Maine State Treasurer


The Maine State Treasurer is a constitutional officer of the State of Maine.
The office is authorized by Article V, Part Third of the Maine Constitution. The Treasurer is chosen by the Maine Legislature in joint session for a two-year term, and can serve no more than four consecutive terms. Responsibilities of the Treasurer's Office include providing financial services for all state agencies, issuing bonds and managing the State's debt, and holding unclaimed property and working to return it to its rightful owners. The Treasurer is also an ex officio member of several state boards and agencies.
Governor Paul LePage proposed in 2015 to change how the State Treasurer is chosen from being chosen by the Legislature to a gubernatorial appointment and confirmation by the Legislature.

List of State Treasurers

TenureState TreasurerPartyHometownNotes-
1820–1822Joseph C. BoydPortland-
1823–1827Elias ThomasPortland-
1828Mark HarrisDemocratic-RepublicanPortlandU.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional district -
1829–1830Elias ThomasPortland-
1831A. B. ThompsonBrunswick-
1832–1834Mark HarrisDemocratic-RepublicanPortlandU.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional district -
1835–1837Asa Redington, Jr.Augusta-
1838James B. CahoonWhig Portland-
1839Jeremiah GoodwinDemocraticAlfred-
1840Daniel WilliamsAugusta-
1841Sanford KingsburyKingsbury Plantation-
1842–1846James WhiteDemocraticBelfast-
1847–1849Moses MacdonaldDemocraticLimerick-
1850–1854Samuel ConyRepublicanAugusta-
1855Woodbury DavisRepublicanBelfast-
1856Isaac ReedDemocraticWaldoboro-
1857–1859Benjamin D. PeckPortland-
1860–1864Nathan DameAlfred-
1865–1868N.G. HitchbornStockton Springs-
1869–1873William CaldwellAugusta-
1874–1876Silas C. HatchBangor-
1877–1878Esreff H. BanksRepublicanBiddeford-
1879Charles WhiteDemocraticGardiner-
1880–1884Samual A. HolbrookRepublicanAugusta-
1885–1887Edwin C. BurleighRepublicanBangor42nd Governor of Maine, U.S. Congressman from 3rd Congressional District, U.S. Senator -
1888–1894George L. BealRepublicanNorwayUnion Army General-
1895–1900F. Marion SimpsonRepublicanCarmel-
1901–1906Ormandal SmithRepublicanLitchfield
1907–1910Pascal P. GilmoreRepublicanBucksport-
1911–1912James F. SingletonBangor-
1913–1914Joseph W. SimpsonRepublicanYork-
1915–1916Elmer E. NewbertDemocraticAugusta-
1917–1920Joseph W. SimpsonRepublicanYork-
1921–1926William L. BonneyRepublicanBowdoinham-
1927–1932William S. OwenRepublicanMilo-
1933–1936George S. FosterEllsworth-
1937–1942Belmont SmithRepublicanBangor-
1943–1946Joseph H. McGillicuddyRepublicanHoulton-
1947–1964Frank S. CarpenterRepublicanAugusta-
1965–1966Eben L. ElwellDemocraticAugusta-
1967–1968Michael A. NapolitanoRepublicanAugusta-
1969–1974Norman K. FergusonRepublicanHanover-
1975Rodney L. ScribnerDemocraticAugusta-
1976–1978H. Leighton Cooney, Jr.DemocraticAugusta-
1979–1980Jerrold SpeersRepublicanWinthrop-
1981–1996Samuel ShapiroDemocraticWaterville-
1997–2004Dale McCormickDemocraticMonmouth-
2005–2010David LemoineDemocraticSaco-
2011–2012Bruce PoliquinRepublicanGeorgetownU.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional District -
2013–2015Neria DouglassDemocraticAuburn-
2015–2019Terry HayesIndependentBuckfield-
2019–Henry BeckDemocraticWatervile-