List of Massachusetts governors

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Charlie Baker, the current governor of Massachusetts

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Massachusetts .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Surname Term of office Political party
John Hancock 1780-1785
Thomas Cushing 1785-1785
James Bowdoin 1785-1787
John Hancock 1787-1788

State of Massachusetts *

* The Commonwealth of Massachusetts continued to be its official name without affecting the legal status of Massachusetts.

Surname Term of office Political party
John Hancock 1788-1793
Samuel Adams 1794-1797
Increase Sumner 1797-1799 federalist
Moses Gill 1799-1800 federalist
Caleb Strong 1800-1807 federalist
James Sullivan 1807-1808 Democratic Republican
Levi Lincoln Sr. 1808-1809 Democratic Republican
Christopher Gore 1809-1810 federalist
Elbridge Thomas Gerry 1810-1812 Democratic Republican
Caleb Strong 1812-1816 federalist
John Brooks 1816-1823 federalist
William Eustis 1823-1825 Democratic Republican
Marcus Morton 1825-1825 Democratic Republican
Levi Lincoln Jr. 1825-1834 Democratic Republican
John Davis 1834-1835 Whig
Samuel Armstrong 1835-1836 Whig
Edward Everett 1836-1840 Whig
Marcus Morton 1840-1841 democrat
John Davis 1841-1843 Whig
Marcus Morton 1843-1844 democrat
George Nixon Briggs 1844-1851 Whig
George Sewall Boutwell 1851-1853 democrat
John H. Clifford 1853-1854 Whig
Emory Washburn 1854-1855 Whig
Henry Joseph Gardner 1855-1858 Know-nothing party
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks 1858-1861 republican
John Albion Andrew 1861-1866 republican
Alexander Hamilton Bullock 1866-1869 republican
William Claflin 1869-1872 republican
William Barrett Washburn 1872-1874 republican
Thomas Talbot 1874-1875 republican
William Gaston 1875-1876 democrat
Alexander Hamilton Rice 1876-1879 republican
Thomas Talbot 1879-1880 republican
John Davis Long 1880-1883 republican
Benjamin Franklin Butler 1883-1884 democrat
George Dexter Robinson 1884-1887 republican
Oliver Ames 1887-1890 republican
John Quincy Adams Brackett 1890-1891 republican
William Russell 1891-1894 democrat
Frederic Thomas Greenhalge 1894-1896 republican
Roger Wolcott 1896-1900 republican
Winthrop Murray Crane 1900-1903 republican
John Lewis Bates 1903-1905 republican
William Lewis Douglas 1905-1906 democrat
Curtis Guild Jr. 1906-1909 republican
Ebenezer Sumner Draper 1909-1911 republican
Eugene Noble Foss 1911-1914 democrat
David Ignatius Walsh 1914-1916 democrat
Samuel Walker McCall 1916-1919 republican
John Calvin Coolidge 1919-1921 republican
Channing Harris Cox 1921-1925 republican
Alvan Tufts Fuller 1925-1929 republican
Frank G. Allen 1929-1931 republican
Joseph Buell Ely 1931-1935 democrat
James Michael Curley 1935-1937 democrat
Charles Francis Hurley 1937-1939 democrat
Leverett Saltonstall 1939-1945 republican
Maurice Joseph Tobin 1945-1947 democrat
Robert Fiske Bradford 1947-1949 republican
Paul Andrew Dever 1949-1953 democrat
Christian Archibald Herter 1953-1957 republican
John Foster Furcolo 1957-1961 democrat
John Anthony Volpe 1961-1963 republican
Endicott Peabody 1963-1965 democrat
John Anthony Volpe 1965-1969 republican
Francis William Sargent 1969-1975 republican
Michael Stanley Dukakis 1975-1979 democrat
Edward Joseph King 1979-1983 democrat
Michael Stanley Dukakis 1983-1991 democrat
William Floyd Weld 1991-1997 republican
Arego Paul Cellucci 1997-2001 republican
Jane Maria Swift 2001-2003 republican
Willard Mitt Romney 2003-2007 republican
Deval Laurdine Patrick 2007-2015 democrat
Charlie Baker since 2015 republican

See also