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Abbreviations: D=Democrat R=Republican
| Term(s) | Name | Residence | Party | ||
| 1820-1823 | Benjamin Ames | Bath | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1824 | Benjamin Greene | South Berwick | National Republican | ||
| 1825-1828 | John Ruggles | Thomaston | Democratic- Republican1 | ||
| 1829 | George Evans | Gardiner | National Republican | ||
| 1830 | Daniel Goodenow | York | National Republican | ||
| 1831 | John Ruggles (Resigned) | Thomaston | Democratic-Republican1 | ||
| 1832 | Benjamin White | Monmouth | D | ||
| 1833-1834 | Nathan Clifford | Newfield | D | ||
| 1835 | Thomas Davee (Resigned 2/26/1835) | Blanchard | D | ||
| 1835-1836 | Jonathan Cilley | Thomaston | D2 | ||
| 1837 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | D | ||
| 1838 | Elisha H. Allen | Bangor | Whig | ||
| 1839-1840 | Hannibal Hamlin | Hampden | D | ||
| 1841 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | Whig3 | ||
| 1842 | Charles Andrews | Turner | D | ||
| 1843-1844 | David Dunn | Poland | D | ||
| 1845 | Moses McDonald | Limerick | D | ||
| 1846 | Ebenezer Knowlton | Montville | D4 | ||
| 1847-1848 | Hugh D. McLellan | Gorham | D | ||
| 1849-1850 | Samuel Belcher | Farmington | D | ||
| 1851-1852 | George P. Sewall | Old Town | D | ||
| 1853 | John C. Talbot, Jr. | Lubec | D | ||
| 1854 | Noah Smith, Jr. | Calais | Whig | ||
| 1855 | Sidney Perham | Woodstock | R | ||
| 1856 | Josiah S. Little | Portland | D3 | ||
| 1857 | Charles A. Spofford | Deer Isle | D | ||
| 1858 | Josiah H. Drummond | Waterville | R | ||
| 1859 | William T. Johnson | Augusta | R | ||
| 1860 | Frederick A. Pike | Calais | R | ||
| 1861-1862 | James G. Blaine | Augusta | R | ||
| 1863-1864 | Nelson Dingley, Jr. | Auburn | R | ||
| 1865 | W. A. P. Dillingham | Waterville | R | ||
| 1866 | James M. Stone | Kennebunk | R | ||
| 1867 | Lewis Barker | Stetson | R | ||
| 1868 | Theodore C. Woodman | Bucksport | R | ||
| 1869 | Josiah Drummond | Waterville | R | ||
| 1870 | Reuben Foster | Waterville | R | ||
| 1871 | Edwin B. Smith | Saco | R | ||
| 1872 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | R | ||
| 1873 | Edmund F. Webb | Waterville | R | ||
| 1874-1875 | William W. Thomas, Jr. | Portland | R | ||
| 1876 | Frederick Robie | Gorham | R | ||
| 1877 | Edward B. Nealley | Bangor | R | ||
| 1878 | Henry Lord | Bangor | R | ||
| 1879 | Melvin P. Frank | Portland | D | ||
| 1880 | George E. Weeks | Augusta | R | ||
| 1881-82 | Liberty A. Hutchinson | Lewiston | R | ||
| 1883-84 | J. Manchester Haynes | Augusta | R | ||
| 1885-86 | Charles Hamlin | Bangor | R | ||
| 1887-88 | Charles E. Littlefield | Rockland | R | ||
| 1889-90 | Frederick N. Dow | Portland | R | ||
| 1891-92 | Andrew P. Wiswell | Ellsworth | R | ||
| 1893-94 | Albert R. Savage | Auburn | R | ||
| 1895-96 | Llewellyn Powers | Houlton | R | ||
| 1897-98 | Seth L. Larrabee | Portland | R | ||
| 1899-1900 | Isaiah K. Stetson | Bangor | R | ||
| 1901-02 | Joseph H. Manley | Augusta | R | ||
| 1903-04 | Oscar F. Fellows | Bucksport | R | ||
| 1905-06 | Morrill N. Drew | Portland | R | ||
| 1907-08 | Donald A. H. Powers | Houlton | R | ||
| 1909-10 | George G. Weeks | Fairfield | R | ||
| 1911-12 | Frank A. Morey | Lewiston | D | ||
| 1913-14 | John A. Peters | Ellsworth | R | ||
| 1915-16 | Herbert W. Trafton | Ft. Fairfield | D | ||
| 1917-18 | William L. Bonney | Bowdoinham | R | ||
| 1919-20 | Frank G. Farrington | Augusta | R | ||
| 1921-22 | Charles P. Barnes | Houlton | R | ||
| 1923-24 | Frank H. Holley | Anson | R | ||
| 1925-26 | William Tudor Gardiner | Gardiner | R | ||
| 1927-28 | Burleigh Martin | Augusta | R | ||
| 1929-30 | Robert Hale | Portland | R | ||
| 1931-32 | E. D. Merrill | Dover-Foxcroft | R | ||
| 1933-34 | Franz U. Burkett | Portland | R | ||
| 1935-36 | Nathaniel Tompkins | Houlton | R | ||
| 1937-38 | George E. Hill | South Portland | R | ||
| 1939-40 | D. W. Philbrick | Cape Elizabeth | R | ||
| 1941-42 | George D. Varney | Berwick | R | ||
| 1943-44 | F. Ardine Richardson | Strong | R | ||
| 1945-46 | George B. Barnes | Houlton | R | ||
| 1947-48 | John F. Ward | Millinocket | R | ||
| 1949-50 | Nathaniel M. Haskell | Portland | R | ||
| 1951-52 | William S. Silsby | Aurora | R | ||
| 1953-54 | Roswell P. Bates | Orono | R | ||
| 1955-56 | Willis A. Trafton, Jr. | Auburn | R | ||
| 1957-60 | Joseph T. Edgar | Bar Harbor | R | ||
| 1961-62 | Vinal G. Good | Sebago | R | ||
| 1963-64 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | R | ||
| 1965-66 | Dana Childs | Portland | D | ||
| 1967-72 | David J. Kennedy | Milbridge | R | ||
| 1973-74 | Richard D. Hewes | Cape Elizabeth | R | ||
| 1975-94 | John L. Martin (Resigned as Speaker 2-4-1994) | Eagle Lake | D | ||
| 1994-96 | Dan A. Gwadosky (Elected Speaker 1-25-1994) | Fairfield | D | ||
| 1997-1998 | Elizabeth H. Mitchell | Vassalboro | D | ||
| 1999-2000 | G. Steven Rowe | Portland | D | ||
| 2001-2002 | Michael V. Saxl | Portland | D | ||
| 2003-2004 | Patrick Colwell | Gardiner | D | ||
| 2005-2006 | John Richardson | Brunswick | D | ||
| 2007- | Glenn Cummings | Portland | D |
1So listed in Mundy. Who Was Who in America states Mr. Ruggles was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat; the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress indicates he was elected as a Jacksonian.
2So listed in Mundy and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Shown on original Library list as Jackson Democrat.
3Mundy indicates that Mr. Little became a Democrat in the 1850's on the breakup of the Whig party.
4So listed in Mundy, who also indicates that Mr. Knowlton was converted to Republicanism by the slavery question. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that he was elected to Congress as a Republican.
Sources:
House and Senate Register
Mundy, James H. Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives from 1820. Augusta: Clerk of the House, c1981.
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