Political party strength in Massachusetts
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in Massachusetts:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of the Commonwealth
- Attorney General
- Treasurer and Receiver-General
- Auditor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- Massachusetts Senate
- Massachusetts House of Representatives
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes, and whether they
Each time an official is elected or re-elected, a new box for that official is included to indicate their repeated political party strength.
The parties are as follows: American (A) (More commonly known as the Know Nothing Party), Anti-Administration (AA), American Labor (AL) Conservative (C), Constitutional Union (CU), Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Free Soil (FS), Independence (I), Jacksonian Democratic (JD), no party (N), National Republican (NR), National Union (NU), People's Party (P), Pro-Administration (PA), Republican (R), Whig (W), Working Families (WF), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
List of political office holders in Massachusetts
Year | Executive/Constitutional offices | General Court |
United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||||||
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Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Sec. of Comm. | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | Senate | House | U.S. Senator (Class 1) | U.S. Senator (Class 2) | U.S. House | |||
1780 | John Hancock (N) | Thomas Cushing (N) | John Avery Jr. | Robert Treat Paine | Henry Gardner (N) | no such office | |||||||
1781 | [?] | [?] | |||||||||||
1782 | |||||||||||||
1783 | Thomas Ivers (N) | [?] | [?] | ||||||||||
1784 | |||||||||||||
1785 | Vacant[1] | [?] | [?] | ||||||||||
James Bowdoin (N) | |||||||||||||
1786 | |||||||||||||
1787 | John Hancock (N) | Alexander Hodgen (N) | [?] | [?] | |||||||||
1788 | Benjamin Lincoln (N) | ||||||||||||
1789 | Samuel Adams (N) | F Majority | F Majority | Tristram Dalton (P) | Caleb Strong (P) | 6 Pro-A, 2 Anti-A |
George Washington ![]() ![]() | ||||||
1790 | James Sullivan (DR) | F Majority | F Majority | ||||||||||
1791 | F Majority | F Majority | George Cabot (P) | 7 Pro-A, 1 Anti-A | |||||||||
1792 | Thomas Davis (N) | F Majority | F Majority | ||||||||||
1793 | Vacant[1] | F Majority | F Majority | Caleb Strong (P) | 11 Pro-A, 3 Anti-A | George Washington ![]() ![]() | |||||||
1794 | Samuel Adams (N) | Moses Gill (N) | F Majority | F Majority | |||||||||
1795 | Samuel Adams (N) | Moses Gill (N) | F Majority | F Majority | George Cabot (F) | Caleb Strong (F) | 10F, 4DR | ||||||
1796 | Samuel Adams (N) | Moses Gill (N) | F Majority | F Majority | Theodore Sedgwick (F) | 9F, 5DR | |||||||
1797 | Increase Sumner (F) | Moses Gill (N) | Peleg Coffin (F) | 29F, 1DR, 10? | 93F, 54DR, 52? | Benjamin Goodhue (F) | 11F, 3DR | John Adams (F), ![]() ![]() | |||||
1798 | Increase Sumner (F) | Moses Gill (N) | 29F, 4DR, 7? | 139F, 54DR, 22? | |||||||||
1799 | Vacant[1] | Moses Gill (N) | 35F, 3DR, 2? | 122F, 61DR, 30? | Samuel Dexter (F) | 12F, 2DR | |||||||
1800 | Governor's Council[2] | Vacant | 33F, 4DR, 3? | 166F, 81DR, 13? | 11F, 3DR | ||||||||
Caleb Strong (F) | Samuel Phillips Jr. (F) | Jonathan Mason (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | ||||||||||
1801 | Caleb Strong (F) | Samuel Phillips Jr. (F) | 23F, 16DR, 1? | 152F, 113DR, 14? | 7F, 7DR | John Adams (F), ![]() ![]() | |||||||
1802 | Caleb Strong (F) | Edward Robbins (F) | Jonathan Jackson (F) | 28F, 12DR | 133F, 88DR, 13? | 8F, 6 DR | |||||||
1803 | Caleb Strong (F) | Edward Robbins (F) | 28F, 12DR | 152F, 102DR, 4? | John Quincy Adams (F) | Timothy Pickering (F) | 10F, 7DR | ||||||
1804 | Caleb Strong (F) | Edward Robbins (F) | 26F, 14DR | 150F, 129DR, 2? | |||||||||
1805 | Caleb Strong (F) | Edward Robbins (F) | 22F, 18DR | 181F, 163DR, 1I, 2? | Timothy Pickering (F) | 10DR, 7F | Thomas Jefferson, and George Clinton (DR), ![]() | ||||||
1806 | Caleb Strong (F) | Edward Robbins (F) | Jonathan L. Austin (DR) | Thomson J. Skinner (DR) | 21DR, 19F | 263DR, 215F, 3? | |||||||
1807 | Jonathan L. Austin (DR) | Thomson J. Skinner (DR) | James Sullivan (DR) | Levi Lincoln Sr. (DR) | Barnabas Bidwell (DR) | 21DR, 19F | 250DR, 130F, 2? | 11DR, 6F | |||||
1808 | Vacant[1] | William Tudor (F) | Josiah Dwight (N) | 23F, 17DR | 253F, 231DR | James Lloyd (F) | |||||||
1809 | Christopher Gore (F) | William Tudor (F) | David Cobb (F) | 22F, 18DR | 316F, 278DR | 9F, 8DR | Charles C. Pinckney, and Rufus King (F), ![]() | ||||||
1810 | Elbridge Gerry (DR) | William Gray (DR) | Benjamin Homans (DR) | Perez Morton (DR) | Thomas Harris (N) | 20F, 20DR[3] | 335DR, 308F | 10F, 7DR | |||||
1811 | Elbridge Gerry (DR) | William Gray (DR) | Jonathan L. Austin (DR) | 21DR, 19F | 345DR, 315F | Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) | 9DR, 8F | ||||||
1812 | Caleb Strong (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | Alden Bradford (F) | John T. Apthorp (N) | 29DR, 11F | 429F, 320DR | |||||||
1813 | Caleb Strong (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 29F, 11DR | 420F, 215DR, 1? | Christopher Gore (F) | 16F, 4DR | De Witt Clinton, and Jared Ingersoll (F), ![]() | ||||||
1814 | Caleb Strong (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 27F, 13DR | 354F, 159DR, 1? | |||||||||
1815 | Caleb Strong (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 25F, 15DR | 303F, 149DR | Christopher Gore (F) | 18F, 2DR | |||||||
1816 | John Brooks (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 22F, 18DR | 324F, 214DR, 3? | Eli P. Ashmun (F) | ||||||||
1817 | John Brooks (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | Daniel Sargent (N) | 27F, 13DR | 189F, 92DR, 5? | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | 11F, 9DR | Rufus King, and John E. Howard (F), ![]() | |||||
1818 | John Brooks (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 26F, 14DR | 132F, 82DR, 10? | Prentiss Mellen (F) | ||||||||
1819 | John Brooks (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 22F, 18DR | 231F, 161DR, 16? | 13DR, 7F | ||||||||
1820 | John Brooks (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 23F, 8DR | 87F, 64DR, 42? | 14DR, 6F | ||||||||
1821 | John Brooks (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | 24F, 7DR | F Majority | Elijah H. Mills (F) | 7F, 6DR | James Monroe ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
1822 | John Brooks (F) | William Phillips Jr. (F) | Nahum Mitchell (F) | 31F, 9DR | 105F, 53DR, 2? | James Lloyd (F) | |||||||
1823 | William Eustis (DR) | Levi Lincoln Jr. (DR) | 24DR, 16F | DR Majority | 7F, 6DR | ||||||||
1824 | William Eustis (DR) | Marcus Morton (DR) | Edward D. Bangs (W) | 28DR, 12F | DR Majority | ||||||||
1825 | Vacant[1] | Marcus Morton (DR) | NR Majority | NR Majority | Elijah H. Mills (AJ) | James Lloyd (AJ) | 12Anti-J, 1J | John Q. Adams, and John C. Calhoun (Adams), ![]() | |||||
Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | ||||||||||||
1826 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | NR Majority | NR Majority | Nathaniel Silsbee (AJ) | ||||||||
1827 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | Joseph Sewall (N) | NR Majority | NR Majority | Daniel Webster (AJ) | 13 Anti-J | ||||||
1828 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | NR Majority | NR Majority | |||||||||
1829 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | 37NR, 1D, 2? | NR Majority | 13 Anti-J | John Q. Adams, and Richard Rush (AJ), ![]() | |||||||
1830 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | 38NR, 1AM, 1D | NR Majority | |||||||||
1831 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | 29NR, 6AM, 2D, 3? | 320NR, 87AM, 68D, 6 Wkmn. | 13 Anti-J | ||||||||
1832 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | James T. Austin (N) | Hezekiah Barnard (N) | 36NR, 3AM, 1D | 313NR, 119AM, 92D, 4? | |||||||
1833 | Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) | Samuel T. Armstrong (AJ) | 37NR, 3AM | 372NR, 117AM, 73D, 11? | Daniel Webster (AJ) | 9 AJ, 2 AM, 1J | Henry Clay, and John Sergeant (AM), ![]() | ||||||
1834 | John Davis (W) | Samuel T. Armstrong (W) | 32NR, 8AM | 314NR, 131AM, 116D | |||||||||
1835 | Vacant[1] | Samuel T. Armstrong (W) | 40W | 450W, 87D, 78AM, 3 Wkmn. | John Davis (W) | 8W, 3AM, 1J | |||||||
1836 | Edward Everett (W) | George Hull (W) | John P. Bigelow (W) | 22W, 10D, 8AM | 397W, 174D, 53AM | ||||||||
1837 | Edward Everett (W) | George Hull (W) | David Wilder Jr. (W) | 24W, 16D | 373W, 262D | Daniel Webster (W) | 10W, 2D | Daniel Webster, and Francis Granger (W), ![]() | |||||
1838 | Edward Everett (W) | George Hull (W) | 40W | 363W, 114D, 3? | |||||||||
1839 | Edward Everett (W) | George Hull (W) | 37W, 3D | 344W, 178D | Daniel Webster (W) | 10W, 2D | |||||||
1840 | Marcus Morton (D) | George Hull (W) | 21W, 19D | 277W, 242D | |||||||||
1841 | John Davis (W) | George Hull (W) | 37W, 3D | 278W, 119D | Rufus Choate (W) | Isaac C. Bates (W) | 11W, 1D | William H. Harrison, and John Tyler (W), ![]() | |||||
1842 | John Davis (W) | George Hull (W) | Thomas Russell (N) | 27W, 13D | 201W, 135D | ||||||||
1843 | Marcus Morton (D) | Henry H. Childs (D) | John A. Bolles (W) | Office abolished | John Mills (N) | 28D, 12W | 177W, 172D, 3 Lty. | 8W, 2D | |||||
1844 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | John G. Palfrey (W) | Thomas Russell (N) | 34W, 6D | 185W, 133D, 4 Lty. | |||||||
1845 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | Joseph Barrett (N) | 40W | 200W, 70D, 2 Lty. | Daniel Webster (W) | John Davis (W) | 10W | Henry Clay, and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W), ![]() | ||||
1846 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | 40W | 198W, 63D, 4A | |||||||||
1847 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | 40W | 208W, 43D, 3 Lty., 1A | John Davis (W) | 10W | |||||||
1848 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | William B. Calhoun (W) | 39W, 1D | 191W, 78D, 3 Lty., 1? | ||||||||
1849 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | John H. Clifford (W) | Ebenezer Bradbury (W) | David Wilder Jr. (W) | 40W | 178W, 83 Coal., 1?[4] | 8W, 1FS, 1Vac | Zachary Taylor, and Millard Fillmore (W), ![]() | ||||
1850 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | 27W, 13 Coal.[5] | 168W, 129 Coal., 1?[6] | |||||||||
Robert C. Winthrop (W) | |||||||||||||
1851 | George S. Boutwell (D) | Henry W. Cushman (D) | Amasa Walker (W) | Charles B. Hall (N) | 26 Coal., 14W[7] | 218 Coal., 183W[8] | Robert Rantoul Jr. (D) | 7W, 2FS, 1D | |||||
Charles Sumner (FS) | |||||||||||||
1852 | George S. Boutwell (D) | Henry W. Cushman (D) | 28 Coal., 12W[9] | 208 Coal., 194W[10] | |||||||||
1853 | John H. Clifford (W) | Elisha Huntington (W) | Ephraim M. Wright (W) | Rufus Choate (W) | Jacob H. Loud (N) | 32W, 8 Coal.[11] | 151W, 137 Coal.[12] | Edward Everett (W) | 9W, 1FS, 1D | Winfield Scott, and William Alexander Graham (W), ![]() | |||
1854 | Emory Washburn (W) | William C. Plunkett (W) | John H. Clifford (W) | Joseph Mitchell (N) | 30W, 10 Coal.[13] | 198W, 112 Coal.[14] | |||||||
Julius Rockwell (W) | |||||||||||||
1855 | Henry Gardner (A) | Simon Brown (A) | Thomas J. Marsh (N) | Stephen N. Gifford (W) | 40A | 376A, 1D, 1R, 1W, 1? | Henry Wilson (FS) | 11A | |||||
1856 | Henry Gardner (A) | Henry Wetherby Benchley (A) | Francis DeWitt (A) | Moses Tenney Jr. (W) | Chandler R. Ranson (N) | 29A, 9R, 2D | 168A, 68R, 58W, 34D, 1 Lib. | ||||||
1857 | Henry Gardner (A) | Henry Wetherby Benchley (A) | 23R, 17A | 314R, 27A, 8D, 4W, 2? | Charles Sumner (R) | Henry Wilson (R) | 11R | John C. Frémont, and William L. Dayton (R), ![]() | |||||
1858 | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Eliphalet Trask (R) | Oliver Warner (R) | Stephen H. Phillips (R) | Charles White (N) | 33R, 4A, 2D, 1W | 169R, 41D, 29A, 1 Cit. | ||||||
1859 | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Eliphalet Trask (R) | 37R, 3D | 197R, 29D, 10A, 4? | Henry Wilson (R) | 11R | |||||||
1860 | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Eliphalet Trask (R) | 34R, 6D | 183R, 50D, 6A, 1? | |||||||||
1861 | John Albion Andrew (R) | John Z. Goodrich (R) | Dwight Foster (R) | Henry K. Oliver (R) | Levi Reed (R) | 28R, 8U, 4D | 223R, 15D, 2NR | 10R, 1U | Abraham Lincoln, and Hannibal Hamlin (R), ![]() | ||||
1862 | John Albion Andrew (R) | John Nesmith (R) | 31R, 6D, 3U | 156R, 45U, 24D, 4? | 9R, 2U | ||||||||
1863 | John Albion Andrew (R) | Joel Hayden (R) | 35R, 5D | 198R, 41D, 1? | Charles Sumner (R) | 10R | |||||||
1864 | John Albion Andrew (R) | Joel Hayden (R) | Chester L. Reed (R) | 40R | 228R, 12D | ||||||||
1865 | John Albion Andrew (R) | Joel Hayden (R) | Chester L. Reed (R) | Julius L. Clarke (R) | 40R | 234R, 6D | Henry Wilson (R) | 10R | Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson (NU), ![]() | ||||
1866 | Alexander H. Bullock (R) | William Claflin (R) | Chester L. Reed (R) | Jacob H. Loud (R) | Henry S. Briggs (R) | 39R, 1D | 221R, 19D | ||||||
1867 | Alexander H. Bullock (R) | William Claflin (R) | Charles Allen (N) | 40R | 229R, 11D | 10R | |||||||
1868 | Alexander H. Bullock (R) | William Claflin (R) | 32R, 8D | 180R, 60D | |||||||||
1869 | William Claflin (R) | Joseph Tucker (R) | 38R, 2D | 224R, 16D | Charles Sumner (R) | 10R | Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax (R), ![]() | ||||||
1870 | William Claflin (R) | Joseph Tucker (R) | 29R, 10D, 1LR | 160R, 58D, 22LR | |||||||||
1871 | William Claflin (R) | Joseph Tucker (R) | Charles Adams Jr. (R) | Charles Endicott (R) | 34R, 5D, 1LR | 195R, 34D, 11LR | Henry Wilson (R) | 10R | |||||
1872 | William B. Washburn (R) | Joseph Tucker (R) | Charles R. Train (R) | 35R, 5D | 186R, 49D, 5LR | ||||||||
1873 | William B. Washburn (R) | Thomas Talbot (R) | 39R, 1D | 212R, 28D | Charles Sumner (LR) | George S. Boutwell (R) | 11R | Ulysses S. Grant, and Henry Wilson (R), ![]() | |||||
1874 | Vacant[1] | Thomas Talbot (R) | 25R, 11D, 4I | 168R, 70D, 2I | William B. Washburn (R) | ||||||||
1875 | William Gaston (D) | Horatio G. Knight (R) | 24R, 15D, 1I | 155R, 79D, 6I | Henry L. Dawes (R) | 5R, 4D, 2I | |||||||
1876 | Alexander H. Rice (R) | Horatio G. Knight (R) | Henry B. Pierce (R) | Charles Endicott (R) | Julius L. Clarke (R) | 31R, 9D | 182R, 58D | 5D, 4R, 2I | |||||
1877 | Alexander H. Rice (R) | Horatio G. Knight (R) | 33R, 7D | 181R, 59D | George Hoar (R) | 10R, 1D | Rutherford B. Hayes, and William A. Wheeler (R), ![]() | ||||||
1878 | Alexander H. Rice (R) | Horatio G. Knight (R) | 35R, 5D | 171R, 69D | 9R, 2D | ||||||||
1879 | Thomas Talbot (R) | John Davis Long (R) | George Marston (N) | Charles R. Ladd (R) | 35R, 5D | 185R, 40D, 15GB | 10R, 1D | ||||||
1880 | John Davis Long (R) | Byron Weston (R) | 32R, 8D | 185R, 52D, 3GB | |||||||||
1881 | John Davis Long (R) | Byron Weston (R) | Daniel A. Gleason (R) | 35R, 5D | 192R, 47D, 1GB | Henry L. Dawes (R) | 10R, 1D | James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur (R), ![]() | |||||
1882 | John Davis Long (R) | Byron Weston (R) | 36R, 4D | 181R, 55D, 4I | |||||||||
1883 | Benjamin F. Butler (D) | Oliver Ames (R) | Edgar J. Sherman (R) | 22R, 17D, 1I | 150R, 85D, 5I | George Hoar (R) | 8R, 4D | ||||||
1884 | George D. Robinson (R) | Oliver Ames (R) | 25R, 14D, 1I | 137R, 92D, 8I, 3GB | |||||||||
1885 | George D. Robinson (R) | Oliver Ames (R) | 34R, 5D, 1IR | 166R, 71D, 3I | 10R, 2D | James G. Blaine, and John A. Logan (R), ![]() | |||||||
1886 | George D. Robinson (R) | Oliver Ames (R) | Alanson W. Beard (R) | 28R, 12D | 154R, 77D, 3I, 3IR, 2GB-L, 1ID | ||||||||
1887 | Oliver Ames (R) | John Q. A. Brackett (R) | Andrew J. Waterman (R) | 25R, 15D | 158R, 82D | Henry L. Dawes (R) | 8R, 4D | ||||||
1888 | Oliver Ames (R) | John Q. A. Brackett (R) | 30R, 10D | 165R, 72D, 3I | |||||||||
1889 | Oliver Ames (R) | John Q. A. Brackett (R) | George A. Marden (R) | 29R, 11D | 160R, 80D | George Hoar (R) | 10R, 2D | Benjamin Harrison, and Levi P. Morton (R), ![]() | |||||
1890 | John Q. A. Brackett (R) | William H. Haile (R) | 20R, 20D[15] | 141R, 98D, 1 Proh. | |||||||||
1891 | William Russell (D) | William H. Haile (R) | William M. Olin (R) | Albert E. Pillsbury (R) | William D.T. Trefry (D) | 24R, 16D | 141R, 98D, 1 Proh. | 7D, 5R | |||||
1892 | William Russell (D) | William H. Haile (R) | John W. Kimball (R) | 24R, 16D | 149R, 90D, 1 Proh. | ||||||||
1893 | William Russell (D) | Roger Wolcott (R) | 30R, 10D | 166R, 74D | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 9R, 4D | Benjamin Harrison, and Whitelaw Reid (R), ![]() | ||||||
1894 | Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) | Roger Wolcott (R) | Hosea M. Knowlton (R) | Henry M. Phillips (R) | 33R, 7D | 181R, 56D, 1I | |||||||
1895 | Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) | Roger Wolcott (R) | Edward P. Shaw (R) | 36R, 4D | 194R, 46D | George Hoar (R) | 12R, 1D | ||||||
1896 | Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) | Roger Wolcott (R) | 33R, 7D | 182R, 58D | |||||||||
Vacant[1] | |||||||||||||
1897 | Roger Wolcott (R) | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | 35R, 5D | 198R, 38D, 4I | 12R, 1D | William McKinley, and Garret A. Hobart (R), ![]() | |||||||
1898 | Roger Wolcott (R) | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | 33R, 7D | 179R, 53D, 8I | |||||||||
1899 | Roger Wolcott (R) | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | 33R, 7D | 174R, 65D, 1 Proh. | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 10R, 3D | |||||||
1900 | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | John L. Bates (R) | Edward S. Bradford (R) | 31R, 9D | 166R, 72D, 2 Ind. Cit. | ||||||||
1901 | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | John L. Bates (R) | Henry E. Turner (R) | 31R, 9D | 180R, 58D, 2SD | George Hoar (R) | 10R, 3D | William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt (R), ![]() | |||||
1902 | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | John L. Bates (R) | Herbert Parker (R) | 33R, 7D | 166R, 72D, 2SD | ||||||||
1903 | John L. Bates (R) | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | 31R, 9D | 153R, 84D, 3S | 10R, 4D | ||||||||
1904 | John L. Bates (R) | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | 31R, 9D | 155R, 84D, 1S | |||||||||
1905 | William Douglas (D) | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | Arthur B. Chapin (R) | 34R, 6D | 170R, 69D, 1I | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | Winthrop Crane (R) | 11R, 3D | Theodore Roosevelt, and Charles W. Fairbanks (R), ![]() | ||||
1906 | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | Ebenezer S. Draper (R) | Dana Malone (R) | 31R, 9D | 169R, 71D | ||||||||
1907 | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | Ebenezer S. Draper (R) | 28R, 11D, 1I | 174R, 61D, 5 Ind. Leag. | Winthrop Crane (R) | 11R, 3D | |||||||
1908 | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | Ebenezer S. Draper (R) | 32R, 8D | 174R, 61D, 5 Ind. Leag. | |||||||||
1909 | Ebenezer S. Draper (R) | Louis A. Frothingham (R) | Elmer A. Stevens (R) | 34R, 6D | 180R, 56D, 3 Ind. Leag., 1 Ind. Cit. | 9R, 5D | William Howard Taft, and James S. Sherman (R), ![]() | ||||||
1910 | Ebenezer S. Draper (R) | Louis A. Frothingham (R) | 31R, 9D | 167R, 71D, 1 Ind. Cit., 1S | |||||||||
1911 | Eugene Foss (D) | Louis A. Frothingham (R) | Albert P. Langtry (R) | James M. Swift (R) | John E. White (R) | 26R, 14D | 127R, 112D, 1S | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 10R, 4D | ||||
1912 | Eugene Foss (D) | Robert Luce (R) | 27R, 13D | 140R, 97D, 1 Ind. Cit., 1I, 1S | |||||||||
1913 | Eugene Foss (D) | David I. Walsh (D) | Frank J. Donahue (D) | 25R, 14D, 1 Prog. | 134R, 96D, 8 Prog., 1I, 1S | John W. Weeks (R) | 9R, 7D | Woodrow Wilson, and Thomas R. Marshall (D), ![]() | |||||
1914 | David I. Walsh (D) | Edward P. Barry (D) | Thomas J. Boynton (D) | Frederick Mansfield (D) | Frank H. Pope (D) | 21R, 17D, 2 Prog. | 118R, 104D, 17 Prog., 1S | 8R, 8D | |||||
1915 | David I. Walsh (D) | Grafton D. Cushing (R) | Albert P. Langtry (R) | Henry Converse Atwill (R) | Charles L. Burrill (R) | Alonzo B. Cook (R) | 28R, 12D | 150R, 90D | 13R, 3D | ||||
1916 | Samuel W. McCall (R) | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 34R, 6D | 166R, 73D, 1S | |||||||||
1917 | Samuel W. McCall (R) | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 34R, 6D | 174R, 64D, 1I, 1S | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 13R, 3D | Charles Evans Hughes, and Charles Fairbanks (R), ![]() | ||||||
1918 | Samuel W. McCall (R) | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 33R, 7D | 179R, 59D, 1 Ind. Cit., 1S | |||||||||
1919 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | Channing H. Cox (R) | Albert P. Langtry (R) | Vacant | 30R, 10D | 180R, 60D | David I. Walsh (D) | 13R, 3D | |||||
1920 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | Channing H. Cox (R) | J. Weston Allen (R) | Fred J. Burrell (R) | 33R, 7D | 177R, 62D, 1I | |||||||
1921 | Channing H. Cox (R) | Alvan T. Fuller (R) | J. Weston Allen (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | James Jackson (R) | 35R, 5D | 188R, 49D, 3I | 14R, 2D | Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge (R), ![]() | ||||
1922 | |||||||||||||
1923 | Channing H. Cox (R) | Alvan T. Fuller (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Jay R. Benton (R) | 33R, 7D | 164R, 75D, 1I | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 13R, 3D | |||||
1924 | William S. Youngman (R) | ||||||||||||
1925 | Alvan T. Fuller (R) | Frank G. Allen (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Jay R. Benton (R) | 34R, 6D | 167R, 67D, 6R+D | William M. Butler (R) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | 13R, 3D | Calvin Coolidge, and Charles Dawes (R), ![]() | |||
1926 | |||||||||||||
1927 | Alvan T. Fuller (R) | Frank G. Allen (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Arthur K. Reading (R) | 35R, 5D | 149R, 54D, 31 Unaffiliated, 6 R+D | David I. Walsh (D) | 13R, 3D | |||||
1928 | Joseph E. Warner (R) | John W. Haigis (R) | |||||||||||
1929 | Frank G. Allen (R) | William S. Youngman (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Joseph E. Warner (R) | 31R, 9D | 160R, 80D | David I. Walsh (D) | 13R, 3D | Al Smith, and Joseph Robinson (D), ![]() | ||||
1930 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
1931 | Joseph B. Ely (D) | William S. Youngman (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Joseph E. Warner (R) | Charles F. Hurley (D) | Francis X. Hurley (D) | 30R, 10D | 141R, 99D | Marcus A. Coolidge (D) | 12R, 4D | |||
1932 | |||||||||||||
1933 | Joseph B. Ely (D) | Gaspar G. Bacon (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Joseph E. Warner (R) | 26R, 14D | 148R, 92D | 10R, 5D | Franklin Roosevelt, and John Nance Garner (D), ![]() | |||||
1934 | |||||||||||||
1935 | James Michael Curley (D) | Joseph L. Hurley (D) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Paul A. Dever (D) | Thomas H. Buckley (D) | 21R, 19D | 124R, 116D | David I. Walsh (D) | 8R, 7D | ||||
1936 | |||||||||||||
1937 | Charles F. Hurley (D) | Francis E. Kelly (D) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Paul A. Dever (D) | William E. Hurley (R) | 26R, 14D | 136R, 104D | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) | 10R, 5D | Franklin Roosevelt, and John Nance Garner (D), ![]() | |||
1938 | |||||||||||||
1939 | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | Horace T. Cahill (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Paul A. Dever (D) | William E. Hurley (R) | 28R, 12D | 142R, 98D | 10R, 5D | |||||
1940 | |||||||||||||
1941 | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | Horace T. Cahill (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Robert T. Bushnell (R) | William E. Hurley (R) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 25R, 15D | 141R, 99D | David I. Walsh (D) | 9R, 6D | Franklin Roosevelt, and Henry Wallace (D), ![]() | ||
1942 | |||||||||||||
1943 | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | Horace T. Cahill (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Robert T. Bushnell (R) | Francis X. Hurley (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 26R, 14D | 141R, 99D | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) | 10R, 4D | |||
1944 | Sinclair Weeks (R) | ||||||||||||
1945 | Maurice J. Tobin (D) | Robert F. Bradford (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Clarence A. Barnes (R) | John E. Hurley (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 23R, 17R | 137R, 103D | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | 10R, 4D | Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman (D), ![]() | ||
1946 | |||||||||||||
1947 | Robert F. Bradford (R) | Arthur W. Coolidge (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Clarence A. Barnes (R) | Laurence Curtis (R) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 24R, 16D | 145R, 95D | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) | 9R, 5D | |||
1948 | |||||||||||||
1949 | Paul A. Dever (D) | Charles F. Sullivan (D) | Edward J. Cronin (D) | Francis E. Kelly (D) | John E. Hurley (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 20R, 20D[16] | 122D, 118R | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | 8R, 6D | Harry Truman, and Alben Barkley (D), ![]() | ||
1950 | |||||||||||||
1951 | Paul A. Dever (D) | Charles F. Sullivan (D) | Edward J. Cronin (D) | Francis E. Kelly (D) | John E. Hurley (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 22R, 18D | 124D, 116R | 8R, 6D | ||||
1952 | Foster Furcolo (D) | ||||||||||||
1953 | Christian Herter (R) | Sumner G. Whittier (R) | Edward J. Cronin (D) | George Fingold (R) | Foster Furcolo (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 25R, 15D | 124R, 116D | John F. Kennedy (D) | 8R, 6D | Dwight Eisenhower, and Richard Nixon (R), ![]() | ||
1954 | |||||||||||||
1955 | Christian Herter (R) | Sumner G. Whittier (R) | Edward J. Cronin (D) | George Fingold (R) | John Francis Kennedy (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 21R, 19D | 128D, 112R | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | 7R, 7D | |||
1956 | |||||||||||||
1957 | Foster Furcolo (D) | Robert F. Murphy (D) | Edward J. Cronin (D) | George Fingold (R) | John Francis Kennedy (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 22R, 18D | 132D, 108R | 7R, 7D | Dwight Eisenhower, and Richard Nixon (R), ![]() | |||
1958 | J. Henry Goguen (D) | Vacant | |||||||||||
1959 | Foster Furcolo (D) | Robert F. Murphy (D) | Joseph D. Ward (D) | Edward J. McCormack Jr. (D) | John Francis Kennedy (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 24D, 16R | 145D, 95R | John F. Kennedy (D) | 8D, 6R | |||
1960 | |||||||||||||
1961 | John Volpe (R) | Edward F. McLaughlin Jr. (D) | Kevin White (D) | Edward J. McCormack Jr. (D) | John T. Driscoll (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 26D, 14R | 156D, 84R | Benjamin Smith (D) | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | 8D, 6R | John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson (D), ![]() | |
1962 | |||||||||||||
1963 | Endicott Peabody (D) | Francis Bellotti (D) | Kevin White (D) | Edward Brooke (R) | John T. Driscoll (D) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 28D, 12R | 150D, 90R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 7D, 5R | |||
1964 | Thaddeus M. Buczko (D) | ||||||||||||
1965 | John Volpe (R) | Elliot Richardson (R) | Kevin White (D) | Edward Brooke (R) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | Thaddeus M. Buczko (D) | 28D, 12R | 169D, 71R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 7D, 5R | Lyndon B. Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey (D), ![]() | ||
1966 | |||||||||||||
1967 | John Volpe (R) | Francis Sargent (R) | John Davoren (D) | Elliot Richardson (R) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | Thaddeus M. Buczko (D) | 26D, 14R | 168D, 71R, 1I | Edward Brooke (R) | 7D, 5R | |||
1968 | |||||||||||||
1969 | Vacant[1] | Robert H. Quinn (D) | 27D, 13R | 173D, 67R | 8D, 4R | Hubert Humphrey, and Edmund Muskie (D), ![]() | |||||||
1970 | |||||||||||||
1971 | Francis Sargent (R) | Donald Dwight (R) | John Davoren (D) | Robert H. Quinn (D) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | Thaddeus M. Buczko (D) | 30D, 10R | 178D, 62R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 8D, 4R | |||
1972 | |||||||||||||
1973 | 33D, 7R | 181D, 57R, 2I | Edward Brooke (R) | 9D, 3R | George McGovern, and Sargent Shriver (D), ![]() | ||||||||
1974 | |||||||||||||
1975 | Michael Dukakis (D) | Thomas P. O'Neill III (D) | Paul H. Guzzi (D) | Francis Bellotti (D) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | Thaddeus M. Buczko (D) | 33D, 7R | 191D, 46R, 3I | 10D, 2R | ||||
1976 | |||||||||||||
1977 | 33D, 7R | 194D, 43R, 3I | Ted Kennedy (D) | 10D, 2R | Jimmy Carter, and Walter Mondale (D), ![]() | ||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||||
1979 | Edward J. King (D) | Thomas P. O'Neill III (D) | Michael Connolly (D) | Francis Bellotti (D) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | Thaddeus M. Buczko (D) | 34D, 6R | 128D, 30R, 2I | Paul Tsongas (D) | 10D, 2R | |||
1980 | |||||||||||||
1981 | John J. Finnegan (D) | 32D, 7R, 1I | 128D, 31R, 1I | 10D, 2R | Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush (R), ![]() | ||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||
1983 | Michael Dukakis (D) | John Kerry (D) | Michael Connolly (D) | Francis Bellotti (D) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | John J. Finnegan (D) | 33D, 7R | 131D, 29R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 10D, 1R | |||
1984 | |||||||||||||
1985 | Vacant | 32D, 8R | 126D, 34R | John Kerry (D) | 10D, 1R | Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush (R), ![]() | |||||||
1986 | |||||||||||||
1987 | Michael Dukakis (D) | Evelyn Murphy (D) | Michael Connolly (D) | James Shannon (D) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | Joe DeNucci (D) | 32D, 8R | 126D, 33R, 1I | 10D, 1R | ||||
1988 | |||||||||||||
1989 | 31D, 9R | 127D, 33R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 10D, 1R | Michael Dukakis, and Lloyd Bentsen (D), ![]() | ||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||||
1991 | Bill Weld (R) | Paul Cellucci (R) | Michael Connolly (D) | Scott Harshbarger (D) | Joe Malone (R) | Joe DeNucci (D) | 24D, 16R | 123D, 37R | John Kerry (D) | 11D | |||
1992 | |||||||||||||
1993 | 31D, 9R | 124D, 35R, 1I | 8D, 2R | Bill Clinton, and Al Gore (D), ![]() | |||||||||
1994 | |||||||||||||
1995 | Bill Weld (R) | Paul Cellucci (R) | Bill Galvin (D) | Scott Harshbarger (D) | Joe Malone (R) | Joe DeNucci (D) | 30D, 10R | 125D, 34R, 1NP | Ted Kennedy (D) | 8D, 2R | |||
1996 | |||||||||||||
1997 | 33D, 7R | 124D, 35R, 1I | John Kerry (D) | 10D | Bill Clinton, and Al Gore (D), ![]() | ||||||||
1998 | Vacant[1] | ||||||||||||
1999 | Paul Cellucci (R) | Jane Swift (R) | Bill Galvin (D) | Thomas Reilly (D) | Shannon O'Brien (D) | Joe DeNucci (D) | 33D, 7R | 131D, 28R, 1I | 10D | ||||
2000 | |||||||||||||
2001 | 34D, 6R | 137D, 23R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 10D | Al Gore, and Joe Lieberman (D), ![]() | ||||||||
2002 | Vacant[1] | ||||||||||||
2003 | Mitt Romney (R) | Kerry Healey (R) | Bill Galvin (D) | Thomas Reilly (D) | Tim Cahill (D) | Joe DeNucci (D) | 34D, 6R | 135D, 23R, 1I | John Kerry (D) | 10D | |||
2004 | |||||||||||||
2005 | 34D, 6R | 139D, 20R, 1I | 10D | John Kerry, and John Edwards (D), ![]() | |||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||||
2007 | Deval Patrick (D) | Tim Murray (D) | Bill Galvin (D) | Martha Coakley (D) | Tim Cahill (D) | Joe DeNucci (D) | 35D, 5R | 141D, 19R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 10D | |||
2008 | |||||||||||||
2009 | 35D, 5R | 144D, 15R, 1I | John Kerry (D) | 10D | Barack Obama, and Joe Biden (D), ![]() | ||||||||
Tim Cahill (I)[17] | Paul G. Kirk (D) | ||||||||||||
2010 | |||||||||||||
Scott Brown (R) | |||||||||||||
2011 | Deval Patrick (D) | Tim Murray (D) | Bill Galvin (D) | Martha Coakley (D) | Steve Grossman (D) | Suzanne Bump (D) | 36D, 4R | 127D, 33R | 10D | ||||
2012 | |||||||||||||
2013 | 36D, 4R | 131D, 29R | Elizabeth Warren (D) | Mo Cowan (D) | 9D | Barack Obama, and Joe Biden (D), ![]() | |||||||
Vacant | Ed Markey (D) | ||||||||||||
2014 | |||||||||||||
2015 | Charlie Baker (R) | Karyn Polito (R) | Bill Galvin (D) | Maura Healey (D) | Deb Goldberg (D) | Suzanne Bump (D) | 34D, 6R | 125D, 35R | Ed Markey (D) | ||||
2016 | |||||||||||||
2017 | 33D, 7R | 125D, 35R | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||||
2019 | 34D, 6R | 127D, 32R, 1I | |||||||||||
2020 | 34D, 4R | 126D, 31R, 1I | |||||||||||
36D, 4R | 127D, 31R, 1I | ||||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Sec. of Comm. | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | Senate | House | U.S. Senator (Class 1) | U.S. Senator (Class 2) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes | |
Executive/Constitutional offices | General Court | United States Congress |
Notes
- Lieutenant Governor acted as governor for unexpired term.
- Due to the offices of both governor and lieutenant governor being vacant, the council acted as governor.
- Elected Harrison Gray Otis, a Federalist, as Senate President.
- Starting at the 1848 election, the Free Soilers (mostly former members of the Liberty Party) and Democrats in Massachusetts established a formal coalition to contest elections for the General Court and for state offices. The makeup of the members of the coalition in the House in 1849 after the election was 53 Free Soilers and 30 Democrats.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the Senate in 1850 after the election was 7 Free Soilers and 6 Democrats.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the House in 1850 after the election was 56 Democrats, 42 Free Soilers, and 32 Free Soil Democrats.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the Senate in 1851 after the election was 15 Democrats and 11 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the House in 1851 after the election was 110 Democrats, 98 Free Soilers, and 10 Free Soil Democrats.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the Senate in 1852 after the election was 15 Democrats and 13 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the House in 1852 after the election was 118 Democrats and 90 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the Senate in 1853 after the election was 4 Democrats and 4 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the House in 1853 after the election was 83 Democrats and 54 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the Senate in 1854 after the election was 6 Democrats and 4 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the coalition in the House in 1854 after the election was 64 Democrats and 48 Free Soilers.
- After a tied vote on the first ballot, the Democrats negotiated an agreement to give the Republicans, led by Henry H. Sprague, the Senate Presidency pro tempore in exchange for an even division of all committees.
- Owens, Cornelius (January 28, 1949). "State Senate Elects Dolan". The Boston Daily Globe. After 114 ballots, an agreement was negotiated, with Democrats led by Chester A. Dolan Jr. receiving the Presidency for 1949, while Republicans led by Harris S. Richardson receiving it in 1950. Additionally, the Democrats received the majority on the Ways and Means Committee while all Republican-appointed employees of the Senate retained their jobs.
- After holding office in his second term for two and a half years, Cahill changed party affiliation from Democratic to independent on July 8, 2009. Antle, W. James, III (July 13, 2009). "Cahill's Charge". spectator.org. The American Spectator. Archived from the original on July 17, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
See also
- Politics of Massachusetts
- Elections in Massachusetts
- Government of Massachusetts
- United States state legislatures' partisan trend