| S.no. |
Governor |
Term start |
Term end |
Party |
Place |
| 1 |
John Hancock |
25 October 1780 |
17 February 1785 |
None |
Braintree (now Quincy), Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| 2 |
Thomas Cushing |
17 February 1785 |
27 May 1785 |
None |
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| 3 |
James Bowdoin |
27 May 1785 |
30 May 1787 |
None |
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| 4 |
John Hancock |
30 May 1787 |
8 October 1793 |
None |
Braintree (now Quincy), Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| 5 |
Samuel Adams |
8 October 1793 |
2 June 1797 |
None |
Boston, Massachusetts Bay |
| 6 |
Increase Sumner |
2 June 1797 |
7 June 1799 |
Federalist |
Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| 7 |
Moses Gill |
7 June 1799 |
20 May 1800 |
None |
Charlestown, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| 8 |
Governor’s Council |
20 May 1800 |
30 May 1800 |
None |
|
| 9 |
Caleb Strong |
30 May 1800 |
29 May 1807 |
Federalist |
Northampton, Massachusetts |
| 10 |
James Sullivan |
29 May 1807 |
10 December 1808 |
Democratic-Republican |
Berwick, Province of Massachusetts Bay (present-day Maine) |
| 11 |
Levi Lincoln, Sr. |
10 December 1808 |
1 May 1809 |
Democratic-Republican |
Hingham, Massachusetts |
| 12 |
Christopher Gore |
1 May 1809 |
10 June 1810 |
Federalist |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 13 |
Elbridge Gerry |
10 June 1810 |
4 March 1812 |
Democratic-Republican |
Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay |
| 14 |
Caleb Strong |
4 March 1812 |
30 May 1816 |
Federalist |
Northampton, Massachusetts |
| 15 |
John Brooks |
30 May 1816 |
31 May 1823 |
Federalist |
Medford, Massachusetts |
| 16 |
William Eustis |
31 May 1823 |
6 February 1825 |
Democratic-Republican |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 17 |
Marcus Morton |
6 February 1825 |
26 May 1825 |
Democratic-Republican |
East Freetown, Massachusetts |
| 18 |
Levi Lincoln, Jr. |
26 May 1825 |
9 January 1834 |
NationalRepublican |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 19 |
John Davis |
9 January 1834 |
1 March 1835 |
Whig |
Northborough, Massachusetts |
| 20 |
Samuel Turell Armstrong |
1 March 1835 |
13 January 1836 |
Whig |
Dorchester, Massachusetts |
| 21 |
Edward Everett |
13 January 1836 |
18 January 1840 |
Whig |
Dorchester, Massachusetts |
| 22 |
Marcus Morton |
18 January 1840 |
7 January 1841 |
Democratic |
East Freetown, Massachusetts |
| 23 |
John Davis |
7 January 1841 |
17 January 1843 |
Whig |
Northborough, Massachusetts |
| 24 |
Marcus Morton |
17 January 1843 |
9 January 1844 |
Democratic |
East Freetown, Massachusetts |
| 25 |
George N. Briggs |
9 January 1844 |
11 January 1851 |
Whig |
Adams, Massachusetts |
| 26 |
George S. Boutwell |
11 January 1851 |
14 January 1853 |
Democratic |
Brookline, Massachusetts |
| 27 |
John H. Clifford |
14 January 1853 |
12 January 1854 |
Whig |
Providence, Rhode Island |
| 28 |
Emory Washburn |
12 January 1854 |
4 January 1855 |
Whig |
Leicester, Massachusetts |
| 29 |
Henry Gardner |
4 January 1855 |
7 January 1858 |
Know-Nothing |
Dorchester, Massachusetts |
| 30 |
Nathaniel Prentice Banks |
7 January 1858 |
3 January 1861 |
Republican |
Waltham, Massachusetts |
| 31 |
John Albion Andrew |
3 January 1861 |
4 January 1866 |
Republican |
Windham, Maine |
| 32 |
Alexander H. Bullock |
4 January 1866 |
7 January 1869 |
Republican |
Royalston, Massachusetts |
| 33 |
William Claflin |
7 January 1869 |
4 January 1872 |
Republican |
Milford, Massachusetts |
| 34 |
William B. Washburn |
4 January 1872 |
29 April 1874 |
Republican |
Winchendon, Massachusetts |
| 35 |
Thomas Talbot |
29 April 1874 |
7 January 1875 |
Republican |
Cambridge, New York |
| 36 |
William Gaston |
7 January 1875 |
6 January 1876 |
Democratic |
Killingly, Connecticut |
| 37 |
Alexander H. Rice |
6 January 1876 |
2 January 1879 |
Republican |
Newton, Massachusetts |
| 38 |
Thomas Talbot |
2 January 1879 |
8 January 1880 |
Republican |
Cambridge, New York |
| 39 |
John Davis Long |
8 January 1880 |
4 January 1883 |
Republican |
Buckfield, Maine |
| 40 |
Benjamin F. Butler |
4 January 1883 |
3 January 1884 |
Democratic |
Deerfield, New Hampshire |
| 41 |
George D. Robinson |
3 January 1884 |
6 January 1887 |
Republican |
Lexington, Massachusetts |
| 42 |
Oliver Ames |
6 January 1887 |
7 January 1890 |
Republican |
Easton, Massachusetts |
| 43 |
John Q. A. Brackett |
7 January 1890 |
8 January 1891 |
Republican |
Bradford, New Hampshire |
| 44 |
William E. Russell |
8 January 1891 |
4 January 1894 |
Democratic |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 45 |
Frederic T. Greenhalge |
4 January 1894 |
5 March 1896 |
Republican |
Clitheroe, England |
| 46 |
Roger Wolcott |
5 March 1896 |
4 January 1900 |
Republican |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 47 |
Winthrop Murray Crane |
4 January 1900 |
8 January 1903 |
Republican |
Dalton, Massachusetts |
| 48 |
John L. Bates |
8 January 1903 |
5 January 1905 |
Republican |
Easton, Massachusetts |
| 49 |
William L. Douglas |
5 January 1905 |
4 January 1906 |
Democratic |
Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| 50 |
Curtis Guild, Jr. |
4 January 1906 |
7 January 1909 |
Republican |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 51 |
Eben Sumner Draper |
7 January 1909 |
5 January 1911 |
Republican |
Hopedale, Massachusetts |
| 52 |
Eugene Noble Foss |
5 January 1911 |
8 January 1914 |
Democratic |
St. Albans, Vermont |
| 53 |
David I. Walsh |
8 January 1914 |
6 January 1916 |
Democratic |
Leominster, Massachusetts |
| 54 |
Samuel W. McCall |
6 January 1916 |
2 January 1919 |
Republican |
East Providence Township, Pennsylvania |
| 55 |
Calvin Coolidge |
2 January 1919 |
6 January 1921 |
Republican |
Plymouth Notch, Vermont, U.S. |
| 56 |
Channing H. Cox |
6 January 1921 |
8 January 1925 |
Republican |
Manchester, New Hampshire |
| 57 |
Alvan T. Fuller |
8 January 1925 |
3 January 1929 |
Republican |
Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 58 |
Frank G. Allen |
3 January 1929 |
8 January 1931 |
Republican |
Lynn, Massachusetts |
| 59 |
Joseph B. Ely |
8 January 1931 |
3 January 1935 |
Democratic |
Westfield, Massachusetts |
| 60 |
James Michael Curley |
3 January 1935 |
7 January 1937 |
Democratic |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 61 |
Charles F. Hurley |
7 January 1937 |
5 January 1939 |
Democratic |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 62 |
Leverett Saltonstall |
5 January 1939 |
3 January 1945 |
Republican |
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
| 63 |
Maurice J. Tobin |
3 January 1945 |
2 January 1947 |
Democratic |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| 64 |
Robert F. Bradford |
2 January 1947 |
6 January 1949 |
Republican |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 65 |
Paul A. Dever |
6 January 1949 |
8 January 1953 |
Democratic |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 66 |
Christian A. Herter |
8 January 1953 |
3 January 1957 |
Republican |
Paris, France |
| 67 |
Foster Furcolo |
3 January 1957 |
5 January 1961 |
Democratic |
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 68 |
John A. Volpe |
5 January 1961 |
3 January 1963 |
Republican |
Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States |
| 69 |
Endicott Peabody |
3 January 1963 |
7 January 1965 |
Democratic |
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| 70 |
John A. Volpe |
7 January 1965 |
22 January 1969 |
Republican |
Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States |
| 71 |
Francis W. Sargent |
22 January 1969 |
2 January 1975 |
Republican |
Hamilton, Massachusetts |
| 72 |
Michael Dukakis |
2 January 1975 |
4 January 1979 |
Democratic |
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 73 |
Edward J. King |
4 January 1979 |
6 January 1983 |
Democratic |
Chelsea, Massachusetts |
| 74 |
Michael Dukakis (1933- ) |
6 January 1983 |
3 January 1991 |
Democratic |
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 75 |
William F. Weld (1945- ) |
3 January 1991 |
29 July 1997 |
Republican |
Smithtown, New York, United States |
| 76 |
Paul Cellucci (1948-2013) |
29 July 1997 |
10 April 2001 |
Republican |
Hudson, Massachusetts |
| 77 |
Jane Swift (1965- ) |
10 April 2001 |
2 January 2003 |
Republican |
North Adams, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 78 |
Mitt Romney (1947- ) |
2 January 2003 |
4 January 2007 |
Republican |
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 79 |
Deval Patrick (1956- ) |
4 January 2007 |
8 January 2015 |
Democratic |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 80 |
Charlie Baker (1956- ) |
8 January 2015 |
Present |
Republican |
Elmira, New York, U.S. |