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State of Massachusetts
Governors
List of Massachusetts State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| John Hancock | May 30, 1787
Oct 8, 1793 | None |
| Thomas Cushing | 1785
1785 | None |
| James Bowdoin | 1785
1787 | None |
| Samuel Adams | Oct 8, 1793
Jun 2, 1797 | None |
| Increase Sumner | Jun 2, 1797
Jun 7, 1799 | Federalist |
| Moses Gill | Jun 7, 1799
May 20, 1800 | None |
| Governor's Council | May 20, 1800
May 30, 1800 | None |
| Caleb Strong | Jun 1812
May 30, 1816 | Federalist |
| James Sullivan | May 29, 1807
Dec 10, 1808 | Democratic Republican |
| Levi Lincoln, Sr. | Dec 10, 1808
May 1, 1809 | Democratic Republican |
| Christopher Gore | May 1, 1809
Jun 10, 1810 | Federalist |
| Elbridge Gerry | Jun 10, 1810
Mar 4, 1812 | Democratic Republican |
| John Brooks | May 30, 1816
May 31, 1823 | Federalist |
| William Eustis | May 31, 1823
Feb 6, 1825 | Democratic Republican |
| Marcus Morton | Jan 17, 1843
Jan 1844 | Democratic |
| Levi Lincoln, Jr. | May 26, 1825
Jan 9, 1834 | Democratic Republican |
| John Davis | Jan 7, 1841
Jan 17, 1843 | Whig |
| Samuel Turell Armstrong | Mar 1, 1835
Jan 13, 1836 | Whig |
| Edward Everett | Jan 13, 1836
Jan 18, 1840 | Whig |
| George N. Briggs | Jan 1844
Jan 11, 1851 | Whig |
| George S. Boutwell | Jan 11, 1851
Jan 14, 1853 | Democratic |
| John H. Clifford | Jan 14, 1853
Jan 12, 1854 | Whig |
| Emory Washburn | Jan 12, 1854
Jan 4, 1855 | Whig |
| Henry J. Gardner | Jan 4, 1855
Jan 7, 1858 | Know-Nothing |
| Nathaniel Prentice Banks | Jan 7, 1858
Jan 3, 1861 | Republican |
| John Albion Andrew | Jan 3, 1861
Jan 4, 1866 | Republican |
| Alexander H. Bullock | Jan 4, 1866
Jan 7, 1869 | Republican |
| William Claflin | Jan 7, 1869
Jan 4, 1872 | Republican |
| William B. Washburn | Jan 4, 1872
Apr 29, 1874 | Republican |
| Thomas Talbot | Jan 2, 1879
Jan 8, 1880 | Republican |
| William Gaston | Jan 7, 1875
Jan 6, 1876 | Democratic |
| Alexander H. Rice | Jan 6, 1876
Jan 2, 1879 | Republican |
| John Davis Long | Jan 8, 1880
Jan 4, 1883 | Republican |
| Benjamin Franklin Butler | Jan 4, 1883
Jan 3, 1884 | Democratic |
| George D. Robinson | Jan 3, 1884
Jan 6, 1887 | Republican |
| Oliver Ames | Jan 6, 1887
Jan 7, 1890 | Republican |
| John Q. A. Brackett | Jan 7, 1890
Jan 8, 1891 | Republican |
| William E. Russell | Jan 8, 1891
Jan 4, 1894 | Democratic |
| Frederic T. Greenhalge | Jan 4, 1894
Mar 5, 1896 | Republican |
| Roger Wolcott | Mar 5, 1896
Jan 4, 1900 | Republican |
| Winthrop M. Crane | Jan 4, 1900
Jan 8, 1903 | Republican |
| John L. Bates | Jan 8, 1903
Jan 5, 1905 | Republican |
| William Lewis Douglas | Jan 5, 1905
Jan 4, 1906 | Democratic |
| Curtis Guild, Jr. | Jan 4, 1906
Jan 7, 1909 | Republican |
| Ebenezer Sumner Draper | Jan 7, 1909
Jan 5, 1911 | Republican |
| Eugene Foss | Jan 5, 1911
Jan 8, 1914 | Democratic |
| David I. Walsh | Jan 8, 1914
Jan 6, 1916 | Democratic |
| Samuel W. McCall | Jan 6, 1916
Jan 2, 1919 | Republican |
| Calvin Coolidge | Jan 2, 1919
Jan 6, 1921 | Republican |
| Channing H. Cox | Jan 6, 1921
Jan 8, 1925 | Republican |
| Alvan T. Fuller | Jan 8, 1925
Jan 3, 1929 | Republican |
| Frank G. Allen | Jan 3, 1929
Jan 8, 1931 | Republican |
| Joseph B. Ely | Jan 8, 1931
Jan 3, 1935 | Democratic |
| James Michael Curley | Jan 3, 1935
Jan 7, 1937 | Democratic |
| Charles F. Hurley | Jan 7, 1937
Jan 5, 1939 | Democratic |
| Leverett Saltonstall | Jan 5, 1939
Jan 3, 1945 | Republican |
| Maurice J. Tobin | Jan 3, 1945
Jan 2, 1947 | Democratic |
| Robert F. Bradford | Jan 2, 1947
Jan 6, 1949 | Republican |
| Paul A. Dever | Jan 6, 1949
Jan 8, 1953 | Democratic |
| Christian Herter | Jan 8, 1953
Jan 3, 1957 | Republican |
| Foster Furcolo | Jan 3, 1957
Jan 5, 1961 | Democratic |
| John A. Volpe | Jan 7, 1965
Jan 22, 1969 | Republican |
| Endicott Peabody | Jan 3, 1963
Jan 7, 1965 | Democratic |
| Francis W. Sargent | Jan 22, 1969
Jan 2, 1975 | Republican |
| Michael Dukakis | Jan 6, 1983
Jan 3, 1991 | Democratic |
| Edward J. King | Jan 4, 1979
Jan 6, 1983 | Democratic |
| William F. Weld | Jan 3, 1991
Jul 29, 1997 | Republican |
| A. Paul Cellucci | Jul 29, 1997
Apr 10, 2001 | Republican |
| Jane Swift | Apr 10, 2001
Jan 2, 2003 | Republican |
| W. Mitt Romney | Jan 2, 2003
Jan 4, 2007 | Republican |
| Deval Patrick | Jan 4, 2007
Incumbent | Democratic |
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