List of colonial governors of Massachusetts
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This is a list of the colonial governors of Massachusetts up to 1776, including: governors of the Plymouth Colony, governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, presidents of the Dominion of New England, and colonial governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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[edit] Plymouth Colony: 1620 – 1691
This is a list of Governors of the Plymouth Colony from 1620 to 1691. It was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony on October 7, 1691.
| Governor | Took Office | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Carver | 1620 | 1621 | |
| William Bradford | 1621 | 1633 | |
| Edward Winslow |  |
1633 | 1634 |
| Thomas Prence | 1634 | 1635 | |
| William Bradford | 1635 | 1636 | |
| Edward Winslow | |
1636 | 1637 |
| William Bradford | 1637 | 1638 | |
| Thomas Prence | 1638 | 1639 | |
| William Bradford | 1639 | 1644 | |
| Edward Winslow | |
1644 | 1645 |
| William Bradford | 1645 | May 1657 | |
| Thomas Prence | June 1657 | 1673 | |
| Josiah Winslow |  |
1673 | 1680 |
| Thomas Hinckley | 1680 | 1686 | |
| Dominion of New England | 1686 | 1689 | |
| Thomas Hinckley | 1689 | 1692 | |
[edit] Massachusetts Bay Colony: 1629 – 1686
This is a list of Governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1629 to 1686:
| Governor | Took Office | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Cradock | 1629 | 1629 | |
| John Endicott | 1629 | 1630 | |
| John Winthrop |  |
1630 | 1633 |
| Thomas Dudley | 1634 | 1634 | |
| John Haynes |  |
1635 | 1635 |
| Henry Vane the Younger |  |
1636 | 1636 |
| John Winthrop | |
1637 | 1639 |
| Thomas Dudley | 1640 | 1640 | |
| Richard Bellingham | 1641 | 1641 | |
| John Winthrop | |
1642 | 1643 |
| John Endicott | 1644 | 1644 | |
| Thomas Dudley | 1645 | 1645 | |
| John Winthrop | |
1646 | 1648 |
| John Endicott | 1649 | 1649 | |
| Thomas Dudley | 1650 | 1650 | |
| John Endicott | 1651 | 1653 | |
| Richard Bellingham | 1654 | 1654 | |
| John Endicott | 1655 | 1664 | |
| Richard Bellingham | 1665 | 1672 | |
| John Leverett | 1673 | 1678 | |
| Simon Bradstreet | 1679 | 1686 | |
[edit] Dominion of New England : 1686 – 1689
This is a list of Presidents of the Dominion of New England from 1686 to 1689:
| President | Year(s) | Lieutenant Governor(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Dudley |  |
May 25, 1686 - December 20, 1686 | William Stoughton (May 26, 1686 - December 20, 1686) |
| Edmund Andros |  |
December 20, 1686 – April 18, 1689 | Francis Nicholson (July 19, 1688 - April 18, 1689) |
When the Dominion was dissolved in 1689, Simon Bradstreet served as Governor of Massachusetts (from May 24, 1689 to May 14, 1692) until William Phips arrived as Royal Governor in 1692.
[edit] Province of Massachusetts Bay: 1692 – 1774
This is a list of Colonial Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay:
Between 1774 and 1780, as Massachusetts moved toward and then helped lead the American Revolution, and until a new Constitution could be drafted, there was no stable civilian government. In exile in England, Thomas Hutchinson, until his death, was still considered as the civilian Governor of the colony by the British government of Lord North.
For later governors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, see List of Governors of Massachusetts.
