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 
won the election or 
lost the election.
Each time an official is elected or re-elected, a new box for that official is included to indicate their repeated political party strength.
1780–1843
| Year | Executive/Constitutional offices | General Court | United States Congress | Electoral College | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary | Attorney General | Treasurer | Senate[1] | House[2] | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1780 | John Hancock (I) | Thomas Cushing (I) | John Avery Jr. (F) | Robert Treat Paine (F) | Henry Gardner (NP) | ||||||
| 1781 | [?] | [?] | |||||||||
| 1782 | |||||||||||
| 1783 | Thomas Ivers (NP) | [?] | [?] | ||||||||
| 1784 | |||||||||||
| 1785 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | [?] | [?] | ||||||||
| James Bowdoin (F) | |||||||||||
| 1786 | |||||||||||
| 1787 | John Hancock (I) | Alexander Hodgdon (NP) |
[?] | [?] | |||||||
| 1788 | Benjamin Lincoln (F) | ||||||||||
| 1789 | Samuel Adams (DR) | F majority | F majority | Tristram Dalton (PA) | Caleb Strong (PA) | 6PA, 2AA | Washington / Adams | ||||
| 1790 | James Sullivan (DR) | F majority | F majority | ||||||||
| 1791 | F majority | F majority | George Cabot (PA) | 7PA, 1AA | |||||||
| 1792 | Thomas Davis (NP) | F majority | F majority | ||||||||
| 1793 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | F majority | F majority | 11PA, 3AA | Washington / Adams | ||||||
| 1794 | Samuel Adams (DR) | Moses Gill (F) | F majority | F majority | |||||||
| 1795 | F majority | F majority | George Cabot (F) | Caleb Strong (F) | 10F, 4DR | ||||||
| 1796 | F majority | F majority | Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theodore Sedgwick (F) | 9F, 5DR | ||||||
| 1797 | Increase Sumner (F) | Peleg Coffin Jr. (F) | 29F, 1DR, 10? | 93F, 54DR, 52? | 11F, 3DR | Adams (F) / T. Pinckney (F) | |||||
| 1798 | 29F, 4DR, 7? | 139F, 54DR, 22? | |||||||||
| 1799 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | 35F, 3DR, 2? | 122F, 61DR, 30? | Samuel Dexter (F) | 12F, 2DR | ||||||
| 1800 | Governor's Council[lower-alpha 2] | vacant | 33F, 4DR, 3? | 166F, 81DR, 13? | 11F, 3DR | ||||||
| Caleb Strong (F) | Samuel Phillips Jr. (F) | Jonathan Mason (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | ||||||||
| 1801 | 23F, 16DR, 1? | 152F, 113DR, 14? | 7F, 7DR | Adams/ C. C. Pinckney (F) | |||||||
| 1802 | Edward Robbins (F) | Jonathan Jackson (F) | 28F, 12DR | 133F, 88DR, 13? | 8F, 6DR | ||||||
| 1803 | 28F, 12DR | 152F, 102DR, 4? | John Quincy Adams (F) | Timothy Pickering (F) | 10F, 7DR | ||||||
| 1804 | 26F, 14DR | 150F, 129DR, 2? | |||||||||
| 1805 | 22F, 18DR | 181F, 163DR, 1I, 2? | 10DR, 7F | Jefferson/ G. Clinton (DR) | |||||||
| 1806 | 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[lower-alpha 1] | William Tudor (F) | Josiah Dwight (I) | 23F, 17DR | 253F, 231DR | James Lloyd (F) | |||||
| 1809 | Christopher Gore (F) | David Cobb (F) | 22F, 18DR | 316F, 278DR | 9F, 8DR | C. C. Pinckney/ King (F) | |||||
| 1810 | Elbridge Gerry (DR) | William Gray (DR) | Benjamin Homans (DR) | Perez Morton (DR) | Thomas Harris (NP) | 20F, 20DR[lower-alpha 3] | 335DR, 308F | 10F, 7DR | |||
| 1811 | 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 (F) | 29DR, 11F | 429F, 320DR | |||||
| 1813 | 29F, 11DR | 420F, 215DR, 1? | Christopher Gore (F) | 16F, 4DR | D. Clinton/ Ingersoll (F) | ||||||
| 1814 | 27F, 13DR | 354F, 159DR, 1? | |||||||||
| 1815 | 25F, 15DR | 303F, 149DR | 18F, 2DR | ||||||||
| 1816 | 22F, 18DR | 324F, 214DR, 3? | Eli P. Ashmun (F) | ||||||||
| 1817 | Daniel Sargent (F) | 27F, 13DR | 189F, 92DR, 5? | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | 11F, 9DR | King/ Howard (F) | |||||
| 1818 | 26F, 14DR | 132F, 82DR, 10? | Prentiss Mellen (F) | ||||||||
| 1819 | 22F, 18DR | 231F, 161DR, 16? | 13DR, 7F | ||||||||
| 1820 | 23F, 8DR | 87F, 64DR, 42? | 14DR, 6F | ||||||||
| 1821 | 24F, 7DR | F majority | Elijah H. Mills (F) | 7F, 6DR | 8 – Monroe / Stockton (DR/F)7 – Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) | ||||||
| 1822 | 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 | Marcus Morton (DR) | Edward D. Bangs (NR) | 28DR, 12F | DR majority | |||||||
| 1825 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | NR majority | NR majority | Elijah H. Mills (NR) | James Lloyd (NR) | 12NR, 1J | Adams/ Calhoun (NR) | ||||
| Levi Lincoln Jr. (NR) | Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1826 | NR majority | NR majority | Nathaniel Silsbee (NR) | ||||||||
| 1827 | Joseph Sewall (NP) | NR majority | NR majority | Daniel Webster (NR) | 13NR | ||||||
| 1828 | NR majority | NR majority | |||||||||
| 1829 | 37NR, 1D, 2? | NR majority | 13NR | Adams/ Rush (NR) | |||||||
| 1830 | 38NR, 1A-M, 1D | NR majority | |||||||||
| 1831 | 29NR, 6A-M, 2D, 3? | 320NR, 87A-M, 68D, 6WM | 13NR | ||||||||
| 1832 | James T. Austin (NR) | Hezekiah Barnard (NR) | 36NR, 3A-M, 1D | 313NR, 119A-M, 92D, 4? | |||||||
| 1833 | Samuel Turell Armstrong (NR) |
37NR, 3A-M | 372NR, 117A-M, 73D, 11? | 9NR, 2A-M, 1J | Clay/ Sergeant (AJ) | ||||||
| 1834 | John Davis (W) | Samuel Turell Armstrong (W) |
Edward D. Bangs (W) | James T. Austin (NR) | 32NR, 8A-M | 314NR, 131A-M, 116D | |||||
| 1835 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | 40W | 450W, 87D, 78A-M, 3WM | John Davis (NR) | 8W, 3A-M, 1J | ||||||
| 1836 | Edward Everett (W) | George Hull (W) | John P. Bigelow (W) | 22W, 10D, 8A-M | 397W, 174D, 53A-M | ||||||
| 1837 | David Wilder Jr. (W) | 24W, 16D | 373W, 262D | Daniel Webster (W) | John Davis (W) | 10W, 2D | Webster/ Granger (W) | ||||
| 1838 | 40W | 363W, 114D, 3? | |||||||||
| 1839 | 37W, 3D | 344W, 178D | 10W, 2D | ||||||||
| 1840 | Marcus Morton (D) | 21W, 19D | 277W, 242D | ||||||||
| 1841 | John Davis (W) | 37W, 3D | 278W, 119D | Rufus Choate (W) | Isaac C. Bates (W) | 11W, 1D | Harrison/ Tyler (W) | ||||
| 1842 | Thomas Russell (NP) | 27W, 13D | 201W, 135D | ||||||||
| 1843 | Marcus Morton (D) | Henry H. Childs (D) | John A. Bolles (W) | office abolished | John Mills (W) | 28D, 12W | 177W, 172D, 3Lty | 8W, 2D | |||
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary | Attorney General | Treasurer | Senate | House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | Electoral College |
| Executive/Constitutional offices | General Court | United States Congress | |||||||||
1844–present
| Year | Executive/Constitutional offices | General Court | United States Congress | Electoral College | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of the Commonwealth |
Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | Senate[3] | House[4] | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1844 | George N. Briggs (W) | John Reed Jr. (W) | John G. Palfrey (W) | no such office | Thomas Russell (NP) | no such office | 34W, 6D | 185W, 133D, 4Lty | Rufus Choate (W) | Isaac C. Bates (W) | 8W, 2D | |
| 1845 | Joseph Barrett (NP) | 40W | 200W, 70D, 2Lty | Daniel Webster (W) | John Davis (W) | 10W | Clay/ Frelinghuysen (W) | |||||
| 1846 | 40W | 198W, 63D, 4KN | ||||||||||
| 1847 | 40W | 208W, 43D, 3Lty, 1KN | 10W | |||||||||
| 1848 | William B. Calhoun (W) | 39W, 1D | 191W, 78D, 3Lty, 1? | |||||||||
| 1849 | John H. Clifford (W) | Ebenezer Bradbury (W) | David Wilder Jr. (W) | 40W | 178W, 83Co, 1?[lower-alpha 4] | 8W, 1FS, 1 vac. | Taylor/ Fillmore (W) | |||||
| 1850 | 27W, 13Co[lower-alpha 5] | 168W, 129Co, 1?[lower-alpha 6] | ||||||||||
| Robert C. Winthrop (W) | ||||||||||||
| 1851 | George S. Boutwell (D) | Henry W. Cushman (D) | Amasa Walker (W) | Charles B. Hall (NP) | 26Co, 14W[lower-alpha 7] | 218Co, 183W[lower-alpha 8] | Robert Rantoul Jr. (D) | 7W, 2FS, 1D | ||||
| Charles Sumner (FS) | ||||||||||||
| 1852 | 28Co, 12W[lower-alpha 9] | 208Co, 194W[lower-alpha 10] | ||||||||||
| 1853 | John H. Clifford (W) | Elisha Huntington (W) | Ephraim M. Wright (W) | Rufus Choate (W) | Jacob H. Loud (W) | 32W, 8Co[lower-alpha 11] | 151W, 137Co[lower-alpha 12] | Edward Everett (W) | 9W, 1FS, 1D | Scott/ Graham (W) | ||
| 1854 | Emory Washburn (W) | William C. Plunkett (W) | John H. Clifford (W) | Joseph Mitchell (NP) | 30W, 10Co[lower-alpha 13] | 198W, 112Co[lower-alpha 14] | ||||||
| Julius Rockwell (W) | ||||||||||||
| 1855 | Henry Gardner (KN) | Simon Brown (KN) | Thomas J. Marsh (NP) | Stephen N. Gifford (W) | 40KN | 376KN, 1D, 1R, 1W, 1? | Henry Wilson (FS) | 11KN | ||||
| 1856 | Henry W. Benchley (KN) | Francis DeWitt (KN) | Moses Tenney Jr. (KN) | Chandler R. Ransom (NP) | 29KN, 9R, 2D | 168KN, 68R, 58W, 34D, 1Lib | Henry Wilson (R) | |||||
| 1857 | 23R, 17KN | 314R, 27KN, 8D, 4W, 2? | Charles Sumner (R) | 11R | Frémont/ Dayton (R) | |||||||
| 1858 | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Eliphalet Trask (R) | Oliver Warner (R) | Stephen Henry Phillips[lower-alpha 15] (R) | Charles White (NP) | 33R, 4KN, 2D, 1W | 169R, 41D, 29KN, 1Cit | |||||
| 1859 | 37R, 3D | 197R, 29D, 10KN, 4? | ||||||||||
| 1860 | 34R, 6D | 183R, 50D, 6KN, 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, 1CU | Lincoln/ Hamlin (R) | |||
| 1862 | John Nesmith (R) | 31R, 6D, 3U | 156R, 45U, 24D, 4? | 9R, 2U | ||||||||
| 1863 | Joel Hayden (R) | 35R, 5D | 198R, 41D, 1? | 10R | ||||||||
| 1864 | Chester L. Reed (R) | 40R | 228R, 12D | |||||||||
| 1865 | Julius L. Clarke (R) | 40R | 234R, 6D | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) | ||||||||
| 1866 | Alexander Bullock (R) | William Claflin (R) | Jacob H. Loud (R) | Henry Shaw Briggs (R) | 39R, 1D | 221R, 19D | ||||||
| 1867 | Charles Allen (R) | 40R | 229R, 11D | |||||||||
| 1868 | 32R, 8D | 180R, 60D | ||||||||||
| 1869 | William Claflin (R) | Joseph Tucker (R) | 38R, 2D | 224R, 16D | Grant/ Colfax (R) | |||||||
| 1870 | 29R, 10D, 1LR | 160R, 58D, 11LR | ||||||||||
| 1871 | Charles Adams Jr. (R) | Charles Endicott (R) | 34R, 5D, 1LR | 195R, 34D, 1 vac. | ||||||||
| 1872 | William B. Washburn (R) | Charles R. Train (R) | 35R, 5D-LR | 179R, 55D-LR, 9? | ||||||||
| 1873 | Thomas Talbot (R) | 39R, 1D | 211R, 24D, 5 vac. | Charles Sumner (LR) | George S. Boutwell (R) | 11R | Grant/ Wilson (R) | |||||
| 1874 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | 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) | Henry B. Pierce (R) | Charles Endicott (R) | Julius L. Clarke (R) | 30R, 9D, 1I | 182R, 58D | 5D, 4R, 2I | |||||
| 1877 | 33R, 7D | 178R, 62D | George F. Hoar (R) | 10R, 1D | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) | |||||||
| 1878 | 35R, 5D | 171R, 69D | 9R, 2D | |||||||||
| 1879 | Thomas Talbot (R) | John Davis Long (R) | George Marston (R) | Charles R. Ladd (R) | 178R, 48D, 11GB, 3I | 10R, 1D | ||||||
| 1880 | John Davis Long (R) | Byron Weston (R) | 32R, 5D, 3? | 175R, 48D, 12I, 5GB | ||||||||
| 1881 | Daniel A. Gleason (R) | 35R, 5D | 191R, 47D, 2GB | 10R, 1D | Garfield/ Arthur (R) | |||||||
| 1882 | 36R, 4D | 179R, 53D, 5IR, 2I, 1ID | ||||||||||
| 1883 | Benjamin Butler (D) | Oliver Ames (R) | Edgar J. Sherman (R) | 22R, 18D | 151R, 84D, 4I, 1Nat | 8R, 4D | ||||||
| 1884 | George D. Robinson (R) | 25R, 14D, 1? | 137R, 92D, 6I, 3GB, 1IR, 1ID | |||||||||
| 1885 | 34R, 5D, 1IR | 164R, 65D, 3Pop, 1ID, 1? | 10R, 2D | Blaine/ Logan (R) | ||||||||
| 1886 | Alanson W. Beard (R) | 28R, 11D, 1? | 157R, 75D, 8I | |||||||||
| 1887 | Oliver Ames (R) | John Q. A. Brackett (R) | Andrew J. Waterman (R) | 25R, 15D | 158R, 78D, 3ID, 1I, 1IR, 1? | 8R, 4D | ||||||
| 1888 | 30R, 10D | 164R, 71D, 3I, 1ID, 1IR | ||||||||||
| 1889 | George A. Marden (R) | 33R, 7D | 181R, 58D, 1ID | 10R, 2D | Harrison/ Morton (R) | |||||||
| 1890 | John Q. A. Brackett (R) | William H. Haile (R) | 29R, 11D | 161R, 79D | ||||||||
| 1891 | William E. Russell (D) | William M. Olin (R) | Albert E. Pillsbury (R) | William D. T. Trefry (D) | 20R, 20D[lower-alpha 16] | 140R, 98D, 1I, 1Proh | 7D, 5R | |||||
| 1892 | John W. Kimball (R) | 25R, 14D, 1I | 149R, 90D, 1Proh | |||||||||
| 1893 | Roger Wolcott (R) | 30R, 10D | 166R, 73D, 1Lab-ID | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 9R, 4D | Harrison/ Reid (R) | ||||||
| 1894 | Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) | Hosea M. Knowlton (R) | Henry Myer Phillips (R) | 33R, 7D | 183R, 56D, 1I | |||||||
| 1895 | Edward P. Shaw (R) | 36R, 4D | 194R, 46D | 12R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1896 | 33R, 7D | 182R, 58D | ||||||||||
| vacant[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | Roger Wolcott (R) | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | 35R, 5D | 202R, 38D | 12R, 1D | McKinley/ Hobart (R) | ||||||
| 1898 | 33R, 7D | 181R, 57D, 1Proh, 1I | ||||||||||
| 1899 | 168R, 64D, 2IC, 2I, 1ID, 1Proh, 1RC | 10R, 3D | ||||||||||
| 1900 | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | John L. Bates (R) | Edward S. Bradford (R) | 31R, 9D | 166R, 70D, 2IC, 2SD | |||||||
| 1901 | Henry E. Turner (R) | 179R, 58D, 2SD, 1I | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Herbert Parker (R) | 33R, 7D | 159R, 70D, 3IR, 3RC, 2ID, 2SD, 1? | |||||||||
| 1903 | John L. Bates (R) | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | 31R, 9D | 154R, 83D, 3Soc | 10R, 4D | |||||||
| 1904 | 154R, 85D, 1Soc | |||||||||||
| 1905 | William Lewis Douglas (D) | Arthur Chapin (R) | 34R, 6D | 169R, 69D, 1I, 1RC | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | 11R, 3D | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) | |||||
| 1906 | Curtis Guild Jr. (R) | Eben Sumner Draper (R) | Dana Malone (R) | 31R, 9D | 165R, 69D, 3RC, 1ID, 1IC | |||||||
| 1907 | 28R, 12D | 173R, 63D, 2IR, 1ID, 1IC | ||||||||||
| 1908 | 31R, 9D | 175R, 65D | ||||||||||
| 1909 | Eben Sumner Draper (R) | Louis A. Frothingham (R) | Elmer A. Stevens (R) | 34R, 6D[lower-alpha 17] | 180R, 60D[lower-alpha 17] | 9R, 5D | Taft/ Sherman (R) | |||||
| 1910 | 33R, 7D | 169R, 69D, 1I, 1Soc | ||||||||||
| 1911 | Eugene Foss (D) | Albert P. Langtry (R) | James M. Swift (R) | John E. White (R) | 26R, 14D[lower-alpha 17] | 127R, 112D, 1Soc[lower-alpha 17] | 10R, 4D | |||||
| 1912 | Robert Luce (R) | 26R, 14D | 143R, 94D, 2I, 1Soc | |||||||||
| 1913 | David I. Walsh (D) | Frank J. Donahue (D) | 26R, 14D[lower-alpha 17] | 139R, 94D, 5Prog, 1I, 1S[lower-alpha 17] | John W. Weeks (R) | 9R, 7D | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | |||||
| 1914 | David I. Walsh (D) | Edward P. Barry (D) | Thomas J. Boynton (D) | Frederick Mansfield (D) | Frank H. Pope (D) | 21R, 17D, 2Prog | 118R, 104D, 17Prog, 1S | 8R, 8D | ||||
| 1915 | 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 | 168R, 72D | ||||||||
| 1917 | 34R, 5D, 1LD | 175R, 65D | Hughes/ Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||
| 1918 | 33R, 7D | 179R, 61D | ||||||||||
| 1919 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | Channing H. Cox (R) | vacant | 30R, 10D | 182R, 58D | David I. Walsh (D) | ||||||
| 1920 | J. Weston Allen (R) | Fred J. Burrell (R) | 33R, 7D | 176R, 64D | ||||||||
| 1921 | Channing H. Cox (R) | Alvan T. Fuller (R) | J. Weston Allen (R) | Frederic W. Cook (R) | James Jackson (R) | 35R, 5D | 188R, 52D | 14R, 2D | Harding/ Coolidge (R) | |||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Frederic W. Cook (R) | Jay R. Benton (R) | 33R, 7D | 160R, 80D | 13R, 3D | |||||||
| 1924 | William S. Youngman (R) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Alvan T. Fuller (R) | Frank G. Allen (R) | 34R, 6D | 170R, 70D | William M. Butler (R) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | Coolidge and
Dawes (R) | |||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Arthur Kenneth Reading (R) | 35R, 5D | 177R, 63D | David I. Walsh (D) | ||||||||
| 1928 | Joseph E. Warner (R) | John W. Haigis (R) | ||||||||||
| 1929 | Frank G. Allen (R) | William S. Youngman (R) | 31R, 9D | 157R, 83D | David I. Walsh (D) | Smith/ Robinson (D) | ||||||
| 1930 | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1931 | Joseph B. Ely (D) | Charles F. Hurley (D) | Francis X. Hurley (D) | 30R, 10D | 141R, 99D | Marcus A. Coolidge (D) | 12R, 4D | |||||
| 1932 | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | Gaspar G. Bacon (R) | 26R, 14D | 147R, 93D | 10R, 5D | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | |||||||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | James Michael Curley (D) | Joseph L. Hurley (D) | Paul A. Dever (D) | Thomas H. Buckley (D) | 21R, 19D | 124R, 116D | 8R, 7D | |||||
| 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 1937 | Charles F. Hurley (D) | Francis E. Kelly (D) | William E. Hurley (R) | 26R, 14D | 136R, 104D | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) | 10R, 5D | |||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | Horace T. Cahill (R) | 28R, 12D | 143R, 97D | ||||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | Robert T. Bushnell (R) | Thomas J. Buckley (D) | 25R, 15D | 9R, 6D | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | |||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Francis X. Hurley (D) | 26R, 14D | 10R, 4D | |||||||||
| 1944 | Sinclair Weeks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | Maurice J. Tobin (D) | Robert F. Bradford (R) | Clarence A. Barnes (R) | John E. Hurley (D) | 23R, 17D | 138R, 102D | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) | ||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | Robert F. Bradford (R) | Arthur W. Coolidge (R) | Laurence Curtis (R) | 24R, 16D | 144R, 96D | 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) | 20R, 20D[lower-alpha 18] | 122D, 118R | 8R, 6D | Truman/ Barkley (D) | |||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | 22R, 18D | 124D, 116R | ||||||||||
| 1952 | Foster Furcolo (D) | |||||||||||
| 1953 | Christian Herter (R) | Sumner G. Whittier (R) | Edward J. Cronin (D) | George Fingold (R) | 25R, 15D | 123R, 117D | John F. Kennedy (D) | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | ||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | John Francis Kennedy (D) | 21R, 19D | 128D, 112R | 7R, 7D | ||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | Foster Furcolo (D) | Robert F. Murphy (D) | 132D, 108R | |||||||||
| 1958 | J. Henry Goguen (D) | vacant | ||||||||||
| 1959 | Joseph D. Ward (D) | Edward J. McCormack Jr. (D) | 24D, 16R | 145D, 95R | 8D, 6R | |||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | John A. Volpe (R) | Edward McLaughlin (D) | Kevin White (D) | John T. Driscoll (D) | 26D, 14R | 156D, 84R | Benjamin A. Smith II (D) | Kennedy/ Johnson (D) | ||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | Endicott Peabody (D) | Francis Bellotti (D) | Edward Brooke (R) | 28D, 12R | 150D, 90R | Ted Kennedy (D) | 7D, 5R | |||||
| 1964 | Thaddeus M. Buczko (D) | |||||||||||
| 1965 | John A. Volpe (R) | Elliot Richardson (R) | Robert Q. Crane (D) | 27D, 13R | 170D, 69R, 1I | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) | ||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Francis Sargent (R) | John Davoren (D) | Elliot Richardson (R) | 26D, 14R | 168D, 71R, 1I | Edward Brooke (R) | ||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | Robert H. Quinn (D) | 27D, 13R | 172D, 68R | 8D, 4R | Humphrey/ Muskie (D) | ||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | Francis Sargent (R) | Donald Dwight (R) | 30D, 10R | 178D, 62R | ||||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | 33D, 7R | 186D, 52R, 2I | 9D, 3R | McGovern/ Shriver (D) | ||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Michael Dukakis (D) | Thomas P. O'Neill III (D) | Paul Guzzi (D) | Francis Bellotti (D) | 191D, 46R, 3I | 10D, 2R | ||||||
| 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | 194D, 43R, 3I | Carter/ Mondale (D) | ||||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Edward J. King (D) | Michael J. Connolly (D) | 34D, 6R | 129D, 30R, 1I | Paul Tsongas (D) | |||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | John J. Finnegan (D) | 32D, 7R, 1I | 128D, 31R, 1I | Reagan/ Bush (R) | ||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Michael Dukakis (D) | John Kerry (D) | 32D, 8R | 128D, 29R, 3I | 10D, 1R | |||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | vacant | 125D, 34R, 1I | John Kerry (D) | |||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Evelyn Murphy (D) | James Shannon (D) | A. Joseph DeNucci (D) | 31D, 9R | 127D, 33R | |||||||
| 1988 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | 32D, 8R | 128D, 32R | Dukakis/ Bentsen (D) | |||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Bill Weld (R) | Paul Cellucci (R) | Scott Harshbarger (D) | Joe Malone (R) | 24D, 16R | 121D, 38R, 1I | 11D | |||||
| 1992 | 24D, 15R, 1 vac. | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 31D, 9R | 124D, 35R, 1I | 8D, 2R | Clinton/ Gore (D) | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | William F. Galvin (D) | 30D, 10R | 125D, 34R, 1NP | |||||||||
| 1996 | 28D, 10R, 2 vac. | |||||||||||
| 1997 | 33D, 7R | 124D, 35R, 1I | 10D | |||||||||
| 1998 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Paul Cellucci (R) | Jane Swift (R) | Thomas Reilly (D) | Shannon O'Brien (D) | 131D, 28R, 1I | |||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 34D, 6R | 137D, 23R | Gore/ Lieberman (D) | |||||||||
| 2002 | vacant[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Mitt Romney (R) | Kerry Healey (R) | Tim Cahill (D/I) | 135D, 23R, 1I | ||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 139D, 20R, 1I | Kerry/ Edwards (D) | ||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Deval Patrick (D) | Tim Murray (D) | Martha Coakley (D) | 35D, 5R | 141D, 19R | |||||||
| 2008 | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 144D, 15R, 1I | Obama/ Biden (D) | ||||||||||
| Paul G. Kirk (D) | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Scott Brown (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Steve Grossman (D) | Suzanne Bump (D) | 36D, 4R | 127D, 33R | ||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 131D, 29R | Elizabeth Warren (D) | Mo Cowan (D) | 9D | ||||||||
| vacant | Ed Markey (D) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Charlie Baker (R) | Karyn Polito (R) | Maura Healey (D) | Deb Goldberg (D) | 34D, 6R | 125D, 35R | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 33D, 7R | Clinton/ Kaine (D) | ||||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | 34D, 6R | 127D, 32R, 1I | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 36D, 4R | 127D, 31R, 1I | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 37D, 3R | 129D, 30R, 1I | Biden/ Harris (D) | |||||||||
| 2022 | 130D, 29R, 1I | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Maura Healey (D) | Kim Driscoll (D) | Andrea Campbell (D) | Diana DiZoglio (D) | 134D, 25R, 1I | |||||||
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of the Commonwealth |
Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | Senate | House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | Electoral College |
| Executive/Constitutional offices | General Court | United States Congress | ||||||||||
- 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 minority coalition in the Senate in 1850 after the election was 7 Free Soilers and 6 Democrats.
- The makeup of the members of the minority 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 majority coalition in the Senate in 1851 after the election was 15 Democrats and 11 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the majority 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 majority coalition in the Senate in 1852 after the election was 15 Democrats and 13 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the majority coalition in the House in 1852 after the election was 118 Democrats and 90 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the Senate in 1853 after the election was 4 Democrats and 4 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the House in 1853 after the election was 83 Democrats and 54 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the Senate in 1854 after the election was 6 Democrats and 4 Free Soilers.
- The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the House in 1854 after the election was 64 Democrats and 48 Free Soilers.
- First elected attorney general (position was previously appointed).
- 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.[5]
- The Massachusetts General Court did not meet for this session.
- 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.[6]
References
- Composition of the State of Massachusetts Senate
- Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Composition of the State of Massachusetts Senate
- Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Reports of Proceedings ... Municipal Printing Office. 1899.
- Owens, Cornelius (January 28, 1949). "State Senate Elects Dolan". The Boston Daily Globe.
See also
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