Josiah S. Little (July 9, 1801 - April 2, 1862) was an American politician from Maine. Little was the 39th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. He was speaker in 1841 both and 1856. In 1841, Little was elected as a Whig and as a Democrat in 1856. He was from Portland, Maine. [1]
Hannibal Hamlin was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president.
Thomas Brackett Reed was an American politician from the state of Maine. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives 12 times, first in 1876, and served as Speaker of the House, from 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1899.
Lot Myrick Morrill was an American statesman and accomplished politician who served as the 28th Governor of Maine, as a United States Senator, and as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. An advocate for hard currency rather than paper money, Morrill was popularly received as Treasury Secretary by the American press and Wall Street. He was known for financial and political integrity, and was said to be focused on serving the public good rather than party interests. Morrill was President Grant's fourth and last Secretary of the Treasury.
Nelson Dingley Jr. was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine.
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via plurality voting. The nonvoting members represent three of Maine's Native American tribes, though two tribes have declined to send representatives. Each voting member of the House represents around 8,800 citizens of the state. Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine House of Representatives usually have outside employment as well. Members are limited to four consecutive terms of two years each, but may run again after two years.
Elisha Hunt Allen was an American congressman, lawyer and diplomat, and judge and diplomat for the Kingdom of Hawaii.
George Evans was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Maine. A member of the United States Whig Party, he served in both houses of the United States Congress and as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.
Mark Hill Dunnell was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1871 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891.
Loren Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine and attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine. Fletcher moved to Bangor in 1853, where he was a stonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber company.
Lorenzo Sabine was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts now more remembered for his research and publishing concerning the Loyalists of the American Revolution than as a public servant.
John Otis was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Thomas Davee was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts where he attended the common schools. Later, he moved to Maine, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Virgil Delphini Parris was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and cousin of Albion Keith Parris.
Moses Macdonald was an American attorney and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Maine. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, the Maine State Senate and as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives during the 1800s.
David Bronson was a United States representative from Maine. Born in Suffield, Connecticut, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in North Anson, Maine.
Samuel Page Benson was a United States representative from Maine. He was born to Peleg and Sally Benson in Winthrop, Massachusetts on November 28, 1804. He received instruction from private teachers and attended the Monmouth Academy of Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Unity. He returned to Winthrop and practiced law until 1850.
Frederick Robie was an American physician and politician who most notably served as the 39th Governor of Maine.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maine:
Daniel Goodenow was an American politician and jurist from Maine. Goodenow was born in Henniker, New Hampshire and was primarily self-educated, though he did graduate from Dartmouth College. He studied law under future U.S. Senator John Holmes and was admitted to the York County, Maine Bar in 1817. Residing in Alfred, Maine, Goodenow served three one year terms in the Maine House of Representatives, which included a term as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. He was a member of the National Republican Party while in the Legislature. In 1831, Goodenow was the National Republican Party candidate for Governor. Unsuccessful, he ran again in 1832 and 1833. In 1838 and 1841, Goodenow served as Maine Attorney General.
Ryan Michael Fecteau is the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. A Democrat, Fecteau serves Maine House District 11, consisting of a portion of Biddeford. At the time of his election as Speaker of the House in December 2020, Fecteau was both the youngest active state Speaker in the United States and the first openly gay person to serve as Speaker of the Maine House.