Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Massachusetts

Executive of Massachusetts

Governor of Massachusetts
John Hancock

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1737; d. October 8 1793.

Non-Partisan

1780 – 1785

James Bowdoin II

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1726; d. November 6 1790.

Non-Partisan

1785 – 1787

John Hancock

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1737; d. October 8 1793.

Non-Partisan

1787 – 1793

Samuel Adams (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1722; d. October 2 1803.

Anti-Administration Party

1793 – 1794

Samuel Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1722; d. October 2 1803.

Democratic-Republican Party

1794 – 1797

Levi Lincoln, Sr. (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1749; d. April 14 1820.

Democratic-Republican Party

1808 – 1809

Elbridge Gerry

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1744; d. November 23 1814.

Democratic-Republican Party

1810 – 1812

William Eustis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1823 – 1825

Edward Everett

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1794; d. January 15 1865.

Whig Party

1836 – 1840

George Sewall Boutwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1818; d. February 27 1905.

Democratic Party

1851 – 1853

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1816; d. September 1 1894.

Republican Party

1858 – 1861

John Davis Long

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1838; d. August 28 1915.

Republican Party

1880 – 1883

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1818; d. January 11 1893.

Greenback Party

1883 – 1884

George Dexter Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1834; d. February 22 1896.

Republican Party

1884 – 1887

Samuel Walker McCall

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1851; d. November 4 1923.

Republican Party

1916 – 1919

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1872; d. January 5 1933

Republican Party

1919 – 1921

Channing Harris Cox

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 28 1879; d. August 20 1968.

Republican Party

1921 – 1925

John Anthony Volpe

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1908; d. November 11 1994.

Republican Party

1961 – 1963

John Anthony Volpe

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1908; d. November 11 1994.

Republican Party

1965 – 1969

Michael Stanley Dukakis

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1933.

Democratic Party

1975 – 1979

Michael Stanley Dukakis

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1933.

Democratic Party

1983 – 1991

Willard Mitt Romney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1947.

Republican Party

2003 – 2007


Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Benjamin Lincoln

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1733; d. May 9 1810.

Non-Partisan

1788 – 1789

Samuel Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1722; d. October 2 1803.

Anti-Administration Party

1789 – 1794

Levi Lincoln, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1749; d. April 14 1820.

Democratic-Republican Party

1807 – 1809

John Reed, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1781; d. November 25 1860.

Whig Party

1844 – 1851

John Davis Long

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1838; d. August 28 1915.

Republican Party

1879 – 1880

Grafton Dulany Cushing

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1864; d. May 31 1869.

Republican Party

1915 – 1916

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1872; d. January 5 1933

Republican Party

1916 – 1919

Channing Harris Cox

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 28 1879; d. August 20 1968.

Republican Party

1919 – 1921

John Forbes Kerry

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1943.

Democratic Party

1983 – 1985




Government of Massachusetts

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William Barron Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1796; d. November 8 1865.

Whig Party

1848 – 1851


Attorney General of Massachusetts
Barnabas Bidwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1763; d. July 27 1833.

Democratic-Republican Party

1807 – 1810




State Legislature of Massachusetts

Massachusetts Senate

President of the Massachusetts Senate
Samuel Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1722; d. October 2 1803.

Non-Partisan

1782 – 1785

Samuel Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1722; d. October 2 1803.

Non-Partisan

1787 – 1788

Harrison Gray Otis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1765; d. October 28 1848.

Federalist Party

1805 – 1806

Harrison Gray Otis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1765; d. October 28 1848.

Federalist Party

1808 – 1811

Samuel Lathrop

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1772; d. July 11 1846.

National Republican Party

1829 – 1830

William Barron Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1796; d. November 8 1865.

Whig Party

1846 – 1847

Henry Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1812; d. November 22 1875.

Free Soil Party

1851 – 1853

Allen Towner Treadway

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1867; d. February 16 1947.

Republican Party

1909 – 1911

Levi Heywood Greenwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1872; d. April 7 1930.

Republican Party

1912 – 1913

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1872; d. January 5 1933

Republican Party

1914 – 1915

Henry Gordon Wells

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1879; d. March 5 1954.

Republican Party

1916 – 1919


Massachusetts State House of Representatives

Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives
Artemas Ward

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1727; d. October 28 1800.

Non-Partisan

1779 – 1785

Artemas Ward

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1727; d. October 28 1800.

Non-Partisan

1786 – 1787

William Barron Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1796; d. November 8 1865.

National Republican Party

1828 – 1834

Robert Charles Winthrop

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1809; d. November 16 1894.

Whig Party

1838 – 1840

John Davis Long

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1838; d. August 28 1915.

Republican Party

1876 – 1878

George von Lengerke Meyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1858; d. March 9 1918.

Republican Party

1894 – 1896

Grafton Dulany Cushing

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1864; d. May 31 1869.

Republican Party

1912 – 1914

Channing Harris Cox

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 28 1879; d. August 20 1968.

Republican Party

1915 – 1919