List of Massachusetts Governors

  • John Hancock None 1780-1785
  • James Bowdoin None 1785-1787
  • John Hancock None 1787-1793
  • Samuel Adams None 1794-1797
  • Increase Sumner Federalist 1797-1799
  • Caleb Strong Federalist 1800-1807
  • James Sullivan Dem.-Rep. 1807-1808
  • Levi Lincoln Dem.-Rep. 1808-1809
  • Christopher Gore Federalist 1809-1810
  • Elbridge Gerry Dem.-Rep. 1810-1812
  • Caleb Strong Federalist 1812-1816
  • John Brooks Federalist 1816-1823
  • William Eustis Dem.-Rep. 1823-1825
  • Marcus Morton Dem.-Rep. 1825-1825
  • Levi Lincoln Dem.-Rep.1 1825-1834
  • John Davis Whig 1834-1835
  • Samuel Armstrong Whig 1835-1836
  • Edward Everett Whig 1836-1840
  • Marcus Morton Democratic 1840-1841
  • John Davis Whig 1841-1843
  • Marcus Morton Democratic 1843-1844
  • George N. Briggs Whig 1844-1851
  • George S. Boutwell Democratic 1851-1853
  • John H. Clifford Whig 1853-1854
  • Emory Washburn Whig 1854-1855
  • Henry J. Gardner Know Nothing Party 1855-1858
  • Nathaniel P. Banks Republican 1858-1861
  • John A. Andrew Republican 1861-1866
  • Alexander H. Bullock Republican 1866-1869
  • William Claflin Republican 1869-1872
  • William B. Washburn Republican 1872-1874
  • Thomas Talbot Republican 1874-1875
  • William Gaston Democratic 1875-1876
  • Alexander H. Rice Republican 1876-1879
  • Thomas Talbot Republican 1879-1880
  • John D. Long Republican 1880-1883
  • Benjamin Franklin Butler Democratic 1883-1884
  • George D. Robinson Republican 1884-1887
  • Oliver Ames Republican 1887-1890
  • John Q. A. Brackett Republican 1890-1891
  • William E. Russell Democratic 1891-1894
  • Frederic T. Greenhalge Republican 1894-1896
  • Roger Wolcott Republican 1896-1900
  • Winthrop M. Crane Republican 1900-1903
  • John L. Bates Republican 1903-1905
  • William L. Douglas Democratic 1905-1906
  • Curtis Guild, Jr Republican 1906-1909
  • Eben S. Draper Republican 1909-1911
  • Eugene N. Foss Democratic 1911-1914
  • David I. Walsh Democratic 1914-1916
  • Samuel W. McCall Republican 1916-1919
  • Calvin Coolidge Republican 1919-1921
  • Channing H. Cox Republican 1921-1925
  • Alvin T. Fuller Republican 1925-1929
  • Frank G. Allen Republican 1929-1931
  • Joseph B. Ely Democratic 1931-1935
  • James Michael Curley Democratic 1935-1937
  • Charles F. Hurley Democratic 1937-1939
  • Leverett Saltonstall Republican 1939-1945
  • Maurice J. Tobin Democratic 1945-1947
  • Robert F. Bradford Republican 1947-1949
  • Paul A. Dever Democratic 1949-1953
  • Christian Herter Republican 1953-1957
  • Foster Furcolo Democratic 1957-1961
  • John A. Volpe Republican 1961-1963
  • Endicott Peabody Democratic 1963-1965
  • John A. Volpe Republican 1965-1969
  • Francis W. Sargent Republican 1969-1975
  • Michael Dukakis Democratic 1975-1979
  • Edward J. King Democratic 1979-1983
  • Michael Dukakis Democratic 1983-1991
  • William F. Weld Republican 1991-1997
  • Paul Cellucci Republican 1997-2001
  • Jane M. Swift Republican 2001-2003
  • Mitt Romney Republican 2003-