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 length	Two years, renewable four times
Inaugural holder	Joseph C. Boyd
Formation	March 15, 1820
Website	Maine 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 the selection process to a gubernatorial appointment that would be confirmed by the Legislature.^[1] In 2023, state Republicans called for the State Treasurer to be elected by popular vote.^[2] Neither change passed and the State Treasurer continues to be selected by the Legislature.

List of State Treasurers

Tenure	Image	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–present		Henry Beck	Democratic	Watervile

References and external links

• List of Maine State Treasurers
• Official Maine State Treasurer site
• Constitution of Maine

References

1. "LePage sheds light on plan to strip Legislature of power to elect attorney general, treasurer". Bangor Daily News. January 23, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
2. "GOP pushes to have Mainers elect the attorney general, other top posts". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2024.