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{{Infobox official post
| post = Lieutenant Governor
| body = the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
| insignia = Seal of Massachusetts.svg
| insigniasize = 110
| insigniacaption = [[Seal of Massachusetts]]
| image = Kim Driscoll, official portrait, lieutenant governor (cropped).jpg
| style = [[Her Honour|His Honor/Her Honor]]
| status = [[Lieutenant governor (United States)|Deputy officer]]
| incumbent = [[Kim Driscoll]]
| incumbentsince = January 5, 2023
| department = [[Government of Massachusetts]]
| member_of = [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's Council]]<br>[[Government of Massachusetts#Cabinet and government agencies|Cabinet]]
| reports_to = [[Governor of Massachusetts]]
| residence = None official
| seat = [[Massachusetts State House|State House]], [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| nominator = [[Nominating petition]],<br>[[Political parties and political designations in Massachusetts|Political parties]]
| appointer = [[Direct election|Popular vote]]
| termlength = Four years, no limit
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Massachusetts]]
| formation = [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Original post]]:<br>April 30, 1629<br>Current form:<br>October 25, 1780
| succession = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Massachusetts|First]]
| salary = $165,000 (2018)
| website = https://www.mass.gov/person/kim-driscoll-lieutenant-governor
}}
The '''lieutenant governor of Massachusetts''' is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the [[governor of Massachusetts]]. The constitutional honorific title for the office is His, or Her, Honor.

The [[Massachusetts Constitution]] provides that when a governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the office of governor remains vacant for the rest of the four-year term. The lieutenant governor discharges powers and duties as ''acting governor'' and does not assume the office of governor.<ref name="constitution"/>  The first time this came into use was five years after the constitution's adoption in 1785, when Governor [[John Hancock]] resigned his post five months before the election and inauguration of his successor, [[James Bowdoin]], leaving Lieutenant Governor [[Thomas Cushing]] as acting governor.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Van Beck|title=Politics Without Parties: Massachusetts 1780–1791|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|year=1972|location=Pittsburgh, PA|isbn=978-0-8229-3234-5|oclc=315459|pages=[https://archive.org/details/politicswithoutp00hall/page/136 136–138]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/politicswithoutp00hall/page/136}}</ref>  Most recently, [[Jane Swift]] became acting governor when [[Paul Cellucci]] resigned in 2001 to become the [[U.S. Ambassador to Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20010409/News/304099974?template=ampart |title = April 9 letters to the editor}}</ref>

When the governor is outside the borders of Massachusetts, the lieutenant governor exercises the power of the governor. Historically a one-year term, the office of lieutenant governor now carries a four-year term, the same as that of the governor. The lieutenant governor is not elected independently, but on a ticket with the governor. The 1780 constitution required a candidate for either office to have lived in Massachusetts for at least seven years immediately preceding election, own at least [[Massachusetts pound|£]]1,000 worth of [[real property]] and to "declare himself to be of the [[Christianity|Christian]] religion". However, only the residency requirement remains in effect, and both men and women have served in the office.<ref name="constitution"/><ref>Amendments: Article VII removed the religious oath, Article XXXIV removed the property requirement,</ref>  Amendment Article LXIV (1918) changed the election from every year to every two years, and Amendment Article LXXXII (1966) changed it again to every four years.  The office is currently held by [[Kim Driscoll]], who was inaugurated in January 2023.

==Qualifications==
Any person seeking to become Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts must meet the following requirements:<ref>[https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/Candidates-Guide-generic.pdf Candidate Guide] sec.state.ma.us {{dead link|date=July 2023}}</ref>
* Be at least eighteen years of age
* Be a registered voter in Massachusetts
* Be a Massachusetts resident for at least seven years when elected
* Receive 10,000 signatures from registered voters on nomination papers

==History==

The role of the lieutenant governor has its roots in the role of the deputy governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Originally the deputy, along with the governor, and the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Council of Assistants]] were elected by [[livery companies|freemen]] of the colony. They served as executives in the governance of the colony but also as executive officers of the Company of Massachusetts Bay. Originally these royal officers were to remain in [[London]], as was the case with other royal colonial companies. However, [[John Humphrey (Massachusetts colonist)|John Humphrey]] and [[John Winthrop]], the first deputy and governor respectively, traveled to the colony instead. In the colonial era the governor and deputy served as chief magistrates along with the Council, and the governor served as general of the [[Massachusetts National Guard|militia]] and the deputy as [[Colonel]].

In the early days of the colony the deputy governor was elected to a one year term along with the governor. With the revocation of the [[Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company|charter of 1629]] and the establishment of the [[Dominion of New England]], all this was changed. Now the Royal Officers were to be appointed by the King and Privy Council. They were to follow royal directive and serve the interests of the Crown. The Royal Government in Great Britain was frustrated with their lack of control of the New England colonies and sought to reassert their authority.

Now styled "Lieutenant Governor", the new royal appointees came into conflict with the colonists and General Court who wished to regain authority of provincial affairs. The last Lieutenant Governor was [[Thomas Oliver (lieutenant governor)|Thomas Oliver]] who served with Gen. [[Thomas Gage]].

==Constitutional role==
Part the Second, Chapter II, Section II, Article I of the [[Massachusetts Constitution]] reads,<ref name=constitution>{{cite web|title=Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/Constitution#cp22s20.htm|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|access-date=October 3, 2013}}</ref> <blockquote>There shall be annually elected a lieutenant governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title shall be, '''His Honor''' and who shall be qualified, in point of religion, property, and residence in the commonwealth, in the same manner with the governor: and the day and manner of his or her election, and the qualifications of the electors, shall be the same as are required in the election of a governor.</blockquote>

The lieutenant governor also serves ''[[ex officio]]'' as a member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]].

==Other functions==
Massachusetts law provides for the lieutenant governor to serve as the chairman of the award selection committee for the Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Laws: Chapter 6, Section 214|url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter6/Section214|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|access-date=October 3, 2013}}</ref>

==Election==
The lieutenant governor is typically elected on a joint ticket with the governor, ensuring that they have the same political party affiliation. The primary however is separate from the governor. When the state constitution was first enacted in 1780, elections for the two offices were independent, and were held annually.  Constitutional amendments enacted in 1918 extended the terms of both offices to two years, with elections in even-numbered years.  In 1964 the constitution was amended again to extend the terms to four years,<ref>Mass. Const. Amendments Art. LXIV</ref> and in 1966 to allow for the grouping of governor and lieutenant governor on the ballot by political party.<ref>Mass. Const. Amendments Art. LXXVI</ref>  Elections are held in even-numbered years that are not presidential election years.

==List of lieutenant governors==
Lieutenant governors who acted as governor during a portion of their terms (due to vacancy by death or resignation in the governor's seat) are marked by asterisks (*).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
! colspan="3" |Lieutenant Governor
!Term in office
!Political party
!Governor(s)
|-
! colspan="7" |Parties
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (15)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] (7)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}}|[[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] (4)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Independent}}|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (2)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Know Nothing}}|[[Know Nothing]] (1)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (39)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (5)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
|-
!1
|[[File:Thomas Cushing, Member of Continental Congress.jpg|60px]]
|
|[[Thomas Cushing]]*
|1780–1788
|Independent
|[[John Hancock]] (I)<br />[[James Bowdoin]] (I)
|-
!2
|[[File:General Benjamin Lincoln-restored.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Benjamin Lincoln]]
|1788–1789
|Federalist
|[[John Hancock]] (I)
|-
!3
|[[File:Samuel Adams by John Singleton Copley (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Samuel Adams]]
|1789–1794
|Democratic-Republican
|[[John Hancock]] (I)
|-
!4
|[[File:Moses Gill - John Singleton Copley, circa 1759.jpg|60px]]
|
|[[Moses Gill]]*
|1794–1800
|Independent
|[[Samuel Adams]] (DR)<br />[[Increase Sumner]] (F)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" |''Office vacant from'' ''May 20, 1800 –'' ''{{Data missing|?|date=January 2025}}, 1801''
|[[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's Council]]<br />[[Caleb Strong]] (F)
|-
!5
|[[File:Judge Samuel Phillips, Jr.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Samuel Phillips Jr.]]
|1801–1802
|Federalist
|[[Caleb Strong]] (F)
|-
!6
|[[File:Edward Hutchinson Robbins.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Edward Robbins]]
|1802–1806
|Democratic-Republican
|[[Caleb Strong]] (F)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" |''Office vacant from'' ''{{Data missing|?|date=January 2025}}, 1806 – May 29, 1807''
|[[Caleb Strong]] (F)
|-
!7
|[[File:Levi Lincoln Sr. by William Sullivan (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Levi Lincoln Sr.]]*
|1807–1809
|Democratic-Republican
|[[James Sullivan (governor)|James Sullivan]] (DR)
|-
!8
|[[File:David Cobb.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[David Cobb (Massachusetts)|David Cobb]]
|1809–1810
|Federalist
|[[Christopher Gore]] (F)
|-
!9
|[[File:William Gray.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[William Gray (Massachusetts politician)|William Gray]]
|1810–1812
|Democratic-Republican
|[[Elbridge Gerry]] (DR)
|-
!10
|[[File:Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of William Phillips - 13.792 - Rhode Island School of Design Museum.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[William Phillips Jr.]]
|1812–1823
|Federalist
|[[Caleb Strong]] (F)<br />[[John Brooks (governor)|John Brooks]] (F)
|-
!11
|[[File:Levi Lincoln, Jr.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Levi Lincoln Jr.]] 
|1823–1824
|Democratic-Republican
|[[William Eustis]] (DR)
|-
!12
|[[File:Marcus Morton(good quality).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Marcus Morton]]*
|1824–1825
|Democratic-Republican
|[[William Eustis]] (DR)
|-
!13
|[[File:Thomas Lindall Winthrop.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Thomas L. Winthrop]]
|1825–1833
|Democratic-Republican
|[[Levi Lincoln Jr.]] (NR, W)
|-
!14
|[[File:Samuel Turell Armstrong.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Samuel T. Armstrong]]*
|1833–1835
|Whig
|[[John Davis (Massachusetts governor)|John Davis]] (W)
|-
!15
|
| style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[George Hull (Massachusetts politician)|George Hull]]
|1836–1843
|Whig
|[[Edward Everett]] (W)<br />[[Marcus Morton]] (D)<br />[[John Davis (Massachusetts governor)|John Davis]] (W)
|-
!16
|
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Henry H. Childs]]
|1843–1844
|Democratic
|[[Marcus Morton]] (D)
|-
!17
|
| style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[John Reed Jr.]]
|1844–1851
|Whig
|[[George N. Briggs]] (W)
|-
!18
|[[File:Henry W. Cushman.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Henry W. Cushman]]
|1851–1853
|Democratic
|[[George S. Boutwell]] (D)
|-
!19
|[[File:Thomas Bayley Lawson - Elisha Huntington (restored).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Elisha Huntington]]
|1853–1854
|Whig
|[[John H. Clifford]] (W)
|-
!20
|
| style="background:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[William C. Plunkett]]
|1854–1855
|Whig
|[[Emory Washburn]] (W)
|-
!21
|
| style="background:{{party color|Know Nothing}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Simon Brown (Massachusetts politician)|Simon Brown]]
|1855–1856
|Know Nothing
|[[Henry Gardner]] (KN)
|-
!22
|[[File:Henry Wetherby Benchley.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Henry W. Benchley]]
|1856–1858
|Republican
|[[Henry Gardner]] (KN)
|-
!23
|[[File:Eliphalet Trask.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Eliphalet Trask]]
|1858–1861
|Republican
|[[Nathaniel P. Banks|Nathaniel Prentice Banks]] (R)
|-
!24
|[[File:JohnZGoodrich.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[John Z. Goodrich]]
|1861
|Republican
|[[John Albion Andrew]] (R)
|-
!25
|[[File:John Nesmith.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[John Nesmith]]
|1862
|Republican
|[[John Albion Andrew]] (R)
|-
!26
|
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Joel Hayden]]
|1863–1866
|Republican
|[[John Albion Andrew]] (R)
|-
!27
|[[File:William Claflin - Brady-Handy.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[William Claflin]]
|1866–1869
|Republican
|[[Alexander Bullock|Alexander H. Bullock]] (R)
|-
!28
|[[File:Joseph Tucker (1832–1907).png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Joseph Tucker (Massachusetts politician)|Joseph Tucker]]
|1869–1873
|Republican
|[[William Claflin]] (R)<br />[[William B. Washburn]] (R)
|-
!29
|[[File:GovThomasTalbot.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Thomas Talbot (Massachusetts politician)|Thomas Talbot]]*
|1873–1875
|Republican
|[[William B. Washburn]] (R)
|-
!30
|[[File:Horatio Gates Knight.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Horatio G. Knight]]
|1875–1879
|Republican
|[[William Gaston (Massachusetts politician)|William Gaston]] (D)<br />[[Alexander H. Rice]] (R)
|-
!31
|[[File:John Davis Long.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[John D. Long]]
|1879–1880
|Republican
|[[Thomas Talbot (Massachusetts politician)|Thomas Talbot]] (R)
|-
!32
|[[File:Byron Weston.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Byron Weston]]
|1880–1883
|Republican
|[[John Davis Long]] (R)
|-
!33
|[[File:McLaurin(1902) pic.029 Governor AMES.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Oliver Ames (governor)|Oliver Ames]]
|1883–1887
|Republican
|[[Benjamin Butler|Benjamin F. Butler]] (D, Greenback)<br />[[George D. Robinson]] (R)
|-
!34
|[[File:JohnQABrackett.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[John Q. A. Brackett]]
|1887–1890
|Republican
|[[Oliver Ames (governor)|Oliver Ames]] (R)
|-
!35
|[[File:William H. Haile.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[William H. Haile]]
|1890–1893
|Republican
|[[John Q. A. Brackett]] (R)<br />[[William Russell (governor)|William Russell]] (D)
|-
!36
|[[File:RogerWolcott (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Roger Wolcott (Massachusetts politician)|Roger Wolcott]]*
|1893–1896
|Republican
|[[William E. Russell (politician)|William Russell]] (D)<br />[[Frederic T. Greenhalge]] (R)
|-
!37
|[[File:Winthrop Murray Crane.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Winthrop M. Crane]]
|1897–1900
|Republican
|[[Roger Wolcott (Massachusetts politician)|Roger Wolcott]] (R)
|-
!38
|[[File:GovJohnLBates.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[John L. Bates]]
|1900–1903
|Republican
|[[Winthrop M. Crane|Winthrop Murray Crane]] (R)
|-
!39
|[[File:American forests (18142692582).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Curtis Guild Jr.]]
|1903–1906
|Republican
|[[John L. Bates]] (R)<br />[[William Lewis Douglas]] (D)
|-
!40
|[[File:Ebenezer Sumner Draper crop.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Eben Sumner Draper|Eben S. Draper]]
|1906–1909
|Republican
|[[Curtis Guild Jr.]] (R)
|-
!41
|[[File:Louis Adams Frothingham (1).png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Louis A. Frothingham]]
|1909–1912
|Republican
|[[Eben Sumner Draper|Eben S. Draper]] (R)<br />[[Eugene Foss|Eugene Noble Foss]] (D)
|-
!42
|[[File:Robert Luce.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Robert Luce]]
|1912–1913
|Republican
|[[Eugene Foss|Eugene Noble Foss]] (D)
|-
!43
|[[File:WALSH, DAVID. GOVERNOR LCCN2016858784 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[David I. Walsh]]
|1913–1914
|Democratic
|[[Eugene Foss|Eugene Noble Foss]] (D)
|-
!44
|[[File:Edward P. Barry.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Edward P. Barry]]
|1914–1915
|Democratic
|[[David I. Walsh]] (D)
|-
!45
|[[File:Grafton Dulany Cushing.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Grafton D. Cushing]]
|1915–1916
|Republican
|[[David I. Walsh]] (D)
|-
!46
|[[File:29 Calvin Coolidge 3x4.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Calvin Coolidge]]
|1916–1919
|Republican
|[[Samuel W. McCall]] (R)
|-
!47
|[[File:Channing H Cox.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Channing H. Cox]]
|1919–1921
|Republican
|[[Calvin Coolidge]] (R)
|-
!48
|[[File:Alvin T Fuller.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Alvan T. Fuller]]
|1921–1925
|Republican
|[[Channing H. Cox]] (R)
|-
!49
|[[File:Frank G Allen.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Frank G. Allen]]
|1925–1929
|Republican
|[[Alvan T. Fuller]] (R)
|-
!50
|[[File:William S. Youngman.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[William S. Youngman]]
|1929–1933
|Republican
|[[Frank G. Allen]] (R)
|-
!51
|[[File:Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Sr in his passport application.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Gaspar G. Bacon]]
|1933–1935
|Republican
|[[Joseph B. Ely]] (D)
|-
!52
|
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Joseph L. Hurley]]
|1935–1937
|Democratic
|[[James Michael Curley]] (D)
|-
!53
|[[File:Francis E. Kelly.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Francis E. Kelly]]
|1937–1939
|Democratic
|[[Charles F. Hurley]] (D)
|-
!54
|[[File:1935 Horace Cahill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Horace T. Cahill]]
|1939–1945
|Republican
|[[Leverett Saltonstall]] (R)
|-
!55
|[[File:Robert F. Bradford (Massachusetts Governor) (3x4a).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Robert F. Bradford]]
|1945–1947
|Republican
|[[Maurice J. Tobin]] (D)
|-
!56
|[[File:1945 Arthur Coolidge senator Massachusetts (3x4a).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Arthur W. Coolidge]]
|1947–1949
|Republican
|[[Robert F. Bradford]] (R)
|-
!57
|[[File:1945 Charles F Jeff Sullivan senator Massachusetts.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Charles F. Sullivan]] 
|1949–1953
|Democratic
|[[Paul A. Dever]] (D)
|-
!58
|[[File:SumnerWhittier.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Sumner G. Whittier]]
|1953–1957
|Republican
|[[Christian Herter]] (R)
|-
!59
|[[File:Robert F. Murphy Massachusetts (cropped).png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Robert F. Murphy (politician)|Robert F. Murphy]]
|1957–1960<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=William|title=Furcolo Surrenders; Murphy Heads MDC|work=The Boston Globe|date=October 7, 1960}}</ref>
|Democratic
|[[Foster Furcolo]] (D)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" |''Office vacant from October 6, 1960 – January 5, 1961''
|[[Foster Furcolo]] (D)
|-
!60
|[[File:Edward F. McLaughlin Jr.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Edward F. McLaughlin Jr.]]
|1961–1963
|Democratic
|[[John Volpe|John A. Volpe]] (R)
|-
!61
|[[File:Francis X. Bellotti 1960s (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Francis Bellotti]]
|1963–1965
|Democratic
|[[Endicott Peabody]] (D)
|-
!62
|[[File:Elliot L. Richardson.png|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Elliot Richardson]]
|1965–1967
|Republican
|[[John Volpe|John A. Volpe]] (R)
|-
!63
|[[File:Governor Francis Sargent (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Francis Sargent]]*
|1967–1971
|Republican
|[[John A. Volpe]] (R)
|-
!64
|[[File:1971 Donald Dwight Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Donald Dwight]]
|1971–1975
|Republican
|[[Francis Sargent|Francis W. Sargent]] (R)
|-
!65
|[[File:Thomas P O'Neill III.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Thomas P. O'Neill III]]
|1975–1983
|Democratic
|[[Michael Dukakis]] (D)<br>[[Edward J. King]] (D)
|-
!66
|[[File:John Kerry (9504751924).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[John Kerry]]
|1983–1985
|Democratic
|[[Michael Dukakis]] (D)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" |''Office vacant from January 2, 1985 – January 8, 1987''
|[[Michael Dukakis]] (D)
|-
!67
|[[File:Evelyn Murphy (9501950881).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Evelyn Murphy]]
|1987–1991
|Democratic
|[[Michael Dukakis]] (D)
|-
!68
|[[File:Cellucci Paul (3x4a).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Paul Cellucci]]*
|1991–1999
|Republican
|[[Bill Weld|William Weld]] (R)
|-
!69
|[[File:Jane Swift gubernatorial photo.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Jane Swift]]*
|1999–2003
|Republican
|[[Paul Cellucci]] (R)
|-
!70
|[[File:Kerry Healey official Lieutenant Governor portrait.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Kerry Healey]]
|2003–2007
|Republican
|[[Mitt Romney]] (R)
|-
!71
|[[File:Tim murray.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Tim Murray]]
|2007–2013
|Democratic
|[[Deval Patrick]] (D)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" |''Office vacant from June 2, 2013 – January 8, 2015''
|[[Deval Patrick]] (D)
|-
!72
|[[File:Karyn Polito official photo (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Karyn Polito]]
|2015–2023
|Republican
|[[Charlie Baker]] (R)
|-
!73
|[[File:Kim Driscoll, official portrait, lieutenant governor (3x4).jpg|60px]]
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |&nbsp;
|[[Kim Driscoll]]
|2023–present
|Democratic
|[[Maura Healey]] (D)
|}

==See also==
* [[List of governors of Massachusetts]]
* [[Government of Massachusetts]]
* [[Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2022]]
* [[Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2018]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{cite book
 | last = Hutchinson
 | first = Thomas
 | title = The History of the Colony (Province) of Massachusetts Bay
 | publisher = Thomas & John Fleet
 | volume = 2
 | date = 1749
 | location = Boston
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTZTgo97apAC&q=deputy+governor+massachusetts+bay&pg=PA70
 }}
{{Wikisource|Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780)}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mass.gov/gov Office of the Governor]
* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/MA/G/00/ CNN.com 2006 election results]
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=751 OurCampaigns.com]

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