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. |