 Joseph Howard 1860 Previously a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1848–1855 and future Democratic nominee for governor in 186517 William W. Thomas 1861–1862 18 Jacob McLellan 1863–65 19 Augustus E. Stevens 1866–1867 20 Jacob McLellan 1868 21 William Lebaron Putnam Democrat 1869–1870 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1892–191722 Benjamin Kingsbury Jr. 1870–1872 23 George P. Wescott 1873–1874 24 Roswell M. Richardson 1875 25 Francis Fessenden Republican 1876 Major general in the 25th and 30th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiments during the Civil War26 Moses M. Butler 1877–1878 27 George Walker 1879 28 William Senter 1880–1881 29 Charles F. Libby 1882 31 John W. Deering Democrat 1883 Formerly a Republican. Commissioner of the Port of Portland under President Grover Cleveland.32 Marquis F. King 1884 33 John W. Deering Democrat 1885 Formerly a Republican. Commissioner of the Port of Portland under President Grover Cleveland.34 Charles J. Chapman 1886–1888 35 Holman S. Melcher Republican 1889–1890 Captain in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War36 George W. True 1891 37 Darius H. Ingraham 1892 38 James Phinney Baxter Republican 1893–1896 39 Charles H. Randall 1897–1898 40 Frank W. Robinson 1899–1900 Previously Cumberland County district attorney and judge of the Portland Municipal Court 1893–189941 Frederic E. Boothby Republican 1901–1903 42 James Phinney Baxter Republican 1904–1905 43 Nathan Clifford Democrat 1906–1907 44 Adam P. Leighton Republican 1908–1909 45 Charles A. Strout Republican 1910 46 Oakley C. Curtis Democrat 1911–1914 Governor of Maine 1915–191747 William Moulton Ingraham Democrat 1915 48 Wilford G. Chapman Republican 1916–1917 49 Charles B. Clarke Republican 1918–1921 50 Carroll S. Chaplin Republican 1922–192351 Philip J. Deering Democrat 1924 52 Neal W. Allen 1925–1926 53 Philip J. Deering Democrat 1927 54 Lester F. Wallace 1928–1929 55 Ralph D. Brooks 1930 56 Arthur W. Jordan 1931 57 Ralph D. Brooks 1932 58 Arthur E. Craig 1933 59 Philip J. Deering Democrat 1934–1935 60 Edward C. Berry 1936 61 Adam P. Leighton, Jr. 1937 62 Edward C. Berry 1938 63 Arthur E. Craig 1939 64 Harry E. Martin 1940 65 Edward C. Berry 1941 66 Adam P. Leighton Jr. 1942 67 Herman B. Libby 1943 68 George A. Harrison 1944 69 Harry C. Libby 1945 70 Helen C. Frost 1946 71 Herman B. Libby 1947 72 Robert L. Getchell 1948–1949 73 Edward T. Colley 1950 74 Helen C. Frost 1952 75 H. Merrill Luthe 1953 76 Edward T. Colley 1954 77 Ben B. Wilson 1955 78 H. Merrill Luthe 1956 79 Carleton G. Lane 1957 80 Perley J. Lessard 1958 81 Sumner S. Clark 1959 82 Mitchell Cope 1960 83 Harold E. Frank 1961 84 Daniel B. Felix 1962 85 Ralph Amerigan 1963 86 J. Weston Walch 1964–1965 87 Charles W. Allen 1966 88 Harold G. Loring 1967 89 Donald Slipp 1969–1970 90 William L. MacVane Democrat 1970–1971 91 Gerard Conley Sr. Democrat 1971–1972 92 Edward I. Bernstein Republican 1973Kennebec Journal, 7 December 1972, p. 7 93 William B. Troubh Democrat 1974–1975 94 Harold G. Loring 1975–1976 95 Matthew I. Barron 1976–1978 96 Bruce Taliento 197897 Edward I. Bernstein Republican 1978–1979Portland Press Herald, August 30, 2000, page 3B 98 Llewellyn Smith 1979–1980 99 John O'Leary Democrat 1980–1981 100 Pamela P. Plumb 1981–1982 101 Linda Abromson Democrat 1982–1983 102 William B. Troubh Democrat 1983–1984 103 David H. Brenerman Democrat 1984–1985 104 Joseph D. Casale Democrat 1985–1986 105 Philip J. Dawson 1986–1987 106 Ronald J. Dorler 1987–1988 107 Cheryl A. Leeman Republican 1988–1989 108 Esther Clenott Democrat 1989–1990 109 Peter O'Donnell Democrat 1990–1991 110 Thomas H. Allen Democrat 1991–1992 111 Charles Harlow Democrat 1992–1993 112 Anne B. Pringle Democrat 1993–1994 113 Richard W. "Dick" Paulson Jr. Democrat 1994–1995 114 Philip "Jack" Dawson Democrat 1995–1996 115 John F. McDonough Democrat 1996–1997 116 George N. Campbell 1997–1998 117 Thomas V. Kane Democrat 1998–1999 118 Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones Jr. Democrat 1999–2000 119 Cheryl A. Leeman Republican 2000–2001 120 Karen Geraghty Democrat 2001–2002 121 James F. "Jim" Cloutier Democrat 2002–2003 122 Nathan Smith Democrat 2003–2004 123 Jill Duson Democrat 2004–2005 First African-American mayor124 James I. Cohen Democrat 2005–2006 125 Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones Jr. Democrat 2006–2007 126 Edward Suslovic Democrat 2007–2008 127 Jill Duson Democrat 2008–2010 128 Nicholas "Nick" Mavodones Jr. Democrat 2010–2011

Elected mayors (since 2011)

PortraitNamePartyTermElectionNotes 87 Michael F. Brennan   Democrat 2011–2015 2011 First popularly elected mayor of Portland since 1923. Previously served in the Maine House of Representatives 1992–2000 and in the Maine Senate 2002–2006. 88 Ethan Strimling   Democrat 2015–2019 2015 89 Kate Snyder   Democrat 2019–2023 2019 90 Mark Dion   Democrat 2023–Incumbent 2023

See also Old City Hall (Portland, Maine) Timeline of Portland, Maine

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