List of governors of Maine

Seal of the governor of Maine

The Blaine House is the official residence of the governor of Maine. The Executive Mansion was officially declared the residence of the governor in 1919 with the name "The Blaine House". It is located in Augusta, Maine, across the street from the Maine State House.

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. ^[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]}

Governors of the State of Maine

No. [a]	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election
1			William King (1768–1852) [15] [16]	May 31, 1820 [17] – May 28, 1821 (resigned) [b]	Democratic– Republican [18]	1820
2			William D. Williamson (1779–1846) [19] [20]	May 28, 1821 [21] – December 25, 1821 (resigned) [c]	Democratic– Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
3			Benjamin Ames (1778–1835) [19] [23]	December 25, 1821 [22] – January 2, 1822 (resigned) [d]	Democratic– Republican [22]	Speaker of the House acting
4			Daniel Rose (1772–1833) [25] [26]	January 2, 1822 [24] – January 4, 1822 (successor took office)	Democratic– Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
5			Albion Parris (1788–1857) [25] [27]	January 4, 1822 [28] – January 3, 1827 (did not run) [e]	Democratic– Republican [30]	1821
						1822
						1823
						1824
						1825
6			Enoch Lincoln (1788–1829) [31] [32]	January 3, 1827 [33] – October 8, 1829 (died in office)	Democratic– Republican [34]	1826
						1827
						1828
7			Nathan Cutler (1775–1861) [35] [36]	October 8, 1829 [37] – February 5, 1830 (presidency expired) [f]	Democratic– Republican [g]	President of the Senate acting
8			Joshua Hall (1768–1862) [38] [40]	February 5, 1830 [22] – February 10, 1830 (successor took office)	Democratic– Republican [39]	Speaker of the House acting
9			Jonathan G. Hunton (1781–1851) [38] [41]	February 10, 1830 [42] – January 8, 1831 (lost election)	National Republican [34]	1829
10			Samuel E. Smith (1788–1860) [43] [44]	January 8, 1831 [45] – January 2, 1834 (did not run)	Democratic [h]	1830
						1831
						1832
11			Robert P. Dunlap (1794–1859) [48] [49]	January 2, 1834 [50] – January 3, 1838 (did not run)	Democratic [51]	1833
						1834
						1835
						1836
12			Edward Kent (1802–1877) [52] [53]	January 19, 1838 [i] – January 2, 1839 (lost election)	Whig [55]	1837
13			John Fairfield (1797–1847) [56] [57]	January 2, 1839 [22] – January 12, 1841 (lost election) [j]	Democratic [55]	1838
						1839
14			Richard H. Vose (1803–1864) [60] [61]	January 12, 1841 [j] – January 13, 1841 (successor took office)	Whig [39]	President of the Senate acting
15			Edward Kent (1802–1877) [52] [53]	January 13, 1841 [62] – January 5, 1842 (lost election)	Whig [63]	1840
16			John Fairfield (1797–1847) [56] [57]	January 5, 1842 [64] – March 7, 1843 (resigned) [k]	Democratic [63]	1841
						1842
17			Edward Kavanagh (1795–1844) [65] [66]	March 7, 1843 [67] – January 1, 1844 (resigned) [l]	Democratic [39]	President of the Senate acting
18			David Dunn (1811–1894) [69] [70]	January 1, 1844 [71] – January 3, 1844 (resigned) [m]	Democratic [39]	Speaker of the House acting
19			John W. Dana (1808–1867) [73] [74]	January 3, 1844 [22] – January 5, 1844 (successor took office)	Democratic [39]	President of the Senate acting
20			Hugh J. Anderson (1801–1881) [75] [76]	January 5, 1844 [77] – May 18, 1847 (did not run)	Democratic [78]	1843
						1844
						1845
21			John W. Dana (1808–1867) [73] [74]	May 18, 1847 [79] – May 13, 1850 (did not run)	Democratic [80]	1846
						1847
						1848
22			John Hubbard (1794–1869) [81] [82]	May 13, 1850 [83] – January 18, 1853 (lost election)	Democratic [80]	1849
						1850
23			William G. Crosby (1805–1881) [84] [85]	January 18, 1853 [86] – January 6, 1855 (did not run)	Whig [87]	1852
						1853
24			Anson Morrill (1803–1887) [88] [89]	January 6, 1855 [90] – January 4, 1856 (lost election)	Republican [n]	1854
25			Samuel Wells (1801–1868) [91] [92]	January 4, 1856 [93] – January 8, 1857 (lost election)	Democratic [94]	1855
26			Hannibal Hamlin (1809–1891) [95] [96]	January 8, 1857 [97] – February 26, 1857 (resigned) [o]	Republican [94]	1856
27			Joseph H. Williams (1814–1896) [99] [100]	February 26, 1857 [101] – January 8, 1858 (successor took office)	Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
28			Lot M. Morrill (1813–1883) [102] [103]	January 8, 1858 [104] – January 3, 1861 (did not run)	Republican [105]	1857
						1858
						1859
29			Israel Washburn Jr. (1813–1883) [106] [107]	January 3, 1861 [108] – January 8, 1863 (did not run) [106]	Republican [105]	1860
						1861
30			Abner Coburn (1803–1885) [109] [110]	January 8, 1863 [111] – January 7, 1864 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1862
31			Samuel Cony (1811–1870) [112] [113]	January 7, 1864 [114] – January 3, 1867 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1863
						1864
						1865
32			Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914) [115] [116]	January 3, 1867 [117] – January 5, 1871 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1866
						1867
						1868
						1869
33			Sidney Perham (1819–1907) [118] [119]	January 5, 1871 [120] – January 8, 1874 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1870
						1871
						1872
34			Nelson Dingley Jr. (1832–1899) [121] [122]	January 8, 1874 [123] – January 6, 1876 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1873
						1874
35			Seldon Connor (1839–1917) [124] [125]	January 6, 1876 [126] – January 8, 1879 (lost election)	Republican [22]	1875
						1876
						1877
36			Alonzo Garcelon (1813–1906) [127] [128]	January 8, 1879 [129] – January 17, 1880 (did not run)	Democratic [22]	1878
37			Daniel F. Davis (1843–1897) [130] [131]	January 17, 1880 [p] – January 13, 1881 (lost election)	Republican [22]	1879
38			Harris M. Plaisted (1828–1898) [134] [135]	January 13, 1881 [136] – January 4, 1883 (lost election)	Greenback/ Democratic [q]	1880
39			Frederick Robie (1822–1912) [139] [140]	January 4, 1883 [141] – January 6, 1887 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1882
						1884
40			Joseph R. Bodwell (1818–1887) [142] [143]	January 6, 1887 [144] – December 15, 1887 (died in office)	Republican [22]	1886
41			Sebastian Streeter Marble (1817–1902) [145] [146]	December 15, 1887 [147] – January 3, 1889 (lost nomination) [145]	Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
42			Edwin C. Burleigh (1843–1916) [148] [149]	January 3, 1889 [150] – January 5, 1893 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1888
						1890
43			Henry B. Cleaves (1840–1912) [151] [152]	January 5, 1893 [153] – January 7, 1897 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1892
						1894
44			Llewellyn Powers (1836–1908) [154] [155]	January 7, 1897 [156] – January 3, 1901 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1896
						1898
45			John Fremont Hill (1855–1912) [157] [158]	January 3, 1901 [159] – January 5, 1905 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1900
						1902
46			William T. Cobb (1857–1937) [160] [161]	January 5, 1905 [162] – January 7, 1909 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1904
						1906
47			Bert M. Fernald (1858–1926) [163] [164]	January 7, 1909 [165] – January 5, 1911 (lost election)	Republican [22]	1908
48			Frederick W. Plaisted (1865–1943) [166] [167]	January 5, 1911 [168] – January 2, 1913 (lost election)	Democratic [22]	1910
49			William T. Haines (1854–1919) [169] [170]	January 2, 1913 [171] – January 7, 1915 (lost election)	Republican [22]	1912
50			Oakley C. Curtis (1865–1924) [172] [173]	January 7, 1915 [174] – January 4, 1917 (lost election)	Democratic [22]	1914
51			Carl Milliken (1877–1961) [175] [176]	January 4, 1917 [177] – January 6, 1921 (lost nomination) [178]	Republican [22]	1916
						1918
52			Frederic Hale Parkhurst (1864–1921) [179] [180]	January 6, 1921 [181] – January 31, 1921 (died in office)	Republican [22]	1920
53			Percival P. Baxter (1876–1969) [182] [183]	January 31, 1921 [184] – January 8, 1925 (did not run) [182]	Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
						1922
54			Ralph Owen Brewster (1888–1961) [185] [186]	January 8, 1925 [187] – January 3, 1929 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1924
						1926
55			William Tudor Gardiner (1892–1953) [188] [189]	January 3, 1929 [190] – January 5, 1933 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1928
						1930
56			Louis J. Brann (1876–1948) [191] [192]	January 5, 1933 [193] – January 7, 1937 (did not run) [r]	Democratic [22]	1932
						1934
57			Lewis O. Barrows (1893–1967) [194] [195]	January 7, 1937 [196] – January 2, 1941 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1936
						1938
58			Sumner Sewall (1897–1965) [197] [198]	January 2, 1941 [199] – January 4, 1945 (did not run)	Republican [22]	1940
						1942
59			Horace Hildreth (1902–1988) [200] [201]	January 4, 1945 [202] – January 6, 1949 (did not run) [s]	Republican [22]	1944
						1946
60			Frederick G. Payne (1904–1978) [203] [204]	January 6, 1949 [205] – December 25, 1952 (resigned) [t]	Republican [22]	1948
						1950
—			Burton M. Cross (1902–1998) [206] [207]	December 26, 1952 [u] – January 7, 1953 (presidency expired) [u]	Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
—			Nathaniel M. Haskell (1912–1983)	January 7, 1953 [u] – January 8, 1953 (successor took office) [u]	Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
61			Burton M. Cross (1902–1998) [206] [207]	January 8, 1953 [210] – January 6, 1955 (lost election)	Republican [22]	1952
62			Edmund Muskie (1914–1996) [211] [212]	January 6, 1955 [213] – January 2, 1959 (resigned) [v]	Democratic [22]	1954
						1956
63			Robert Haskell (1903–1987) [214] [215]	January 3, 1959 [216] – January 8, 1959 (successor took office)	Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
64			Clinton Clauson (1895–1959) [217] [218]	January 8, 1959 [219] – December 30, 1959 (died in office)	Democratic [22]	1958
65			John H. Reed (1921–2012) [220] [221]	December 30, 1959 [222] – January 5, 1967 (lost election)	Republican [22]	President of the Senate acting
						1960 (special)
						1962
66			Kenneth M. Curtis (b. 1931) [223] [224]	January 5, 1967 [225] – January 2, 1975 (term-limited) [w]	Democratic [22]	1966
						1970
67			James B. Longley (1924–1980) [227] [228]	January 2, 1975 [229] – January 3, 1979 (did not run)	Independent [22]	1974
68			Joseph E. Brennan (1934–2024) [230]	January 4, 1979 [231] – January 8, 1987 (term-limited) [w]	Democratic [230]	1978
						1982
70 [a]			John R. McKernan Jr. (b. 1948) [233]	January 8, 1987 [234] – January 5, 1995 (term-limited) [w]	Republican [233]	1986
						1990
71			Angus King (b. 1944) [235]	January 5, 1995 [236] – January 8, 2003 (term-limited) [w]	Independent [235]	1994
						1998
72			John Baldacci (b. 1955) [237]	January 8, 2003 [238] – January 5, 2011 (term-limited) [w]	Democratic [237]	2002
						2006
73			Paul LePage (b. 1948) [239]	January 5, 2011 [240] – January 2, 2019 (term-limited) [w]	Republican [239]	2010
						2014
74			Janet Mills (b. 1947) [241]	January 2, 2019 [242] – Incumbent [x]	Democratic [241]	2018
						2022

See also

• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States § Maine
• List of Maine state legislatures

Notes

1. 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. ^[232]
2. King resigned to be a commissioner for the adjustment of Spanish claims in Florida. ^[15]
3. Williamson resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives. ^[19]
4. Ames felt that, with a new Maine Senate, the new president of the Senate should take office, and resigned upon Daniel Rose being elected. ^[24]
5. Sobel says Parris resigned upon being elected to the United States Senate; ^[25] however, he was not elected until January 31. ^[29]
6. 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. ^[38]
7. Sobel describes Cutler as a Democrat, ^[35] but Kallenbach ^[22] and Glashan ^[39] label him a Democratic-Republican.
8. Sources label Smith either a Jacksonian Democrat ^{[46] [22]} or a Democratic-Republican. ^{[43] [47]}
9. 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. ^[54] Dunlap left office on January 3, ^[48] but no source mentions if the president of the Senate acted as governor in the interim.
10. 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, ^[58] under the principle that the office was vacant, so it fell to him. ^[59] 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.
11. Fairfield resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate. ^[56]
12. Kavanagh resigned due to ill health; ^[68] he died 19 days later.
13. Dunn resigned once the new Maine Legislature was sworn in and a president of the Senate chosen. ^{[69] [72]}
14. Dubin ^[87] and Kallenbach ^[22] label Morrill an "Anti Maine-Law" and American, Glashan labels him an "Anti-Nebraska Fusion (Republican)" ^[47] and Sobel simply labels him Republican. ^[88]
15. Hamlin resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate. ^[98]
16. The 1879 election was not close, but at the time a governor had to receive a majority of votes cast, and Davis fell slightly short. Governor Garcelon refused to certify new Republican members of the legislature, instead seating Democrats, which led to the State Supreme Court ruling against him. ^[130] A Fusionist legislature declared Joseph L. Smith the winner, and inaugurated him on January 17; ^[132] however, this was not considered legitimate, and Davis was inaugurated later that day when the Republican legislature met. ^[133]
17. Kallenbach ^[137] and Sobel ^[134] label Plaisted as a Democrat and Greenback, while Glashan describes him as "National (or Greenback Labor)". ^[138]
18. Brann instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate. ^[191]
19. Hildreth instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. ^[200]
20. Payne resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate. ^[206]
21. Frederick G. Payne resigned at midnight December 25, 1952, and President of the Senate Burton M. Cross became acting governor at 12:01am on December 26. ^[208] Cross had already been elected to the post, and would take office on January 8, 1953. However, the new Senate elected Nathaniel M. Haskell as president on January 7, so he took over as acting governor for less than a day. ^[209]
22. Muskie resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate. ^[211]
23. Under a 1957 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to succeed themselves after serving two consecutive elected terms. ^[226]
24. 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.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-5646-8.
• Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN   978-0-379-00665-0 . Retrieved September 23, 2023.
• Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN   978-0-930466-17-6.
• "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.
• "Our Campaigns - Governor of Maine - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

Specific

1. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 1.
2. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 7.
3. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 12.
4. ME Const. art. IV (Pt. III), § 3.
5. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 13.
6. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 11.
7. Governors of Maine. Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library.
8. "Mass Moments: Massachusetts Loses Maine". Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
9. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 2, orig.
10. ME Const. Amend. 23.
11. ME Const. Amend. 84.
12. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 14.
13. ME Const. Amend. 97.
14. ME Const. art. V (Pt. I), § 14, orig.
15. Sobel 1978, p. 595.
16. "William King". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
17. "General Election". The Portland Gazette. June 6, 1820. p. 1. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
18. Dubin 2003, p. 87.
19. Sobel 1978, p. 596.
20. "William Durkee Williamson". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
21. "none". The Portland Gazette. May 29, 1821. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023. The Hon. William D. Williamson President of the Senate upon whom the duties of Governour devolve by the constitution...
22. Kallenbach 1977, pp. 233–235.
23. "Benjamin Ames". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
24. "Legislature of Maine". The Portland Gazette. January 4, 1822. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
25. Sobel 1978, p. 597.
26. "Daniel Rose". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
27. "Albion Keith Parris". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
28. "Legislature of Maine". The Portland Gazette. January 8, 1822. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
29. "Senator to Congress Elected". Eastern Argus. February 2, 1827. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
30. Dubin 2003, pp. 87–88.
31. Sobel 1978, p. 598.
32. "Enoch Lincoln". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
33. "State Legislature". Eastern Argus. January 5, 1827. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
34. Dubin 2003, p. 88.
35. Sobel 1978, pp. 598–599.
36. "Nathan Cutler". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
37. "Death of Gov. Lincoln". Vermont Watchman and State Journal. October 27, 1829. p. 1. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
38. Sobel 1978, p. 599.
39. Glashan 1979, p. 120.
40. "Joshua Hall". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
41. "Jonathan Glidden Hunton". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
42. "Legislature of Maine". Eastern Argus. February 12, 1830. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
43. Sobel 1978, p. 600.
44. "Samuel Emerson Smith". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
45. "Maine Legislature". Eastern Argus. January 11, 1831. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
46. Dubin 2003, p. 89.
47. Glashan 1979, p. 124.
48. Sobel 1978, pp. 600–601.
49. "Robert Pinckney Dunlap". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
50. "Maine Legislature". Eastern Argus. January 6, 1834. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
51. Dubin 2003, pp. 89–90.
52. Sobel 1978, pp. 601–602.
53. "Edward Kent". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
54. "Maine Legislature". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. January 22, 1838. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
55. Dubin 2003, p. 90.
56. Sobel 1978, p. 602.
57. "John Fairfield". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
58. "Maine Legislature". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. January 14, 1841. p. 2. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
59. "Courtesy vs. the Constitution". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. January 15, 1841. p. 2. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
60. Sobel 1978, pp. 602–603.
61. "Richard H. Vose". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
62. "Latest From Augusta". Portland Press Herald. January 14, 1841. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
63. Dubin 2003, p. 91.
64. "Legislature of Maine". Lincoln Telegraph. January 13, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
65. Sobel 1978, pp. 603–604.
66. "Edward Kavanagh". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
67. "Maine Legislature". Eastern Argus. March 8, 1843. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
68. Lucey, William Leo (2006). Edward Kavanagh: Catholic, Statesman, Diplomat, from Maine 1795–1844. Kessinger Publishing. p. 22. ISBN   978-1-4286-5468-6.
69. Sobel 1978, p. 604.
70. "David Dunn". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
71. "Legislature of Maine". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. January 5, 1844. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
72. 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."
73. Sobel 1978, pp. 604–605.
74. "John Winchester Dana". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
75. Sobel 1978, p. 605.
76. "Hugh Johnson Anderson". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
77. "Legislature of Maine". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. January 8, 1844. p. 2. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
78. Dubin 2003, pp. 91–92.
79. "Legislature of Maine". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. May 22, 1847. p. 3. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
80. Dubin 2003, p. 92.
81. Sobel 1978, p. 606.
82. "John Hubbard". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
83. "Augusta Correspondence". Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. May 15, 1850. p. 2. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
84. Sobel 1978, p. 607.
85. "William George Crosby". National Governors Association . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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