List of Governors of Massachusetts



S.no. Governor Term start Term end Party Place
1 John Hancock 25 October 1780 17 February 1785 None Braintree (now Quincy), Province of Massachusetts Bay
2 Thomas Cushing 17 February 1785 27 May 1785 None Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
3 James Bowdoin 27 May 1785 30 May 1787 None Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
4 John Hancock 30 May 1787 8 October 1793 None Braintree (now Quincy), Province of Massachusetts Bay
5 Samuel Adams 8 October 1793 2 June 1797 None Boston, Massachusetts Bay
6 Increase Sumner 2 June 1797 7 June 1799 Federalist Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
7 Moses Gill 7 June 1799 20 May 1800 None Charlestown, Province of Massachusetts Bay
8 Governor’s Council 20 May 1800 30 May 1800 None  
9 Caleb Strong 30 May 1800 29 May 1807 Federalist Northampton, Massachusetts
10 James Sullivan 29 May 1807 10 December 1808 Democratic-Republican Berwick, Province of Massachusetts Bay (present-day Maine)
11 Levi Lincoln, Sr. 10 December 1808 1 May 1809 Democratic-Republican Hingham, Massachusetts
12 Christopher Gore 1 May 1809 10 June 1810 Federalist Boston, Massachusetts
13 Elbridge Gerry 10 June 1810 4 March 1812 Democratic-Republican Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay
14 Caleb Strong 4 March 1812 30 May 1816 Federalist Northampton, Massachusetts
15 John Brooks 30 May 1816 31 May 1823 Federalist Medford, Massachusetts
16 William Eustis 31 May 1823 6 February 1825 Democratic-Republican Cambridge, Massachusetts
17 Marcus Morton 6 February 1825 26 May 1825 Democratic-Republican East Freetown, Massachusetts
18 Levi Lincoln, Jr. 26 May 1825 9 January 1834 NationalRepublican Worcester, Massachusetts
19 John Davis 9 January 1834 1 March 1835 Whig Northborough, Massachusetts
20 Samuel Turell Armstrong 1 March 1835 13 January 1836 Whig Dorchester, Massachusetts
21 Edward Everett 13 January 1836 18 January 1840 Whig Dorchester, Massachusetts
22 Marcus Morton 18 January 1840 7 January 1841 Democratic East Freetown, Massachusetts
23 John Davis 7 January 1841 17 January 1843 Whig Northborough, Massachusetts
24 Marcus Morton 17 January 1843 9 January 1844 Democratic East Freetown, Massachusetts
25 George N. Briggs 9 January 1844 11 January 1851 Whig Adams, Massachusetts
26 George S. Boutwell 11 January 1851 14 January 1853 Democratic Brookline, Massachusetts
27 John H. Clifford 14 January 1853 12 January 1854 Whig Providence, Rhode Island
28 Emory Washburn 12 January 1854 4 January 1855 Whig Leicester, Massachusetts
29 Henry Gardner 4 January 1855 7 January 1858 Know-Nothing Dorchester, Massachusetts
30 Nathaniel Prentice Banks 7 January 1858 3 January 1861 Republican Waltham, Massachusetts
31 John Albion Andrew 3 January 1861 4 January 1866 Republican Windham, Maine
32 Alexander H. Bullock 4 January 1866 7 January 1869 Republican Royalston, Massachusetts
33 William Claflin 7 January 1869 4 January 1872 Republican Milford, Massachusetts
34 William B. Washburn 4 January 1872 29 April 1874 Republican Winchendon, Massachusetts
35 Thomas Talbot 29 April 1874 7 January 1875 Republican Cambridge, New York
36 William Gaston 7 January 1875 6 January 1876 Democratic Killingly, Connecticut
37 Alexander H. Rice 6 January 1876 2 January 1879 Republican Newton, Massachusetts
38 Thomas Talbot 2 January 1879 8 January 1880 Republican Cambridge, New York
39 John Davis Long 8 January 1880 4 January 1883 Republican Buckfield, Maine
40 Benjamin F. Butler 4 January 1883 3 January 1884 Democratic Deerfield, New Hampshire
41 George D. Robinson 3 January 1884 6 January 1887 Republican Lexington, Massachusetts
42 Oliver Ames 6 January 1887 7 January 1890 Republican Easton, Massachusetts
43 John Q. A. Brackett 7 January 1890 8 January 1891 Republican Bradford, New Hampshire
44 William E. Russell 8 January 1891 4 January 1894 Democratic Cambridge, Massachusetts
45 Frederic T. Greenhalge 4 January 1894 5 March 1896 Republican Clitheroe, England
46 Roger Wolcott 5 March 1896 4 January 1900 Republican Boston, Massachusetts
47 Winthrop Murray Crane 4 January 1900 8 January 1903 Republican Dalton, Massachusetts
48 John L. Bates 8 January 1903 5 January 1905 Republican Easton, Massachusetts
49 William L. Douglas 5 January 1905 4 January 1906 Democratic Plymouth, Massachusetts
50 Curtis Guild, Jr. 4 January 1906 7 January 1909 Republican Boston, Massachusetts
51 Eben Sumner Draper 7 January 1909 5 January 1911 Republican Hopedale, Massachusetts
52 Eugene Noble Foss 5 January 1911 8 January 1914 Democratic St. Albans, Vermont
53 David I. Walsh 8 January 1914 6 January 1916 Democratic Leominster, Massachusetts
54 Samuel W. McCall 6 January 1916 2 January 1919 Republican East Providence Township, Pennsylvania
55 Calvin Coolidge 2 January 1919 6 January 1921 Republican Plymouth Notch, Vermont, U.S.
56 Channing H. Cox 6 January 1921 8 January 1925 Republican Manchester, New Hampshire
57 Alvan T. Fuller 8 January 1925 3 January 1929 Republican Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
58 Frank G. Allen 3 January 1929 8 January 1931 Republican Lynn, Massachusetts
59 Joseph B. Ely 8 January 1931 3 January 1935 Democratic Westfield, Massachusetts
60 James Michael Curley 3 January 1935 7 January 1937 Democratic Boston, Massachusetts
61 Charles F. Hurley 7 January 1937 5 January 1939 Democratic Boston, Massachusetts
62 Leverett Saltonstall 5 January 1939 3 January 1945 Republican Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
63 Maurice J. Tobin 3 January 1945 2 January 1947 Democratic Boston, Massachusetts, United States
64 Robert F. Bradford 2 January 1947 6 January 1949 Republican Boston, Massachusetts
65 Paul A. Dever 6 January 1949 8 January 1953 Democratic Boston, Massachusetts
66 Christian A. Herter 8 January 1953 3 January 1957 Republican Paris, France
67 Foster Furcolo 3 January 1957 5 January 1961 Democratic New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
68 John A. Volpe 5 January 1961 3 January 1963 Republican Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
69 Endicott Peabody 3 January 1963 7 January 1965 Democratic Lawrence, Massachusetts
70 John A. Volpe 7 January 1965 22 January 1969 Republican Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
71 Francis W. Sargent 22 January 1969 2 January 1975 Republican Hamilton, Massachusetts
72 Michael Dukakis 2 January 1975 4 January 1979 Democratic Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
73 Edward J. King 4 January 1979 6 January 1983 Democratic Chelsea, Massachusetts
74 Michael Dukakis (1933- ) 6 January 1983 3 January 1991 Democratic Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
75 William F. Weld (1945- ) 3 January 1991 29 July 1997 Republican Smithtown, New York, United States
76 Paul Cellucci (1948-2013) 29 July 1997 10 April 2001 Republican Hudson, Massachusetts
77 Jane Swift (1965- ) 10 April 2001 2 January 2003 Republican North Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.
78 Mitt Romney (1947- ) 2 January 2003 4 January 2007 Republican Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
79 Deval Patrick (1956- ) 4 January 2007 8 January 2015 Democratic Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
80 Charlie Baker (1956- ) 8 January 2015 Present Republican Elmira, New York, U.S.

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