Maine State Treasurer

The Maine State Treasurer is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Maine.

Maine State Treasurer
Incumbent
Henry Beck
since January 2, 2019
Term lengthTwo years, renewable four times
Inaugural holderJoseph C. Boyd
FormationMarch 15, 1820
WebsiteMaine State Treasurer website

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; the officeholder 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, as well as 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.[1]

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. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district (1822–1823)
1829–1830 Elias Thomas Portland
1831 A. B. Thompson Brunswick
1832–1834 Mark Harris Democratic-Republican Portland U.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district (1822–1823)
1835–1837 Asa Redington, Jr. Augusta
1838 James B. Cahoon Whig (later Democratic) 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 (1889–1893)
U.S. Representative for Maine's 3rd congressional district (1897–1911)
U.S. Senator from Maine (1913–1916)
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. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district (2015–2019)
2013–2015 Neria Douglass Democratic Auburn
2015–2019 Terry Hayes Independent Buckfield
2019– Henry Beck Democratic Watervile

References
  1. "LePage sheds light on plan to strip Legislature of power to elect attorney general, treasurer". Bangor Daily News. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
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