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Maine's governors
Gov. Carl Milliken
PADDLE IN THE PARK: Gov. Carl Milliken is escorted by Passamaquoddy Governor William Neptune to the "Indian Village" set up in Deering Oaks Park, Portland, as part ofthe Maine Centennial celebration.


Muskie, Hubbard, Longley
Maine Governors Ed Muskie, John Hubbard and Jim Longley.

SPECIAL REPORT A look back at Maine's Governors
Century later, Maine's Hamlin offers history lesson for today's nominees [August 6, 2007] Dead Serious; Independent Jim Longley wanted to be 'the people's governor' [December 31, 2007] Devoted and Loyal Edmund Muskie made his mark on Maine, U.S. [November 26, 2007] 'Proper and efficient' Gov. Gardiner [November 5, 2007] Full-time governor Carl Milliken led Maine with forward thinking [September 24, 2007] Plaisted's term a painful legacy [August 27, 2007] Gov. John Hubbard 'Well-educated doctor' left his mark on Maine [July 30, 2007]

Fred Plaisted
Fred Plaisted, shown in postcard, was one our most controversial Maine governors thanks to his decision to evict poor blacks and whites from Malaga Island, near Phippsburg.

List of Governors
Governor, party, years served
1. William King (DR) 1820-21
2. William D. Williamson (DR) 1821
3. Benjamin Ames (DR) 1821-22
4. Daniel Rose (DR) 1822
5. Albion K. Parris (DR) 1822-27
6. Enoch Lincoln (DR) 1827-29
7. Nathan Cutler (D) 1829-30
8. Joshua Hall (D) 1830
9. Jonathan Hunton (NR) 1830-31
10. Samuel E. Smith (D) 1831-34
11. Robert Dunlap (D) 1834-38
12. Edward Kent (Whig) 1838-39
13. John Fairfield (D) 1839-41
14. Richard H. Vose (Whig) 1841
15. Edward Kent (Whig) 1841-42
16. John Fairfield (D) 1842-43
17. Edward Kavanaugh (D) 1843-44
18. David Dunn (D) 1844
19. John W. Dana (D) 1844
20. Hugh J. Anderson (D) 1844-47
21. John W. Dana (D) 1847-50
22. John Hubbard (D) 1850-53
23. William G. Crosby (Whig) 1853-55
24. Anson P. Morrill (R) 1855-56
25. Samuel Wells (D) 1856-57
26. Hannibal Hamlin (R) 1857
27. Joseph H. Williams (R) 1857-58
28. Lot M. Morrill (R) 1858-61
29. Israel Washburn Jr. (R) 1861-1863
30. Abner Coburn (R) 1863-64
31. Samuel Cony (R) 1864-67
32. Joshua L. Chamberlain (R) 1867-71
33. Sidney Perham (R) 1871-74
34. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) 1874-76
35. Selden Connor (R) 1876-79
36. Alonzo Garcelon (D) 1879-80
37. Daniel F. Davis (R) 1880-81
38. Harris M. Plaisted (D) 1881-83
39. Frederick Robie (R) 1883-87
40. Joseph R. Bodwell (R) 1887
41. Sebastian Streeter Marble (R) 1887-89
42. Edwin C. Burleigh (R) 1889-93
42. Henry B. Cleaves (R) 1893-97
44. Llewellyn Powers (R) 1897-1901
45. John Fremont Hill (R) 1901-05
46. William T. Cobb (R) 1905-09
47. Bert M. Fernald (R) 1909-11
48. Frederick W. Plaisted (D) 1911-13
49. William T. Haines (R) 1913-15
50. Oakley C. Curtis (D) 1915-17
51. Carl E. Milliken (R) 1917-21
52. Frederic H. Parkhurst (R) 1921
53. Percival P. Baxter (R) 1921-25
54. Ralph Owen Brewster (R) 1925-29
55. William Tudor Gardiner (R) 1929-33
56. Louis J. Brann (D) 1933-37
57. Lewis O. Barrows (R) 1937-41
58. Sumner Sewall (R) 1941-45
59. Horace A. Hildreth (R) 1945-49
60. Frederick G. Payne (R) 1949-52
61. Burton M. Cross (R) 1952-53
62. Nathaniel M. Haskell (R) 1953
63. Burton M. Cross (R) 1953-55
64. Edmund Muskie (D) 1955-59
65. Robert Haskell (R) 1959
66. Clinton Clauson (D) 1959
67. John H. Reed (R) 1959-67
68. Kenneth M. Curtis (D) 1967-75
69. James B. Longley (I) 1975-79
70. Joseph E. Brennan (D) 1979-87
71. John R. McKernan, Jr. (R) 1987-95
72. Angus King (I) 1995-2003
73. John Baldacci (D) 2003-present

PARTIES KEY:
D=Democrat
R=Republican
I=Independant
DR=Democratic-Republican
NR=National Republican
Whig=Whig Party (now defunct, supported supremacy of Congress over the Executive Branch)