List of mayors of Portland, Maine
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This is a list of mayor
s of Portland
, Maine
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1923-71??
1972-74??
2011 (Portland Mayors to be popularly elected for 1st time since 1923)
Mayor
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s of Portland
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. This information is obtained from the website of the city council
Portland, Maine City Council
The Portland, Maine City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Portland, Maine. It is 9 seat council, composed of representatives from the city's five districts as well as 4 councilors elected citywide. Beginning with the Portland, Maine mayoral election, 2011, one of the...
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- Jonathan Dow 1832
- Andrew L. Emerson 1832
- John Anderson 1833
- Levi Cutter 1834-40
- James C. Churchill 1841
- John Anderson 1842
- Eliphalet Greely 1843-48
- J.B. Cahoon 1849-50
- Neal S. DowNeal S. DowNeal S. Dow , nicknamed the "Napoleon of Temperance" and the "Father of Prohibition", was mayor of Portland, Maine. He sponsored the "Maine law of 1851", which prohibited the manufacture and sale of liquor...
1851 - Albion K. ParrisAlbion K. ParrisAlbion Keith Parris was an American politician and jurist of Maine. Parris served in many elected and appointed positions throughout this life, including state legislator, U.S. Senator, the fifth Governor of Maine, state Supreme Court judge, and mayor.-Biography:Parris was born in Hebron, Maine,...
(Dem) 1852 - J.B. Cahoon 1853-54
- Neal Dow 1855
- J.T. McCobb 1856
- William WillisWilliam Willis (mayor)William Willis was a Portland, Maine lawyer, historian, and politician, and was the partner of William Pitt Fessenden. He was state senator in 1855 and Mayor of Portland, Maine in 1857, president of the Maine Historical Society , and president of the Maine Central Railroad.Bowdoin College, which...
1857 - Jedediah Jewett 1858-59
- Joseph Howard 1860 3ODO
- W.W. Thomas 1861-62
- Jacob McLellan 1863-65
- A.E. Stevens 1866-67
- Jacob McLellan 1868
- William Lebaron PutnamWilliam LeBaron PutnamWilliam LeBaron Putnam was a lawyer and politician in Maine and later served as a United States federal judge....
1869-70 - B. Kingsbury, Jr. 1870-72
- George P. Wescott 1873-74
- R.M. Richardson 1875
- Francis FessendenFrancis FessendenFrancis Fessenden was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of Maine who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
1876 - Moses M. Butler 1877-78
- George Walker 1879
- William Senter 1880-81
- Charles F. Libby 1882
- John W. Deering 1883
- Marquis F. King 1884
- John W. Deering 1885
- Charles J. Chapman 1886-88
- Holman S. MelcherHolman S. MelcherHolman Staples Melcher was an American Civil War officer and postbellum mayor of Portland, Maine. Melcher was a company commander in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment that charged down Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg....
1889-90 - George W. True 1891
- Darius H. Ingraham 1892
- James Phinney BaxterJames Phinney BaxterJames Phinney Baxter was an American businessman, historian, civic leader, and benefactor of Portland, Maine.His personal library, containing over 100 leather-bound books of maps, portraits, engravings and personal letters, is available for reference at the Portland Public Library.- Biography...
1893-96 - Charles H. Randall 1897-98
- Frank W. Robinson 1899-1900
- Frederic E. BoothbyFrederic E. BoothbyFrederic Eleazer Boothby was a American railroad manager and politician. Boothby was born in 1845 in Norway, Maine and studied at Waterville Academy in Waterville, Maine. Boothby moved to Portland, Maine and was elected Mayor in 1901. He was re-elected in 1902 and 1903...
1901-03 - James Phinney BaxterJames Phinney BaxterJames Phinney Baxter was an American businessman, historian, civic leader, and benefactor of Portland, Maine.His personal library, containing over 100 leather-bound books of maps, portraits, engravings and personal letters, is available for reference at the Portland Public Library.- Biography...
1904-05 - Nathan CliffordNathan CliffordNathan Clifford was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist.Clifford was born of old Yankee stock in Rumney, New Hampshire, to farmers, the only son of seven children He attended the public schools of that town, then the Haverhill Academy in New...
1906-07 - Adam P. Leighton 1908-09
- Charles A. Strout 1910
- Oakley C. Curtis 1911-14
- William M. Ingraham (Dem) 1915
- Wilford G. Chapman 1916-17
- Charles B. ClarkeCharles Bailey ClarkeCharles Bailey Clarke was a Portland, Maine politician. Clarke married Ellen A. Cate in 1901. From 1918-1921, Clarke was the Mayor of Portland, Maine. Clarke sought Maine's 1st congressional district in 1921 but lost in the Republican primary to Carroll L. Beedy by 19 votes.-References:...
1918-21 - Carroll S. ChaplinCarroll ChaplinCarroll Sherman Chaplin was a lawyer and politician in Portland, Maine.Chaplin was born in Portland, Maine and attended public schools in Portland. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1904 and from Harvard Law School in 1908. He was admitted to the Maine bar in October 1908...
1922-23
1923-71??
- (Dr.) William L. MacVaneWilliam MacVaneWilliam Leslie MacVane, Jr., M.D. was an American surgeon and politician. MacVane assisted in the first open heart surgery performed in Maine in 1959 and served as the mayor of Portland, Maine, for one term in 1971....
1970-1971 - Gerard P. Conley, Sr. (Dem) 1971-72
1972-74??
- William B. Troubh (Dem) 1974-1975
- Harold Loring 1975-1976
- Matthew I. Barron 1976-1978
- Bruce Taliento 1978-1979
- Llewellyn Smith 1979-1980
- John O'Leary (Dem) 1980-1981
- Pamela P. Plumb 1981-1982
- Linda Abromson (Dem) 1982-1983
- William B. Troubh (Dem) 1983-1984
- David H. Brenerman (Dem) 1984-1985
- Joseph D. Casale (Dem?) 1985-1986
- Philip J. Dawson (?) 1986-1987
- Ronald J. Dorler 1987-1988
- Cheryl A. Leeman (Rep) 1988-1989
- Esther B. Clenott (Dem) 1989-1990
- Peter O'Donnell (Dem) 1990-1991
- Thomas H. Allen (Dem) 1991-1992
- Charles Harlow 1992-1993
- Anne B. Pringle (Dem) 1993-1994
- Richard W. "Dick" Paulson, Jr. (Dem) 1994-1995
- Philip "Jack" Dawson (Dem) 1995-1996
- John F. McDonough (Dem) 1996-1997
- George N. Campbell (?) 1997-1998
- Thomas V. Kane (Dem) 1998-1999
- Nicholas Mavodones, Jr. (Dem) 1999-2000
- Cheryl A. Leeman (Rep) 2000-2001
- Karen Geraghty (Dem) 2001-2002
- James F. "Jim" Cloutier (Dem) 2002-2003
- Nathan Smith (Dem) 2003-2004
- Jill Duson (Dem) 2004-2005
- James I. Cohen (Dem) 2005-2006
- Nicholas Mavodones, Jr. (Dem) 2006-2007
- Edward SuslovicEdward SuslovicEdward J. Suslovic is a Maine politician. Suslovic, a Democrat, represented part of Portland in the Maine House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004. Suslovic ran and defeated incumbent John F. McDonough for the Democratic nomination for District 32...
(Dem) 2007-2008 - Jill C. Duson (Dem) 2008-2010
- Nicholas Mavodones, Jr. (Dem) 2010- (incumbent)
2011 (Portland Mayors to be popularly elected for 1st time since 1923)
- Michael F. BrennanMichael F. BrennanMichael F. Brennan is a Maine politician. Brennan, a Democrat, served as State Senator from 2002-2006 and Senate Majority Leader and a 2008 Democratic candidate for Maine's 1st congressional district. On May 15, 2011 Brennan announced his candidacy in the Portland, Maine mayoral election...
(Dem) - (Mayor-elect - elected by Portland voters in the Portland, Maine mayoral election, 2011Portland, Maine mayoral election, 2011The 2011 Portland, Maine mayoral election took place on November 8, 2011. In November 2010, Portland voters approved a citywide referendum changing the city charter to recreate an elected mayor position that had previously been removed in 1923. From 1923 until 2011, city councilors chose one of...
on November 8, 2011 - to be sworn in on December 5, 2011)