List of governors of Maine
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, part 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.[11] 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]
No.[lower-alpha 1] | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | ||
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1 | ![]() |
William King (1768–1852) [15][16] |
March 15, 1820 – May 28, 1821 (resigned)[lower-alpha 2] |
Democratic– Republican |
1820 | |
2 | ![]() |
William D. Williamson (1779–1846) [17][18] |
May 28, 1821 – December 5, 1821 (resigned)[lower-alpha 3] |
Democratic– Republican |
President of the Senate acting as governor | |
3 | ![]() |
Benjamin Ames (1778–1835) [19][20] |
December 5, 1821 – January 2, 1822 (resigned)[lower-alpha 4] |
Democratic– Republican |
Speaker of the House acting as governor | |
4 | ![]() |
Daniel Rose (1772–1833) [22][23] |
January 2, 1822 – January 4, 1822 (successor took office) |
Democratic– Republican |
President of the Senate acting as governor | |
5 | ![]() |
Albion Parris (1788–1857) [24][25] |
January 4, 1822[26] – January 3, 1827 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 5] |
Democratic– Republican |
1821 | |
1822 | ||||||
1823 | ||||||
1824 | ||||||
1825 | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
Enoch Lincoln (1788–1829) [28][29] |
January 3, 1827 – October 8, 1829 (died in office) |
Democratic– Republican |
1826 | |
1827 | ||||||
1828 | ||||||
7 | ![]() |
Nathan Cutler (1775–1861) [30][31] |
October 8, 1829 – January 6, 1830 (presidency expired)[lower-alpha 6] |
Democratic | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
8 | ![]() |
Joshua Hall (1768–1862) [32][33] |
January 6, 1830 – February 9, 1830 (successor took office) |
Democratic | Speaker of the House acting as governor | |
9 | ![]() |
Jonathan G. Hunton (1781–1851) [34][35] |
February 9, 1830 – January 5, 1831 (lost election) |
National Republican |
1829 | |
10 | ![]() |
Samuel E. Smith (1788–1860) [36][37] |
January 5, 1831 – January 1, 1834 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1830 | |
1831 | ||||||
1832 | ||||||
11 | ![]() |
Robert P. Dunlap (1794–1859) [38][39] |
January 1, 1834 – January 3, 1838 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1833 | |
1834 | ||||||
1835 | ||||||
1836 | ||||||
12 | ![]() |
Edward Kent (1802–1877) [40][41] |
January 19, 1838[lower-alpha 7] – January 2, 1839 (lost election) |
Whig | 1837 | |
13 | ![]() |
John Fairfield (1797–1847) [42][43] |
January 2, 1839 – January 12, 1841 (lost election)[lower-alpha 8] |
Democratic | 1838 | |
1839 | ||||||
14 | ![]() |
Richard H. Vose (1803–1864) [46][47] |
January 12, 1841[lower-alpha 8] – January 13, 1841 (successor took office) |
Whig | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
15 | ![]() |
Edward Kent (1802–1877) [40][41] |
January 13, 1841 – January 5, 1842 (lost election) |
Whig | 1840 | |
16 | ![]() |
John Fairfield (1797–1847) [42][43] |
January 5, 1842 – March 7, 1843 (resigned)[lower-alpha 9] |
Democratic | 1841 | |
1842 | ||||||
17 | ![]() |
Edward Kavanagh (1795–1844) [48][49] |
March 7, 1843 – January 1, 1844 (resigned) [lower-alpha 10] |
Democratic | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
18 | ![]() |
David Dunn (1811–1894) [51][52] |
January 1, 1844 – January 3, 1844 (resigned)[lower-alpha 11] |
Democratic | Speaker of the House acting as governor | |
19 | ![]() |
John W. Dana (1808–1867) [54][55] |
January 3, 1844 – January 3, 1844 (successor took office) |
Democratic | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
20 | ![]() |
Hugh J. Anderson (1801–1881) [56][57] |
January 3, 1844 – May 12, 1847 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1843 | |
1844 | ||||||
1845 | ||||||
21 | ![]() |
John W. Dana (1808–1867) [54][55] |
May 12, 1847 – May 8, 1850 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1846 | |
1847 | ||||||
1848 | ||||||
22 | ![]() |
John Hubbard (1794–1869) [58][59] |
May 8, 1850 – January 5, 1853 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1849 | |
1850 | ||||||
23 | ![]() |
William G. Crosby (1805–1881) [60][61] |
January 5, 1853 – January 3, 1855 (not candidate for election) |
Whig | 1852 | |
1853 | ||||||
24 | ![]() |
Anson Morrill (1803–1887) [62][63] |
January 3, 1855 – January 2, 1856 (lost election) |
Republican | 1854 | |
25 | ![]() |
Samuel Wells (1801–1868) [64][65] |
January 2, 1856 – January 8, 1857 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1855 | |
26 | ![]() |
Hannibal Hamlin (1809–1891) [66][67] |
January 8, 1857 – February 25, 1857 (resigned)[lower-alpha 12] |
Republican | 1856 | |
27 | ![]() |
Joseph H. Williams (1814–1896) [68][69] |
February 25, 1857 – January 6, 1858 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
28 | ![]() |
Lot M. Morrill (1813–1883) [70][71] |
January 6, 1858 – January 2, 1861 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 13] |
Republican | 1857 | |
1858 | ||||||
1859 | ||||||
29 | ![]() |
Israel Washburn Jr. (1813–1883) [72][73] |
January 2, 1861 – January 7, 1863 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1860 | |
1861 | ||||||
30 | ![]() |
Abner Coburn (1803–1885) [74][75] |
January 7, 1863 – January 6, 1864 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1862 | |
31 | ![]() |
Samuel Cony (1811–1870) [76][77] |
January 6, 1864 – January 2, 1867 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1863 | |
1864 | ||||||
1865 | ||||||
32 | ![]() |
Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914) [78][79] |
January 2, 1867 – January 4, 1871 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1866 | |
1867 | ||||||
1868 | ||||||
1869 | ||||||
33 | ![]() |
Sidney Perham (1819–1907) [80][81] |
January 4, 1871 – January 7, 1874 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1870 | |
1871 | ||||||
1872 | ||||||
34 | ![]() |
Nelson Dingley Jr. (1832–1899) [82][83] |
January 7, 1874 – January 5, 1876 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1873 | |
1874 | ||||||
35 | ![]() |
Seldon Connor (1839–1917) [84][85] |
January 5, 1876 – January 8, 1879 (lost election) |
Republican | 1875 | |
1876 | ||||||
1877 | ||||||
36 | ![]() |
Alonzo Garcelon (1813–1906) [86][87] |
January 8, 1879 – January 17, 1880 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1878 | |
37 | ![]() |
Daniel F. Davis (1843–1897) [88][89] |
January 17, 1880 – January 13, 1881 (lost election) |
Republican | 1879 | |
38 | ![]() |
Harris M. Plaisted (1828–1898) [90][91] |
January 13, 1881 – January 3, 1883 (lost election) |
Greenback/ Democratic |
1880 | |
39 | ![]() |
Frederick Robie (1822–1912) [92][93] |
January 3, 1883 – January 5, 1887 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1882 | |
1884 | ||||||
40 | ![]() |
Joseph R. Bodwell (1818–1887) [94][95] |
January 5, 1887 – December 15, 1887 (died in office) |
Republican | 1886 | |
41 | ![]() |
Sebastian Streeter Marble (1817–1902) [96][97] |
December 15, 1887 – January 2, 1889 (lost nomination)[lower-alpha 14] |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
42 | ![]() |
Edwin C. Burleigh (1843–1916) [98][99] |
January 2, 1889 – January 4, 1893 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1888 | |
1890 | ||||||
43 | ![]() |
Henry B. Cleaves (1840–1912) [100][101] |
January 4, 1893 – January 7, 1897 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1892 | |
1894 | ||||||
44 | ![]() |
Llewellyn Powers (1836–1908) [102][103] |
January 7, 1897[104] – January 2, 1901 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1896 | |
1898 | ||||||
45 | ![]() |
John Fremont Hill (1855–1912) [105][106] |
January 2, 1901 – January 4, 1905 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1900 | |
1902 | ||||||
46 | ![]() |
William T. Cobb (1857–1937) [107][108] |
January 4, 1905 – January 6, 1909 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1904 | |
1906 | ||||||
47 | ![]() |
Bert M. Fernald (1858–1926) [109][110] |
January 6, 1909 – January 4, 1911 (lost election) |
Republican | 1908 | |
48 | ![]() |
Frederick W. Plaisted (1865–1943) [111][112] |
January 4, 1911 – January 1, 1913 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1910 | |
49 | ![]() |
William T. Haines (1854–1919) [113][114] |
January 1, 1913 – January 6, 1915 (lost election) |
Republican | 1912 | |
50 | ![]() |
Oakley C. Curtis (1865–1924) [115][116] |
January 6, 1915 – January 3, 1917 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1914 | |
51 | ![]() |
Carl Milliken (1877–1961) [117][118] |
January 3, 1917 – January 5, 1921 (lost nomination)[lower-alpha 15] |
Republican | 1916 | |
1918 | ||||||
52 | ![]() |
Frederic Hale Parkhurst (1864–1921) [120][121] |
January 5, 1921 – January 31, 1921 (died in office) |
Republican | 1920 | |
53 | ![]() |
Percival P. Baxter (1876–1969) [122][123] |
January 31, 1921 – January 7, 1925 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
1922 | ||||||
54 | ![]() |
Ralph Owen Brewster (1888–1961) [124][125] |
January 7, 1925 – January 2, 1929 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1924 | |
1926 | ||||||
55 | ![]() |
William Tudor Gardiner (1892–1953) [126][127] |
January 2, 1929 – January 4, 1933 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1928 | |
1930 | ||||||
56 | ![]() |
Louis J. Brann (1876–1948) [128][129] |
January 4, 1933 – January 6, 1937 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 16] |
Democratic | 1932 | |
1934 | ||||||
57 | ![]() |
Lewis O. Barrows (1893–1967) [130][131] |
January 6, 1937 – January 1, 1941 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1936 | |
1938 | ||||||
58 | ![]() |
Sumner Sewall (1897–1965) [132][133] |
January 1, 1941 – January 3, 1945 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1940 | |
1942 | ||||||
59 | ![]() |
Horace Hildreth (1902–1988) [134][135] |
January 3, 1945 – January 5, 1949 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 17] |
Republican | 1944 | |
1946 | ||||||
60 | ![]() |
Frederick G. Payne (1904–1978) [136][137] |
January 5, 1949 – December 24, 1952 (resigned)[lower-alpha 18] |
Republican | 1948 | |
1950 | ||||||
— | ![]() |
Burton M. Cross (1902–1998) [138][139] |
December 24, 1952 – January 6, 1953 (presidency expired)[lower-alpha 19] |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
— | ![]() |
Nathaniel M. Haskell (1912–1983) |
January 6, 1953 – January 7, 1953 (successor took office)[lower-alpha 19] |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
61 | ![]() |
Burton M. Cross (1902–1998) [138][139] |
January 7, 1953 – January 5, 1955 (lost election) |
Republican | 1952 | |
62 | ![]() |
Edmund Muskie (1914–1996) [141][142] |
January 5, 1955 – January 2, 1959 (resigned)[lower-alpha 20] |
Democratic | 1954 | |
1956 | ||||||
63 | ![]() |
Robert Haskell (1903–1987) [143][144] |
January 2, 1959 – January 7, 1959 (successor took office) |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
64 | ![]() |
Clinton Clauson (1895–1959) [145][146] |
January 7, 1959 – December 30, 1959 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1958 | |
65 | ![]() |
John H. Reed (1921–2012) [147][148] |
December 30, 1959 – January 5, 1967 (lost election) |
Republican | President of the Senate acting as governor | |
1960 (special) | ||||||
1962 | ||||||
66 | ![]() |
Kenneth M. Curtis (b. 1931) [149][150] |
January 5, 1967 – January 2, 1975 (term-limited) |
Democratic | 1966 | |
1970 | ||||||
67 | ![]() |
James B. Longley (1924–1980) [151][152] |
January 2, 1975 – January 3, 1979 (not candidate for election) |
Independent | 1974 | |
68 | ![]() |
Joseph E. Brennan (b. 1934) [153] |
January 3, 1979 – January 7, 1987 (term-limited) |
Democratic | 1978 | |
1982 | ||||||
70[lower-alpha 1] | ![]() |
John R. McKernan Jr. (b. 1948) [155] |
January 7, 1987 – January 5, 1995 (term-limited) |
Republican | 1986 | |
1990 | ||||||
71 | ![]() |
Angus King (b. 1944) [156] |
January 5, 1995 – January 8, 2003 (term-limited) |
Independent | 1994 | |
1998 | ||||||
72 | ![]() |
John Baldacci (b. 1955) [157] |
January 8, 2003 – January 5, 2011 (term-limited) |
Democratic | 2002 | |
2006 | ||||||
73 | ![]() |
Paul LePage (b. 1948) [158] |
January 5, 2011 – January 2, 2019 (term-limited) |
Republican | 2010 | |
2014 | ||||||
74 | ![]() |
Janet Mills (b. 1947) [159] |
January 2, 2019 – Incumbent[lower-alpha 21] |
Democratic | 2018 | |
2022 |
Notes
- The numbering from the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library notes that, in the past, Burton M. Cross and Nathaniel M. Haskell's short terms in 1952–1953 were not counted, and they corrected the count by one prior to John R. McKernan Jr.'s inauguration.[154]
- King resigned to be a commissioner for the adjustment of Spanish claims in Florida.[15]
- Williamson resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.[17]
- Ames felt that, with a new Maine Senate, the new president of the Senate should take office, and resigned upon Daniel Rose being elected.[21]
- Sobel says Parris resigned upon being elected to the United States Senate;[24] however, he was not elected until January 31.[27]
- The Senate that Cutler was president of had ended, and there was controversy over if he could remain governor; the Maine Supreme Court ruled against him. Sobel says that he resigned at this point, but no source corroborates this.[32]
- Kent won a close election, but Democrats challenged the election. He was finally declared winner by the Maine Supreme Court and sworn in on January 19, 1838.[40] Dunlap left office on January 3,[38] but no source mentions if the president of the Senate acted as governor in the interim.
- The 1840 election was very close, and the legislature had to decide a winner. Due to the delay, President of the Senate Vose declared himself acting governor on January 12, 1841,[44] under the principle that the office was vacant, so it fell to him.[45] Sobel writes that Vose took over after Fairfield resigned, but this appears to be a mistake, mixing it up with Fairfield's resignation in 1843.
- Fairfield resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[42]
- Kavanagh resigned due to ill health;[50] he died 19 days later.
- Dunn resigned once the new Maine Legislature was sworn in and a president of the Senate chosen.[51][53]
- Hamlin resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[66]
- Morrill instead ran successfully for United States Senate.[70]
- Marble lost the Republican nomination to Edwin C. Burleigh.[96]
- Milliken lost the Republican nomination to Frederic Hale Parkhurst.[119]
- Brann instead ran unsuccessfully for United States Senate.[128]
- Hildreth instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to United States Senate.[134]
- Payne resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[138]
- Frederick G. Payne resigned on December 24, 1952, and Burton M. Cross, as president of the Senate, became acting governor. Cross had already been elected to the post, and would take office on January 7, 1953. However, the new Senate elected Nathaniel M. Haskell as president on January 6, so he took over as acting governor.[140]
- Muskie resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[141]
- Mills' second term began on January 4, 2023, and will expire January 6, 2027; she will be term-limited.
References
- General
- "Former Maine Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. II. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- "Governors of Maine". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- "Enacted Constitutional Amendments, 1834—". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- "Constitution of the State of Maine, as amended". Maine Legislature. 1820. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- "Constitution of the State of Maine" (PDF). Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. 1820. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- Specific
- 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.
- Governors of Maine. Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library.
- "Mass Moments: Massachusetts Loses Maine". Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- 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.
- Sobel p. 595
- "William King". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 596
- "William Durkee Williamson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 596
- "Benjamin Ames". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- "Benjamin Ames Resigns". The Portland Gazette. 1822-01-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- Sobel p. 597
- "Daniel Rose". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 597
- "Albion Keith Parris". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- "Parris Inaugurated". The Portland Gazette. 1822-01-08. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- "Parris Elected Senator". Eastern Argus. 1827-02-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- Sobel p. 598
- "Enoch Lincoln". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 598–599
- "Nathan Cutler". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 599
- "Joshua Hall". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 599
- "Jonathan Glidden Hunton". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 600
- "Samuel Emerson Smith". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 600–601
- "Robert Pinckney Dunlap". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 601–602
- "Edward Kent". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 602
- "John Fairfield". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- "Vose named acting governor". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. 1841-01-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- "Courtesy vs. the Constitution". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. 1841-01-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- Sobel pp. 602–603
- "Richard H. Vose". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 603–604
- "Edward Kavanagh". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Lucey, William Leo (2006). Edward Kavanagh: Catholic, Statesman, Diplomat, from Maine 1795–1844. Kessinger Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-4286-5468-6.
- Sobel p. 604
- "David Dunn". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- The Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA): p. 2. January 11, 1844. "Hon. David Dunn, as Speaker of the House for 1843, entered upon the discharge of the duties of that office on Tuesday, and continued to discharge them until he had completed the administration of the necessary oaths to the members of the Senate and House, yesterday. He then resigned that place, and took his seat in the House."
- Sobel pp. 604–605
- "John Winchester Dana". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 605
- "Hugh Johnson Anderson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 606
- "John Hubbard". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 607
- "William George Crosby". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 607–608
- "Anson Peaslee Morrill". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 608–609
- "Samuel Wells". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 609–610
- "Hannibal Hamlin". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 610
- "Joseph Hartwell Williams". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 610–611
- "Lot Myrick Morrill". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 611–612
- "Israel Washburn, Jr". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 612–613
- "Abner Coburn". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 613–614
- "Samuel Cony". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 614–615
- "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 615
- "Sidney Perham". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 616
- "Nelson Dingley". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 616–617
- "Seldon Connor". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 617–618
- "Alonzo Garcelon". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 618–619
- "Daniel Franklin Davis". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 619
- "Harris Merrill Plaisted". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 620
- "Frederick Robie". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 620–621
- "Joseph Robinson Bodwell". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 621–622
- "Sebastian Streeter Marble". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 622
- "Edwin Chick Burleigh". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 622–623
- "Henry B. Cleaves". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 623–624
- "Llewellyn Powers". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- "Governor Powers Inaugurated". The Portland Daily Press. 1897-01-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- Sobel p. 624
- "John Fremont Hill". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 625
- "William Titcomb Cobb". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 625–626
- "Bert Manfred Fernald". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 626–627
- "Frederick William Plaisted". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 627
- "William Thomas Haines". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 628
- "Oakley Chester Curtis". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 628–629
- "Carl Elias Milliken". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- "Milliken "Contented" with the Result". Biddeford-Saco Journal. 1920-06-22. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- Sobel pp. 629–630
- "Frederic Hale Parkhurst". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 630
- "Percival Proctor Baxter". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel p. 631
- "Ralph Owen Brewster". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Sobel pp. 631–632
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