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MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNORS SINCE 1914

Massachusetts
Democratic Party

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Massachusetts
Republican Party

12 DEMOCRATS

GOVERNORS SINCE 1914

14 REPUBLICANS

	David I. Walsh 1914 - 1916
	Samuel W. McCall 1916 - 1919
	Calvin Coolidge 1919 - 1921
	Channing H. Cox 1921 - 1925
	Alvan T. Fuller 1925 - 1929
	Frank G. Allen 1929 - 1931
	Joseph B. Ely 1931 - 1935
	James M. Curley 1935 - 1937
	Charles F. Hurley 1937 - 1939
	Leverett Saltonstall 1939 - 1945
	Maurice J. Tobin 1945 - 1947
	Robert F. Bradford 1947 - 1949
	Paul A. Dever 1949 - 1953
	Christian A. Herter 1953 - 1957
	Foster Furcolo 1957 - 1961
	John A. Volpe 1961 - 1963
	Endicott Peabody 1963 - 1965
	John A. Volpe 1965 - 1969
	Francis W. Sargent 1969 - 1975
	Michael S. Dukakis 1975 - 1979
	Edward J. King 1979 - 1983
	Michael S. Dukakis 1983 - 1991
	William F. Weld 1991 - 1997
	Paul Cellucci 1997 - 2001
	Jane Swift 2001 - 2003	*******
	Mitt Romney 2003 - 2007
	Deval Patrick 2007 - Present
12	A POLITICAL TIE SCORE (Even to the point where one person from each party has been elected to a second, non-consecutive term)	14
Michael S. Dukakis 1975-1979 1983-1991		John A. Volpe 1961-1963 1965-1969

(*** As the elected Lieutenant Governor, Jane Swift became the Governor of Massachusetts on April 10, 2001 when Governor Paul Cellucci resigned to become the US Ambassador to Canada.)

Is this just chance or is Massachusetts politically schizophrenic?
I leave you to ponder the answer to that question.

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(By the way, people have asked if there is any significance to the characters in the party logos
facing away from each other. That was not intentional, but now that you mention it . . . )

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