The British Colony of Massachusetts was established in 1629. It declared its
independence in 1776 and became an original member-state of the Union. (1)
(1) In 1820 Maine, one of its districts, became a separate state.
STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1869 - 1871 William Claflin 1818 - 1905
1872 - 1874 William Barnett Washburn 1820 - 1887
1874 - 1875 Thomas Talbot* 1818 - 1886
1875 - 1876 William Gaston 1820 - 1806
1876 - 1879 Alexander Hamilton Rice 1818 - 1895
1879 - 1880 Thomas Talbot (2x)
1880 - 1883 John Davis Long 1838 - 1915
1883 - 1884 Benjamin Franklin Butler 1818 - 1893
1884 - 1887 George Dexter Robinson 1834 - 1896
1887 - 1890 Oliver Ames 1831 - 1895
1890 - 1891 John Quincy Adams Brackett 1842 - 1918
1891 - 1894 William Eustus Russell 1857 - 1896
1894 - 1896 Frederic Thomas Greenhalge 1842 - 1896
1896 - 1900 Roger Wolcott 1847 - 1900
1900 - 1903 Winthrop Murray Crane 1853 - 1920
1903 - 1904 John Lewis Bates 1859 - 1946
1905 - 1906 William Lewis Douglas 1845 - 1924
1906 - 1909 Curtis Guild Jr. 1860 - 1915
1909 - 1911 Eben Stumner Draper 1858 - 1914
1911 - 1914 Eugene Noble Foss 1858 - 1939
1914 - 1916 David Ignatius Walsh 1872 - 1947
1916 - 1918 Samuel Walker McCall 1851 - 1923
1919 - 1921 John Calvin Coolidge 1872 - 1933
1921 - 1925 Channing Harris Cox 1879 - 1968
1925 - 1929 Alvan Tufts Fuller 1878 - 1958
1929 - 1931 Frank G. Allen 1874 - 1950
1931 - 1935 Joseph Buell Ely 1881 - 1956
1935 - 1937 James Michael Curley 1874 - 1958
1937 - 1939 Charles Francis Hurley 1893 - 1946
1939 - 1945 Leverett Saltonstall 1892 - 1979
1945 - 1947 Maurice Joseph Tobin 1901 - 1953
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