- Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12 1947, better known as Mitt Romney), was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Elected in 2002, Romney served one term and did not seek re-election in 2006; his term ended January 4, 2007. Romney has started his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, having formally announced his candidacy on February 13, 2007. He made his announcement at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. - Deval Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician and the current Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On November 7, 2006, Patrick became the first African American elected governor of Massachusetts and the second in United States history. He took office on January 4, 2007. Prior to entering politics, Patrick worked as an attorney and businessman. - Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek-immigrant parents in Brookline, Massachusetts and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts' history - Elbridge Gerry
Gerry was born in Marblehead, Mass., on July 17, 1744. He graduated from Harvard College in 1762 and returned to Marblehead to enter his father's mercantile and shipping business. It is probable that he first espoused the patriot cause as a result of grievances over Britain's attempt to tax colonial commerce. - John Hancock
John Hancock (January 12, 1737 <small>(O.S.)</small> - October 8, 1793 <small>(N.S.)</small>) was President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation; first Governor of Massachusetts; and the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence. - William Weld
William Floyd Weld (born July 31 , 1945 , in Smithtown, New York ) was the Republican Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997 , resigning to pursue the ambassadorship to Mexico . In August 2005 , Weld announced his candidacy for Governor of New York in the 2006 elections . Weld's involvement in a scandal that resulted in the collapse of Decker College has observers suggesting that his bid for the governorship of New York is in jeopardy. [1] - John Winthrop
John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8-26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was elected their governor on April 8, 1630. Between 1631 and 1648 he was voted out of governorship and re-elected a total of 12 times. Although Winthrop was a respected political figure, he was criticized for his obstinacy regarding the formation of a general assembly in 1634 - Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, politician, writer and political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams was instrumental in garnering the support of the colonies for rebellion against Great Britain, eventually resulting in the American Revolution, and was also one of the key architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped American political culture. - Jane Swift
Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician from Melrose, Massachusetts. A Republican, she served as Acting Governor of Massachusetts from 2001 to 2003. Swift is the first woman to serve as a Governor of Massachusetts (albeit unelected). She is also the first and only U.S. Governor to give birth while in office. Descended from an Irish-Italian political family in Berkshire County, Massachusetts in the town of North Adams, … - Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., more commonly known as Calvin Coolidge, was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929). He is often referred to as "Silent Cal". A lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His actions during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight. - Paul Cellucci
Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Cellucci served as Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor since July 1997, when former Governor William Weld resigned the post; he had previously been Lieutenant Governor from 1990-97. Ambassador Cellucci's career in government began in 1970 when he was elected to the Hudson Charter Commission. One year later, he won a seat on the Hudson Board of Selectmen and he served on that panel until 1977. - Thomas Hutchinson
Thomas Hutchinson (September 9 1711 - June 3 1780) was the American colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1771 to 1774 and a prominent Loyalist in the years before the American Revolutionary War. For many years he had worked on a history of the commonwealth compiling original manuscripts and source materials. He published his history of Massachusets in England after he left the colony in 1774 when its government was temporarily turned over to General Gage. - Christy Mihos
Christy P. Mihos (born 1950 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a Greek-American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. He served as a member of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority from 1999 to 2004. He was an Independent candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2006, losing to Deval Patrick on November 7th, 2006. - Edward Everett
Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 - January 15, 1865) was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Everett was elected to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, and also served as President of Harvard University, United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Britain, … - David Axelrod
David Axelrod is a Democratic political consultant based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is perhaps best known for his work on the campaign of Barack Obama in for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and for President in 2008, the campaign of Deval Patrick for Governor of Massachusetts in 2006, and for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Axelrod is the senior partner of AKP Message & Media, and was a political writer for the Chicago Tribune. - William Shirley
William Shirley (December 2, 1694 - March 24, 1771) was the British governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1759. He was to son of William and Elizabeth Godman Shirley, and was born on December 2, 1694 at Preston Manor in Sussex, England. He was educated at Cambridge then studied law in London before moving to Boston in 1731. His early government jobs included that of surveyor and King's Advocate for New England. He was appointed the royal Governor in 1741. - Grace Ross
Grace Ross (Worcester, Massachusetts; born 6 June 1961) is a former Green-Rainbow Party co-chair and 2006 Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor of Massachusetts. Ross is a member of the State, and Administrative Committee's of the Green-Rainbow Party. Ross grew up in New York, but moved to Miami to attend Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, before coming to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, where she obtained a BA in psychology and a master's degree in education. - James Bowdoin
James Bowdoin (August 7, 1726 - November 6, 1790) was an American political and intellectual leader from Boston, Massachusetts during the American Revolution. He served in both the colonial council (senate) and house and was President of the state's constitutional convention. After independence he was governor of Massachusetts. His grandfather "(Pierre Boudouin)" was a Huguenot refugee from France. Pierre took his family first to Ireland, then to Portland, Maine, … - Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley (October 12, 1576-July 31, 1653) was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was born in Northampton, England, the son of Capt. Roger Dudley and Susanna Thorne. It is postulated that his family was a scion of the noble Dudley family, originally of Sutton, but the exact connection is still a subject of some contention. His mother, however, was descended from Henry II of England. - James Sullivan
James Sullivan (April 22, 1744, Berwick, Maine - December 10, 1808) was a U.S. political figure. In 1776, Sullivan was a State court judge in Massachusetts. Although he was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 he did not attend. From 1790 to 1807, he was the Republican attorney general of Massachusetts and in 1801 prosecuted the Dedham murderer Jason Fairbanks. He also served as the governor of Massachusetts between 1807 and 1808. - John Davis
John Davis was an American lawyer and politician. Born January 13, 1787 in Northborough, Massachusetts, graduated from Yale College in 1812 and practiced law in Worcester, Massachusetts. Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4 1825, to January 14 1834, when he resigned, having been elected Governor. He served as the Whig Governor of Massachusetts from 1834 to 1835. - George W. Romney
George Wilcken Romney was chairman of the American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962 and was elected three times as the Republican Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968, losing to Richard Nixon. He is also the father of Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. - James Michael Curley
James Michael Curley was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, and as Governor of Massachusetts. Curley was born to immigrants from County Galway, Ireland. His father Michael Curley (1850-1884) settled in Roxbury in 1864 and worked as an unskilled laborer. He died after lifting a heavy object and spending three days in a coma. - Joseph Dudley
Joseph Dudley (September 23 1647 - April 2 1720), colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1715, the son of Thomas Dudley, was born and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1665, became a member of the general court, and in 1682 was sent by Massachusetts to London to prevent the threatened revocation of her charter by Charles II. There, with an eye to his personal advancement, … - Francis Bernard
Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (1712-16 June 1779) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Francis was born in Brightwell, Oxfordshire, England to the Rev. Francis and Margery Bernard and was christened on July 12, 1712. He was first educated at St. Peter's College and then spent seven years at Oxford, where Christ Church granted him a master of arts in 1736. - William Eustis
William Eustis was an early American statesman. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and studied at the Boston Latin School before he entered Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1772. He studied medicine under Dr. Joseph Warren and helped care for the wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, where Warren was killed. He served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War as surgeon of the artillery regiment at Cambridge and then as a hospital surgeon. - Jonathan Belcher
Jonathan Belcher (January 8, 1682 - August 31, 1757) was colonial governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and, New Jersey. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he attended Harvard University. His father was Andrew Belcher. His wife was the daughter of Lt. Gov. William Partridge, and a sister was the wife of Lt. Gov. George Vaughn. In 1718, Belcher was elected to the Massachusetts council and became colonial governor when his predecessor died. - John Silber
John Robert Silber (born August 15, 1926) is the controversial former president of Boston University and unsuccessful conservative Democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts in the 1990 election. He was born in San Antonio, Texas and is the author of one book, part memoir and part political prescription. - Endicott Peabody
Endicott "Chub" Peabody (February 15, 1920-December 1, 1997) was Governor of Massachusetts from January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965. Peabody was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, served in the United States Navy during World War II, and received a BA and a law degree from Harvard University. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar on October 14, 1948. A star defensive lineman for the Harvard football team, he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. - Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 - November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. He was a leading Republican who devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the slavocracy, that is the conspiracy of slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty. Wilson was born Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, New Hampshire. - Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett A. Saltonstall was an American Republican politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945) and as a United States Senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and was a longtime summer resident of Vinalhaven, Maine. As an adult he spent winters on his family estate in Dover, Massachusetts, where he liked to farm. His father was Richard Middlecott Saltonstall, a lawyer; his mother, Eleanor Brooks Saltonstall, … - Simon Bradstreet
Simon Bradstreet (March 18, 1603-March 27, 1697) was a colonial magistrate, businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Simon Bradstreet was born in Horbling, Lincolnshire. His father was the rector of the parish church. Prior to his emigration to America, Bradstreet attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge for two years. Bradstreet married the future poet Anne Dudley while still in England. She was the daughter of Puritan leader Thomas Dudley. - Thomas Cushing
Thomas Cushing (March 24, 1725 - February 28, 1788) was an American lawyer and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a delegate for Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, and Lt. Governor of the state from 1780 to 1788. Between the resignation of John Hancock and the inauguration of James Bowdoin, he served as Acting Governor of Massachusetts in 1785. Thomas was born into a prosperous and leading mercantile family of Boston. - John Brooks
John Brooks was Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823. Before entering public life, John Brooks had established careers in medicine and as a military leader during the American Revolution. Having already trained as a doctor in his hometown of Medford, he began his medical practice in Reading where he became the Captain of the Reading Minutemen. He led them in the Battle of Concord and at Bunker Hill. - Christian Herter
Christian Archibald Herter (March 28, 1895 - December 30, 1966) was an American politician and statesman; Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1956, and Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961. - Marcus Morton
Marcus Morton (December 19, 1784 - February 6, 1864) was a lawyer, jurist, and politician from Taunton, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and served two terms as Governor of Massachusetts, as well as a portion of an unexpired term in 1825. Morton was born in East Freetown, Massachusetts to Nathaniel and Mary (Cary) Morton. He received his early education at home, at age fourteen being placed under the Rev. - Caleb Strong
Caleb Strong (January 9, 1745 - November 7, 1819) was a U.S. political figure. Born in 1745 in Northampton, Massachusetts, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts in 1780. He also served as the governor of Massachusetts between 1800 and 1807, and again from 1812 until 1816. Strong was elected as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution. - Marcus Morton
Marcus Morton, American lawyer and jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, was born in Taunton, the son of future Governor Marcus Morton and his wife Charlotte ("née" Hodges). He attended Bristol County Academy, was graduated from Brown University in 1838, and from Harvard Law School in 1840. After one year in the Boston office of Judge Peleg Sprague, … - Edward J. King
Edward Joseph King was the Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a graduate of Boston College and Bentley College, King played professional football as a guard with the All-America Football Conference Buffalo Bills from 1948 to 1949 and the National Football League's Baltimore Colts in 1950. Prior to winning election as Governor, his only elected office, … - Benjamin Franklin Butler
Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5 1818 - January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as its governor. During the American Civil War, his administration of occupied New Orleans, his policies regarding slaves as "contrabands", his ineffectual leadership in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, …
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