The Secretary of State of Maine is elected by the Legislature in that U.S. state. The Maine Secretary of State is responsible for administering elections, the Maine State Archives, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and for chartering corporations. The Secretary of State is elected to no more than two four year terms, concurrent with the other constitutional officers of Maine. The incumbent is Matthew Dunlap, who took office in January 2005, and was re-elected in December 2008 at the opening of the 124th Legislative Session.
List of Secretaries of State
| Tenure | Hometown | Secretary of State | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820-1821 | Portland | Ashur Ware | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1822-1828 | Augusta | Amos Nichols | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1829-1830 | North Yarmouth | Edward Russell | National Republican | |
| 1831-1834 | Portland | Roscoe G. Greene | Democrat | |
| 1835-1837 | Augusta | Asaph R. Nichols | Democrat | |
| 1838 | Winthrop | Samuel P. Benson | Whig | |
| 1839 | Augusta | Asaph R. Nichols | Democrat | |
| 1840 | Augusta | Philip C. Johnson | Democrat | |
| 1841 | Winthrop | Samuel P. Benson | Democrat | |
| 1842-1844 | Augusta | Philip C. Johnson | Democrat | |
| 1845 | Augusta | William B. Hartwell | Democrat | |
| 1846-1849 | Damariscotta | E.B. French | Democrat | |
| 1850-1853 | Augusta | John G. Sawyer | Democrat | |
| 1854-1855 | Augusta | Alden Jackson | Whig | |
| 1856 | Cornish | Caleb R. Ayer | Democrat | |
| 1857 | Augusta | Alden Jackson | Democrat | |
| 1858-1860 | Calais | Noah Smith, Jr. | Republican | |
| 1861-1863 | Presque Isle | Joseph B. Hall | Republican | |
| 1864-1867 | Dover | Ephraim Flint, Jr. | Republican | |
| 1868-1871 | Brunswick | Franklin M. Drew | Republican | |
| 1872-1874 | Richmond | Geo. B. Stacy | Republican | Resigned |
| 1875 | Paris, Maine | Sidney Perham | Republican | Previously served as Governor. |
| 1876-1878 | Dixmont | S.J. Chadbourne | Democrat | |
| 1879 | Biddeford | Edward H. Gove | Democrat | |
| 1880 | Augusta | S.J. Chadbourne | Republican | |
| 1881-1884 | Augusta | Joseph O. Smith | Republican | |
| 1885-1892 | Litchfield | Oramandal Smith | Republican | |
| 1891-1986 | Fort Fairfield | Nicholas Fessenden | Republican | |
| 1897-1906 | Augusta | Byron Boyd | Republican | |
| 1907-1910 | Belfast | Arthur I. Brown | Republican | |
| 1911-1912 | Waterville | Cyrus W. Dabis | Democrat | |
| 1913-1914 | Richmond | Joseph E. Alexander | Republican | |
| 1915-1916 | Eden | John E. Bunker | Democrat | |
| 1917-1926 | Dover | Frank W. Ball | Republican | |
| 1927-1932 | Augusta | Edgar C. Smith | Republican | |
| 1933-1934 | Augusta | Robinson C. Tobey | Republican | |
| 1935-1936 | Newport | Lewis O. Barrows | Republican | |
| 1937-1941 | Gorham | Frederick Robie | Republican | |
| 1942-1960 | Gardiner | Harold I. Goss | Republican | Longest-serving Maine Secretary of State |
| 1961-1964 | Coopers Mills | Paul A. MacDonald | Republican | |
| 1965-1966 | Cape Elizabeth | Kenneth M. Curtis | Democrat | |
| 1967-1974 | Farmingdale | Joseph T. Edgar | Republican | |
| 1975-1978 | Greenville | Markham L. Gartley | Democrat | Ran unsuccessfully for Congress against Olympia Snowe in 1978. |
| 1979-1988 | Augusta | Rodney S. Quinn | Democrat | |
| 1989-1996 | Windham | G. William Diamond | Democrat | |
| 1997-2004 | Fairfield | Dan Gwadosky | Democrat | |
| 2005 - | Old Town | Matthew Dunlap | Democrat |
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