State of
Secretaries of State
Thomas Chandler............................................................................... 1778-1778
Joseph Fay ........................................................................................ 1778-1781
Micah Townshend ............................................................................. 1781-1788
David Wing Jr.................................................................................... 1802-1806
Thomas Leverett ................................................................................ 1806-1813
Josiah Dunham .................................................................................. 1813-1815
William Slade Jr.................................................................................. 1815-1823
Norman Williams ............................................................................... 1823-1831
Timothy Merrill .................................................................................. 1831-1836
Chauncey L. Knapp .......................................................................... 1836-1841
Alvah Sabin ....................................................................................... 1841-1842
James McM. Shafter ......................................................................... 1842-1849
Farrand F. Merrill .............................................................................. 1849-1853
Daniel P. Thompson .......................................................................... 1853-1855
Charles M. Willard ............................................................................ 1855-1857
Benjamin W. Dean ............................................................................ 1857-1861
George W. Bailey Jr........................................................................... 1861-1865
George Nichols ............................................................................... 1865-1884*
Charles W. Porter ............................................................................. 1884-1890
Chauncey W. Brownell ...................................................................... 1890-1898
Fred A. Howland .............................................................................. 1898-1902
Guy W. Bailey ................................................................................... 1908-1917
Harry A. Black .................................................................................. 1919-1923
Aaron H. Grout ................................................................................. 1923-1927
Rawson C. Myrick ............................................................................ 1927-1947
Helen E. Burbank .............................................................................. 1947-1949
Howard E. Armstrong ....................................................................... 1949-1965
Harry H. Cooley ................................................................................ 1965-1969
Richard C. Thomas ............................................................................ 1969-1977
James A. Guest ................................................................................. 1977-1981
James H. Douglas .............................................................................. 1981-1993
Donald M. Hooper ............................................................................ 1993-1995
James F. Milne .................................................................................. 1995-1999
Deborah L. Markowitz ...................................................................... 1999-2011
Jim Condos.................................................................................................. 2011
* Secretary of State first elected by the people