List of governors of Maine explained
The governor of Maine is the head of government of Maine[1] and the commander-in-chief of its military forces.[2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws,[3] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Maine Legislature,[4] to convene the legislature at any time,[5] and, except in cases of impeachment, to grant pardons.[6]
There have been 71 governors of Maine since statehood, serving 75 distinct terms. Four governors served multiple non-consecutive terms (Edward Kent, John Fairfield, John W. Dana, and Burton M. Cross).[7] The longest-serving governor was Joseph E. Brennan, who served two terms from 1979 to 1987. The shortest-serving governors were Nathaniel M. Haskell and Richard H. Vose, who each served only one day. John W. Dana also served for one day in 1844, after the incumbent governor resigned, but was later elected to the governorship. The current governor is Democrat Janet Mills, who took office on January 2, 2019.
Governors
The District of Maine of Massachusetts was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the State of Maine.[8] The Maine Constitution of 1820 originally established a gubernatorial term of one year,[9] to begin on the first Wednesday of January; constitutional amendments expanded this to two years in 1879[10] and to four years in 1957.[11] The 1957 amendment also prohibited governors from succeeding themselves after serving two terms. The constitution does not establish an office of lieutenant governor; a vacancy in the office of governor is filled by the president of the Maine Senate.[12] Prior to an amendment in 1964, the president of the senate only acted as governor.[13] [14]
!scope="colgroup" colspan="3"Governor | Term in office | Party | Election |
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1 | data-sort-value="King, William" | | | William King
[15] | [16] -
| Democratic– Republican | 1820 |
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2 | data-sort-value="Williamson, William" | | William D. Williamson
[17] | [18] -
| Democratic– Republican | |
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3 | data-sort-value="Ames, Benjamin" | | Benjamin Ames
[19] | -
| Democratic– Republican | |
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4 | data-sort-value="Rose, Daniel" | | Daniel Rose
[20] | -
| Democratic– Republican | |
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5 | | Albion Parris
[21] | [22] -
| Democratic– Republican | 1821 |
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1822 |
1823 |
1824 |
1825 |
6 | | Enoch Lincoln
[23] | [24] -
| Democratic– Republican | 1826 |
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1827 |
1828 |
7 | data-sort-value="Cutler, Nathan" | | Nathan Cutler
[25] | [26] -
| Democratic– Republican | |
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8 | data-sort-value="Hall, Joshua" | | Joshua Hall
[27] | -
| Democratic– Republican | |
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9 | data-sort-value="Hunton, Jonathan" | | | Jonathan G. Hunton
[28] | [29] -
| National Republican | 1829 |
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10 | | | Samuel E. Smith
[30] | [31] -
| Democratic | 1830 |
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1831 |
1832 |
11 | | Robert P. Dunlap
[32] | [33] -
| Democratic | 1833 |
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1834 |
1835 |
1836 |
12 | data-sort-value="Kent, Edward" | | | Edward Kent
[34] | -
| Whig | 1837 |
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13 | | | John Fairfield
[35] | -
| Democratic | 1838 |
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1839 |
14 | data-sort-value="Vose, Richard" | | | Richard H. Vose
[36] | -
| Whig | |
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15 | data-sort-value="Kent, Edward" | | Edward Kent
| [37] -
| Whig | 1840 |
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16 | | | John Fairfield
| [38] -
| Democratic | 1841 |
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1842 |
17 | data-sort-value="Kavanagh, Edward" | | Edward Kavanagh
[39] | [40] -
| Democratic | |
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18 | data-sort-value="Dunn, David" | | David Dunn
[41] | [42] -
| Democratic | |
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19 | data-sort-value="Dana, John" | | John W. Dana
[43] | -
| Democratic | |
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20 | | Hugh J. Anderson
[44] | [45] -
| Democratic | 1843 |
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1844 |
1845 |
21 | | John W. Dana
| [46] -
| Democratic | 1846 |
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1847 |
1848 |
22 | | John Hubbard
[47] | [48] -
| Democratic | 1849 |
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1850 |
23 | | | William G. Crosby
[49] | [50] -
| Whig | 1852 |
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1853 |
24 | data-sort-value="Morrill, Anson" | | | Anson Morrill
[51] | [52] -
| Republican | 1854 |
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25 | data-sort-value="Wells, Samuel" | | | Samuel Wells
[53] | [54] -
| Democratic | 1855 |
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26 | data-sort-value="Hamlin, Hannibal" | | | Hannibal Hamlin
[55] | [56] -
| Republican | 1856 |
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27 | data-sort-value="Williams, Joseph" | | Joseph H. Williams
[57] | [58] -
| Republican | |
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28 | | Lot M. Morrill
[59] | [60] -
| Republican | 1857 |
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1858 |
1859 |
29 | | Israel Washburn Jr.
[61] | [62] -
| Republican | 1860 |
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1861 |
30 | data-sort-value="Coburn, Abner" | | Abner Coburn
[63] | [64] -
| Republican | 1862 |
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31 | | Samuel Cony
[65] | [66] -
| Republican | 1863 |
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1864 |
1865 |
32 | | Joshua Chamberlain
[67] | [68] -
| Republican | 1866 |
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1867 |
1868 |
1869 |
33 | | Sidney Perham
[69] | [70] -
| Republican | 1870 |
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1871 |
1872 |
34 | | Nelson Dingley Jr.
[71] | [72] -
| Republican | 1873 |
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1874 |
35 | | Seldon Connor
[73] | [74] -
| Republican | 1875 |
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1876 |
1877 |
36 | data-sort-value="Garcelon, Alonzo" | | | Alonzo Garcelon
[75] | [76] -
| Democratic | 1878 |
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37 | data-sort-value="Davis, Daniel" | | | Daniel F. Davis
[77] | -
| Republican | 1879 |
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38 | data-sort-value="Plaisted, Harris" | | | Harris M. Plaisted
[78] | [79] -
| Greenback/ Democratic | 1880 |
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39 | | | Frederick Robie
[80] | [81] -
| Republican | 1882 |
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1884 |
40 | data-sort-value="Bodwell, Joseph" | | Joseph R. Bodwell
[82] | [83] -
| Republican | 1886 |
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41 | data-sort-value="Marble, Sebastian" | | Sebastian Streeter Marble
[84] | [85] -
| Republican | |
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42 | | Edwin C. Burleigh
[86] | [87] -
| Republican | 1888 |
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1890 |
43 | | Henry B. Cleaves
[88] | [89] -
| Republican | 1892 |
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1894 |
44 | | Llewellyn Powers
[90] | [91] -
| Republican | 1896 |
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1898 |
45 | | John Fremont Hill
[92] | [93] -
| Republican | 1900 |
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1902 |
46 | | William T. Cobb
[94] | [95] -
| Republican | 1904 |
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1906 |
47 | data-sort-value="Fernald, Bert" | | Bert M. Fernald
[96] | [97] -
| Republican | 1908 |
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48 | data-sort-value="Plaisted, Frederick" | | | Frederick W. Plaisted
[98] | [99] -
| Democratic | 1910 |
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49 | data-sort-value="Haines, William" | | | William T. Haines
[100] | [101] -
| Republican | 1912 |
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50 | data-sort-value="Curtis, Oakley" | | | Oakley C. Curtis
[102] | [103] -
| Democratic | 1914 |
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51 | | | Carl Milliken
[104] | [105] -
[106] | Republican | 1916 |
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1918 |
52 | data-sort-value="Parkhurst, Frederic" | | Frederic Hale Parkhurst
[107] | [108] -
| Republican | 1920 |
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53 | | Percival P. Baxter
[109] | [110] -
| Republican | |
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1922 |
54 | | Ralph Owen Brewster
[111] | [112] -
| Republican | 1924 |
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1926 |
55 | | William Tudor Gardiner
[113] | [114] -
| Republican | 1928 |
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1930 |
56 | | | Louis J. Brann
[115] | [116] -
| Democratic | 1932 |
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1934 |
57 | | | Lewis O. Barrows
[117] | [118] -
| Republican | 1936 |
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1938 |
58 | | Sumner Sewall
[119] | [120] -
| Republican | 1940 |
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1942 |
59 | | Horace Hildreth
[121] | [122] -
| Republican | 1944 |
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1946 |
60 | | Frederick G. Payne
[123] | [124] -
| Republican | 1948 |
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1950 |
— | data-sort-value="Cross, Burton" | | Burton M. Cross
[125] | -
| Republican | |
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— | data-sort-value="Haskell, Nathaniel" | | Nathaniel M. Haskell
| -
| Republican | |
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61 | data-sort-value="Cross, Burton" | | Burton M. Cross
| [126] -
| Republican | 1952 |
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62 | | | Edmund Muskie
[127] | [128] -
| Democratic | 1954 |
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1956 |
63 | data-sort-value="Haskell, Robert" | | | Robert Haskell
[129] | [130] -
| Republican | |
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64 | data-sort-value="Clauson, Clinton" | | | Clinton Clauson
[131] | [132] -
| Democratic | 1958 |
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65 | | | John H. Reed
[133] | [134] -
| Republican | |
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1960
|
1962 |
66 | | | Kenneth M. Curtis
[135] | [136] -
| Democratic | 1966 |
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1970 |
67 | data-sort-value="Longley, James" | | | James B. Longley
[137] | [138] -
| Independent | 1974 |
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68 | | | Joseph E. Brennan
[139] | [140] -
| Democratic | 1978 |
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1982 |
70 | | | John R. McKernan Jr.
[141] | [142] -
| Republican | 1986 |
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1990 |
71 | | | Angus King
[143] | [144] -
| Independent | 1994 |
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1998 |
72 | | | John Baldacci
[145] | [146] -
| Democratic | 2002 |
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2006 |
73 | | | Paul LePage
[147] | [148] - January 2, 2019
| Republican | 2010 |
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2014 |
74 | | | Janet Mills
[149] | [150] - Incumbent | Democratic | 2018 |
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2022 | |
See also
- Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Maine
References
- General
- Web site: Former Maine Governors . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Book: Sobel, Robert . Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. II . Meckler Books . 1978 . 9780930466008 . February 27, 2023.
- Book: Dubin, Michael J. . United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County . 2003 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-1439-0.
- Book: Dubin, Michael J. . United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County . 2014 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5646-8 . en.
- Book: Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest . American State Governors, 1776-1976 . 1977 . Oceana Publications . 978-0-379-00665-0 . September 23, 2023.
- Book: Glashan, Roy R. . American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . 1979 . Meckler Books . 978-0-930466-17-6.
- Web site: Governors of Maine . January 12, 2018 . Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library.
- Web site: Enacted Constitutional Amendments, 1834 - . January 12, 2018 . Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library.
- Web site: 1820 . Constitution of the State of Maine, as amended . January 20, 2010 . Maine Legislature.
- Web site: 1820 . Constitution of the State of Maine . January 12, 2018 . Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - Governor of Maine - History . 2023-07-25 . www.ourcampaigns.com.
- Specific
External links
See main article: e.
Notes and References
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 1.
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 7.
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 12.
- ME Const. art. IV (Pt. III), § 3.
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 13.
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 11.
- http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/governors-of-maine-1820/9197/ Governors of Maine
- Web site: Mass Moments: Massachusetts Loses Maine . November 28, 2010 . Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 2, orig.
- ME Const. Amend. 23.
- ME Const. Amend. 84.
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 14.
- ME Const. Amend. 97.
- ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 14, orig.
- Web site: William King . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1820-06-06 . General Election . 1 . The Portland Gazette . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: William Durkee Williamson . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1821-05-29 . none . The Hon. William D. Williamson President of the Senate upon whom the duties of Governour devolve by the constitution... . 2 . The Portland Gazette . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: Benjamin Ames . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Web site: Daniel Rose . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Web site: Albion Keith Parris . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1822-01-08 . Legislature of Maine . 2 . The Portland Gazette . 2023-03-03.
- Web site: Enoch Lincoln . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1827-01-05 . State Legislature . 3 . Eastern Argus . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: Nathan Cutler . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1829-10-27 . Death of Gov. Lincoln . 1 . Vermont Watchman and State Journal . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: Joshua Hall . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Web site: Jonathan Glidden Hunton . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1830-02-12 . Legislature of Maine . 2 . Eastern Argus . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: Samuel Emerson Smith . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1831-01-11 . Maine Legislature . 2 . Eastern Argus . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: Robert Pinckney Dunlap . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1834-01-06 . Maine Legislature . 3 . Eastern Argus . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: Edward Kent . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Web site: John Fairfield . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Web site: Richard H. Vose . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1841-01-14 . Latest From Augusta . 3 . Portland Press Herald . 2023-09-02.
- News: 1842-01-13 . Legislature of Maine . 2 . Lincoln Telegraph . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: Edward Kavanagh . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1843-03-08 . Maine Legislature . 2 . Eastern Argus . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: David Dunn . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1844-01-05 . Legislature of Maine . 2 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-02.
- Web site: John Winchester Dana . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Web site: Hugh Johnson Anderson . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1844-01-08 . Legislature of Maine . 2 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-02.
- News: 1847-05-22 . Legislature of Maine . 3 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: John Hubbard . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1850-05-15 . Augusta Correspondence . 2 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: William George Crosby . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1853-01-20 . Thirty-Second Legislature . 2 . Portland Press Herald . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Anson Peaslee Morrill . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1855-01-12 . Editorial Correspondence . 2 . The Union and Journal . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Samuel Wells . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1856-01-07 . Legislative Proceedings . 2 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Hannibal Hamlin . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1857-01-09 . Progress at Augusta . 2 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Joseph Hartwell Williams . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1857-02-28 . Maine Legislature . 2 . Portland Press Herald . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Lot Myrick Morrill . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1858-01-15 . Maine Legislature . 2 . The Union and Journal . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Israel Washburn, Jr. . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1861-01-04 . Organization of the Legislature . 2 . Kennebec Journal . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Abner Coburn . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1863-01-12 . Legislature of Maine . 3 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Samuel Cony . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1864-01-15 . Maine Legislature . 1 . Kennebec Journal . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1867-01-03 . Inauguration of Gov. Chamberlain . 1 . Sun-Journal . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Sidney Perham . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1871-01-06 . Maine Legislature . 3 . Bangor Daily Whig and Courier . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Nelson Dingley . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1874-01-09 . Fifty-Third Legislature . 3 . The Portland Daily Press . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Seldon Connor . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1876-01-07 . The Inauguration . 2 . The Portland Daily Press . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Alonzo Garcelon . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1879-01-08 . The Governor's Inauguration . 3 . Sun-Journal . 2023-09-13.
- Web site: Daniel Franklin Davis . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- Web site: Harris Merrill Plaisted . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1881-01-14 . A Dreary Day . 2 . The Portland Daily Press . 2023-09-14.
- Web site: Frederick Robie . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1883-01-05 . Maine Legislature . 1 . The Portland Daily Press . 2023-09-15.
- Web site: Joseph Robinson Bodwell . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1887-01-07 . From Augusta . 1 . The Portland Daily Press . 2023-09-15.
- Web site: Sebastian Streeter Marble . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1887-12-16 . Mr. Marble in Augusta . 1 . The Portland Daily Press . 2023-09-15.
- Web site: Edwin Chick Burleigh . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1889-01-04 . Maine Legislature . 1 . Kennebec Journal . 2023-09-15.
- Web site: Henry B. Cleaves . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1893-01-05 . Legislative Doings . 8 . Evening Express . 2023-09-15.
- Web site: Llewellyn Powers . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1897-01-08 . His Excellency . 1 . The Portland Daily Press . 2023-03-04.
- Web site: John Fremont Hill . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1901-01-03 . Governor Hill . 1 . Biddeford-Saco Journal . 2023-09-16.
- Web site: William Titcomb Cobb . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1905-01-05 . Hon. William T. Cobb Governor of Maine . 1 . Evening Express . 2023-09-17.
- Web site: Bert Manfred Fernald . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1909-01-07 . Inauguration Ceremonies . 1 . Biddeford-Saco Journal . 2023-09-17.
- Web site: Frederick William Plaisted . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1911-01-06 . Hon. Frederick W. Plaisted of Augusta Sworn In As the Governor of the State of Maine . 1 . Morning Sentinel . 2023-09-17.
- Web site: William Thomas Haines . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1913-01-02 . Legislature Organized on New Years Day . 5 . Biddeford-Saco Journal . 2023-09-17.
- Web site: Oakley Chester Curtis . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1915-01-08 . Oakley C. Curtis Inaugurated As Governor With Great Ceremony . 1 . Morning Sentinel . 2023-09-17.
- Web site: Carl Elias Milliken . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1917-01-04 . Milliken Is Governor, Addresses Legislature . 1 . Evening Express . 2023-09-17.
- News: 1920-06-22 . Milliken "Contented" With the Result . 8 . Biddeford-Saco Journal . 2023-03-04.
- Web site: Frederic Hale Parkhurst . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1921-01-06 . Parkhurst Inaugurated, Addresses Legislature . 1 . Evening Express . 2023-09-17.
- Web site: Percival Proctor Baxter . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1921-01-31 . Baxter Is Now Chief Executive . 1 . Evening Express . 2023-09-17.
- Web site: Ralph Owen Brewster . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1925-01-08 . Capitol Is Crowded for Inaugural . 1 . Sun-Journal . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: William Tudor Gardiner . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1929-01-03 . New Governor Outlines Policies . 1 . Evening Express . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Louis Jefferson Brann . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Somerville . Cliff . 1933-01-05 . Brann Pleads for Economy at Inaugural . 1 . Evening Express . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Lewis Orin Barrows . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1937-01-08 . Notables Congratulate Barrows at Luncheon in Blaine Mansion . 1 . Portland Press Herald . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Sumner Sewall . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1941-01-03 . Governor Sewall Assumes Office . 1 . Morning Sentinel . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Horace Augustus Hildreth . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1945-01-05 . Protect Surplus or Face New Taxes, Hildreth Warns . 20 . Portland Press Herald . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Frederick George Payne . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1949-01-07 . 800 Persons at Colorful Inaugural; Hildreth Gets Big Ovation As He Leaves . 1 . The Bangor Daily News . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Burton Melvin Cross . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: St. Germain . Wayne . 1953-01-09 . Protect Liquor and Highway Boards From Political Pressure, Urges Cross . 1 . The Bangor Daily News . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Edmund Sixtus Muskie . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Langzettel . Bill . 1955-01-07 . Muskie Offers Far-Reaching State Program . 1 . Portland Press Herald . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Robert N. Haskell . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1959-01-02 . Sen. Pres. Haskell To Become Maine's 49th Governor – For 5 1/2 Days in Office . 1 . Portland Press Herald . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Clinton Amos Clauson . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Crocker . Robert M. . 1959-01-08 . Clauson Opens 4-Year Term . 1 . Evening Express . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: John Hathaway Reed . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1959-12-30 . Gov. Clauson Dies; Senate Pres. Reed Succeeds to Governorship . 1 . Evening Express . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Kenneth Merwin Curtis . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1967-01-05 . Curtis Takes Oath As Governor; Plans Major Govt. Reorganization . 1 . Sun-Journal . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: James Bernard Longley . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Day . John S. . 1975-01-03 . Longley Sworn In As Governor . 1 . The Bangor Daily News . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Joseph Edward Brennan . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: 1979-01-04 . Inauguration Tonight . 4 . The Lewiston Daily Sun . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: John Rettie McKernan . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Jackson . Peter . 1987-01-09 . McKernan: Maine 'Opportunity State' . 1 . The Lewiston Daily Sun . Associated Press . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Angus S. King . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Remal . Gary J. . 1995-01-06 . It's Official: King Is 71st Governor . 1 . Kennebec Journal . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: John E. Baldacci . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Carrier . Paul . 2003-01-09 . Baldacci Sees 'Greatness' in State's Future . 1A . Portland Press Herald . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Paul LePage . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Cover . Susan M. . 2011-01-06 . New Chief, New Vision . A1 . Portland Press Herald . 2023-09-18.
- Web site: Janet Mills . March 3, 2023 . National Governors Association.
- News: Miller . Kevin . Thistle . Scott . 2019-01-03 . 'We Are All in This Together' . A1 . Portland Press Herald . 2023-09-18.