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 won the election or 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
YearExecutive/Constitutional officesGeneral CourtUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSec. of theCommonwealthAttorney GeneralTreasurerSenateComposition of the State of Massachusetts SenateHouseComposition of the State of Massachusetts House of RepresentativesU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class II)U.S. House1780John Hancock Thomas Cushing John Avery Jr. Robert Treat Paine Henry Gardner 178117821783Thomas Ivers 17841785vacantJames Bowdoin 17861787John Hancock AlexanderHodgdon 1788Benjamin Lincoln 1789Samuel Adams F majorityF majorityTristram Dalton Caleb Strong 6PA, 2AAWashington / Adams 1790James Sullivan F majorityF majority1791F majorityF majorityGeorge Cabot 7PA, 1AA1792Thomas Davis F majorityF majority1793vacantF majorityF majority11PA, 3AAWashington / Adams 1794Samuel Adams Moses Gill F majorityF majority1795F majorityF majorityGeorge Cabot Caleb Strong 10F, 4DR1796F majorityF majorityBenjamin Goodhue Theodore Sedgwick 9F, 5DR1797Increase Sumner Peleg Coffin Jr. 29F, 1DR, 10?93F, 54DR, 52?11F, 3DRAdams /T. Pinckney 179829F, 4DR, 7?139F, 54DR, 22?1799vacant35F, 3DR, 2?122F, 61DR, 30?Samuel Dexter 12F, 2DR1800Governor's Councilvacant33F, 4DR, 3?166F, 81DR, 13?11F, 3DRCaleb Strong Samuel Phillips Jr. Jonathan Mason Dwight Foster 180123F, 16DR, 1?152F, 113DR, 14?7F, 7DRAdams/C. C. Pinckney 1802Edward Robbins Jonathan Jackson 28F, 12DR133F, 88DR, 13?8F, 6DR180328F, 12DR152F, 102DR, 4?John Quincy Adams Timothy Pickering 10F, 7DR180426F, 14DR150F, 129DR, 2?180522F, 18DR181F, 163DR, 1I, 2?10DR, 7FJefferson/G. Clinton 1806Jonathan L. Austin Thomson J. Skinner 21DR, 19F263DR, 215F, 3?1807Jonathan L. Austin Thomson J. Skinner James Sullivan Levi Lincoln Sr. Barnabas Bidwell 21DR, 19F250DR, 130F, 2?11DR, 6F1808vacantWilliam Tudor Josiah Dwight 23F, 17DR253F, 231DRJames Lloyd 1809Christopher Gore David Cobb 22F, 18DR316F, 278DR9F, 8DRC. C. Pinckney/King 1810Elbridge Gerry William Gray Benjamin Homans Perez Morton Thomas Harris 20F, 20DR335DR, 308F10F, 7DR1811Jonathan L. Austin 21DR, 19F345DR, 315FJoseph BradleyVarnum 9DR, 8F1812Caleb Strong William Phillips Jr. Alden Bradford John T. Apthorp 29DR, 11F429F, 320DR181329F, 11DR420F, 215DR, 1?Christopher Gore 16F, 4DRD. Clinton/Ingersoll 181427F, 13DR354F, 159DR, 1?181525F, 15DR303F, 149DR18F, 2DR181622F, 18DR324F, 214DR, 3?Eli P. Ashmun 1817Daniel Sargent 27F, 13DR189F, 92DR, 5?Harrison Gray Otis 11F, 9DRKing/Howard 181826F, 14DR132F, 82DR, 10?Prentiss Mellen 181922F, 18DR231F, 161DR, 16?13DR, 7F182023F, 8DR87F, 64DR, 42?14DR, 6F182124F, 7DRF majorityElijah H. Mills 7F, 6DR8 – Monroe /Stockton (DR/F)7 – Monroe/Tompkins 1822Nahum Mitchell 31F, 9DR105F, 53DR, 2?James Lloyd 1823William Eustis Levi Lincoln Jr. 24DR, 16FDR majority7F, 6DR1824Marcus Morton Edward D. Bangs 28DR, 12FDR majority1825vacantNR majorityNR majorityElijah H. Mills James Lloyd 12NR, 1JAdams/Calhoun Levi Lincoln Jr. Thomas L. Winthrop 1826NR majorityNR majorityNathaniel Silsbee 1827Joseph Sewall NR majorityNR majorityDaniel Webster 13NR1828NR majorityNR majority182937NR, 1D, 2?NR majority13NRAdams/Rush 183038NR, , 1DNR majority183129NR, , 2D, 3?320NR, , 68D, 613NR1832James T. Austin Hezekiah Barnard 36NR, , 1D313NR, , 92D, 4?1833Samuel TurellArmstrong 37NR, 372NR, , 73D, 11?9NR, , 1JClay/Sergeant (AJ) 1834John Davis Samuel TurellArmstrong Edward D. Bangs James T. Austin 32NR, 314NR, , 116D1835vacant40W450W, 87D, , 3John Davis 8W, , 1J1836Edward Everett George Hull John P. Bigelow 22W, 10D, 397W, 174D, 1837David Wilder Jr. 24W, 16D373W, 262DDaniel Webster John Davis 10W, 2DWebster/Granger 183840W363W, 114D, 3?183937W, 3D344W, 178D10W, 2D1840Marcus Morton 21W, 19D277W, 242D1841John Davis 37W, 3D278W, 119DRufus Choate Isaac C. Bates 11W, 1DHarrison/Tyler 1842Thomas Russell 27W, 13D201W, 135D1843Marcus Morton Henry H. Childs John A. Bolles office abolishedJohn Mills 28D, 12W177W, 172D, 3Lty8W, 2D
1844–present