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List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

 
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This is a list of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Speaker Party Years ↓ District Note
William Hawthorne 1644 Salem
George Cook 1645 Cambridge
William Hawthorne 1646 Salem
Robert Keayne 1646 Boston
Robert Bridges 1646 Lynn
Joseph Hills 1647 Mistick Side
William Hawthorne 1648 Charlestown
Richard Russell 1648 Charlestown
Daniel Denison 1649 Ipswich
William Hawthorne 1650 Salem
Daniel Gookin 1651 Cambridge
Daniel Denison 1651-1652 Ipswich
Humphrey Atherton 1653 Springfield
Thomas Savage 1654-1656
William Hawthorne 1657 Salem
Thomas Savage 1658-1659
William Hawthorne 1660-1661 Salem
Thomas Clark 1662
John Leverett 1663-1664 Boston
Thomas Clark 1665
Richard Waldron 1666-1668 Cocheco
Thomas Clark 1669-1670
Thomas Savage 1671 Boston
Thomas Clark 1672
Richard Waldron 1673-1675 Cocheco
Peter Bulkley 1676 Concord
Thomas Savage 1677-1678 Boston
Richard Waldron 1679 Cocheco District no longer part of Massachusetts
John Richards 1680 Dorchester
Daniel Fisher 1680-1682 Dedham
Elisha Cooke 1683 Boston
John Waite 1684 Malden
Isaac Addington 1685 Boston
John Saffin 1686-1688 Boston
Thomas Oakes 1689 Boston
John Bowles 1690 Boston
Penn Townsend 1690 Salem
William Bond 1691-1692 Watertown
Nathaniel Byfield 1693 Boston
Nehemiah Jewett 1694 Rowley
William Bond 1695 Watertown
Penn Townsend 1696-1697 Salem
Nehemiah Jewett 1698 Rowley
James Converse 1699 Woburn
John Leverett 1700 Boston
Nehemiah Jewett 1701 Rowley
James Converse 1702-1704 Woburn
Thomas Oakes 1705-1706 Boston
John Burrill, Jr. 1707 Lynn
Thomas Oliver 1708 Cambridge
John Clark 1709-1710 Boston
John Burrill, Jr. 1711-1719 Lynn
Timothy Lindall 1720 Boston
John Clark 1721-1723 Boston
William Dudley 1724-1728 Roxbury
John Quincy 1729-1740 Mount Wollaston
William Fairfield 1741 Wenham
Thomas Cushing II 1742-1745 Boston
Thomas Hutchinson 1746-1748 Boston Appointed to the Governor's Council
Joseph Dwight 1749 Brookfield
Thomas Hubbard 1750-1758 Waltham
Samuel White 1759 Braintree
James Otis 1760-1762 Barnstable Appointed to the Governor's Council
Timothy Ruggles 1763 Rochester
Samuel White 1764-1765 Braintree
Thomas Cushing III 1766-1774 Boston
James Warren 1775 Plymouth
Samuel Freeman 1776 Boston
Robert Treat Paine 1777 Taunton
John Pickering 1778-1779 Boston
John Hancock 1779 Quincy Elected Governor of Massachusetts
Caleb Davis Pro-Administration 1780-1782 Boston
Nathaniel Gorham Pro-Administration 1782-1783 Charlestown
Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration 1783-1784 Newbury Elected to State Senate
Samuel Allyne Otis Pro-Administration 1784-1785 Barnstable
Nathaniel Gorham Pro-Administration 1785-1786 Charlestown
Artemas Ward Pro-Administration 1786-1787 Shrewsbury
James Warren Pro-Administration 1787-1788 Plymouth
Theodore Sedgwick Federalist Party 1788-1789 Sheffield Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
David Cobb Federalist Party 1789-1793 Taunton Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Edward Robbins Democratic-Republican 1793-1802 Boston Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
John Coffin Jones Federalist Party 1802-1803 Boston
Harrison Gray Otis Federalist Party 1803-1805 Boston Elected to the State Senate
Timothy Bigelow Federalist Party 1805-1806 Worcester Party lost election
Perez Morton Democratic-Republican 1806-1808 Dorchester Party lost election
Timothy Bigelow Federalist Party 1808-1810 Worcester Party lost election
Perez Morton Democratic-Republican 1810-1811 Dorchester Resigned
Joseph Story Democratic-Republican 1811-1812 Salem Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Eleazer Ripley Democratic-Republican 1812 Waterville Joined United States Army
Timothy Bigelow Federalist Party 1812-1820 Worcester
Elijah H. Mills Federalist Party 1820-1821 Northampton Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Josiah Quincy III Federalist Party 1821-1822 Boston Resigned to become Judge of Boston Municipal Court
Luther Lawrence Federalist Party 1822 Lowell Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Levi Lincoln, Jr. National Republican Party 1822-1823 Worcester Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
William C. Jarvis National Republican Party 1823-1825 Woburn Party lost election
Timothy Fuller Democratic-Republican Party 1825-1826 Cambridgeport Party lost election
William C. Jarvis National Republican Party 1826-1828 Woburn
William B. Calhoun National Republican Party 1828-1834 Springfield Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Julius Rockwell Whig 1835-1837 Pittsfield Appointed commissioner of the Bank of Massachusetts
Robert Charles Winthrop Whig 1838-1840 Boston Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
George Ashmun Whig 1841 Blandford
Thomas Kinnicut Whig 1842 Worcester
Daniel P. King Whig 1843-1844 South Danvers
Thomas Kinnicut Whig 1844 Worcester Resigned
Samuel H. Walley, Jr. Whig 1844-1846 Boston
Ebenezer Bradbury Whig 1847 Newburyport
Francis Crowninshield Whig 1848-1849 Boston
Ensign Kellogg Whig 1850 Pittsfield
Nathaniel Prentice Banks Whig 1851-1852 Waltham Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
George Bliss Whig 1853 Springfield
Otis P. Lord Whig 1854 Salem Party lost election
Daniel C. Eddy Know Nothing 1855 Lowell
Charles A. Phelps Know Nothing 1856-1857 Boston Party Lost election
Julius Rockwell Republican 1858 Pittsfield Appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court
Charles Hale Republican 1859 Boston
John A. Goodwin Republican 1860-1861 Lowell
Alexander Hamilton Bullock Republican 1862-1865 Worcester Elected Governor of Massachusetts
James A. Stone Republican 1866-1867 Charlestown
Harvey Jewell Republican 1868-1871 Boston
John E. Sanford Republican 1872-1875 Taunton
John Davis Long Republican 1876-1878 Hingham Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Charles J. Noyes Republican 1879-1882 Boston
George Augustus Marden Republican 1883-1884 Lowell
John Q. A. Brackett Republican January 7, 1885-1886 Arlington[1] Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Charles J. Noyes Republican 1887-1888 Boston
William Emerson Barrett Republican 1889-1893 11th Middlesex District Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
George von Lengerke Meyer Republican 1894-1896 Hamilton
John Lewis Bates Republican 1897-1899 Boston Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
James J. Myers Republican 1900-1903 1st Middlesex district Retired
Louis A. Frothingham Republican 1904-1905 11th Suffolk District Resigned to run for governor
John N. Cole Republican 1906-1908 8th Essex District Indicted on 123 separate counts for violation of the law which prohibits Government officers from asking for railroad passes or tickets at reduced rates for themselves or others.

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Joseph H. Walker Republican 1909-1911 Brookline Resigned to run for governor
Grafton D. Cushing Republican 1912-1914 Boston Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Channing H. Cox Republican 1915-1918 Boston Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Joseph E. Warner Republican 1919-1920 Taunton
Benjamin Loring Young Republican 1921-1924 Weston
John C. Hull Republican 1925-1929 Leominster Retired
Leverett Saltonstall Republican 1929-1936 Boston Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Horace T. Cahill Republican 1937-1938 Braintree Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Christian Herter Republican 1939-1942 Boston Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Rudolph King Republican 1943 Millis Resigned to run for Governor
Frederick Willis Republican 1944-1949 10th Essex District Party lost election
Thomas P. O'Neill Democrat 1949-1952 Cambridge Party lost election
Charles Gibbons Republican 1952-1955 Stoneham Party lost election
Michael F. Skerry Democrat 1955-1957 8th Middlesex District Elected Clerk of the Malden District Court
John F. Thompson Democrat 1958-1964 Ludlow Resigned after being indicted on charges of conspiracy and bribery
John Davoren Democrat 1964-1967 Milford Appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth
Robert H. Quinn Democrat 1968 Boston Elected Massachusetts Attorney General
David M. Bartley Democrat 1969-1975 Holyoke Resigned to become President of Holyoke Community College
Thomas W. McGee Democrat 1975–1984 Lynn Defeated by Keverian in leadership challenge
George Keverian Democrat 1985–1991 39th Middlesex District Resigned to run for State Treasurer
Charles Flaherty Democrat 1991–April 9, 1996 27th Middlesex District Resigned - plead guilty to tax evasion
Thomas Finneran Democrat April 9, 1996–September 28, 2004 12th Suffolk District Resigned - plead guilty to obstruction of justice charges
Salvatore DiMasi Democrat September 28, 2004–January 27, 2009 3rd Suffolk District Resigned - charged with rigging of state contracts
Robert DeLeo Democrat January 27, 2009- 19th Suffolk District Current Speaker

References

  1. ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. lviii 
  2. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9900E1D71231E233A25756C0A9649C946997D6CF
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Current statewide government officials of Massachusetts
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State constitutional officers
State Senate leaders
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Robert DeLeo (Speaker) · James Vallee (Majority Leader) · Bradley Jones (Minority Leader)
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Government of Massachusetts
Executive
Governor (List) • Lt. Governor • Office for Administration and Finance • Office of Education • Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs • Office of Health and Human Services • Office of Housing and Economic Development • Office of Labor and Workforce Development • Office of Public Safety and Security • Office of Transportation and Public Works
 Flag of Massachusetts
Legislative
Judicial
Trial Court • Court of Appeals (Judges) • Supreme Judicial Court
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Law
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Current Speakers of the U.S. state Houses of Representatives
AL S. Hammett (D)
AK M. Chenault (R)
AZ J. Weiers (R)
AR B. Petrus (D)
CA K. Bass (D)
CO T. Carroll (D)
CT C. Donovan (D)
DE R. Gilligan (D)
FL R. Sansom (R)
GA G. Richardson (R)
HI C. McCullough (D)
ID L. Denney (R)
IL M. Madigan (D)
IN B.P. Bauer (D)
IA P. Murphy (D)
KS M. O'Neal (R)
KY G. Stumbo (D)
LA J. Tucker (R)
ME H. Pingree (D)
MD M. Busch (D)
MA R. DeLeo (D)
MI A. Dillon (D)
MN M.A. Kelliher (D)
MS W. McCoy (D)
MO R. Richard (R)
MT B. Bergren (D)
NE See note 1
NV B. Buckley (D)
NH T. Norelli (D)
NJ J. Roberts (D)
NM B. Lujan (D)
NY S. Silver (D)
NC J. Hackney (D)
ND J. Delzer (R)
OH A. Budish (D)
OK C. Benge (R)
OR D. Hunt (D)
PA K. McCall (D)
RI W.J. Murphy (D)
SC R. Harrell, Jr. (R)
SD T. Deadrick (R)
TN K. Williams (CCR2)
TX J. Straus (R)
UT D. Clark (R)
VT S. Smith (D)
VA W. Howell (R)
WA F. Chopp (D)
WV R. Thompson (D)
WI M. Sheridan (D)
WY R. Cohee (R)
DC See note 1
Notes
1 The legislatures of Nebraska and of the District of Columbia are unicameral (single-bodied). Their current Speaker (Nebraska) and Chairman (D.C.) are, respectively, M. Flood (R) and V. Gray (D).
2 CCR=Carter County Republican

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