Governor of Massachusetts#Lone walk
{{Short description|Head of government of Massachusetts}}
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{{Use American English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| body = the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
| insignia = Seal of the Governor of Massachusetts.svg
| insigniasize = 110
| insigniacaption = Seal of the governor
| insigniaalt = Seal of the governor
| flag = Flag of the Governor of Massachusetts.svg
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| flagalt = Standard of the governor
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| flagcaption = Standard of the governor
| image = Maura Healey, official portrait, governor (cropped).jpg
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| alt = Maura Healey Official Photo
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| incumbent = Maura Healey
| incumbentsince = January 5, 2023
| department = Government of Massachusetts
| style = {{ublist|Governor (informal)|Her Excellency (formal)}}
| status = Head of state
Head of government
| member_of = Governor's Council
Cabinet
| residence = None official
| seat = State House, Boston, Massachusetts
| nominator = Nominating petition,
Political parties
| appointer = Popular vote
| constituting_instrument = Constitution of Massachusetts
| formation = Original post:
April 30, 1629
Current form:
October 25, 1780
| succession = Line of succession
| deputy = Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
| website = {{Official website}}
| footnotes =
| first = John Endecott
}}
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
Massachusetts has a republican system of government that is akin to a presidential system. The governor acts as the head of government while having a distinct role from that of the legislative branch. The governor has far-reaching political obligations, including ceremonial and political duties. The governor also signs bills into law and has veto power. The governor is a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, a popularly elected council with eight members who provide advice and consent on certain legal matters and appointments.Morison 1917, p.22-28.
Beginning with the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629, the role of the governor has changed throughout its history in terms of powers and selection. The modern form of the position was created in the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts, which called for the position of a "supreme executive magistrate".{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts Constitution |url=https://malegislature.gov/laws/constitution#chapterIISectionI}}
Governors of Massachusetts are elected every four years during state elections that are held on the first Tuesday of November after November 1. As of November 2022, the most recent Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held in 2022. Following each gubernatorial election, the elected governor is inaugurated on the Thursday after the first Wednesday in January following the election.{{Cite web |last=William |first=Galvin |title=Elected Officials' Effective Dates of Office |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/research-and-statistics/effective-dates-of-office.htm |access-date=6 November 2022 |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}} There are no term limits restricting how long a governor may serve.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-08 |title=A Third Term For Governor Charlie Baker? |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2019/06/08/a-third-term-for-governor-charlie-baker |access-date=2020-08-03 |website=News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-07-04 |title=What Charlie Baker faces should he seek a third term |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/07/04/what-charlie-baker-faces-should-he-seek-a-third-term/ |access-date=2020-08-03 |website=Boston Herald |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Term Limits on Governor |url=https://www.termlimits.com/governor_termlimits/ |access-date=2020-08-03 |website=U.S. Term Limits |date=June 19, 2018 |language=en-US}} The longest-serving Massachusetts governor is Michael Dukakis, who served 12 years; Dukakis was in office from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. The current governor is Maura Healey, a Democrat who won the 2022 gubernatorial election.
Qualifications
Any person seeking to become governor of Massachusetts must meet the following requirements:{{Cite web |date=March 2017 |title=How to Run for Office in Massachusetts |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/Candidates-Guide-generic.pdf |access-date=December 26, 2022 |website=Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth}}
- Be at least eighteen years of age
- Be a registered voter in Massachusetts
- Be a Massachusetts resident for at least seven years when elected
- Receive 10,000 signatures from registered voters on nomination papers
Election and term
The governor is an elected position. The term of office is four years, with no term limit.
Elections for governor are held on a four-year basis concurrently with elections for the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of the commonwealth, state treasurer, and state auditor.
History
The role of governor has existed in Massachusetts since the Royal Charter of 1628. The original role was one of a president of the board of a joint-stock company, namely the Massachusetts Bay Company. The governor would be elected by freemen, who were shareholders of the company. These shareholders were mostly colonists themselves who fit certain religious requirements. The governor acted in a vice-regal manner, overseeing the governance and functioning of the colony. Originally they were supposed to reside in London, as was the case with other colonial company governors, although this protocol was broken when John Winthrop was appointed governor. The governor served as the executive of the colony, originally elected annually, and were joined by a Council of Assistants. This council was a group of magistrates who performed judicial functions, acted as an upper house of the General Court, and provided advice and consent to the governor. The early governors of Massachusetts Bay were staunchly Puritan colonists who wished to form a state that coincided with religious law.Adams 1913, p.444-445.
With the founding of the Dominion of New England by James II of England, the New England colonies were combined with the Province of New York, Province of West Jersey, and the Province of East Jersey. During this period (1686–1689) Massachusetts had no governor of its own. Instead there existed a royally appointed governor who resided in Boston and served at the King's pleasure. Though there existed a council which served as a quasi-legislature, however the logistics of calling the council to meet were so arduous that the Dominion was essentially governed by the Crown through the royal governor. The reason for the creation of such a post was there existed tremendous hostility between the Kingdom of England and the colonists of Massachusetts Bay. In an effort to bring the colonies under tighter control the Crown dismantled the old assembly system and created the Viceroy system based on the Spanish model in New Spain. This model of government was greatly disliked by the colonists all throughout British North America but especially in New England where colonists at one time did have some semblance of democratic and local control. With the Glorious Revolution and the Boston Revolt the Dominion was abolished in 1689.Adams 1913, p.430-445
With the creation of the Massachusetts Charter in 1691, the role of civilian governor was restored in Massachusetts Bay. Now the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the colony then encompassed the territory of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony, and areas of what is now the state of Maine. The governor however would not be chosen by the electorate, instead the position would remain a royal appointment. In order to ease tensions with royal authorities and the colonists the General Court was reestablished and given significant powers. This created acrimony between the governors and the assembly of the General Court. The governor could veto any decision made by the assembly and had control over the militia, however the General Court had authority of the treasury and provincial finances. This meant that in the event the governor did not agree with or consent with the rulings and laws of the General Court then the assembly would threaten to withhold any pay for the governor and other Royal Officers.Morison 1917, p.9-22.
From 1765 on the unraveling of the Province into a full political crisis only increased the tensions between the governor and the people of Massachusetts Bay. Following the passage of the Stamp Act Governor Thomas Hutchinson had his home broken into and ransacked. The early stages of the American Revolution saw political turmoil in Massachusetts Bay. With the passage of the Intolerable Acts the then Royal Governor Thomas Gage dissolved the General Court and began to govern the province by decree. In 1774 the Massachusetts Provincial Congress was formed as an alternative revolutionary government to the royal government in Boston. With Massachusetts Bay declaring its independence in May 1776 the role of governor was vacant for four years. The executive role during this time was filled by the Governor's Council, the Committee of Safety, and the president of the Congress when in session.
With the adoption of the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1780 the role of an elected civilian governor was restored. John Hancock was elected as the first governor of the independent commonwealth on October 25, 1780.
Constitutional role
Part the Second, Chapter II, Section I, Article I of the Massachusetts Constitution reads,
{{blockquote|1=There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall be styled, The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and whose title shall be – His Excellency.}}
The governor of Massachusetts is the chief executive of the commonwealth, and is supported by a number of subordinate officers. He, like most other state officers, senators, and representatives, was originally elected annually. In 1918 this was changed to a two-year term, and since 1966 the office of governor has carried a four-year term. The governor of Massachusetts does not receive a mansion or other official residence and resides in their own private residence. However, the governor does receive a housing allowance/stipend for $65,000. The title "His Excellency" is a holdover from the royally appointed governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The first governor to use the title was Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, in 1699; since he was an Earl, it was thought proper to call him "Your Excellency." The title was retained until 1742, when an order from King George II forbade its further use. However, the framers of the state constitution revived it because they found it fitting to dignify the governor with this title.Frothingham, Louis Adams. A Brief History of the Constitution and Government of Massachusetts, p. 74. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1916.
The governor also serves as commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's armed forces.
Succession
{{see also|Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Massachusetts}}
According to the Massachusetts State Constitution:
Whenever the chair of the governor shall be vacant, by reason of his death, or absence from the commonwealth, or otherwise, the lieutenant governor, for the time being, shall, during such vacancy, perform all the duties incumbent upon the governor, and shall have and exercise all the powers and authorities, which by this constitution the governor is vested with, when personally present.[https://malegislature.gov/Laws/Constitution#chapterIISectionII Constitution of Massachusetts, Chapter II, Section II, Article III].The Constitution does not use the term "acting governor", but the practice in Massachusetts has been that the lieutenant governor retains the position and title as "lieutenant governor" and becomes acting governor, not governor. The lieutenant governor, when acting as governor, is referred to as "the lieutenant-governor, acting governor" in official documents.An example of this is found in [http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw01/sl010045.htm Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2001], where a veto by Swift was overridden by the General Court.
Despite this terminology, the Massachusetts courts have found that the full authority of the office of the governor devolves to the lieutenant governor upon vacancy in the office of governor, and that there is no circumstance short of death, resignation, or impeachment that would relieve the acting governor from the full gubernatorial responsibilities.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}
The first use of the succession provision occurred in 1785, five years after the constitution's adoption, when Governor John Hancock resigned the post, leaving Lieutenant Governor Thomas Cushing as acting governor. Most recently, Jane Swift became acting governor upon the resignation of Paul Cellucci.
When the constitution was first adopted, the Governor's Council was charged with acting as governor in the event that both the governorship and lieutenant governorship were vacant. This occurred in 1799 when Governor Increase Sumner died in office on June 7, 1799, leaving Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill as acting governor. Acting Governor Gill never received a lieutenant and died on May 20, 1800, between that year's election and the inauguration of Governor-elect Caleb Strong. The Governor's Council served as the executive for ten days; the council's chair, Thomas Dawes was at no point named governor or acting governor.
Article LV of the Constitution, enacted in 1918, created a new line of succession:
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Maura Healey (D) |
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Kim Driscoll (D) |
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|Secretary of the Commonwealth |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|William F. Galvin (D) |
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Andrea Campbell (D) |
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|Treasurer and Receiver-General |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Deb Goldberg (D) |
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Diana DiZoglio (D) |
Cabinet
The governor has a 10-person cabinet, each of whom oversees a portion of the government under direct administration (as opposed to independent executive agencies). See Government of Massachusetts for a complete listing.
Traditions
The front doors of the State House are only opened when a governor leaves office, a head of state or the president of the United States comes to visit the State House, or for the return of flags from Massachusetts regiments at the end of wars. The tradition of the ceremonial door originated when departing governor Benjamin Butler kicked open the front door and walked out by himself in 1884.
Incoming governors usually choose at least one past governor's portrait to hang in their office.
Immediately before being sworn into office, the governor-elect receives four symbols from the departing governor: the ceremonial pewter "Key" for the governor's office door, the Butler Bible, the "Gavel", and a two-volume set of the Massachusetts General Statutes with a personal note from the departing governor to their successor added to the back of the text. The governor-elect is then escorted by the sergeant-at-arms to the House Chamber and sworn in by the President of the Senate before a joint session of the House and Senate.[http://www.mass.gov/lib/facts/transfer.htm Massachusetts State Library Information, Governor Transfer of Power], Retrieved February 14, 2007.
=Lone walk=
Upon completion of their term, the departing governor takes a "lone walk" down the Grand Staircase, through the House of Flags, into Doric Hall, out the central doors, and down the steps of the Massachusetts State House. The governor then crosses the street into Boston Common, thereby symbolically rejoining the commonwealth as a private citizen. Benjamin Butler started the tradition in 1884.{{Cite web |title=A Tour of the Grounds of the Massachusetts State House |url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/trs/trsbok/trstour.htm |access-date=June 8, 2012 |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}} Some walks have been modified with some past governors having their wives, friends, or staff accompany them.{{Cite news |last=Braun |first=Stephen |date=December 3, 2011 |title=Mitt Romney Not Alone in Destroying Records |work=The Herald News |url=http://www.heraldnews.com/newsnow/x1560332634/FOCUS-Mitt-Romney-not-alone-in-destroying-records}} A 19-gun salute is offered during the walk, and frequently the steps are lined by the outgoing governor's friends and supporters.
In January 1991, outgoing lieutenant governor Evelyn Murphy, the first woman elected to statewide office in Massachusetts, walked down the stairs before Governor Michael Dukakis. In a break from tradition, the January 2007 inauguration of Governor Deval Patrick took place the day after outgoing governor Mitt Romney took the lone walk down the front steps.{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=David |date=January 4, 2007 |title=Romney Takes 'Lone Walk' out of Office |work=Bangor Daily News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=20070104&id=Lr88AAAAIBAJ&pg=1267,644167}}
Governor's residence
Despite several proposals for establishing an official residence for the governor of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts does not have a governor's mansion.
In 1955, Governor Foster Furcolo turned down a proposal to establish the Shirley–Eustis House in Roxbury, built by royal Governor William Shirley, as the official residence.{{Cite web |title=Shirley Eustis House |url=http://www.shirleyeustishouse.org/residents.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928211108/http://www.shirleyeustishouse.org/residents.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}
At one time, Governor John A. Volpe accepted the donation of the Endicott Estate in Dedham from the heirs of Henry Bradford Endicott. He intended to renovate the 19th-century mansion into a splendid governor's residence.{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth Magazine, Fall 1999 | date=April 2024 |url=http://www.massinc.org/index.php?id=346&pub_id=967&bypass=1&bypass=1&bypass=1}} After Volpe resigned to become United States Secretary of Transportation in the Nixon administration, the plan was aborted by his successor in consideration of budgetary constraints and because the location was considered too far from the seat of power, the State House in Boston.
Prior to their respective demolitions in 1922 and 1863, the Province House and the Hancock Manor were also proposed as official residences.
Since the governor has no official residence, the expression "corner office", rather than "governor's mansion", is commonly used in the press as a metonym for the office of governor. This refers instead to the governor's office on the third floor of the State House.{{Cite web |title=State House 3rd Floor information, floor plan, and room listing |url=https://malegislature.gov/VirtualTour/Floor/3 |website=The 191st General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027231410/http://malegislature.gov/VirtualTour/Floor/3 |url-status=dead }}
List of governors
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Since 1780, 65 people have been elected governor, six to non-consecutive terms (John Hancock, Caleb Strong, Marcus Morton, John Davis, John Volpe, and Michael Dukakis), and seven lieutenant governors have acted as governor without subsequently being elected governor. Thomas Talbot served a stint as acting governor, but was elected governor several years later. Prior to 1918 constitutional reforms, both the governor's office and that of lieutenant governor were vacant on one occasion, when the state was governed by the Governor's Council.
=Colonial Massachusetts=
{{Further|List of colonial governors of Massachusetts}}
The colonial history of Massachusetts begins with the founding first of the Plymouth Colony in 1620, and then the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628. The Dominion of New England combined these and other New England colonies into a single unit in 1686, but collapsed in 1689. In 1692 the Province of Massachusetts Bay was established, merging Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, which then included the territory of present-day Maine.
Colonial governors of Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were elected annually by a limited subset of the male population (known as freemen), while Dominion officials and those of the 1692 province were appointed by the British crown. In 1774 General Thomas Gage became the last royally appointed governor of Massachusetts. He was recalled to England after the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, by which time the Massachusetts Provincial Congress exercised de facto control of Massachusetts territory outside British-occupied Boston. Between 1775 and the establishment of the Massachusetts State Constitution in 1780 the state was governed by the provincial congress and an executive council.
=Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1780–present=
The constitution of Massachusetts created the offices of governorMA Const. chp II, § 1, art. I and lieutenant governor,MA Const. chp II, § 2, art. I to be elected annually.MA Const. chp II, § 1, art. II Terms were lengthened to two years in 1918, to last until their successor was inaugurated, which would be at least the first Wednesday in the January after their election.MA Const. amendment LXIV This was changed to the Thursday following the first Wednesday in the January after the election in 1950,MA Const. amendment LXXX and terms were lengthened to four years in 1966.MA Const. amendment LXXXII
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!rowspan="5" scope="rowgroup"|1 |rowspan="5" data-sort-value="Hancock, John"|75px |rowspan="16" style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"| |rowspan="5"|John Hancock |rowspan="5"|{{dts|October 25, 1780}}{{Cite web |title=John Hancock |url=https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1749&pid=3 |access-date=March 7, 2023 |website=Massachusetts Historical Society}} |rowspan="5"|None{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1780 |rowspan="16" style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"| |rowspan="5"|{{sortname|Thomas|Cushing}} |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Cushing, Thomas"|75px |Thomas Cushing |{{dts|February 18, 1785}} |None{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|2 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bowdoin, James"|75px |rowspan="2"|James Bowdoin |rowspan="2"|{{dts|May 27, 1785}} |rowspan="2"|None{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1785 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Thomas|Cushing}} |
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!rowspan="7" scope="rowgroup"|3 |rowspan="7" data-sort-value="Hancock, John"|75px |rowspan="7"|John Hancock |rowspan="7"|{{dts|June 1, 1787}}{{efn|Modern sources say Hancock took office on May 30,{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=689–690}} but a contemporary source says it was June 1.{{Cite book |last=Burdick |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DP7Y2qQ68wAC&pg=PA27 |title=The Massachusetts Manual, Or, Political and Historical Register |date=1814 |publisher=C. Callender |page=27 |language=en}}}} |rowspan="7"|None{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1787 |
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|1788 |{{sortname|Benjamin|Lincoln}} |
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!rowspan="4" scope="rowgroup"|4 |rowspan="4"data-sort-value="Adams, Samuel"|75px |rowspan="4"|Samuel Adams |rowspan="4"|{{dts|October 8, 1793}} |None{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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|rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Democratic- |1794 |rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="6"|{{sortname|Moses|Gill}}{{efn|Represented the Federalist Party|name=lt-fed}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|5 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Sumner, Increase"|75px |rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Increase Sumner |rowspan="3"|{{dts|June 2, 1797}} |rowspan="3"|Federalist{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1797 |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Gill, Moses"|75px |Moses Gill |{{dts|June 7, 1799}} |Federalist{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=136}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Governor's Council"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"| |Governor's Council |{{dts|May 20, 1800}} |— |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Governor's |rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE"|Vacant |
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!rowspan="7" scope="rowgroup"|6 |rowspan="7" data-sort-value="Strong, Caleb"|75px |rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="7"|Caleb Strong |rowspan="7"|{{dts|May 30, 1800}}{{Cite news |date=1800-06-07 |title=none | quote=The Committee appointed to wait on the Governor elect, reported that he would wait upon the Legislature in the Representative's Chamber, tomorrow at 12 o'clock, to be qualified. |page=3 |work=The Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120428144/strong-to-be-inaugurated-may-30/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="7"|Federalist{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1800 |
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|1801 |style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Samuel|Phillips Jr.}} |
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|1802 |rowspan="8" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="5"|{{sortname|Edward|Robbins}}{{efn|Represented the Democratic-Republican Party|name=lt-dr}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|7 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Sullivan, James"|75px |rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|James Sullivan |rowspan="2"|{{dts|May 29, 1807}}{{Cite news |date=1807-06-06 |title=Legislature of Massachusetts |page=2 |work=The Pittsfield Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120428299/sullivan-inaugurated-may-29/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="2"|Democratic- |1807 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Levi|Lincoln Sr.}} |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Lincoln, Levi 1"|75px |Levi Lincoln Sr. |{{dts|December 10, 1808}} |Democratic- |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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!scope="row"|8 |data-sort-value="Gore, Christopher"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"| |Christopher Gore |{{dts|June 3, 1809}}{{Cite news |date=1809-06-10 |title=none | quote=... when His Excellency Christopher Gore, Esq. and His Honor David Cobb, Esq. Governor and Lt. Governor Elect, came in, and took and subscribed the Oaths and declarations made necessary by the Constitution of this Commonwealth to qualify them for exercising the Offices to which they have been elected. |page=2 |work=The Pittsfield Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120433212/gore-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |Federalist{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1809 |style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|David|Cobb|dab=Massachusetts politician}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|9 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Gerry, Elbridge"|75px |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|Elbridge Gerry |rowspan="2"|{{dts|June 2, 1810}}{{Cite news |date=1810-06-12 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=The Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120412781/gerry-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="2"|Democratic- |1810 |rowspan="25" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|William|Gray|dab=Massachusetts politician}} |
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!rowspan="4" scope="rowgroup"|10 |rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Strong, Caleb"|75px |rowspan="11" style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="4"|Caleb Strong |rowspan="4"|{{dts|May 30, 1812}}{{Cite news |date=1812-06-09 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=The Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120433415/strong-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="4"|Federalist{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1812 |rowspan="11"|{{sortname|William|Phillips Jr.}}{{efn|name=lt-dr}} |
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!rowspan="7" scope="rowgroup"|11 |rowspan="7" data-sort-value="Brooks, John"|75px |rowspan="7"|John Brooks |rowspan="7"|{{dts|June 1, 1816}}{{Cite news |date=1816-06-11 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=The Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120436220/brooks-inaugurated-june-1/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="7"|Federalist{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=140}} |1816 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|12 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Eustis, William"|75px |rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|William Eustis |rowspan="2"|{{dts|May 30, 1823}}{{Cite news |date=1823-06-05 |title=Legislature of Massachusetts |page=3 |work=The Pittsfield Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120436408/eustis-inaugurated-may-30/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="2"|Democratic- |1823 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Marcus|Morton}} |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Morton, Marcus"|75px |Marcus Morton |{{dts|February 6, 1825}}{{Cite news |date=1825-02-17 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |language=en-us |page=1 |work=The Pittsfield Sun |location=Pittsfield, Massachusetts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsfield-sun-eustis-dies-morton-b/120457597/ |access-date=2023-09-27}} |Democratic- |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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!rowspan="9" scope="rowgroup"|13 |rowspan="9" data-sort-value="Lincoln, Levi 2"|75px |rowspan="9"|Levi Lincoln Jr. |rowspan="9"|{{dts|May 27, 1825}}{{Cite news |date=1825-06-03 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=6 |work=New England Farmer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120436675/lincoln-inaugurated-may-27/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="4"|Democratic- |1825 |rowspan="9"|{{sortname|Thomas L.|Winthrop}}{{efn|name=lt-dr}} |
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|rowspan="6" style="background:{{party color|National Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="5"|National |1829 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|14 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Davis, John"|75px |rowspan="2"|John Davis |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 21, 1834}}{{Cite news |date=1834-01-22 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=Boston Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120437028/davis-inaugurated-january-21/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |National |1833 |rowspan="10" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Samuel Turell|Armstrong}}{{efn|Represented the Whig Party|name=lt-whig}} |
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|rowspan="6" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |Whig{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1834 |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Armstrong, Samuel"|75px |Samuel Turell Armstrong |{{dts|March 3, 1835}}{{Cite news |date=1835-03-19 |title=A Proclamation |page=2 |work=The Pittsfield Sun |location=Pittsfield, Massachusetts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsfield-sun-davis-resigns-armstr/120457905/ |access-date=2023-09-27}} |Whig{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=136}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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!rowspan="4" scope="rowgroup"|15 |rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Everett, Edward"|75px |rowspan="4"|Edward Everett |rowspan="4"|{{dts|January 13, 1836}}{{Cite news |date=1836-01-16 |title=State Legislature |page=3 |work=Fall River Monitor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120437469/everett-inaugurated-january-13/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="4"|Whig{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1835 |rowspan="7"|{{sortname|George|Hull|dab=Massachusetts politician}}{{efn|name=lt-whig}} |
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!scope="row"|16 |data-sort-value="Morton, Marcus"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Marcus Morton |{{dts|January 18, 1840}}{{Cite news |date=1840-01-23 |title=The Ceremony |page=2 |work=The Pittsfield Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120437820/morton-inaugurated-january-18/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1839 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|17 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Davis, John"|75px |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|John Davis |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 9, 1841}}{{Cite news |date=1841-01-19 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=1 |work=The Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120438088/davis-inaugurated-january-9/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="2"|Whig{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1840 |
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!scope="row"|18 |data-sort-value="Morton, Marcus"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Marcus Morton |{{dts|January 18, 1843}}{{Cite news |date=1843-01-24 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=The Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120439052/morton-inaugurated-january-18/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1842 |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Henry H.|Childs}} |
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!rowspan="7" scope="rowgroup"|19 |rowspan="7" data-sort-value="Briggs, George"|75px |rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="7"|George N. Briggs |rowspan="7"|{{dts|January 9, 1844}}{{Cite news |date=1844-01-16 |title=Our State Legislature |page=2 |work=The Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120439251/briggs-inaugurated-january-9/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="7"|Whig{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1843 |rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="9"|{{sortname|Henry W.|Cushman}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|20 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Boutwell, George"|75px |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|George S. Boutwell |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 13, 1851}}{{Cite news |date=1851-01-18 |title=Mass. Legislature |page=3 |work=New England Farmer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120439448/boutwell-inaugurated-january-13/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="2"|Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1850 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |
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!scope="row"|21 |data-sort-value="Clifford, John"|75px |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |John H. Clifford |{{dts|January 14, 1853}}{{Cite news |date=1853-01-14 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=3 |work=Boston Evening Transcript |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120439691/clifford-inaugurated-january-14/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |Whig{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1852 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|William C.|Plunkett}} |
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!scope="row"|22 |data-sort-value="Washburn, Emory"|75px |Emory Washburn |{{dts|January 12, 1854}}{{Cite news |date=1854-01-14 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=New England Farmer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120413995/washburn-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |Whig{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1853 |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|23 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Gardner, Henry"|75px |rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Know-Nothing}};"| |rowspan="3"|Henry Gardner |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 9, 1855}}{{Cite news |date=1855-01-09 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=Boston Evening Transcript |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120414089/gardner-inaugurated-jan-9/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="3"|Know Nothing{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1854 |style="background:{{party color|Know-Nothing}};"| |{{sortname|Simon|Brown|dab=Massachusetts politician}} |
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|1855 |rowspan="59" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Henry Wetherby|Benchley}}{{efn|Represented the Republican Party|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|24 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Banks, Nathaniel"|75px |rowspan="18" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Nathaniel P. Banks |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 2, 1858}}{{Cite news |date=1858-01-09 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=3 |work=New England Farmer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120414268/banks-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1857 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Eliphalet|Trask}} |
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!rowspan="5" scope="rowgroup"|25 |rowspan="5" data-sort-value="Andrew, John"|75px |rowspan="5"|John Albion Andrew |rowspan="5"|{{dts|January 2, 1861}}{{Cite news |date=1861-01-05 |title=Review of the Week |page=2 |work=New England Farmer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120414417/andrew-inaugurated-january-2/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="5"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=142}} |1860 |{{sortname|John Z.|Goodrich}} |
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|1861 |{{sortname|John|Nesmith}} |
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|1862 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Joel|Hayden}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|26 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Bullock, Alexander"|75px |rowspan="3"|Alexander Bullock |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 6, 1866}}{{Cite news |date=1866-01-08 |title=Legislature |page=2 |work=Fall River Daily Evening News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120439897/bullock-inaugurated-january-6/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1865 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|William|Claflin}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|27 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Claflin, William"|75px |rowspan="3"|William Claflin |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 9, 1869}}{{Cite news |date=1869-01-11 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=2 |work=Fall River Daily Evening News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120414534/claflin-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1868 |rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Joseph|Tucker|dab=Massachusetts politician}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|28 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Washburn, William"|75px |rowspan="3"|William B. Washburn |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 5, 1872}}{{Cite news |date=1872-01-06 |title=Morning News |page=2 |work=Fall River Daily Evening News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120414646/washburn-inaugurated-january-5/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1871 |
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|1872 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Thomas|Talbot|dab=Massachusetts politician}} |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Talbot, Thomas"|75px |Thomas Talbot |{{dts|April 30, 1874}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1874 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795831 401], accessed March 8, 2023 |Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=138}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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!scope="row"|29 |data-sort-value="Gaston, William"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |William Gaston |{{dts|January 7, 1875}}{{Cite news |date=1875-01-08 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=4 |work=Boston Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120414946/gaston-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1874 |rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Horatio G.|Knight}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|30 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Rice, Alexander"|75px |rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Alexander H. Rice |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 6, 1876}}{{Cite news |date=1876-01-07 |title=Massachusetts Legislature |page=3 |work=Boston Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120425973/rice-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1875 |
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!scope="row"|31 |data-sort-value="Talbot, Thomas"|75px |Thomas Talbot |{{dts|January 2, 1879}}{{Cite news |date=1879-01-02 |title=The Legislature |page=1 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120426171/talbot-inaugurated/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1878 |{{sortname|John Davis|Long}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|32 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Long, John"|75px |rowspan="3"|John Davis Long |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 8, 1880}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1880 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795865 12], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1879 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Byron|Weston}} |
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!scope="row"|33 |data-sort-value="Butler, Benjamin"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Benjamin Butler |{{dts|January 4, 1883}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1883 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795885 12], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1882 |rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Oliver|Ames|dab=governor}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|34 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Robinson, George"|75px |rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|George D. Robinson |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 3, 1884}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1884 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795888 12], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1883 |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|35 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Ames, Oliver"|75px |rowspan="3"|Oliver Ames |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 6, 1887}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1887 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795898 13], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1886 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|John Q. A.|Brackett}} |
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!scope="row"|36 |data-sort-value="Brackett, John"|75px |John Q. A. Brackett |{{dts|January 2, 1890}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1890 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795912 14], accessed March 8, 2023 |Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1889 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|William H.|Haile}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|37 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Russell, William"|75px |rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|William E. Russell |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 8, 1891}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1891 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795931 16], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1890 |
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|1892 |rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Roger|Wolcott|dab=Massachusetts politician}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|38 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Greenhalge, Frederic"|75px |rowspan="12" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Frederic T. Greenhalge |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 4, 1894}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1894 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/795999 15], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1893 |
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!rowspan="4" scope="rowgroup"|39 |rowspan="4" data-sort-value="Wolcott, Robert"|75px |rowspan="4"|Roger Wolcott |rowspan="4"|{{dts|March 5, 1896}}{{Cite news |date=1896-03-05 |title=Deep Mourning |page=1 |work=The North Adams Transcript |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120473126/wolcott-becomes-acting-governor/ |access-date=2023-03-09}} |rowspan="4"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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|1896 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Winthrop M.|Crane}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|40 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Crane, Winthrop"|75px |rowspan="3"|Winthrop M. Crane |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 4, 1900}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1900 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796030 14], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1899 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|John L.|Bates}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|41 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bates, John"|75px |rowspan="2"|John L. Bates |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 8, 1903}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1903 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796047 16], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1902 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Curtis|Guild Jr.}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!scope="row"|42 |data-sort-value="Douglas, William"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |William Lewis Douglas |{{dts|January 5, 1905}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1905 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796053 17], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1904 |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|43 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Guild, Curtis"|75px |rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Curtis Guild Jr. |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 4, 1906}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1906 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796068 16], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=144}} |1905 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Eben Sumner|Draper}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|44 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Draper, Eben"|75px |rowspan="2"|Eben Sumner Draper |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 7, 1909}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1909 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796077 24], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1908 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Louis A.|Frothingham}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|45 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Foss, Eugene"|75px |rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Eugene Foss |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 5, 1911}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1911 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796106 26], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1910 |
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|1911 |{{sortname|Robert|Luce}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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|1912 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|46 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Walsh, David"|75px |rowspan="2"|David I. Walsh |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 8, 1914}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1914 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796127 19], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1913 |{{sortname|Edward P.|Barry}} |
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|1914 |rowspan="13" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Grafton D. Cushing{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|47 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="McCall, Samuel"|75px |rowspan="10" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Samuel W. McCall |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 6, 1916}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1916 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796133 19], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1915 |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Calvin|Coolidge}} |
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|1916 |
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|1917 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|48 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Coolidge, Calvin"|75px |rowspan="2"|Calvin Coolidge |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 2, 1919}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1919 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796144 20], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1918 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Channing H.|Cox}} |
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|1919 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|49 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Cox, Channing"|75px |rowspan="2"|Channing H. Cox |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 6, 1921}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1921 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796154 21], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1920 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Alvan T.|Fuller}} |
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|1922 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|50 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Fuller, Alvan"|75px |rowspan="2"|Alvan T. Fuller |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 8, 1925}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1925 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796171 22], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1924 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Frank G.|Allen}} |
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|1926 |
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!scope="row"|51 |data-sort-value="Allen, Frank"|75px |Frank G. Allen |{{dts|January 3, 1929}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1929 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796191 24], accessed March 8, 2023 |Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1928 |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|William S.|Youngman}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|52 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Ely, Joseph"|75px |rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|Joseph B. Ely |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 8, 1931}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1931 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796201 29], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1930 |
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|1932 |{{sortname|Gaspar G.|Bacon}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!scope="row"|53 |data-sort-value="Curley, James"|75px |James Michael Curley |{{dts|January 3, 1935}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1935 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796216 32], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1934 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Joseph L.|Hurley}} |
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!scope="row"|54 |data-sort-value="Hurley, Charles"|75px |Charles F. Hurley |{{dts|January 7, 1937}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1937 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796223 31], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1936 |{{sortname|Francis E.|Kelly}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|55 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Saltonstall, Leverett"|75px |rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Leverett Saltonstall |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 5, 1939}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1939 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796230 25], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1938 |rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Horace T.|Cahill}} |
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|1940 |
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|1942 |
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!scope="row"|56 |data-sort-value="Tobin, Maurice"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Maurice J. Tobin |{{dts|January 4, 1945}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1945 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796244 43], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1944 |{{sortname|Robert F.|Bradford}}{{efn|name=lt-rep}} |
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!scope="row"|57 |data-sort-value="Bradford, Robert"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Robert F. Bradford |{{dts|January 2, 1947}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1947 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796250 36], accessed March 8, 2023 |Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1946 |{{sortname|Arthur W.|Coolidge}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|58 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Dever, Paul"|75px |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|Paul A. Dever |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 6, 1949}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1949 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796254 25], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1948 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Charles F.|Sullivan}} |
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|1950 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|59 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Herter, Christian"|75px |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|Christian Herter |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 8, 1953}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1953 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796270 208], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1952 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Sumner G.|Whittier}} |
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|1954 |
| style="height:2em"
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|60 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Furcolo, Foster"|75px |rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Foster Furcolo |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 3, 1957}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1957 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796305 14], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1956 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Robert F.|Murphy|dab=politician}} |
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|rowspan="2"|1958 |
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|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|Vacant |
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!scope="row"|61 |data-sort-value="Volpe, John"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |John A. Volpe |{{dts|January 5, 1961}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1961 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796327 14], accessed March 8, 2023 |Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1960 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Edward F.|McLaughlin Jr.}}{{efn|Represented the Democratic Party|name=lt-dem}} |
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!scope="row"|62 |data-sort-value="Peabody, Endicott"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Endicott Peabody |{{dts|January 3, 1963}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1963 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796337 16], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1962 |{{sortname|Francis|Bellotti}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|63 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Volpe, John"|75px |rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|John A. Volpe |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 7, 1965}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1965 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796348 319], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1964 |rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Elliot|Richardson}} |
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|1966 |{{sortname|Francis|Sargent}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|64 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Sargent, Francis"|75px |rowspan="2"|Francis Sargent |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 22, 1969}}{{Cite news |date=1969-01-22 |title=Sargent in Governor Role As Volpe Sworn In at D.C. |page=1 |work=Transcript-Telegram |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120478664/sargent-in-governor-role-as-volpe-sworn/ |access-date=2023-03-09}} |rowspan="2"|Republican{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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|1970 |{{sortname|Donald|Dwight}} |
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!scope="row"|65 |data-sort-value="Dukakis, Michael"|75px |rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Michael Dukakis |{{dts|January 2, 1975}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1975 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796386 299], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1974 |rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Thomas P.|O'Neill III}} |
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!scope="row"|66 |data-sort-value="King, Edward"|75px |Edward J. King |{{dts|January 4, 1979}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1979 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796419 254A], accessed March 8, 2023 |Democratic{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=146}} |1978 |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|67 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Dukakis, Michael"|75px |rowspan="3"|Michael Dukakis |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 6, 1983}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1983 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796440 18A], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Democratic |rowspan="2"|1982 |{{sortname|John|Kerry}} |
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|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|Vacant |
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|1986 |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Evelyn|Murphy}} |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|68 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Weld, Bill"|75px |rowspan="6" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|Bill Weld |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 3, 1991}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 1991 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796482 334A], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="2"|Republican |1990 |rowspan="6" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Paul|Cellucci}} |
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|1994 |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|69 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Cellucci, Paul"|75px |rowspan="2"|Paul Cellucci |rowspan="2"|{{dts|July 29, 1997}}{{Cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Frank |last2=Walker |first2=Adrian |date=1997-07-30 |title='Citizen Weld' Steps Out; Cellucci Steps Forward |page=A1 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120479052/citizen-weld-steps-out-cellucci/ |access-date=2023-03-09}} |rowspan="2"|Republican |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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|1998 |{{sortname|Jane|Swift}} |
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!scope="row"|— |data-sort-value="Swift, Jane"|75px |Jane Swift |{{dts|April 10, 2001}}{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Frank |date=2001-04-11 |title='Her Excellency': Swift Is First Woman To Serve As Mass. Governor |page=A1 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/120479127/her-excellency-swift-is-first-woman/ |access-date=2023-03-09}} |style="background:#EEEEEE"|{{small|Lieutenant |style="background:#EEEEEE"|Acting as governor |
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!scope="row"|70 |data-sort-value="Romney, Mitt"|75px |Mitt Romney |{{dts|January 2, 2003}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 2003 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796546 4], accessed March 8, 2023 |2002 |{{sortname|Kerry|Healey}} |
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!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|71 |rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Patrick, Deval"|75px |rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="3"|Deval Patrick |rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 4, 2007}}Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. 2007 sess., [https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/796565 9], accessed March 8, 2023 |rowspan="3"|Democratic |2006 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Tim|Murray}} |
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|rowspan="2"|2010 |
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|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|Vacant |
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!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|72 |rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Baker, Charlie"|75px |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|Charlie Baker |rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 8, 2015}}{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Joshua |date=January 8, 2015 |title=Charlie Baker Takes Over As 72d Governor of Mass. |work=Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/08/charlie-baker-take-oath-office-governor-today/kUsixGCsMb0j2wbVpcbOgK/story.html |access-date=2023-03-08}} |rowspan="2"|Republican |2014 |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Karyn|Polito}} |
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|2018 |
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!scope="row"|73 |data-sort-value="Healey, Maura"|75px |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Maura Healey |{{dts|January 5, 2023}}{{Cite news |last1=Platoff |first1=Emma |last2=Stout |first2=Matt |date=January 5, 2023 |title='Massachusetts Can, and Will, Lead the World': Maura Healey Sworn In As State's 73rd Governor |work=Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/05/metro/maura-healey-be-sworn-thursday-massachusetts-73rd-governor/ |access-date=2023-03-08}} |2022 |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |{{sortname|Kim|Driscoll}} |
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from:1810.42 till:1812.41 color:demrep text:"Elbridge Gerry"
from:1816.42 till:1823.41 color:fed text:"John Brooks"
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from:1835.17 till:1836.04 color:whig text:"Samuel Turell Armstrong"
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from:1844.02 till:1851.04 color:whig text:"George N. Briggs"
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from:1854.03 till:1855.02 color:whig text:"Emory Washburn"
from:1855.02 till:1858.01 color:american text:"Henry Gardner"
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from:1991.01 till:1997.58 color:rep text:"Bill Weld"
from:1997.58 till:2001.27 color:rep text:"Paul Cellucci"
from:2001.27 till:2003.01 color:rep text:"Jane Swift"
from:2003.01 till:2007.01 color:rep text:"Mitt Romney"
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See also
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References
Citations
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Sources
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- {{Cite book |title=Journals of each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775 and of the Committee of Safety, with an Appendix containing the Proceedings of the County Conventions_Narratives of the Events of the Nineteenth of April, 1775-Paper relating to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and other documents |publisher=Dutton and Wentworth, Printers to the State |year=1838 |editor-last=Lincoln |editor-first=William}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/commonwealthhist04hart |title=Commonwealth History of Massachusetts |publisher=The States History Company |year=1927 |editor-last=Hart |editor-first=Albert Bushnell |location=New York |oclc=1543273}} (five volume history of Massachusetts until the early 20th century; volume 3 deals with the provisional period and post-independence history until 1820)
- {{Cite book |last=Morison |first=Samuel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvAnAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18 |title=A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts |date=1917 |publisher=Wright & Potter Printing Co. |location=Harvard University Library}}
- {{Cite book |last=Truslow Adams |first=James |url=https://archive.org/details/foundingnewengl03adamgoog |title=The Founding of New England |date=1913 |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press |location=Stanford University Library}}
- {{Cite web |title=Former Massachusetts Governors |url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/massachusetts/ |access-date=March 6, 2023 |publisher=National Governors Association}}
- {{Cite book |last=Sobel |first=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000sobe/ |title=Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. II |publisher=Meckler Books |year=1978 |isbn=9780930466008 |access-date=March 6, 2023}}
- {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=http://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0}}
- {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5646-8 |language=en}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kallenbach |first=Joseph Ernest |url=http://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |date=1977 |publisher=Oceana Publications |isbn=978-0-379-00665-0 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
- {{Cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |url=http://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |date=1979 |publisher=Meckler Books |isbn=978-0-930466-17-6}}
- {{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - Governor of Massachusetts - History |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=238 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{Citation |title=Office of the Governor |hdl=2452/35301}}. (Various documents).
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