The Executive Council of Maine was a government body established with the Maine Constitution in 1820 and dissolved via statewide referendum in 1975.
[1] However, the unelected council often had problems with governors from different political parties.
In the last years of the Executive Council, the Republican majority council and legislature faced serious opposition from Democrat Kenneth M. Curtis.
In November 1975, the body was disestablished via a statewide referendum.
[2] Said former Governor Curtis on the abolishment, "I didn't think I'd live long enough to see it happen".