List of Massachusetts Governors (81)

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Name	Birth	In Office	Birthplace
John Carver 1st Governor of Plymouth Colony at Cape Cod	9 SEP 1565	1620-1621	England, Yorkshire, Doncaster
William Bradford III	19 MAR 1589	1621-1633	England, Yorkshire, Austerfield
Governor John Endecott	1588	1629-1630	England
John Winthrop	12 JAN 1586	1630-1634	England, Suffolk, Edwardstone
Edward Winslow	10/18/1595	1633-1634	England, Worcestershire, Droitwich
Thomas Dudley	12 Oct 1576	1634-1635	England, Northamptonshire, Yardley Hastings
Gov. Thomas Prence	1600	1634-1635	England, Gloucestershire
William Bradford III	19 MAR 1589	1635-1636	England, Yorkshire, Austerfield
John Haynes	1 MAY 1594	1635-1636	England, Essex
Edward Winslow	10/18/1595	1636-1637	England, Worcestershire, Droitwich
William Bradford III	19 MAR 1589	1637-1638	England, Yorkshire, Austerfield
John Winthrop	12 JAN 1586	1637-1640	England, Suffolk, Edwardstone
Gov. Thomas Prence	1600	1638-1639	England, Gloucestershire
William Bradford III	19 MAR 1589	1639-1644	England, Yorkshire, Austerfield
Thomas Dudley	12 Oct 1576	1640-1641	England, Northamptonshire, Yardley Hastings
Thomas Mayhew Sr. Established himself since he owned Martha's Vineyard	31 MAR 1592	1642	England, Wiltshire, Tisbury
John Winthrop	12 JAN 1586	1642-1643	England, Suffolk, Edwardstone
Governor John Endecott	1588	1644-1645	England
Edward Winslow	10/18/1595	1644-1645	England, Worcestershire, Droitwich
Thomas Dudley	12 Oct 1576	1645-1646	England, Northamptonshire, Yardley Hastings
William Bradford III	19 MAR 1589	1645-1657	England, Yorkshire, Austerfield
John Winthrop	12 JAN 1586	1646-1648	England, Suffolk, Edwardstone
Governor John Endecott	1588	1649-1650	England
Thomas Dudley	12 Oct 1576	1650-1651	England, Northamptonshire, Yardley Hastings
Governor John Endecott	1588	1651-1654	England
Governor John Endecott	1588	1655-1664	England
Gov. Thomas Prence	1600	1657-1673	England, Gloucestershire
John Leverett	7 JUL 1616	1673-1679	England, Lincolnshire, Boston
Josiah Winslow	abt 1628	1673-1680	MA, Plymouth Co
Simon Bradstreet	bef 18 MAR 1603	1679-1686	England, Lincolnshire
Gov. Thomas Hinckley	03/19/1618	1680-1686	England, Kent, Hawkhurst
Simon Bradstreet	bef 18 MAR 1603	1689-1692	England, Lincolnshire
Gov. Thomas Hinckley	03/19/1618	1689-1692	England, Kent, Hawkhurst
Joseph Dudley	23 SEP 1647	1702-1715	MA, Suffolk Co, Roxbury
Thomas Hutchinson	9 SEP 1711	1769-1774	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Thomas Gage Massachusetts Bay Colony	10 MAR 1718/9	1774-1775	England, Sussex, Firle
John Hancock	12 JAN 1737	1780-1785	MA, Norfolk Co, Braintree
Thomas Cushing	24 MAR 1725	1785-1785	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
James Bowdoin	7 AUG 1726	1785-1787	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
John Hancock	12 JAN 1737	1787-1793	MA, Norfolk Co, Braintree
Samuel Adams	27 SEP 1722	1794-1797	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Increase Sumner Jr.	27 NOV 1746	1797-1799	MA, Suffolk Co, Roxbury
Moses Gill Acting	18 JAN 1734	1799-1800	MA, Middlesex Co, Charlestown
Caleb Strong	9 JAN 1745	1800-1807	MA, Hampshire Co, Northampton
Levi Lincoln	15 MAY 1749	1808-1809	MA, Plymouth Co, Hingham
Elbridge Gerry	17 JUL 1744	1810-1812	MA, Essex Co, Marblehead
Caleb Strong	9 JAN 1745	1812-1816	MA, Hampshire Co, Northampton
John Brooks	4 MAY 1752	1816-1823	MA, Middlesex Co, Medford
William Eustis	10 JUN 1753	1823-1825	MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge
Levi Lincoln Jr	25 OCT 1782	1825-1834	MA, Worcester Co, Worcester
Gov. John Davis	13 JAN 1787	1834-1835	MA, Worcester Co, Northborough
Gov. Edward Everett	11 APR 1794	1836-1840	MA, Norfolk Co, Dorchester
Marcus Morton	19 FEB 1784	1840-1841	MA, Bristol Co, Freetown
Gov. John Davis	13 JAN 1787	1841-1843	MA, Worcester Co, Northborough
Marcus Morton	19 FEB 1784	1843-1844	MA, Bristol Co, Freetown
George Sewall Boutwell	28 JAN 1818	1851-1853	MA, Norfolk Co, Brookline
John Henry Clifford	16 JAN 1809	1853-1854	RI, Providence Co, Providence
Emory Washburn	14 FEB 1800	1854-1855	MA, Worcester Co, Leicester
Nathaniel Prentice Banks Jr.	30 JAN 1816	1858-1861	MA, Middlesex Co, Waltham
John Albion Andrew	31 MAY 1818	1861-1866	ME, Cumberland Co, Windham
William Barrett Washburn	31 JAN 1820	1872-1874	MA, Worcester Co, Winchendon
Gov. John Davis Long	27 OCT 1838	1880-1883	ME, Oxford Co, Buckfield
Benjamin Franklin Butler	5 NOV 1818	1883-1884	NH, Grafton Co, Deerfield
George D. Robinson	20 JAN 1834	1884-1887	MA, Middlesex Co, Lexington
Oliver Ames	4 FEB 1831	1887-1890	MA, Bristol Co, Easton
William Eustis Russell	6 JAN 1857	1891-1894	MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge
Frederic Thomas Greenhalgh	12 JUL 1842	1894-1896	England, Lancashire, Clitheroe
Roger Wolcott	13 JUL 1847	1897-1900	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Winthrop Murray Crane	23 APR 1853	1900-1903	MA, Berkshire Co, Dalton
Eben Sumner Draper	17 JUN 1858	1909-1911	MA, Worcester Co, Hopedale
Eugene Noble Foss	24 SEP 1858	1911-1914	VT, Franklin Co, Berkshire
President John Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge II	07/04/1872	1919-1921	VT, Windsor Co, Plymouth
Channing Harris Cox	28 FEB 1879	1921-1925	NH, Hillsborough Co, Manchester
Joseph Buell Ely	22 FEB 1881	1931-1935	MA, Hampden Co, Westfield
Leverett A. Saltonstall	1 SEP 1892	1939-1945	MA, Middlesex Co, Chestnut Hill
Robert Fiske Bradford	15 DEC 1902	1947-1949	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Christian Archibald Herter	28 MAR 1895	1953-1957	France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Lt. Endicott Peabody II	15 FEB 1920	1963-1965	MA, Essex Co, Lawrence
Francis William Sargent Jr.	29 JUL 1915	1971-1975	MA, Essex Co, Hamilton
William Floyd Weld	31 JUL 1945	1991-1997	NY, Suffolk Co, Smithtown
Willard Mitt Romney	12 MAR 1947	2003-2007	MI, Wayne Co, Detroit