From author John Gould:

When lumbering began and drives of long logs came down the Maine rivers to mill, now and then a persnickety log would turn crosswise of the stream and cause a jam — a logjam. This brought much work and great danger to the river drivers, who came to call this particular log the jillpoke. So in Maine anybody who does booby things and causes trouble is a damn jillpoke. It’s a Maine word.

— This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences From Down East (1978) p.176

Now, who in politics might we refer to as a jillpoker?

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