Political party strength in Massachusetts

Politics in the US state of Massachusetts

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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 Y won the election or N 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

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Year  | Executive/Constitutional offices  | General Court | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of the
Commonwealth | 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[a] | [?] | [?]
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 Y /
Adams Y
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[a] | F majority  | F majority  | 11PA, 3AA  | Washington Y /
Adams Y
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) Y /
T. Pinckney (F) N
1798  | 29F, 4DR, 7?  | 139F, 54DR, 22?
1799  | vacant[a] | 35F, 3DR, 2?  | 122F, 61DR, 30?  | Samuel Dexter (F) | 12F, 2DR
1800  | Governor's Council[b] | 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) N
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) Y
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[a] | 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) N
1810  | Elbridge Gerry (DR) | William Gray (DR) | Benjamin Homans (DR) | Perez Morton (DR) | Thomas Harris (NP) | 20F, 20DR[c] | 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) N
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) N
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 Y/
Stockton N (DR/F)
7 – Monroe/
Tompkins Y (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[a] | NR majority  | NR majority  | Elijah H. Mills (NR) | James Lloyd (NR) | 12NR, 1J  | Adams/
Calhoun (NR) Y
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) N
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) N
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[a] | 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) N
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) Y
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

## 1844–present

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Year  | Executive/Constitutional offices  | General Court | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. 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) N
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?[d] | 8W, 1FS, 1 vac.  | Taylor/
Fillmore (W) Y
1850  | 27W, 13Co[e] | 168W, 129Co, 1?[f]
Robert C. Winthrop (W)
1851  | George S. Boutwell (D) | Henry W. Cushman (D) | Amasa Walker (W) | Charles B. Hall (NP) | 26Co, 14W[g] | 218Co, 183W[h] | Robert Rantoul Jr. (D) | 7W, 2FS, 1D
Charles Sumner (FS)
1852  | 28Co, 12W[i] | 208Co, 194W[j]
1853  | John H. Clifford (W) | Elisha Huntington (W) | Ephraim M. Wright (W) | Rufus Choate (W) | Jacob H. Loud (W) | 32W, 8Co[k] | 151W, 137Co[l] | Edward Everett (W) | 9W, 1FS, 1D  | Scott/
Graham (W) N
1854  | Emory Washburn (W) | William C. Plunkett (W) | John H. Clifford (W) | Joseph Mitchell (NP) | 30W, 10Co[m] | 198W, 112Co[n]
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) N
1858  | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Eliphalet Trask (R) | Oliver Warner (R) | Stephen Henry Phillips[o] (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) Y
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 I. Reed (R) | 40R  | 228R, 12D
1865  | Julius L. Clarke (R) | 40R  | 234R, 6D  | Lincoln/
Johnson (NU) Y
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) Y
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) Y
1874  | vacant[a] | 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) Y
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) Y
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) N
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) Y
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[p] | 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) N
1894  | Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) | Hosea M. Knowlton (R) | Henry M. Phillips (R) | 33R, 7D  | 183R, 56D, 1I
1895  | Edward P. Shaw (R) | 36R, 4D  | 194R, 46D  | 12R, 1D
1896  | 33R, 7D  | 182R, 58D
vacant[a]
1897  | Roger Wolcott (R) | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | 35R, 5D  | 202R, 38D  | 12R, 1D  | McKinley/
Hobart (R) Y
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) Y
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) Y
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[q] | 180R, 60D[q] | 9R, 5D  | Taft/
Sherman (R) Y
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[q] | 127R, 112D, 1Soc[q] | 10R, 4D
1912  | Robert Luce (R) | 26R, 14D  | 143R, 94D, 2I, 1Soc
1913  | David I. Walsh (D) | Frank J. Donahue (D) | 26R, 14D[q] | 139R, 94D, 5Prog, 1I, 1S[q] | John W. Weeks (R) | 9R, 7D  | Wilson/
Marshall (D) Y
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) N
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) Y
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/
Dawes (R) Y
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  | Smith/
Robinson (D) N
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) Y
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) Y
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) Y
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[r] | 122D, 118R  | 8R, 6D  | Truman/
Barkley (D) Y
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) Y
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) Y
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) Y
1966
1967  | Francis Sargent (R) | John Davoren (D) | Elliot Richardson (R) | 26D, 14R  | 168D, 71R, 1I  | Edward Brooke (R)
1968
1969  | vacant[a] | Robert H. Quinn (D) | 27D, 13R  | 172D, 68R  | 8D, 4R  | Humphrey/
Muskie (D) N
1970
1971  | Francis Sargent (R) | Donald Dwight (R) | 30D, 10R  | 178D, 62R
1972
1973  | 33D, 7R  | 186D, 52R, 2I  | 9D, 3R  | McGovern/
Shriver (D) N
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) Y
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) Y
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) N
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) Y
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[a]
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) N
2002  | vacant[a]
2003  | Mitt Romney (R) | Kerry Healey (R) | Tim Cahill (D) | 135D, 23R, 1I
2004  | 33D, 7R[s]
2005  | 34D, 6R  | 139D, 20R, 1I  | Kerry/
Edwards (D) N
2006
2007  | Deval Patrick (D) | Tim Murray (D) | Martha Coakley (D) | 35D, 5R  | 141D, 19R
2008
2009  | 144D, 15R, 1I  | Obama/
Biden (D) Y
Paul G. Kirk (D)
2010  | Tim Cahill (I)
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) N
2018
2019  | 34D, 6R  | 127D, 32R, 1I
2020  | 36D, 4R  | 127D, 31R, 1I
2021  | 37D, 3R  | 129D, 30R, 1I  | Biden/
Harris (D) Y
2022  | 130D, 29R, 1I
2023  | Maura Healey (D) | Kim Driscoll (D) | Andrea Campbell (D) | Diana DiZoglio (D) | 134D, 25R, 1I
2024  | 36D, 4R
2025  | 35D, 5R  | Harris/
Walz (D) N
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials  | Alaskan Independence (AKIP)

Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
| Democratic (D)

Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
| Free Soil (FS)

Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
| Libertarian (L)

National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
| Prohibition (Proh)

Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
| Vermont Progressive (VP)

Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lieutenant Governor acted as governor for unexpired term.
2. ^ Due to the offices of both governor and lieutenant governor being vacant, the council acted as governor.
3. ^ Elected Harrison Gray Otis, a Federalist, as Senate President.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the Senate in 1850 after the election was 7 Free Soilers and 6 Democrats.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ The makeup of the members of the majority coalition in the Senate in 1851 after the election was 15 Democrats and 11 Free Soilers.
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ The makeup of the members of the majority coalition in the Senate in 1852 after the election was 15 Democrats and 13 Free Soilers.
10. ^ The makeup of the members of the majority coalition in the House in 1852 after the election was 118 Democrats and 90 Free Soilers.
11. ^ The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the Senate in 1853 after the election was 4 Democrats and 4 Free Soilers.
12. ^ The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the House in 1853 after the election was 83 Democrats and 54 Free Soilers.
13. ^ The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the Senate in 1854 after the election was 6 Democrats and 4 Free Soilers.
14. ^ The makeup of the members of the minority coalition in the House in 1854 after the election was 64 Democrats and 48 Free Soilers.
15. ^ First elected attorney general (position was previously appointed).
16. ^ 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]
17. ^ a b c d e f The Massachusetts General Court did not meet for this session.
18. ^ 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]
19. ^ Republican Scott Brown won a special election to succeed Democrat Cheryl Jacques

## References

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1. ^ Composition of the State of Massachusetts Senate
2. ^ Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives
3. ^ Composition of the State of Massachusetts Senate
4. ^ Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives
5. ^ Reports of Proceedings ... Municipal Printing Office. 1899.
6. ^ Owens, Cornelius (January 28, 1949). "State Senate Elects Dolan". The Boston Daily Globe.

## See also

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* Politics of Massachusetts
* Elections in Massachusetts
* Government of Massachusetts
* United States state legislatures' partisan trend

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