Governors of Massachusetts

Governor

Party

Term of Office

John Hancock None
1780-1785
James Bowdoin None
1785-1787
John Hancock None
1787-1793
Samuel Adams None
1793-1797
Increase Sumner Federalist
1797-1799
Caleb Strong Federalist
1800-1807
James Sullivan Democrat-Republican
1807-1808
Levi Lincoln Democrat-Republican
1808-1809
Chrisopher Gore Federalist
1809-1810
Elbridge Gerry Democrat-Republican
1810-1812
Caleb Strong Federalist
1812-1816
John Brooks Federalist
1816-1823
William Eustis Democrat-Republican
1823-1825
Marcus Morton Democrat-Republican
1825
Levi Lincoln Democrat-Republican
1825-1834
John Davis Whig
1834-1835
Samuel Armstrong Whig
1835-1836
Edward Everett Whig
1836-1840
Marcus Morton Democrat
1840-1841
John Davis Whig
1841-1843
Marcus Morton Democrat
1843-1844
George Briggs Whig
1844-1851
George Boutwell Democrat
1851-1853
John Clifford Whig
1853-1854
Emory Washburn Whig
1854-1855
Henry Gardner Know-Nothing
1855-1858
Nathaniel Banks Republican
1858-1861
Hohn Andrew Republican
1861-1866
Alexander Bullock Republican
1866-1869
William Claflin Republican
1869-1872
William Washburn Republican
1872-1874
Thomas Talbot Republican
1874-1875
William Gaston Democrat
1875-1876
Alexander Rice Republican
1876-1879
Thomas Talbot Republican
1879-1880
John Long Republican
1880-1883
Benjamin Butler Democrat
1883-1884
Geroge Robinson Republican
1884-1887
Oliver Ames Republican
1887-1890
John Brackett Republican
1890-1891
William Russell Democrat
1891-1894
Frederic Greenhalge Republican
1894-1896
Roger Wolcott Republican
1896-1900
Winthrop Crane Republican
1900-1903
John Bates Republican
1903-1905
William Douglas Democrat
1905-1906
Curtis Guild, Jr. Republican
1906-1909
Eban Draper Republican
1909-1911
Eugene Foss Democrat
1911-1914
David Walsh Democrat
1914-1916
Samuel McCall Republican
1916-1919
Calvin Coolidge Republican
1919-1921
Channing Cox Republican
1921-1925
Alvin Fuller Republican
1925-1929
Frank Allen Republican
1929-1931
Joseph Ely Democrat
1931-1935
James Curley Democrat
1935-1937
Charles Hurley Democrat
1937-1939
Leverett Saltonstall Republican
1939-1945
Maurice Tobin Democrat
1945-1947
Robert Bradford Republican
1947-1949
Paul Dever Democrat
1949-1953
Christian Herter Republican
1953-1957
Foster Furcolo Democrat
1957-1961
John Volpe Republican
1961-1963
Endicott Peabody Democrat
1963-1965
John Volpe Republican
1965-1969
Francis Sargent Republican
1969-1975
Michael Dukakis Democrat
1975-1979
Edward King Democrat
1979-1983
Michael Dukakis Democrat
1983-1991
William Weld Republican
1991-1997
Argeo Paul Cellucci Republican
1999-Present