Office of the Governor of MaineGovernment

The Office of the Governor of Maine is the chief executive institution of the State of Maine, supporting the Governor as the head of the state government and commander-in-chief of the state military forces. Its constitutional mandate is to faithfully execute state laws, submit the biennial state budget, sign or veto legislative bills passed by the Maine Legislature, and appoint state commissioners and judges subject to legislative confirmation. Established in 1820 under Article V of the Constitution of Maine when the state separated from Massachusetts under the Missouri Compromise to become the 23rd U.S. state, William King served as the state's inaugural governor.