Following widespread agitation for statehood after the War of 1812, Maine -
one of the three districts of Massachusetts - became a separate State of the
Union in 1820.
STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1867 - 1871 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain 1828 - 1914
1871 - 1874 Sidney Perham 1819 - 1907
1874 - 1876 Nelson Dingley Jr. 1832 - 1899
1876 - 1879 Seldon Connor 1839 - 1917
1879 - 1880 Alonzo Garcelon 1813 - 1906
1880 - 1881 Daniel Franklin Davis 1843 - 1897
1881 - 1883 Harris Merrill Plaisted 1828 - 1898
1883 - 1887 Frederick Robie 1822 - 1912
1887 - 1887 Joseph Robinson Bodwell 1818 - 1887
1887 - 1889 Sebastian Streeter Marble* 1817 - 1902
1889 - 1893 Edwin Chick Burleigh 1843 - 1916
1893 - 1897 Henry Bradsheet Cleaves 1840 - 1912
1897 - 1901 Llewellyn Powers 1838 - 1908
1901 - 1905 John Fremont Hill 1855 - 1912
1905 - 1909 William Titccomb Cobb 1857 - 1937
1909 - 1911 Bert Manfred Fernald 1858 - 1926
1911 - 1913 Frederick William Plaisted 1865 - 1943
1913 - 1915 William Thomas Haines 1854 - 1919
1915 - 1917 Oakley Chester Curtis 1865 - 1924
1917 - 1921 Carl Elias Milliken 1877 - 1961
1921 Frederic Hale Parkhurst 1864 - 1921
1921 - 1925 Percival Proctor Baxter 1876 - 1969
1925 - 1929 Ralph Owen Brewster 1888 - 1961
1929 - 1933 William Tudor Gardiner 1892 - 1953
1933 - 1937 Louis Jefferson Brann 1876 - 1948
1937 - 1941 Lewis Orin Barrows 1893 - 1967
1941 - 1945 Sumner Sewall 1897 - 1965
1945 - 1949 Horace Augustus Hildreth 1902 - 1988
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