Historical Record
Previous Governors of Massachusetts
Governors who previously held office in Massachusetts, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesMaura HealeyDemocrat2023–2027
Charlie BakerRepublican2015–2023
Deval PatrickDemocrat2007–2015
Mitt RomneyRepublican2003–2007
Jane SwiftRepublican2001–2003
Paul CellucciRepublican1997–2001
Bill WeldRepublican1991–1997
Michael DukakisDemocrat1983–1991
Edward J. KingDemocrat1979–1983
Michael DukakisDemocrat1975–1979
Francis SargentRepublican1969–1975
John A. VolpeRepublican1965–1969
Endicott PeabodyDemocrat1963–1965
John A. VolpeDemocrat1961–1963
Foster FurcoloDemocrat1957–1961
Christian HerterRepublican1953–1957
Paul A. DeverDemocrat1949–1953
Robert F. BradfordRepublican1947–1949
Maurice J. TobinDemocrat1945–1947
Leverett SaltonstallRepublican1939–1945
Charles F. HurleyDemocrat1937–1939
James Michael CurleyDemocrat1935–1937
Joseph B. ElyDemocrat1931–1935
Frank G. AllenRepublican1929–1931
Alvan T. FullerRepublican1925–1929
Channing H. CoxRepublican1921–1925
Calvin CoolidgeRepublican1919–1921
Samuel W. McCallRepublican1916–1919
David I. WalshDemocrat1914–1916
Eugene FossDemocrat1911–1914
Eben Sumner DraperRepublican1909–1911
Curtis Guild Jr.Republican1906–1909
William Lewis DouglasDemocrat1905–1906
John L. BatesRepublican1903–1905
Winthrop M. CraneRepublican1900–1903
Roger WolcottRepublican1896–1900
Frederic T. GreenhalgeRepublican1894–1896
William E. RussellDemocrat1891–1894
John Q. A. BrackettRepublican1890–1891
Oliver AmesRepublican1887–1890
George D. RobinsonRepublican1884–1887
Benjamin ButlerDemocrat1883–1884
John Davis LongRepublican1880–1883
Thomas TalbotRepublican1879–1880
Alexander H. RiceRepublican1876–1879
William GastonDemocrat1875–1876
Thomas TalbotRepublican1874–1875
William B. WashburnRepublican1872–1874
William ClaflinRepublican1869–1872
Alexander BullockRepublican1866–1869
John Albion AndrewRepublican1861–1866
Nathaniel P. BanksRepublican1858–1861
Henry GardnerIndependent1855–1858
Emory WashburnIndependent1854–1855
John H. CliffordIndependent1853–1854
George S. BoutwellDemocrat1851–1853
George N. BriggsIndependent1844–1851
Marcus MortonDemocrat1843–1844
John DavisIndependent1841–1843
Marcus MortonDemocrat1840–1841
Edward EverettIndependent1836–1840
Samuel Turell ArmstrongIndependent1835–1836
John DavisIndependent1834–1835
Levi Lincoln Jr.Independent1825–1834
Marcus MortonIndependent1825–1825
William EustisIndependent1823–1825
John BrooksIndependent1816–1823
Caleb StrongIndependent1812–1816
Elbridge GerryIndependent1810–1812
Christopher GoreIndependent1809–1810
Levi Lincoln Sr.Independent1808–1809
James SullivanIndependent1807–1808
Caleb StrongIndependent1800–1807
Governor's CouncilIndependent1800–1800
Moses GillIndependent1799–1800
Increase SumnerIndependent1797–1799
Samuel AdamsIndependent1793–1797
John HancockIndependent1787–1793
James BowdoinIndependent1785–1787
Thomas CushingIndependent1785–1785
John HancockIndependent1780–1785