Previous Governors of Maine
Governors who previously held office in Maine, with term dates and party affiliation.
Janet Trafton Mills is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 75th governor of Maine. She previously served as the 55th and 57th attorney general of Maine and as a member of the Maine House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Paul Richard LePage is an American businessman and politician who served as the 74th governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the mayor of Waterville, Maine, from 2004 to 2011 and as a city councilor for Waterville from 1998 to 2002.
John Elias Baldacci is an American politician who served as the 73rd governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and in the Maine Senate from 1982 to 1994.
Angus Stanley King Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who has served since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Maine. A political independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, he served from 1995 to 2003 as the 72nd governor of Maine.
John Rettie "Jock" McKernan Jr. is an American politician who served two terms as the 71st governor of Maine, from 1987 to 1995.
Joseph Edward Brennan was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987 and in the United States House of Representatives for Maine's 1st congressional district from 1987 to 1991. Brennan was a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission during the Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama administrations.
James Bernard Longley Sr. was an American politician. He served as the 69th governor of Maine from 1975 to 1979, and was the first Independent to hold the office.
Kenneth Merwin Curtis is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat from Maine. He was the secretary of State of Maine from 1965 to 1966, the 68th governor of Maine from 1967 to 1975, and the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1979 to 1981. Curtis is a member of the Democratic Party and was later Of counsel at the Curtis Thaxter law firm in Portland, Maine, which he founded in 1975. Since the death of George Nigh in July 2025, Curtis is the earliest serving living former American governor, and is the last living former American governor who assumed office in the 1960s.
John Hathaway Reed was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 67th Governor of Maine, holding office during the 1960s. Reed, a Republican, took office following the death of Governor Clinton Clauson.
Edmund Sixtus Muskie was an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and naval officer who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. Muskie was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1968 presidential election.