| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
COMMENT |
| 1780-1785 |
John Hancock |
Federalist |
Born January 23, 1737 in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. Died on October 8, 1793 in Quincy, Massachusetts. |
| 1785-1787 |
James Bowdoin |
Federalist |
Born on August 7, 1726 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died on November 6, 1790 in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 1787-1793 |
John Hancock |
Federalist |
Born January 23, 1737 in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. Died on October 8, 1793 in Quincy, Massachusetts. |
| 1794-1797 |
Samuel Adams |
Democratic-Republican |
Born on September 27, 1722 in Quincy, Massachusetts. Died on October 2, 1803 in Boston Massachusetts. |
| 1797-1799 |
Increase Sumner |
Federalist |
Born on November 27, 1746 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Died on June 7, 1799 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. |
| 1799-1800 |
None |
None |
"Massachusetts was without a governor between June 7, 1799, the date of Governor Increase Sumner's death, and
May 30, 1800, the date of Governor Caleb Strong's inauguration. During this interval, the government of
Massachusetts was presided over by a council under the direction of Thomas Dawes. Biographical Directory
of the Governors of the United States 1789-1978 |
| 1800-1807 |
Caleb Strong |
Federalist |
Born on January 9, 1745 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Died on November 7, 1819. He was buried in the Bridge
Street Cemetery in Northampton. |
| 1807-1808 |
James Sullivan |
Democratic-Republican |
Born on April 22, 1744 in Berwick, Maine. Died in Boston, Massachusetts on December 10, 1808. Interment in
Central Boston Common Cemetery. |
| 1808-1809 |
Levi Lincoln |
Democratic-Republican |
Born on May 15, 1749 in Hingham, Massachusetts. Died in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 14, 1820. |
| 1809-1810 |
Christopher Gore |
Federalist |
Born on September 21, 1758 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died in Waltham, Massachusetts on March 1, 1827. |
| 1810-1812 |
Elbridge Gerry |
Democratic-Republican |
Born on July 17, 1744 in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Died on November 23, 1814 in Washington, D.C. Gerry is
buried in Congressional Cemetery at Washington, DC. |
| 1812-1816 |
Caleb Strong |
Federalist |
Born on January 9, 1745 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Died on November 7, 1819. He was buried in the Bridge
Street Cemetery in Northampton. |
| 1816-1823 |
John Brooks |
Federalist |
Born on May 4, 1752 in Medford, Massachusetts. Died on March 1, 1825. |
| 1823-1825 |
William Eustis |
Democratic-Republican |
Born on June 10, 1753 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Died in Boston on February 6, 1825. |
| 1825 |
Marcus Morton |
Democratic-Republican |
Born on December 19, 1784 in Freetown, Massachusetts. Died in Taunton, Massachusetts on February 6, 1864. |
| 1825-1834 |
Levi Lincoln, Jr. |
Adams Republican |
Born on October 25, 1782 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Died on May 29, 1868. Interment at Rural Cemetery,
Worcester, Massachusetts. |
| 1834-1835 |
John Davis |
National Republican |
Born on January 13, 1787 in Northboro, Massachusetts. Died on April 19, 1854 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Interment in the Rural Cemetery. |
| 1835-1836 |
Samuel Turell Armstrong |
Whig |
Born on April 29, 1784 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Died in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26, 1850. |
| 1836-1840 |
Edward Everett |
Whigs/Anti-Masons |
Born on April 11, 1794 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Died in Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 1865; interment
in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1840-1841 |
Marcus Morton |
Democratic-Republican |
Born on December 19, 1784 in Freetown, Massachusetts. Died in Taunton, Massachusetts on February 6, 1864. |
| 1841-1843 |
John Davis |
National Republican |
Born on January 13, 1787 in Northboro, Massachusetts. Died on April 19, 1854 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Interment in the Rural Cemetery. |
| 1843-1844 |
Marcus Morton |
Democrat |
Born on December 19, 1784 in Freetown, Massachusetts. Died in Taunton, Massachusetts on February 6, 1864. |
| 1844-1851 |
George Nixon Briggs |
Whig |
Born on April 12, 1796 in Adams, Massachusetts. Died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on September 11, 1861.
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery. |
| 1851-1853 |
George Sewall Boutwell |
Democrat |
Born on January 28, 1818 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Died on February 27, 1905 in Groton, Massachusetts.
Interment in Groton Cemetery. |
| 1853-1854 |
John Henry Clifford |
Whig |
Born on January 16, 1809 in Providence, Rhode Island. Died on January 2, 1876 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. |
| 1854-1855 |
Emory Washburn |
Whig |
Born on February 14, 1800 in Leicester, Massachusetts. Died on March 18, 1877 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. |
| 1855-1858 |
Henry Joseph Gardner |
American or "Know Nothing" Party |
Born on June 14, 1818, in Boston, Massachusetts. Died on July 21, 1892. |
| 1858-1861 |
Nathaniel Prentice Banks |
Republican |
Born on January 30, 1816, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Died on September 1, 1894. Interment in Grove Hill Cemetery
Waltham, Massachusetts. |
| 1861-1866 |
John Albion Andrew |
Republican |
Born on May 31, 1818, in Windham, Maine. Died on October 30, 1867, in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 1866-1869 |
Alexander Hamilton Bullock |
Republican |
Born on March 2, 1816 in Royalston, Massachusetts. Died in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 17, 1882.
Interment at Lawrence Brook Cemetery, Royalston, Massachusetts. |
| 1869-1872 |
William Claflin |
Republican |
Born on March 6, 1818 in Milford, Massachusetts. Died in Newton, Massachusetts on January 5, 1905. Interment
in Newton Cemetery, Newtonville, Massachusetts. |
| 1872-1874 |
William Barrett Washburn |
Republican |
Born on January 31, 1820 in Winchendon, Massachusetts. Died in Springfield, Massachusetts on October 5, 1887.
Interment in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts. |
| 1874-1875 |
Thomas Talbot |
Republican |
Born on September 7, 1818 in Cambridge, New York. Died on October 6, 1886 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Interment
at Lowell Cemetery. |
| 1875-1876 |
William Gaston |
Democrat |
Born on October 3, 1820 in Killingly, Connecticut. Died on January 19, 1894. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery,
Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 1876-1879 |
Alexander Hamilton Rice |
Republican |
Born on August 30, 1818 in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts. Died in Boston, Massachusetts on July 22, 1895.
Interment in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts. |
| 1879-1880 |
Thomas Talbot |
Republican |
Born on September 7, 1818 in Cambridge, New York. Died on October 6, 1886 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Interment
at Lowell Cemetery. |
| 1880-1883 |
John Davis Long |
Republican |
Born on October 27, 1838 in Buckfield, Maine. Died in Hingham, Massachusetts on August 28, 1915. Interment at
Hingham Cemetery. |
| 1883-1884 |
Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Democrat/National Party |
Born on November 5, 1818 in Deerfield, New Hampshire. Died on January 11, 1893 in Washington, D.C. Interment
at Hildreth Cemetery, Lawrence, Massachusetts. |
| 1884-1887 |
George Dexter Robinson |
Republican |
Born on January 20, 1834 in Lexington, Massachusetts. Died in Chicopee, Massachusetts on February 22, 1896.
Interment in Fairview Cemetery. |
| 1887-1890 |
Oliver Ames |
Republican |
Born on February 4, 1831 in North Easton, Massachusetts. Died on October 22, 1895. |
| 1890-1891 |
John Quincy Adams Brackett |
Republican |
Born on June 8, 1842 in Bradford, New Hampshire. Died on April 6, 1918. |
| 1891-1894 |
William Eustis Russell |
Democrat |
Born on January 6, 1857 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Died on July 16, 1896. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1894-1896 |
Frederick Thomas Greenhalge |
Republican |
Born on July 19, 1842 in Clithoroe, Lancashire, England. Died in Lowell, Massachusetts on March 5, 1896.
Interment at Lowell Cemetery. |
| 1896-1900 |
Roger Wolcott |
Republican |
Born on September 2, 1847 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died on December 21, 1900. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1900-1903 |
Winthrop Murray Crane |
Republican |
Born on April 23, 1853 in Dalton, Massachusetts. Died on October 2, 1920 in Dalton, Massachusetts. Interment
at Dalton Cemetery. |
| 1903-1905 |
John Lewis Bates |
Republican |
Born on September 18, 1859 in North Easton, Massachusetts. Died on June 8, 1946. |
| 1905-1906 |
William Lewis Douglas |
Democrat |
Born on August 1845 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died on September 17, 1924. Interment at Melrose Cemetery,
Brockton, Massachusetts. |
| 1906-1909 |
Curtis Guild, Jr. |
Republican |
Born on February 2, 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died on April 6, 1815. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery,
Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 1909-1911 |
Ebenezer Sumner Draper |
Republican |
Born on June 17, 1858 in Hopedale, Massachusetts. Died on April 9, 1914. |
| 1911-1914 |
Eugene Noble Foss |
Democrat |
Born on September 24, 1858 in West Berkshire, Vermont. Died Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts on September
13, 1939. Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Boston. |
| 1914-1916 |
David Ignatius Walsh |
Democrat |
Born on November 11, 1872 in Leominster, Massachusetts. Died in Boston, Massachusetts on June 11, 1947.
Interment in St. John’s Cemetery, Clinton, Massachusetts. |
| 1916-1919 |
Samuel Walker McCall |
Republican |
Born on February 28, 1851 in East Providence, Pennsylvania. Died on November 4, 1923 in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Interment in Wildwood Cemetery. |
| 1919-1921 |
John Calvin Coolidge |
Republican |
Born on July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Died in Northampton, Massachusetts on January 5, 1933.
Interment at Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vermont. |
| 1921-1925 |
Channing H. Cox |
Republican |
Born on October 28, 1879 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Died on August 20, 1968. Interment at Forest Hills
Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 1925-1929 |
Alvan Tufts Fuller |
Republican |
Born on February 27, 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died on April 30, 1958. Ashes interred at East Cemetery,
Rye Beach, New Hampshire. |
| 1929-1931 |
Frank G. Allen |
Republican |
Born on October 6, 1874 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Died on October 9, 1950. Interment at Highland Cemetery,
Norwood, Massachusetts. |
| 1931-1935 |
Joseph Buell Ely |
Democrat |
Born on February 22, 1881 in Westfield, Massachusetts. Died on June 13, 1956. Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery,
Westfield, Massachusetts. |
| 1935-1937 |
James Michael Curley |
Democrat |
Born on November 20, 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died in Boston, Massachusetts on November 12, 1958.
Interment in Old Calvary Cemetery. |
| 1937-1939 |
Charles Francis Hurley |
Democrat |
Born on November 24, 1893 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Died on March 24, 1946. |
| 1939-1945 |
Leverett Saltonstall |
Republican |
Born on September 1, 1892 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Died in Dover, Massachusetts on June 17,
1979. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts. |
| 1945-1947 |
Maurice Joseph Tobin |
Democrat |
Born on May 22, 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died in Scituate, Massachusetts on July 19, 1953.
Interment at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts. |
| 1947-1949 |
Robert Fiske Bradford |
Republican |
Born on December 15, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died March 18, 1983. |
| 1949-1953 |
Paul Andrew Dever |
Democrat |
Born on January 15, 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts. Died on April 11, 1958. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery,
West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 1953-1957 |
Christian A. Herter |
Republican |
Born on March 28, 1895 in Paris, France. Died on December 30, 1967. |
| 1957-1961 |
Foster J. Furcolo |
Democrat |
Born on July 29, 1911 in New Haven, Connecticut. Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts July 5, 1995. Interment at
Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts. |
| 1961-1963 |
John Anthony Volpe |
Republican |
Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts on December 8, 1908. Died on September 11, 1994. |
| 1963-1965 |
Endicott Peabody |
Democrat |
Born on February 15, 1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Died on December 1, 1997. Interment in Town Cemetery,
Groton, Massachusetts. |
| 1965-1969 |
John Anthony Volpe |
Republican |
Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts on December 8, 1908. Died on September 11, 1994. |
| 1969-1975 |
Frances W. Sargent |
Republican |
Born on July 29, 1915, in Hamilton, Massachusetts. |
| 1975-1979 |
Michael Stanley Dukakis |
Democrat |
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 3, 1933. |
| 1979-1983 |
Edward Joseph King |
Democrat |
Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on May 11, 1925. |
| 1983-1991 |
Michael Stanley Dukakis |
Democrat |
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 3, 1933. |
| 1991-1997 |
William Floyd Weld |
Republican |
Born in New York on July 31, 1945. |
| 1997-2001 |
Argeo Paul Cellucci |
Republican |
Born in Hudson, Massachusetts on April 24, 1948. Resigned in 2001 to become the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. |
| 2001-2003 |
Jane Swift |
Republican |
Born in North Adams, Massachusetts on February 24, 1965. |
| 2003-2007 |
Mitt Romney |
Republican |
Born in Detroit, Michigan on March 12, 1947. |
| 2007-2015 |
Deval Laurdine Patrick |
Democrat |
Born in Chicago, Illinois on July 31, 1956. |
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ADDITIONAL LINKS:
State Library of Massachusetts:
Governors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Interactive State House:
Governors of Massachusetts from 1692 to the present.
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Source: State Library of Massachusetts, (http://www.state.ma.us/lib/), April 23, 2004
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