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 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

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 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 [lower-alpha 1]					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 [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)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 [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)N
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)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 [lower-alpha 1]					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 [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)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
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)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? [lower-alpha 4]			8W, 1FS, 1 vac.	Taylor/ Fillmore (W)Y
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)N
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)N
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)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 L. 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 [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)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 [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)N
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)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 [lower-alpha 17]	180R, 60D [lower-alpha 17]			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 [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)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 and 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 [lower-alpha 18]	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 [lower-alpha 1]			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 [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)N
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)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
									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
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

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials

Alaskan Independence (AKIP) American (Know Nothing) (KN) American Labor (AL) Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR) Anti-Administration (AA) Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) Conservative (Con)

Democratic (D) Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) 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) Democratic–Nonpartisan League (D-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) Unionist (U) Unconditional Unionist (UU)

Vermont Progressive (VP) Whig (W) Independent (I) Nonpartisan (NP)

1. 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. 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]

References

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

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