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Capital: Augusta

State Nickname: Pine Tree State

State Bird: Chickadee

State Flower: Pine Cone & Tassel

Admitted to the Union: March 15, 1820

May 31, 1820 to May 28, 1821:

William King

May 29, 1821 to December 25, 1821:

William D. Williamson

December 25, 1821 to January 8, 1821:

Benjamin Ames

January 2, 1821 to January 4, 1822:

Daniel Rose

January 5, 1822 to January 3, 1827:

Albion K. Paris

January 3, 1827 to October 8, 1829:

Enoch Lincoln

October 12, 1829 to February 5, 1820:

Nathan Cutler*

* Acting governor

February 5, 1830 to February 10, 1830:

Joshua Hall*

* Acting governor

February 10, 1830 to January 5, 1831:

Jonathan G. Hunton

January 5, 1831 to January 1, 1834:

Samuel E. Smith

January 1, 1834 to January 3, 1838:

Robert P. Dunlap

January 3, 1838 to January 2, 1839:

Edward Kent

January 2, 1839 to January 6, 1841:

John Fairfield

January 12, 8141 to January 13, 1841:

Richard H. Vose*

* Acting governor

January 13, 1841 to Janaury 5, 1842:

Edward Kent

January 5, 1842 to March 7, 1843:

John Fairfield

March 7, 1843 to January 1, 1844:

Edward Kavanagh

January 3, 1844 to January 5, 1844:

John W. Dana

January 5, 1844 to May 12, 1847:

Hugh J. Anderson

May 13, 1844 to May 8, 1850:

John W. Dana

May 9, 1850 to January 5, 1853:

John Hubbard

January 5, 1853 to January 3, 1855:

William G. Crosby

January 3, 1855 to January 2, 1856:

Anson P. Morrill

January 2, 1856 to January 8, 1857:

Samuel Wells

January 8, 1857 to February 25, 1857:

Hannibal Hamlin*

* Resigned from office and in 1860 was Lincoln's Vice-President

February 26, 1857 to January 8, 1858:

Joseph H. Williams*

* Acting governor

January 8, 1858 to January 2, 1861:

Lot M. Morrill

January 2, 1861 to January 7, 1863:

Israel Washburn, Jr.

January 7, 1863 to January 6, 1864:

Abner Colburm

January 6, 1864 to January 2, 1867:

Samuel Cony

January 2, 1867 to January 4, 1871:

Joshua L. Chamberlain

January 4, 1871 to January 7, 1874:

Sidney Perham

January 7, 1874 to January 5, 1876;

Nelson Dingley, Jr.

January 5, 1876 to January 8, 1879:

Selden Connor

January 8, 1879 to January 17, 1880:

Alonzo Garcelon

January 17, 1880 to January 13, 1881:

Daniel F. Davis

January 13, 1881 to January 3, 1883:

Harris M. Plaisted

January 3, 1883 to January 5, 1887:

Frderick Robie

January 5, 1887 to December 15, 1887:

Joseph R. Bodwell

December 16, 1887 to January 2, 1889:

Sebastian S. Marble

January 2, 1889 to January 4, 1893:

Edwin C. Burleigh

January 4, 1893 to January 6, 1897:

Henry B. Cleaves

January 6, 1897 to January 2, 1901:

Liewellyn Powers

January 2, 1901 to January 4, 1905:

John F. Hill:

January 4, 1905 to January 6, 1909:

William T. Cobb

January 6, 1909 to January 4, 1911:

Bert M. Fernald

January 4, 1911 to January 1, 1913:

Frederick W. Plaisted

January 1, 1913 to January 6, 1915:

William T. Haines

January 6, 1915 to January 3, 1917:

Oakley C. Curtis

January 3, 1917 to January 5, 1921:

Carl E. Milliken

January 5, 1921 to January 31, 1921:

Frederick H. Parkhurst

January 31, 1921 to January 8, 1925:

Percival P. Baxter

January 8, 1925 to January 2, 1929:

Ralph O. Brewster

January 2, 1929 to January 4, 1933:

William T. Gardiner

January 4, 1933 to January 6, 1937:

Louis J. Brann

January 6, 1937 to January 1, 1941:

Lewis O. Barrows

January 1, 1941 to January 3, 1945:

Sumner Sewall

Hanuary 3, 1945 to January 5, 1949:

Horace A. Hildreth

January 5, 1949 to December 25, 1952:

Frederick G. Payne

December 26, 1952 to January 5, 1955:

Burton M. Cross

January 5, 1955 to January 3, 1959:

Edmund S. Muskie

January 3, 1959 to January 8, 1959:

Robert N. Haskell*

*Resigned on January 8, 1959

January 8, 1959 to December 30, 1959:

Clinton A. Clauson*

*Died December, 1959

December 30, 1959 to January 5, 1967:

John H. Reed

January 5, 1967 to January 1, 1975:

Kenneth M. Curtis

January 2, 1975 to January 3, 1979:

James B. Longley

January 3, 1979 to January 7, 1987:

Joseph E. Brennan

January 7, 1987 to January 5, 1995:

John R. McKernan

January 5, 1995 to 2003:

Angus King, Jr.

2003 --

John Baldacci

Written and Composed by Roger Vinton Snow

1790: 96,643

1800: 151,719

1810: 228,705

1820: 298,335

1830: 399,455

1840: 501,793

1850: 583,169

1860: 628,270

1870: 626,915

1880: 648,936

1890: 661,086

1900: 694,466

1910: 742,371

1920: 768,014

1930: 797,423

1940: 847,226

1950: 913,774

1960: 969,265

1970: 993,722

1980: 1,124,660

1990: 1,227,928

2000: 1,274,923