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
Tenure | State Treasurer | Party | Hometown | Notes | - |
1820–1822 | Joseph C. Boyd | Portland | - | ||
1823–1827 | Elias Thomas | Portland | - | ||
1828 | Mark Harris | Democratic-Republican | Portland | U.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional district | - |
1829–1830 | Elias Thomas | Portland | - | ||
1831 | A. B. Thompson | Brunswick | - | ||
1832–1834 | Mark Harris | Democratic-Republican | Portland | U.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional district | - |
1835–1837 | Asa Redington, Jr. | Augusta | - | ||
1838 | James B. Cahoon | Whig | Portland | - | |
1839 | Jeremiah Goodwin | Democratic | Alfred | - | |
1840 | Daniel Williams | Augusta | - | ||
1841 | Sanford Kingsbury | Kingsbury Plantation | - | ||
1842–1846 | James White | Democratic | Belfast | - | |
1847–1849 | Moses Macdonald | Democratic | Limerick | - | |
1850–1854 | Samuel Cony | Republican | Augusta | - | |
1855 | Woodbury Davis | Republican | Belfast | - | |
1856 | Isaac Reed | Democratic | Waldoboro | - | |
1857–1859 | Benjamin D. Peck | Portland | - | ||
1860–1864 | Nathan Dame | Alfred | - | ||
1865–1868 | N.G. Hitchborn | Stockton Springs | - | ||
1869–1873 | William Caldwell | Augusta | - | ||
1874–1876 | Silas C. Hatch | Bangor | - | ||
1877–1878 | Esreff H. Banks | Republican | Biddeford | - | |
1879 | Charles White | Democratic | Gardiner | - | |
1880–1884 | Samual A. Holbrook | Republican | Augusta | - | |
1885–1887 | Edwin C. Burleigh | Republican | Bangor | 42nd Governor of Maine, U.S. Congressman from 3rd Congressional District, U.S. Senator | - |
1888–1894 | George L. Beal | Republican | Norway | Union Army General | - |
1895–1900 | F. Marion Simpson | Republican | Carmel | - | |
1901–1906 | Ormandal Smith | Republican | Litchfield | ||
1907–1910 | Pascal P. Gilmore | Republican | Bucksport | - | |
1911–1912 | James F. Singleton | Bangor | - | ||
1913–1914 | Joseph W. Simpson | Republican | York | - | |
1915–1916 | Elmer E. Newbert | Democratic | Augusta | - | |
1917–1920 | Joseph W. Simpson | Republican | York | - | |
1921–1926 | William L. Bonney | Republican | Bowdoinham | - | |
1927–1932 | William S. Owen | Republican | Milo | - | |
1933–1936 | George S. Foster | Ellsworth | - | ||
1937–1942 | Belmont Smith | Republican | Bangor | - | |
1943–1946 | Joseph H. McGillicuddy | Republican | Houlton | - | |
1947–1964 | Frank S. Carpenter | Republican | Augusta | - | |
1965–1966 | Eben L. Elwell | Democratic | Augusta | - | |
1967–1968 | Michael A. Napolitano | Republican | Augusta | - | |
1969–1974 | Norman K. Ferguson | Republican | Hanover | - | |
1975 | Rodney L. Scribner | Democratic | Augusta | - | |
1976–1978 | H. Leighton Cooney, Jr. | Democratic | Augusta | - | |
1979–1980 | Jerrold Speers | Republican | Winthrop | - | |
1981–1996 | Samuel Shapiro | Democratic | Waterville | - | |
1997–2004 | Dale McCormick | Democratic | Monmouth | - | |
2005–2010 | David Lemoine | Democratic | Saco | - | |
2011–2012 | Bruce Poliquin | Republican | Georgetown | U.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional District | - |
2013–2015 | Neria Douglass | Democratic | Auburn | - | |
2015–2019 | Terry Hayes | Independent | Buckfield | - | |
2019– | Henry Beck | Democratic | Watervile | - |