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Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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Seal of the House of Representatives | |
since December 30, 2020 | |
Government of Massachusetts | |
Status | Presiding Officer |
Member of | General Court |
Residence | None official |
Seat | State House, Boston, Massachusetts |
Nominator | Political parties through majority house caucus |
Appointer | The House |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Massachusetts |
Formation | Original Post: May 30, 1644 Current form: October 25, 1780 |
Deputy | Speaker pro tempore |
Website |
This is a list of speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. As well as presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leader, and controls the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the House. The current house speaker is Ronald Mariano.
Colonial period
House of Deputies of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Speaker | Portrait | Years β | Town | Electoral history |
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William Hathorne | 1644β1645 | Salem | ||
George Cooke | 1645 | Cambridge | ||
William Hathorne | 1646 | Salem | ||
Robert Bridges | 1646 | Lynn | ||
Joseph Hills | 1647 | Mistick Side | ||
William Hathorne | 1648 | Salem | ||
Richard Russell | 1648 | Charlestown | ||
Daniel Denison | 1649 | Ipswich | ||
William Hathorne | 1650 | Salem | ||
Daniel Gookin | 1651 | Cambridge | ||
Daniel Denison | 1651β1652 | Ipswich | ||
Humphrey Atherton | 1653 | Springfield | ||
Richard Russell | 1654 | Charlestown | ||
Edward Johnson | 1655 | |||
Richard Russell | 1656 | Charlestown | ||
William Hathorne | 1657 | Salem | ||
Richard Russell | 1658 | Charlestown | ||
Thomas Savage | 1659β1660 | |||
William Hathorne | 1660β1661 | Salem | ||
Thomas Clarke | 1662 | |||
John Leverett | 1663β1664 | Boston | ||
Thomas Clarke | 1665 | |||
Richard Waldron | 1666β1668 | Cocheco | ||
Thomas Clarke | 1669β1670 | |||
Thomas Savage | 1671 | Boston | ||
Thomas Clarke | 1672 | |||
Richard Waldron | 1673 | Cocheco | ||
Joshua Hubbard | 1673β1674 | |||
Richard Waldron | 1674β1675 | Cocheco | ||
Peter Bulkeley | 1675β1676 | Concord | ||
Thomas Savage | 1677β1678 | Boston | ||
Richard Waldron | 1679 | Cocheco | Town became part of New Hampshire | |
John Richards | 1679β1680 | Dorchester | ||
Daniel Fisher | 1680β1682 | Dedham | ||
Elisha Cooke Sr. | 1683 | Boston | ||
John Waite | 1684 | Malden | ||
Isaac Addington | 1685 | Boston | ||
John Saffin | 1686 | Boston | General Court adjourned May 21, 1686, did not convene until May or June 1689 |
Inter-Charter Period
Speaker | Portrait | Years β | Town | Electoral history |
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Thomas Oakes | 1689 | Boston | ||
John Bowles | 1698β1690 | Boston | ||
Penn Townsend | 1690β1691 | Salem | ||
William Bond | 1691β1692 | Watertown | ||
Penn Townsend | 1692 | Salem |
Second Charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Speaker | Portrait | Years β | Town | Electoral history |
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William Bond | 1692β1693 | Watertown | ||
Nathaniel Byfield | 1693β1694 | Boston | ||
Nehemiah Jewett | 1694β1695 | Rowley | ||
William Bond | 1695β1696 | Watertown | ||
Penn Townsend | 1696β1697 | Salem | ||
Nathaniel Byfield | 1698 | Rowley | ||
James Converse | 1699β1700 | Woburn | ||
John Leverett | 1700β1701 | Boston | ||
Nehemiah Jewett | 1701β1702 | Rowley | ||
James Converse | 1702β1705 | Woburn | ||
Thomas Oakes | 1705β1707 | Boston | ||
John Burrill | 1707 | Lynn | ||
Thomas Oliver | 1708β1709 | Cambridge | ||
John Clark | 1709β1711 | Boston | ||
John Burrill | 1711β1720 | Lynn | ||
Elisha Cooke Jr. | 1720 | |||
Timothy Lindall | 1720β1721 | Boston | ||
John Clark | 1721β1724 | Boston | ||
William Dudley | 1724β1729 | Roxbury | ||
John Quincy | 1729β1741 | Mount Wollaston | ||
William Fairfield | 1741 | Wenham | ||
Thomas Cushing II | 1742β1746 | Boston | ||
Thomas Hutchinson | 1746β1748 | Boston | Resigned when appointed to the Governor's Council | |
Joseph Dwight | 1748β1750 | Brookfield | ||
Thomas Hubbard | 1750β1759 | Waltham | ||
Samuel White | May 30, 1759 β May 28, 1760 |
Taunton | ||
James Otis Sr. | May 28, 1760 β May 26, 1762 |
Barnstable | Resigned when appointed to the Governor's Council | |
Timothy Ruggles | May 26, 1762 β May 25, 1764 |
Rochester | ||
Samuel White | May 25, 1764 β June 11, 1764 |
Taunton | ||
Thomas Clap pro tem | June 11, 1764 β May 29, 1765 |
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Samuel White | May 29, 1764 β May 28, 1766 |
Taunton | ||
James Otis Jr. | May 28, 1766 β May 28, 1766 |
Barnstable | ||
Thomas Cushing | May 28, 1766 β 1774 |
Boston |
Speaker | Portrait | Years β | Electoral History |
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John Hancock | 1774-1775 | Left office to attend the Second Continental Congress where he served as President | |
Joseph Warren | 1775 | Died at the Battle of Bunker Hill | |
James Warren | 1775-1780 |
House of Representatives under the Massachusetts Constitution
# | Portrait | Speaker | Party | Years β | City or Town (District) | Electoral history |
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1 | Caleb Davis | None | 1780β1782 | Boston | Resigned | |
2 | Nathaniel Gorham | None | 1782β1783 | Charlestown | [data missing] | |
3 | Tristram Dalton | None | 1783β1784 | Newbury | Elected to State Senate | |
4 | Samuel Allyne Otis | None | 1784β1785 | Barnstable | [data missing] | |
5 | Nathaniel Gorham | None | 1785β1786 | Charlestown | [data missing] | |
6 | Artemas Ward | None | 1786β1787 | Shrewsbury | [data missing] | |
7 | James Warren | None | 1787β1788 | Plymouth | [data missing] | |
8 | Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration | 1788β1789 | Sheffield | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
9 | David Cobb | Pro-Administration | 1789β1793 | Taunton | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
10 | Edward Robbins | Democratic-Republican | 1793β1802 | Boston | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
11 | John Coffin Jones | Federalist | 1802β1803 | Boston | [data missing] | |
12 | Harrison Gray Otis | Federalist | 1803β1805 | Boston | Elected to the State Senate | |
13 | Timothy Bigelow | Federalist | 1805β1806 | Worcester | Party lost majority | |
14 | Perez Morton | Democratic-Republican | 1806β1808 | Dorchester | Party lost majority | |
15 | Timothy Bigelow | Federalist | 1808β1810 | Worcester | Party lost majority | |
16 | Perez Morton | Democratic-Republican | 1810β1811 | Dorchester | Resigned | |
17 | Joseph Story | Democratic-Republican | 1811β1812 | Salem | Resigned when appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
18 | Eleazer Ripley | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Waterville | Joined United States Army | |
19 | Timothy Bigelow | Federalist | 1812β1820 | Worcester | [data missing] | |
20 | Elijah H. Mills | Federalist | 1820β1821 | Northampton | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
21 | Josiah Quincy III | Federalist | 1821β1822 | Boston | Resigned to become Judge of Boston Municipal Court | |
22 | Luther Lawrence | Federalist | 1822 | Lowell | Party lost majority | |
23 | Levi Lincoln Jr. | National Republican | 1822β1823 | Worcester | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
24 | William C. Jarvis | National Republican | 1823β1825 | Woburn | Party lost majority | |
25 | Timothy Fuller | Democratic-Republican | 1825β1826 | Cambridgeport | Party lost majority | |
26 | William C. Jarvis | National Republican | 1826β1828 | Woburn | [data missing] | |
27 | William B. Calhoun | National Republican | 1828β1834 | Springfield | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
28 | Julius Rockwell | Whig | 1835β1837 | Pittsfield | Resigned when appointed commissioner of the Bank of Massachusetts | |
29 | Robert Charles Winthrop | Whig | 1838β1840 | Boston | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
30 | George Ashmun | Whig | 1841 | Blandford | [data missing] | |
31 | Thomas H. Kinnicutt | Whig | 1842 | Worcester | [data missing] | |
32 | Daniel P. King | Whig | 1843 | South Danvers | [data missing] | |
33 | Thomas H. Kinnicutt | Whig | 1844 | Worcester | Resigned | |
34 | Samuel H. Walley Jr. | Whig | 1844β1846 | Boston | [data missing] | |
35 | Ebenezer Bradbury | Whig | 1847 | Newburyport | [data missing] | |
36 | Francis Crowninshield | Whig | 1848β1849 | Boston | [data missing] | |
37 | Ensign H. Kellogg | Whig | 1850 | Pittsfield | [data missing] | |
38 | Nathaniel Prentice Banks | Democratic | 1851β1852 | Waltham | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
39 | George Bliss | Whig | 1853 | Springfield | [data missing] | |
40 | Otis P. Lord | Whig | 1854 | Salem | Party lost majority | |
41 | Daniel C. Eddy | Know Nothing | 1855 | Lowell | [data missing] | |
42 | Charles A. Phelps | Know Nothing | 1856β1857 | Boston | Elected to the Massachusetts Senate; Party Lost election | |
43 | Julius Rockwell | Republican | 1858 | Pittsfield | Resigned when appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court | |
44 | Charles Hale | Republican | 1859 | Boston | [data missing] | |
45 | John A. Goodwin | Republican | 1860β1861 | Lowell | [data missing] | |
46 | Alexander Hamilton Bullock | Republican | 1862β1865 | Worcester | Elected Governor of Massachusetts | |
47 | James M. Stone | Republican | 1866β1867 | Charlestown | [data missing] | |
48 | Harvey Jewell | Republican | 1868β1871 | Boston | [data missing] | |
49 | John E. Sanford | Republican | 1872β1875 | Taunton | [data missing] | |
50 | John Davis Long | Republican | 1876β1878 | Hingham | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
51 | Levi C. Wade | Republican | 1879 | Newton | [data missing] | |
52 | Charles J. Noyes | Republican | 1880β1882 | Boston (14th Suffolk) | [data missing] | |
53 | George Augustus Marden | Republican | 1883β1884 | Lowell | [data missing] | |
54 | John Q. A. Brackett | Republican | January 7, 1885 β 1886 |
Boston (17th Suffolk) | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
55 | Charles J. Noyes | Republican | 1887β1888 | Boston (14th Suffolk) | [data missing] | |
56 | William Emerson Barrett | Republican | 1889β1893 | Melrose (11th Middlesex) | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
57 | George von Lengerke Meyer | Republican | 1894β1896 | Boston (9th Suffolk) | [data missing] | |
58 | John Lewis Bates | Republican | 1897β1899 | Boston (1st Suffolk) | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
59 | James J. Myers | Republican | 1900β1903 | Cambridge (1st Middlesex) | Retired | |
60 | Louis A. Frothingham | Republican | 1904β1905 | Boston (11th Suffolk) | Left House to run for governor | |
61 | John N. Cole | Republican | 1906β1908 | Andover (8th Essex) | Left House to run for Lieutenant Governor | |
62 | Joseph Walker | Republican | 1909β1911 | Brookline (2nd Norfolk) | Left House to run for governor | |
63 | Grafton D. Cushing | Republican | 1912β1914 | Boston (11th Suffolk) | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
64 | Channing H. Cox | Republican | 1915β1918 | Boston (10th Suffolk) | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
65 | Joseph E. Warner | Republican | 1919β1920 | Taunton (4th Bristol) | Lost primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts to Alvan Fuller | |
66 | Benjamin Loring Young | Republican | 1921β1924 | Weston (13th Middlesex) | [data missing] | |
67 | John C. Hull | Republican | 1925β1928 | Leominster (11th Worcester) | Appointed First Securities Director in the wake of The Great Depression (1930β36) | |
68 | Leverett Saltonstall | Republican | 1929β1936 | Chestnut Hill (5th Middlesex) | Defeated for election as Lieutenant Governor by Francis E. Kelly | |
69 | Horace T. Cahill | Republican | 1937β1938 | Braintree (6th Norfolk) | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
70 | Christian Herter | Republican | 1939β1942 | Boston (5th Suffolk) | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | |
71 | Rudolph King | Republican | 1943β1944 | Millis (8th Norfolk) | Resigned to run become Registrar of Motor Vehicles | |
72 | Frederick Willis | Republican | 1945β1948 | Saugus (10th Essex) | Party lost majority | |
73 | Thomas P. O'Neill | Democratic | 1949β1952 | Cambridge (3rd Middlesex) | Party lost majority; O'Neill elected to U.S. House of Representatives | |
74 | Charles Gibbons | Republican | 1953β1954 | Stoneham (22nd Middlesex) | Party lost majority | |
75 | Michael F. Skerry | Democratic | 1955β1957 | Medford (27th Middlesex) | Resigned when appointed Clerk of the Malden District Court | |
76 | John F. Thompson | Democratic | 1958β1964 | Ludlow (2nd Hampden) | Resigned after being indicted on charges of conspiracy and bribery | |
77 | John Davoren | Democratic | 1965β1967 | Milford (9th Worcester) | Resigned when appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth | |
78 | Robert H. Quinn | Democratic | 1967β1969 | Boston (9th Suffolk) | Elected Massachusetts Attorney General | |
79 | David M. Bartley | Democratic | 1969β1975 | Holyoke (7th Hampden) | Resigned to become President of Holyoke Community College | |
80 | Thomas W. McGee | Democratic | 1975β1984 | Lynn (20th Essex) | Defeated by Keverian in leadership challenge | |
81 | George Keverian | Democratic | 1985β1990 | Everett (39th Middlesex) | Retired to run for State Treasurer | |
82 | Charles Flaherty | Democratic | 1991 β April 9, 1996 |
Cambridge (27th Middlesex) | Resigned: pleaded guilty to tax evasion | |
83 | Thomas Finneran | Democratic | April 9, 1996 β September 28, 2004 |
Mattapan (12th Suffolk) | Resigned after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice | |
84 | Salvatore DiMasi | Democratic | September 28, 2004 β January 27, 2009 |
Boston (3rd Suffolk) | Resigned: convicted of conspiracy, honest services fraud, and extortion | |
85 | Robert DeLeo | Democratic | January 27, 2009 β December 29, 2020 | Winthrop (19th Suffolk) | Resigned to accept position at Northeastern University | |
86 | Ron Mariano | Democratic | December 30, 2020 β present | Quincy (3rd Norfolk) | Current speaker |
See also
- List of presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Notes
- 1. Prior to 1857, representatives were selected by a majority of votes at a town meeting. Since 1857, representatives have been elected by district.
Sources
- "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the General Court. Massachusetts General Court. 2005β2006. pp. 338β350.
References
- "Jarvis, William C., 1780-1836", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
- Castle, William Richards (December 1902), The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Vol XI No. 42, Boston, Massachusetts: The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, p. 305
- 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.: lviii.
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- Duane Hamilton Hurd, ed. (1888). History of Essex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1. J. W. Lewis & Company. p. 414. Retrieved April 2, 2013.