US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

The list below does not include colonial or military governors prior to establishment of the United States. These include (among many others) John Winthrop, Thomas Hutchinson, William Shirley and Thomas Gage.

25-Oct-1780	29-Jan-1785	John Hancock	(1st time, b. 1737, d. 1793)
29-Jan-1785	26-May-1785	Thomas Cushing	(acting, b. 1725, d. 1788)
26-May-1785	30-May-1787	James Bowdoin	(b. 1726, d. 1790 )
30-May-1787	8-Oct-1793	John Hancock	(2nd time)
8-Oct-1793	2-Jun-1797	Samuel Adams	(b. 1722, d. 1803)
2-Jun-1797	7-Jun-1799	Increase Sumner	(b. 1746, d. 1799, Federalist)
7-Jun-1799	20-May-1800	Moses Gill	(acting, b. 1734, d. 1800, Federalist)
30-May-1800	29-May-1807	Caleb Strong	(1st time, b. 1745 - d. 1819, Federalist)
29-May-1807	10-Dec-1808	James Sullivan	(b. 1744, d. 1808, Democrat-Republican)
10-Dec-1808	1-May-1809	Levi Lincoln	(acting, b. 1749, d. 1820, Democrat-Republican)
1-May-1809	Jun-1810	Christopher Gore	(b. 1758, d. 1827, Federalist)
10-Jun-1810	Jun-1812	Elbridge Gerry	(b. 1744, d. 1814, Democrat-Republican)
Jun-1812	30-May-1816	Caleb Strong	(2nd time, Federalist)
30-May-1816	31-May-1823	John Brooks	(b. 1752, d. 1825, Federalist)
31-May-1823	6-Feb-1825	William Eustis	(b. 1753, d. 1825, Democrat-Republican)
6-Feb-1825	26-May-1825	Marcus Morton	(1st time, acting, b. 1784, d. 1864, Democrat-Republican)
26-May-1825	9-Jan-1834	Levi Lincoln, Jr.	(b. 1782, d. 1868, D-F)
9-Jan-1834	1-Mar-1835	John Davis	(1st time, b. 1787, d. 1854, Whig)
1-Mar-1835	13-Jan-1836	Samuel T. Armstrong	(acting, b. 1784, d. 1850, Whig)
13-Jan-1836	18-Jan-1840	Edward Everett	(b. 1794, d. 1865, Whig)
18-Jan-1840	7-Jan-1841	Marcus Morton	(2nd time, Democrat)
7-Jan-1841	17-Jan-1843	John Davis	(2nd time, Whig)
17-Jan-1843	Jan-1844	Marcus Morton	(3rd time, Democrat)
Jan-1844	11-Jan-1851	George N. Briggs	(b. 1796, d. 1861, Whig)
11-Jan-1851	14-Jan-1853	George S. Boutwell	(b. 1818, d. 1905, DFS)
14-Jan-1853	12-Jan-1854	John H. Clifford	(b. 1809, d. 1876, Whig)
12-Jan-1854	4-Jan-1855	Emory Washburn	(b. 1800, d. 1877, Whig)
4-Jan-1855	7-Jan-1858	Henry J. Gardner	(b. 1818, d. 1892, AP)
7-Jan-1858	3-Jan-1861	Nathaniel P. Banks	(b. 1816, d. 1894, Republican)
3-Jan-1861	4-Jan-1866	John A. Andrew	(b. 1818, d. 1867, Republican)
4-Jan-1866	7-Jan-1869	Alexander H. Bullock	(b. 1816, d. 1882, Republican)
7-Jan-1869	4-Jan-1872	William Claflin	(b. 1818, d. 1905, Republican)
4-Jan-1872	29-Apr-1874	William B. Washburn	(b. 1820, d. 1887, Republican)
29-Apr-1874	7-Jan-1875	Thomas Talbot	(1st time, acting, b. 1818, d. 1886, Republican)
7-Jan-1875	6-Jan-1876	William Gaston	(b. 1820, d. 1806, Democrat)
6-Jan-1876	2-Jan-1879	Alexander H. Rice	(b. 1818, d. 1895, Republican)
2-Jan-1879	8-Jan-1880	Thomas Talbot	(2nd time, Republican)
8-Jan-1880	4-Jan-1883	John D. Long	(b. 1838, d. 1915, Republican)
4-Jan-1883	3-Jan-1884	Benjamin Franklin Butler	(b. 1818, d. 1893, Democrat)
3-Jan-1884	6-Jan-1887	George D. Robinson	(b. 1834, d. 1896, Republican)
6-Jan-1887	7-Jan-1890	Oliver Ames	(b. 1831, d. 1895, Republican)
7-Jan-1890	8-Jan-1891	John Q.A. Brackett	(b. 1842, d. 1918, Republican)
8-Jan-1891	4-Jan-1894	William E. Russell	(b. 1857, d. 1896, Democrat)
4-Jan-1894	5-Mar-1896	Frederic T. Greenhalge	(b. 1842, d. 1896, Republican)
5-Mar-1896	4-Jan-1900	Roger Wolcott	(b. 1847, d. 1900, Republican)
4-Jan-1900	8-Jan-1903	W. Murray Crane	(b. 1853, d. 1920, Republican)
8-Jan-1903	5-Jan-1905	John L. Bates	(b. 1859, d. 1946, Republican)
5-Jan-1905	4-Jan-1906	William L. Douglas	(b. 1845, d. 1924, Democrat)
4-Jan-1906	7-Jan-1909	Curtis Guild, Jr.	(b. 1860, d. 1915, Republican)
7-Jan-1909	5-Jan-1911	Eben S. Draper	(b. 1858, d. 1914, Republican)
5-Jan-1911	8-Jan-1914	Eugene N. Foss	(b. 1858, d. 1939, Democrat)
8-Jan-1914	6-Jan-1916	David I. Walsh	(b. 1872, d. 1947, Democrat)
6-Jan-1916	2-Jan-1919	Samuel W. McCall	(b. 1851, d. 1923, Republican)
2-Jan-1919	6-Jan-1921	Calvin Coolidge	(b. 1872, d. 1933, Republican)
6-Jan-1921	8-Jan-1925	Channing H. Cox	(b. 1879, d. 1968, Republican)
8-Jan-1925	3-Jan-1929	Alvan T. Fuller	(b. 1878, d. 1958, Republican)
3-Jan-1929	8-Jan-1931	Frank G. Allen	(b. 1874, d. 1950, Republican)
8-Jan-1931	3-Jan-1935	Joseph B. Ely	(b. 1881, d. 1956, Democrat)
3-Jan-1935	7-Jan-1937	James M. Curley	(b. 1874, d. 1958, Democrat)
7-Jan-1937	5-Jan-1939	Charles F. Hurley	(b. 1893, d. 1946, Democrat)
5-Jan-1939	3-Jan-1945	Leverett Saltonstall	(b. 1892, d. 1979, Republican)
3-Jan-1945	2-Jan-1947	Maurice J. Tobin	(b. 1901, d. 1953, Democrat)
2-Jan-1947	6-Jan-1949	Robert F. Bradford	(b. 1902, d. 1983, Republican)
6-Jan-1949	8-Jan-1953	Paul A. Dever	(b. 1903, d. 1958, Democrat)
8-Jan-1953	3-Jan-1957	Christian Herter	(b. 1895, d. 1966, Republican)
3-Jan-1957	5-Jan-1961	Foster Furcolo	(b. 1911, d. 1995, Democrat)
5-Jan-1961	3-Jan-1963	John A. Volpe	(1st time, b. 1908, d. 1994, Republican)
3-Jan-1963	7-Jan-1965	Endicott Peabody	(b. 1920, d. 1997, Democrat)
7-Jan-1965	22-Jan-1969	John A. Volpe	(2nd time, Republican)
22-Jan-1969	2-Jan-1975	Francis W. Sargent	(b. 1915, d. 1998, Republican)
2-Jan-1975	4-Jan-1979	Michael Dukakis	(1st time, b. 1933, Democrat)
4-Jan-1979	6-Jan-1983	Edward J. King	(b. 1925, Democrat)
6-Jan-1983	3-Jan-1991	Michael Dukakis	(2nd time, Democrat)
3-Jan-1991	29-Jul-1997	Bill Weld	(b. 1945, Republican)
29-Jul-1997	10-Apr-2001	Paul Cellucci	(b. 1948, Republican)
10-Apr-2001	2-Jan-2003	Jane Swift	(acting, b. 1965, Republican)
2-Jan-2003	4-Jan-2007	Mitt Romney	(b. 1947, Republican)
4-Jan-2007	8-Jan-2015	Deval Patrick	(b. 1956, Democrat)
8-Jan-2015	--	Charlie Baker	(b. 1956, Republican)

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