Maine State Treasurer

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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 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.[1]

List of State Treasurers[]

Tenure State Treasurer Party Hometown Notes
1820–1822 Joseph C. Boyd Portland
1823–1827 Portland
1828 Mark Harris Democratic-Republican Portland U.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional district (1822-1823)
1829–1830 Portland
1831 Brunswick
1832–1834 Mark Harris Democratic-Republican Portland U.S. Congressman from Maine's 2nd Congressional district (1822-1823)
1835–1837 Augusta
1838 Whig (later Democratic) Portland
1839 Democratic Alfred
1840 Augusta
1841 Kingsbury Plantation
1842–1846 James White Democratic Belfast
1847–1849 Moses Macdonald Democratic Limerick
1850–1854 Samuel Cony Republican Augusta
1855 Republican Belfast
1856 Isaac Reed Democratic Waldoboro
1857–1859 Portland
1860–1864 Alfred
1865–1868 Stockton Springs
1869–1873 Augusta
1874–1876 Silas C. Hatch Bangor
1877–1878 Republican Biddeford
1879 Democratic Gardiner
1880–1884 Republican Augusta
1885–1887 Edwin C. Burleigh Republican Bangor 42nd Governor of Maine (1889-1893), U.S. Congressman from 3rd Congressional District (1897-1911), U.S. Senator (1913-1916)
1888–1894 George L. Beal Republican Norway Union Army General
1895–1900 Republican Carmel
1901–1906 Ormandal Smith Republican Litchfield
1907–1910 Republican Bucksport
1911–1912 Bangor
1913–1914 Republican York
1915–1916 Democratic Augusta
1917–1920 Republican York
1921–1926 Republican Bowdoinham
1927–1932 Republican Milo
1933–1936 Ellsworth
1937–1942 Republican Bangor
1943–1946 Republican Houlton
1947–1964 Republican Augusta
1965–1966 Democratic Augusta
1967–1968 Republican Augusta
1969–1974 Republican Hanover
1975 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 (2015–2019)
2013–2015 Neria Douglass Democratic Auburn
2015–2019 Terry Hayes Independent Buckfield
2019– Henry Beck Democratic Watervile

References and external links[]

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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