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{{short description|Massachusetts affiliate of the Republican Party}}
{{for|the college preparatory school sometimes abbreviated "R-MA"|Randolph-Macon Academy}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Massachusetts Republican Party
| colorcode = {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}
| logo = Mass GOP Logo 2023.png
| logo_size = 250px
| leader1_title = Chairwoman
| leader1_name = Amy Carnevale
| leader2_title = Senate Leader
| leader2_name = [[Bruce Tarr]]
| leader3_title = House Leader
| leader3_name = [[Bradley Jones Jr.|Bradley Jones]]
| foundation = 1854
| membership_year = 2024
| membership = {{gain}} 434,887<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galvin |first=William Francis |title=Massachusetts Registered Voter Enrollment: 1948–2024 |url= https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/research-and-statistics/registration-statistics.htm |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
| ideology = [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatism]]<!-- Do not add subideologies such as "social conservatism" or "right-wing populism" per consensus on main Republican Party page-->
| headquarters = [[Boston]], Massachusetts
| national = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| seats1_title = [[List of United States Senators from Massachusetts|U.S. Senate Seats]]
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| seats2_title = [[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|U.S. House Seats]]
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| seats3_title = [[Government of Massachusetts#Executive|Statewide Executive Offices]]
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| seats5_title = Seats in the [[Massachusetts Senate]]
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| seats6_title = Seats in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
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| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red]]
| website = {{URL|https://massgop.com/}}
| state = Massachusetts
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}}
The '''Massachusetts Republican Party''' ('''MassGOP''') is the [[Massachusetts]] branch of the [[Republican Party (United States)|U.S. Republican Party]].
Originally, the party was formed in 1854. Soon after its founding, the party quickly became the dominant party in the state with Massachusetts remaining a staunchly Republican state until well into the 20th century. In fact, every single Massachusetts state and federal office was held by a party member until 1876, and it was only until 1874 that the state had any [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] mayors again (namely [[William Gaston (Massachusetts politician)|William Gaston]] of [[Boston]]).
By the 1920s, however, the Massachusetts Republican Party was in decline. Immigrants to Massachusetts made the state increasingly Democratic, as well as the [[Great Depression]] and the [[New Deal]]. The state began producing a streak of victories for Democratic presidential candidates beginning in 1928, and by the 1950s, the Massachusetts Republican Party's strongholds were reduced to rural [[Western Massachusetts]] and [[Cape Cod]]. Since then, however, the party has still had control over the governor's office from 1991 to 2007, and 2015 to 2023.
The party currently has very weak electoral power in Massachusetts. It controls none of Massachusetts' statewide or federal elected offices, and holds just 14% of the seats in the [[Massachusetts General Court]]. As of 2024, the Massachusetts Republican Party's members in office include four members of the [[Massachusetts Senate]], 25 members of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]], and four mayors. The last time the party had nominees for all state congressional races was [[1956 United States House of Representatives elections#Massachusetts|1956]].<ref name="v224">{{cite web | title=Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 6, 1956 | url=https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1956election.pdf | access-date=2024-09-04 | website=United States House of Representatives}}</ref><ref name="f862">{{cite web | title=Election Statistics: 1920 to Present | website=US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives | date=2001-09-11 | url=https://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/ | access-date=2024-09-04}}</ref>
In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 52,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/parti/titleviii/chapter52 |title=Chapter 52 |website=malegislature.gov |publisher=[[Massachusetts General Court]] |access-date=July 14, 2019}}</ref> the party is governed by a state committee which consists of one man and one woman from each of the 40 State Senate districts. The state committee elects party officers including a chair.
==History==
===Founding and early history (1854–1876)===
The Massachusetts Republican Party was founded in 1854. Drawing together abolitionist and [[Nativism (politics)#United States|nativist]] anti-Catholic elements, it quickly became the dominant political force in the state and a powerful arm of the national Republican Party. Significant founding figures include Senator [[Charles Sumner]], formerly of the [[Free Soil Party]], and Speaker of the House [[Nathaniel Prentiss Banks]], formerly of the [[Know Nothing|American Party]].
[[File:Nathaniel Prentice Banks.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Nathaniel P. Banks]], 21st Speaker of the U.S. House and 24th Governor of Massachusetts]]
At the time of the Republican Party's founding in 1854, all of Massachusetts's congressional representatives but Sumner were members of the nativist [[Know-Nothing Party]]. However, Banks's role as chairman of the 1856 Republican National Convention, his active support for the Republican presidential nominee [[John C. Frémont]] in [[1856 United States presidential election|1856]] and his focus on anti-slavery legislation as Speaker put him at odds with his party. Following the Democratic victory in the 1856 elections and the [[Dred Scott]] case in 1857, the national [[Know Nothing|American Party]] organization collapsed, and most Northern members joined the nascent Republicans. In 1857, Banks ran as a Republican against incumbent Know-Nothing Governor [[Henry J. Gardner]] and won a decisive victory.
From 1856 until 1876, Massachusetts was among the most Republican states in the nation in presidential elections.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} During a sixteen-year period from the onset of the [[American Civil War]] in 1861 until 1876, every statewide and federal elected office in Massachusetts was held by a Republican.
While the party held a monopoly on power in the state, there were internal divisions between the radical abolitionist faction, represented by Sumner, and the moderate faction, represented by Banks. As Governor, Banks had a difficult time appeasing the more radical Sumner faction. Banks's stated opposition to the militant abolitionist [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] and support for a state constitutional amendment requiring newly naturalized citizens to wait two years before becoming eligible to vote<ref>Hollandsworth, pp. 37–38</ref> each drew support from the more conservative members of the party.
As national tensions over slavery grew more fraught, the state Republican Party became more radical. Banks briefly attempted to launch a presidential campaign in [[1860 United States presidential election|1860]] but failed to win support from the anti-slavery majority of the Massachusetts delegation. He chose not to attend the national convention and retired as Governor. Republicans nominated [[John Albion Andrew]], a radical supporter of John Brown, as Banks's successor over Banks's preferred candidate, [[Henry L. Dawes]].<ref>Hollandsworth, pp. 40–41</ref>
At the 1861 state Republican convention in Worcester, Senator Sumner delivered a speech claiming that the Civil War's sole cause was slavery and the primary objective of the Union government was to destroy slavery. Sumner stated that the Union government had the power to invoke [[martial law]] and emancipate the slaves. This speech drew harsh criticism from the conservative Boston establishment but cheers from the party's abolitionists.<ref>Haynes (1909), Charles Sumner, pp. 247-251</ref>
During and after the Civil War, Democrats and anti-war Republicans became increasingly unpopular in Massachusetts. [[Radical Republicans]], who were most aggressively supportive of the war, consolidated power and passed a wave of reforms. To aid the war effort, Andrew rescinded a ban on immigrant militias. During his governorship, Republicans repealed the constitutional restriction on immigrant voting Banks had supported<ref>Baum, pp. 44, 48</ref> and passed the nation's first comprehensive integration laws.<ref>Foner (1990), p. 12</ref>
===Continued dominance (1876–1928)===
[[File:John Singer Sargent - Henry Cabot Lodge - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Henry Cabot Lodge]]]]
The end of Reconstruction also signaled the end of one-party rule in Massachusetts. As the national Democratic Party gained support in the urban North, Boston became competitive in statewide elections.
In 1874, Boston mayor [[William Gaston (Massachusetts politician)|William Gaston]] became the first Democratic governor since 1851. In the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1876|1876 elections]], Republicans lost six congressional seats and [[Rutherford Hayes]] became the first Republican to lose [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]]. Liberal Republicans [[Charles Francis Adams Sr.]] and [[Benjamin Franklin Butler]] left the party and staged competitive bids for Governor on the Democratic ticket.
However, Republicans were still the dominant force in the state through the end of the century, and Massachusetts continued to be a base for the national Republican Party. One national figure to emerge was [[Henry Cabot Lodge]], a scion of wealthy and powerful Cabot and Lodge families. Lodge represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for thirty years from 1893 to his death in 1924. Lodge was a prominent advocate for restrictions on immigration and an antagonist of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson on matters of foreign policy. When Republicans won control of the Senate in 1918, Lodge was named Senate Majority Leader and Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee and served in both positions until his death.
Following the death of President [[Warren G. Harding|Harding]], Vice President [[Calvin Coolidge]] became the 30th President of the United States. Coolidge was previously the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.
===Decline (1928–1952)===
[[File:John Calvin Coolidge, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg|thumb|right|upright|President [[Calvin Coolidge]] (1923–1929)]]
The Republican dominance of Massachusetts slowly died in the 1920s and 1930s as predominantly Democratic immigrant groups changed the traditionally Republican [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]] (WASP) Massachusetts into the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Democratic majority state that it remains today. The Democratic take-over of Massachusetts was aided by the high [[unionization]] of workers in the state, coupled with the onset of the [[Great Depression]] and the rise of the [[New Deal]] Democrats. In 1928, Catholic [[Al Smith]] became the first Democrat to win a majority of the vote in Massachusetts in a presidential election since the party's foundation a century prior.
With the emergence of Franklin Roosevelt's [[New Deal coalition]] and the growing power of the urban and Catholic vote, Massachusetts produced victories for Democratic presidential candidates in every election from 1928 to 1948. By the 1950s, most of the urban and suburban areas of Massachusetts were largely Democratic, leaving just a few pockets of strongly Republican rural areas in the [[Cape and Islands]] region and [[Western Massachusetts]].
===Later 20th century (1950–1980)===
[[File:Brooke and Johnson - Oval Office.jpg|thumb|right|[[Edward Brooke]], left, served in the U.S. Senate from 1967 to 1979.]]
Under control by the [[Kennedy family]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] in particular, the state Democratic Party gained massive popularity with suburban business interests as well as its traditional Catholic and immigrant base. Kennedy's victory over incumbent [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]] in 1952 is symbolic of the long-term transition of power from Republican to Democratic in the commonwealth.
As the successful 1960 Democratic candidate for president, Kennedy won a landslide victory in Massachusetts. His brother [[Ted Kennedy]] was appointed to the vacant Senate seat in 1962 and would hold that seat until his death in 2009. Since Kennedy's victory in 1960, only one Republican presidential candidate, [[Ronald Reagan]], has carried Massachusetts.
Liberal and moderate Republicans still experienced some success at the state level. In 1966, [[Edward Brooke]] won a landslide victory to become the first popularly-elected black United States Senator. Republicans [[John A. Volpe|John Volpe]] and [[Elliot Richardson]] also won landslide victories in the governor's race and attorney general's races, respectively. Brooke was re-elected by a large margin again in 1972.
In 1978, Republicans lost their remaining Senate seat when [[Paul Tsongas]] unseated Brooke. On the state level, Democrats would take super-majorities in both houses of the state legislature, and would dominate the governorship for 22 years out of the 34-year period from 1957 to 1990.
===Modern era (1980–1999)===
[[File:Bush Contact Sheet P17081 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Bill Weld|William Weld]], right, was governor from 1991 to 1997.]]
In 1980, Republican presidential nominee [[Ronald Reagan]] carried Massachusetts, being the first Republican to do so since 1956. Massachusetts Republicans hoped his victory ushered in what appeared to be a new era for Republicans in the state.
In 1990, due to the unpopularity of then Governor [[Michael Dukakis]] at the end of his last term in office, Republicans led by gubernatorial candidate [[Bill Weld|William Weld]] erased the Democratic super-majorities in the state legislature. However, the death of [[Silvio Conte]] in 1991 (and his succession by Democrat [[John Olver]]) also meant that for the first time, every federal elected official in Massachusetts was a Democrat.
In 1993, [[Peter Blute]] and [[Peter Torkildsen]] became the first freshman Republicans elected to Congress from Massachusetts since 1973. The hope of a Republican renaissance in Massachusetts largely dissipated in 1996, when Weld failed in his attempt to unseat Senator [[John Kerry]] and most of the Republicans gains in the State Legislature were erased. Both Torkildsen and Blute were defeated.
===21st century===
[[File:Scott P. Brown.jpg|thumb|x200px|[[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]], the first Massachusetts Republican elected to the Senate since 1972]]
Despite heavy losses at all levels of government and a steady decrease in support for the national party,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/county_town_enroll_breakdown_06.pdf |title=Enrollment Breakdown as of 10/18/2006 |publisher=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date=November 2, 2006}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is a point-in-time view of Massachusetts enrollment in 2006, and does not speak to content of the sentence it appears with|date=July 2019}} the Massachusetts Republican Party has been able to maintain control over the governor's office. From 1990 until 2023, the governor's office had been consistently held by a number of Republicans, only interrupted by the governorship of [[Deval Patrick]] from 2007 to 2015.
In 2010, Republicans won a shock victory when [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]] defeated Democratic candidate [[Martha Coakley]] in [[2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|a special election]] to succeed Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]. Brown became the first Republican to represent Massachusetts in the Senate since 1979 and the first in Congress since 1997. However, Brown lost his bid for a full six-year term to Democratic challenger [[Elizabeth Warren]] in 2012.
In 2014, [[Rockefeller Republican|moderate]] Republican [[Charlie Baker]] was elected Governor, defeating Democratic nominee Martha Coakley and returning the office to Republican control after eight years. Throughout his first term, Baker consistently polled as the most popular governor in the nation. He was re-elected by a large margin in 2018. However, Republicans also lost three seats in the state legislature.
In 2020, Republicans lost three state legislative special elections.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cochran|first=Patrick|date=2020-06-05|title=Republicans Gert Mauled in Special Elections Across Massachusetts|url=https://digboston.com/republicans-get-mauled-in-special-elections-across-massachusetts/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=digboston.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
Since 2016, much of the Massachusetts party has shifted toward the policies of [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reiley|first=Adam|date=2020-10-21|title=Right Turn: The Mass. GOP Goes All In On Trump|url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2020/10/21/right-turn-the-mass-gop-goes-all-in-on-trump|access-date=2021-10-15|website=[[WGBH-TV]]|language=en}}</ref> Shortly after the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], the party endorsed Trump's [[False claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election|false claims of election fraud]], despite criticism from Governor Charlie Baker.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gavin|first=Christopher|date=9 November 2020|title=Mass. GOP backs Trump's baseless voter fraud claims, even as Baker says allegations lack facts|url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/11/09/massachusetts-republicans-back-trump-on-baseless-fraud-claims/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=www.boston.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The leadership's embrace of Trump's positions has led to infighting among moderate and [[pro-Trump]] Republicans in the post-Trump era.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Platoff|first=Emma|date=30 May 2021|title=As the Massachusetts GOP battles for relevance, its leader doubles down|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/30/metro/massachusetts-gop-battles-relevance-its-leader-doubles-down/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brooks|first=Anthony|date=20 January 2021|title=As Trump Exits, Republicans In Massachusetts Ask 'Now What?'|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/01/20/trump-exits-massachusetts-republicans|access-date=2021-10-15|website=www.wbur.org|language=en}}</ref>
In 2023, [[James J. Lyons Jr.]] lost reelection as the party's chair to Amy Carnevale by a vote of 37 to 34.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Mass. Republican Party elects new leader, rejecting chairman Jim Lyons's bid for third term |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/31/metro/mass-republican-party-elects-new-leader-rejecting-chairman-jim-lyonss-bid-third-term/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905070310/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/31/metro/mass-republican-party-elects-new-leader-rejecting-chairman-jim-lyonss-bid-third-term/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref> Lyons sued Pat Crowley, the party's treasurer, in 2022 after Crowley froze the party's bank account as a budget was not passed by a quorum,<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 18, 2022 |title=With Mass. GOP in trouble, Baker pledges to help like-minded candidates |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/17/metro/with-mass-gop-trouble-baker-pledges-help-like-minded-candidates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905064813/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/17/metro/with-mass-gop-trouble-baker-pledges-help-like-minded-candidates/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref> but Carnevale dropped the lawsuit after taking office. Lyons and twenty-one members of the state committee members filed a revive the lawsuit against Crowley.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 16, 2023 |title=Former Mass. Republican Party chair sues his successor and the state GOP itself |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/16/metro/jim-lyons-amy-carnevale-massgop-geoff-diehl-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905065425/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/16/metro/jim-lyons-amy-carnevale-massgop-geoff-diehl-lawsuit/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
[[Jennifer Nassour]], a former chair of the party, stated that the party was "an absolute disaster" in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 5, 2021 |title=Baker and Polito's decision to exit is another blow to the struggling Massachusetts GOP |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/04/metro/baker-politos-decision-exit-is-another-blow-struggling-massachusetts-gop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905065516/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/04/metro/baker-politos-decision-exit-is-another-blow-struggling-massachusetts-gop/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, Crowley stated that the party had a net account of $35,000 with $117,000 in debt.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Struggling Mass. GOP had just $35,000 in its coffers, on net, treasurer says |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/24/metro/struggling-mass-gop-had-just-35000-its-coffers-treasurer-says/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905063220/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/24/metro/struggling-mass-gop-had-just-35000-its-coffers-treasurer-says/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref> However, Carnevale later stated that the party had $602,152 in unpaid invoices, but that a large amount was not "the responsibility of the party" such as the advertising campaign costs for [[Geoff Diehl]]'s gubernatorial campaign. The party spent $55,415 on investigating [[Maura Healey]]'s romantic relationships.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Mass. GOP in disarray: Party may have $600,000 in debts, misreported hundreds of thousands in spending, memo says |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/22/metro/mass-gop-may-have-600k-debts-misreported-hundreds-thousands-spending-memo-says/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905062319/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/22/metro/mass-gop-may-have-600k-debts-misreported-hundreds-thousands-spending-memo-says/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
In the [[2024 Republican Party presidential primaries|2024 Republican Primary]], Donald Trump won approximately 60% of the vote, while [[Nikki Haley]] took 37%.<ref>36.69%</ref> Former [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol County]] Sheriff [[Thomas M. Hodgson|Tom Hodgson]] chaired [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|Trump's campaign]] in the state,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/former-bristol-county-sheriff-who-is-chief-of-trumps-2024-mass-campaign-says-rhetoric-needs/article_cce77ebc-1a59-5d10-80ff-874f904c6bd9.html | title=Former Bristol County sheriff who is chief of Trump's 2024 Mass. Campaign says rhetoric needs to be put in check | date=July 15, 2024 }}</ref> while former Party chair [[Jennifer Nassour]] led [[Nikki Haley 2024 presidential campaign|Haley's Massachusetts campaign]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/haley-campaign-press-release-nikki-haley-for-president-unveils-massachusetts-leadership | title=Haley Campaign Press Release - Nikki Haley for President Unveils Massachusetts Leadership Team | the American Presidency Project }}</ref>
The [[2024 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2024 Presidential election]] was Trump's best showing in the state by both percentage and popular vote.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/massachusetts/?r=0 | title=2024 Massachusetts Election Results | website=[[Associated Press News]] }}</ref> In the [[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts|2024 House election]], the party nominated candidates for only two of nine [[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts|congressional races]].<ref name="b411">{{cite web | last=McIntire | first=Mary Ellen | title=Few GOP challengers in solidly blue Massachusetts | website=Roll Call | date=2024-08-30 | url=https://rollcall.com/2024/08/30/few-gop-challengers-in-solidly-blue-massachusetts/ | access-date=2024-09-04}}</ref> The party gained one seat in the [[2024 Massachusetts Senate election|2024 State Senate election]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/11/06/taunton-republican-kelly-dooner-declares-victory-in-southeastern-mass-senate-race/ | title=Taunton Republican Kelly Dooner declares victory in Southeastern Mass. Senate race | date=November 6, 2024 }}</ref> While the party lost sets in the State House, there was no net change in seats.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/nation/politics/elections/2024-massachusetts-results/ | title=2024 Massachusetts election results — the Boston Globe | website=[[The Boston Globe]] }}</ref> U.S. Senate nominee John Deaton had the best popular vote showing of a Republican Senate candidate in over a decade.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2024/year_to:2024/office_id:6/stage:General | title=PD43+ » Search Elections }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2012/year_to:2012/office_id:6/stage:General | title=PD43+ » Search Elections }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-massachusetts.html | title=Massachusetts Election Results | work=The New York Times | date=November 5, 2024 }}</ref>
==Current elected officials==
===Members of Congress===
====U.S. Senate====
* None
Both of Massachusetts's [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seats have been held by [[Massachusetts Democratic Party|Democrats]] since [[2012 United States Senate elections|2013]]. [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]] was the last Republican to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. First elected in a [[2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|2010 special election]], Brown lost his bid for a full term in [[2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|2012]] to [[Elizabeth Warren]] who has held the seat since. [[Edward Brooke]] was the last Republican to be elected to a full term in Massachusetts. First elected in [[1966 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|1966]], Brooke lost his bid for a third term in [[1978 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|1978]] to [[Paul Tsongas]].
====U.S. House of Representatives====
*None
Massachusetts’ U.S. House delegation has been entirely Democratic since 1997. The last Republicans to serve Massachusetts in the House of Representatives were [[Peter I. Blute]] and [[Peter G. Torkildsen]]. Both were elected in [[1992 United States House of Representatives elections|1992]] and subsequently defeated in the 1996 elections.
===Statewide offices===
*None
===State legislative leaders===
*[[Massachusetts Senate|Senate Minority Leader]]: '''[[Bruce Tarr|Bruce E. Tarr]]''' ([[Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex district|1st Essex and Middlesex]] district)
*[[Massachusetts House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]]: '''[[Bradley Jones Jr.]]''' ([[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 20th Middlesex district|20th Middlesex]])
===State Senate===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*'''[[Ryan Fattman]]''' ([[Webster, Massachusetts|Webster]])
*'''[[Patrick O'Connor (Massachusetts politician)|Patrick O'Connor]]''' ([[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]])
*'''[[Peter Durant]]''' ([[Spencer, Massachusetts|Spencer]])
*'''[[Kelly Dooner]]''' ([[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]])
}}
===State House of Representatives===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*'''[[Donnie Berthiaume]]''' ([[Spencer, Massachusetts|Spencer]])
*'''[[Nicholas Boldyga]]''' ([[Southwick, Massachusetts|Southwick]])
*'''[[Michael Chaisson]]''' ([[Foxboro, Massachusetts|Foxboro]])
*'''[[David DeCoste]]''' ([[Norwell, Massachusetts|Norwell]])
*'''[[John Marsi]]''' ([[Dudley, Massachusetts|Dudley]])
*'''[[Kimberly Ferguson]]''' ([[Holden, Massachusetts|Holden]])
*'''[[Paul Frost]]''' ([[Auburn, Massachusetts|Auburn]])
*'''[[John Gaskey]]''' ([[Carver, Massachusetts|Carver]])
*'''[[Steve Howitt]]''' ([[Seekonk, Massachusetts|Seekonk]])
*'''[[Bradley Jones Jr.]]''' ([[North Reading, Massachusetts|North Reading]])
*'''[[Hannah Kane]]''' ([[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts|Shrewsbury]])
*'''[[Marc Lombardo]]''' ([[Billerica, Massachusetts|Billerica]])
*'''[[Joseph D. McKenna]]''' ([[Webster, Massachusetts|Webster]])
*'''[[David Muradian]]''' ([[Grafton, Massachusetts|Grafton]])
*'''[[Norman Orrall]]''' ([[Lakeville, Massachusetts|Lakeville]])
*'''[[Kelly Pease]]''' ([[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]])
*'''[[Todd Smola]]''' ([[Palmer, Massachusetts|Palmer]])
*'''[[Michael Soter]]''' ([[Bellingham, Massachusetts|Bellingham]])
*'''[[Alyson Sullivan]]''' ([[Abington, Massachusetts|Abington]])
*'''[[Ken Sweezey]]''' ([[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Pembroke]])
*'''[[Justin Thurber]]''' ([[Dighton, Massachusetts|Dighton]])
*'''[[Marcus Vaughn]]''' ([[Wrentham, Massachusetts|Wrentham]])
*'''[[David Vieira (politician)|David Vieira]]''' ([[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]])
*'''[[Donald Wong]]''' ([[Saugus, Massachusetts|Saugus]])
*'''[[Steven Xiarhos]]''' ([[Barnstable, Massachusetts|Barnstable]])
}}
===Mayors===
*'''[[Shaunna O'Connell]]''' ([[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]])
*'''Michael A. McCabe''' ([[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]])
*'''Arthur G. Vigeant''' ([[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]])
*'''[[Robert L. Hedlund|Bob Hedlund]]''' ([[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]])
==Past elected officials==
===U.S. Senators===
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*[[Henry Wilson]] (1856–73)
*[[Charles Sumner]] (1856–74)
*[[George S. Boutwell]] (1873–77)
*[[William B. Washburn|William Washburn]] (1874–75)
*[[Henry L. Dawes]] (1875–93)
*[[George Frisbie Hoar]] (1877–1904)
*[[Henry Cabot Lodge]] (1893–1924)
*[[Winthrop M. Crane]] (1904–13)
*[[John W. Weeks]] (1913–19)
*[[William M. Butler]] (1924–26)
*[[Frederick H. Gillett]] (1925–31)
*[[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]]<br>(1937–44, 1947–53)
*[[Sinclair Weeks]] (1944)
*[[Leverett Saltonstall]] (1944–67)
*[[Edward Brooke]] (1967–79)
*[[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]] (2010–13)
}}
===U.S. Representatives===
====1856–1874====
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*[[Nathaniel P. Banks]] of [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]]<br>(1856–57, 1865–73, 1873–79, 1889–91)
*[[James Buffington (Fall River, Massachusetts)|James Buffington]] of [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]]<br>(1856–63, 1869–75)
*[[Anson Burlingame]] of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] (1856–59)
*[[Calvin C. Chaffee]] of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] (1856–59)
*[[Linus B. Comins]] of [[Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury]] (1856–59)
*[[William S. Damrell]] of [[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]] (1856–59)
*[[Timothy Davis (Massachusetts politician)|Timothy Davis]] of [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] (1856–59)
*[[Henry L. Dawes]] of [[North Adams, Massachusetts|North Adams]] (1857–75)
*[[Robert Bernard Hall]] of [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] (1856–59)
*[[Chauncey L. Knapp]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1856–59)
*[[Eli Thayer]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (1857–59)
*[[Daniel W. Gooch]] (1858–65, 1873–75)
*[[Charles F. Adams Sr.]] of [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]] (1859–61)
*[[John B. Alley]] (1859–67)
*[[Charles Delano]] (1859–63)
*[[Thomas D. Eliot]] of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (1859–69)
*[[Charles R. Train]] of [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]] (1859–63)
*[[Goldsmith Bailey]] of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts|Fitchburg]] (1861–62)
*[[Samuel Hooper]] (1861–75)
*[[Alexander H. Rice]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1861–67)
*[[Amasa Walker]] of [[North Brookfield, Massachusetts|North Brookfield]] (1862–63)
*[[Oakes Ames]] of [[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]] (1863–73)
*[[John D. Baldwin]] (1863–69)
*[[George S. Boutwell]] of [[Groton, Massachusetts|Groton]] (1863–69)
*[[William B. Washburn]] of [[Greenfield, Massachusetts|Greenfield]] (1863–71)
*[[Benjamin F. Butler]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1867–75, 1877–79)
*[[Ginery Twichell]] of [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]] (1867–73)
*[[George Frisbie Hoar]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (1869–77)
*[[George M. Brooks]] of [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]] (1869–72)
*[[Alvah Crocker]] of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts|Fitchburg]] (1872–74)
*[[Constantine C. Esty]] of [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]] (1872–73)
*[[Benjamin W. Harris]] of [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts|East Bridgewater]] (1873–83)
*[[Ebenezer R. Hoar]] of [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]] (1873–75)
*[[William Whiting (Massachusetts politician)|William Whiting I]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1873)
*[[John M.S. Williams]] (1873–75)
*[[Henry L. Pierce]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1873–77)
}}
====1875–1899====
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*[[Charles A. Stevens]] of [[Ware, Massachusetts|Ware]] (1875)
*[[Rufus S. Frost]] of [[Chelsea, Massachusetts|Chelsea]] (1875–76)
*[[William W. Crapo]] of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (1875–83)
*[[William Claflin]] of [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] (1877–81)
*[[Walbridge A. Field]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1877–81)
*[[George B. Loring]] (1877–81)
*[[Amasa Norcross]] (1877–83)
*[[William W. Rice]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (1877–87)
*[[George D. Robinson]] of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] (1877–84)
*[[Selwyn Z. Bowman]] of [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]] (1879–81)
*[[William A. Russell (Massachusetts politician)|William A. Russell]] of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]] (1879–85)
*[[John W. Candler]] (1881–83, 1889–91)
*[[Ambrose Ranney]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1881–87)
*[[Eben F. Stone]] of [[Newburyport, Massachusetts|Newburyport]] (1881–87)
*[[Robert T. Davis]] of [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] (1883–89)
*[[John Davis Long]] (1883–89)
*[[William Whiting II]] of [[Holyoke, Massachusetts|Holyoke]] (1883–89)
*[[Francis W. Rockwell (politician)|Francis W. Rockwell]] (1884–91)
*[[Charles H. Allen]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1885–89)
*[[Frederick D. Ely]] (1885–87)
*[[Edward D. Hayden]] of [[Woburn, Massachusetts|Woburn]] (1885–89)
*[[William Cogswell]] (1887–95)
*[[Henry Cabot Lodge]] of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] (1887–93)
*[[Frederic T. Greenhalge]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1889–91)
*[[Elijah A. Morse]] of [[Canton, Massachusetts|Canton]] (1889–97)
*[[Charles S. Randall]] of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (1889–95)
*[[Joseph H. Walker]] (1889–99)
*[[Rodney Wallace (Massachusetts politician)|Rodney Wallace]] of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts|Fitchburg]] (1889–91)
*[[William Franklin Draper (politician)|William F. Draper]] of [[Hopedale, Massachusetts|Hopedale]] (1893–97)
*[[Louis D. Apsley]] (1893–97)
*[[Frederick H. Gillett]] of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] (1893–1925)
*[[William C. Lovering]] (1893–1903)
*[[Samuel W. McCall]] of [[Winchester, Massachusetts|Winchester]] (1893–1913)
*[[Ashley B. Wright]] of [[North Adams, Massachusetts|North Adams]] (1893–97)
*[[Harrison H. Atwood]] (1895–97)
*[[William Emerson Barrett|William Barrett]] of [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]] (1895–99)
*[[William S. Knox]] of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]] (1895–1903)
*[[John Simpkins]] (1895–98)
*[[William H. Moody]] (1895–1902)
*[[Samuel J. Barrows]] (1897–99)
*[[Charles F. Sprague]] (1897–1901)
*[[George W. Weymouth]] (1897–1901)
*[[George P. Lawrence]] (1897–1913)
*[[William S. Greene]] of [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] (1898–1924)
*[[Ernest W. Roberts]] of [[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett]] (1899–1917)
}}
====1900–1924====
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*[[Samuel L. Powers]] of [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] (1901–05)
*[[Charles Q. Tirrell]] of [[Natick, Massachusetts|Natick]] (1901–10)
*[[Augustus P. Gardner]] of [[Hamilton, Massachusetts|Hamilton]] (1902–17)
*[[Butler Ames]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1903–13)
*[[Rockwood Hoar]] of [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]] (1905–06)
*[[John W. Weeks]] of [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] (1905–13)
*[[Charles G. Washburn]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (1906–11)
*[[Robert O. Harris]] of [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts|East Bridgewater]] (1911–13)
*[[William Wilder]] (1911–13)
*[[John Jacob Rogers]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1913–25)
*[[Allen Treadway]] of [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Stockbridge]] (1913–45)
*[[Samuel Winslow]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (1913–25)
*[[Calvin D. Paige]] of [[Southbridge, Massachusetts|Southbridge]] (1913–25)
*[[William Henry Carter]] of [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]] (1915–19)
*[[Frederick W. Dallinger]] of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] (1915–32)
*[[George H. Tinkham]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1915–43)
*[[Joseph Walsh (Massachusetts politician)|Joseph Walsh]] of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (1915–22)
*[[Alvan T. Fuller]] of [[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]] (1917–21)
*[[Willfred W. Lufkin]] of [[Essex, Massachusetts|Essex]] (1917–21)
*[[Robert Luce]] of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] (1919–35, 1937–41)
*[[Louis A. Frothingham]] of [[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]] (1921–28)
*[[Robert S. Maloney]] of [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]] (1921–23)
*[[Charles L. Underhill]] of [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]] (1921–33)
*[[A. Piatt Andrew]] of [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] (1921–36)
*[[Charles L. Gifford]] of [[Cotuit, Massachusetts|Cotuit]] (1922–47)
*[[Robert M. Leach]] of [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]] (1924–25)
}}
====1925–present====
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*[[George B. Churchill]] of [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]] (1925)
*[[Frank H. Foss]] of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts|Fitchburg]] (1925–35)
*[[Joseph W. Martin Jr.]] of [[North Attleboro, Massachusetts|North Attleboro]]<br>(1925–67)
*[[George R. Stobbs]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (1925–33)
*[[Harry I. Thayer]] of [[Wakefield, Massachusetts|Wakefield]] (1925–26)
*[[Edith Nourse Rogers]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1925–60)
*[[Henry L. Bowles]] of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] (1925–29)
*[[Richard B. Wigglesworth|Richard Wigglesworth]] of [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]] (1928–58)
*[[Will Kirk Kaynor]] of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] (1929)
*[[Pehr G. Holmes]] of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (1931–47)
*[[George J. Bates]] of [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] (1937–49)
*[[Charles R. Clason]] of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]<br>(1937–49)
*[[Angier Goodwin]] of [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]] (1943–55)
*[[Christian Herter]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1943–53)
*[[John W. Heselton]] of [[Deerfield, Massachusetts|Deerfield]] (1945–59)
*[[Donald W. Nicholson|Donald Nicholson]] of [[Wareham, Massachusetts|Wareham]] (1947–59)
*[[William H. Bates|William Bates]] of [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] (1950–69)
*[[Laurence Curtis]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1953–63)
*[[Silvio O. Conte]] of [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]] (1959–91)
*[[Hastings Keith]] of [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]] (1959–73)
*[[F. Bradford Morse]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] (1961–71)
*[[Margaret Heckler]] of [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]] (1967–83)
*[[Paul W. Cronin|Paul Cronin]] of [[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]] (1973–75)
*[[Peter Blute]] of [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts|Shrewsbury]] (1993–97)
*[[Peter Torkildsen]] of [[Danvers, Massachusetts|Danvers]] (1993–97)
}}
===Governors===
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*[[Nathaniel Prentice Banks]] (1858–61)
*[[John Albion Andrew]] (1861–66)
*[[Alexander H. Bullock]] (1866–69)
*[[William Claflin]] (1869–72)
*[[William B. Washburn]] (1872–74)
*[[Thomas Talbot (Massachusetts politician)|Thomas Talbot]] (1874–75, 1879–80)
*[[Alexander H. Rice]] (1876–79)
*[[John Davis Long]] (1880–83)
*[[George D. Robinson]] (1884–87)
*[[Oliver Ames (governor)|Oliver Ames]] (1887–90)
*[[John Q. A. Brackett]] (1890–91)
*[[Frederic T. Greenhalge]] (1894–96)
*[[Roger Wolcott (Massachusetts politician)|Roger Wolcott]] (1896–1900)
*[[Winthrop Murray Crane]] (1900–03)
*[[John L. Bates]] (1903–05)
*[[Curtis Guild Jr.]] (1906–09)
*[[Eben Sumner Draper]] (1909–11)
*[[Samuel W. McCall]] (1916–19)
*[[Calvin Coolidge]] (1919–21)
*[[Channing H. Cox]] (1921–25)
*[[Alvan T. Fuller]] (1925–29)
*[[Frank G. Allen]] (1929–31)
*[[Leverett Saltonstall]] (1939–45)
*[[Robert F. Bradford]] (1947–49)
*[[Christian Herter]] (1953–57)
*[[John A. Volpe]] (1961–63, 1965–69)
*[[Francis Sargent]] (1969–75)
*[[Bill Weld|William Weld]] (1991–97)
*[[Paul Cellucci]] (1997–01)
*[[Jane Swift]] (2001–03)
*[[Mitt Romney]] (2003–07)
*[[Charlie Baker]] (2015–23)
}}
===State legislature===
{{Main|List of Massachusetts General Courts|List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|President of the Massachusetts Senate#List of presidents of the Massachusetts Senate}}
====Speakers of the House====
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* [[Julius Rockwell]] (1858)
* [[Charles Hale]] (1859)
* [[John A. Goodwin]] (1860–1861)
* [[Alexander Bullock]] (1862–1865)
* [[James M. Stone]] (1866–1867)
* [[Harvey Jewell]] (1868–1871)
* [[John E. Sanford]] (1872–1875)
* [[John Davis Long]] (1876–1878)
* [[Levi C. Wade]] (1879)
* [[Charles J. Noyes]] (1880–1882)
* [[George A. Marden]] (1883–1884)
* [[John Q. A. Brackett]] (1885–1886)
* [[Charles J. Noyes]] (1887–1888)
* [[William Emerson Barrett]] (1889–1893)
* [[George von Lengerke Meyer]] (1894–1896)
* [[John L. Bates]] (1897–1899)
* [[James J. Myers]] (1900–1903)
* [[Louis A. Frothingham]] (1904–1905)
* [[John N. Cole]] (1906–1908)
* [[Joseph H. Walker (Massachusetts speaker)|Joseph H. Walker]] (1909–1911)
* [[Grafton D. Cushing]] (1912–1914)
* [[Channing H. Cox]] (1915–1918)
* [[Joseph E. Warner (Massachusetts politician)|Joseph E. Warner]] (1919–1920)
* [[Benjamin Loring Young]] (1921–1924)
* [[John C. Hull (politician)|John C. Hull]] (1925–1928)
* [[Leverett Saltonstall]] (1929–1937)
* [[Horace T. Cahill]] (1937–1938)
* [[Christian Herter]] (1939–1942)
* [[Rudolph King]] (1943–1944)
* [[Frederick Willis (American politician)|Frederick Willis]] (1945–1948)
* [[Charles Gibbons]] (1953–1954)
}}
====Presidents of the Senate====
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* [[Charles A. Phelps]] (1858)
* [[William Claflin]] (1861)
* [[John H. Clifford]] (1862)
* [[Jonathan E. Field]] (1863–1865)
* [[Joseph Adams Pond]] (1866–1867)
* [[George B. Loring]] (1873–1876)
* [[John B. D. Cogswell]] (1877–1879)
* [[Robert R. Bishop]] (1880–1882)
* [[George G. Crocker]] (1883)
* [[George A. Bruce]] (1884)
* [[Albert E. Pillsbury]] (1885–1886)
* [[Halsey J. Boardman]] (1887–1888)
* [[Harris C. Hartwell]] (1889)
* [[Henry H. Sprague]] (1890–1891)
* [[Alfred S. Pinkerton]] (1892–1893)
* [[William M. Butler]] (1894–1895)
* [[George P. Lawrence]] (1896–1897)
* [[George Edwin Smith]] (1898–1900)
* [[Rufus Albertson Soule]] (1901–1902)
* [[George R. Jones]] (1903–1904)
* [[William F. Dana]] (1905–1906)
* [[William D. Chapple]] (1907–1908)
* [[Allen T. Treadway]] (1909–1911)
* [[Levi H. Greenwood]] (1912–1913)
* [[Calvin Coolidge]] (1914–1915)
* [[Henry Gordon Wells]] (1916–1918)
* [[Edwin T. McKnight]] (1919–1920)
* [[Frank G. Allen]] (1921–1924)
* [[Wellington Wells]] (1925–1928)
* [[Gaspar G. Bacon]] (1929–1932)
* [[Erland F. Fish]] (1933–1934)
* [[James G. Moran]] (1935–1936)
* [[Samuel H. Wragg]] (1937–1938)
* [[Joseph R. Cotton]] (1939–1940)
* [[Angier Goodwin]] (1941)
* [[Jarvis Hunt (politician)|Jarvis Hunt]] (1942–1944)
* [[Arthur W. Coolidge]] (1945–1946)
* [[Donald W. Nicholson]] (1947)
* [[Harris S. Richardson]] (1948; 1950)
* [[Richard I. Furbush]] (1951–1957)
* [[Newland H. Holmes]] (1957–1958)
}}
===Other statewide offices===
====Attorney General====
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*[[Stephen Henry Phillips]] (1858–61)
*[[Dwight Foster (1828–1884)|Dwight Foster]] (1861–64)
*[[Chester I. Reed]] (1864–67)
*[[Charles Allen (Massachusetts politician)|Charles Allen]] (1867–72)
*[[Charles R. Train]] (1872–79)
*[[George Marston (Massachusetts politician)|George Marston]] (1879–83)
*[[Edgar J. Sherman]] (1883–87)
*[[Andrew J. Waterman]] (1887–91)
*[[Albert E. Pillsbury]] (1891–94)
*[[Hosea M. Knowlton]] (1894–1902)
*[[Herbert Parker (Massachusetts politician)|Herbert Parker]] (1902–06)
*[[Dana Malone]] (1906–11)
*[[James M. Swift (lawyer)|James M. Swift]] (1911–14)
*[[Henry Converse Atwill]] (1915–19)
*[[Henry A. Wyman]] (1919–20)
*[[J. Weston Allen]] (1920–23)
*[[Arthur K. Reading]] (1927–28)
*[[Joseph E. Warner (Massachusetts politician)|Joseph E. Warner]] (1928–35)
*[[Robert T. Bushnell]] (1941–45)
*[[Clarence A. Barnes]] (1945–49)
*[[George Fingold]] (1953–58)
*[[Edward Brooke]] (1963–67)
*[[Elliot Richardson]] (1967–69)
}}
====Treasurer====
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*[[Henry Kemble Oliver]] (1861–66)
*[[Jacob H. Loud]] (1866–71)
*[[Charles Francis Adams Jr.]] (1871–76)
*[[Charles Endicott]] (1876–81)
*Daniel A. Gleason (1881–86)
*[[Alanson W. Beard]] (1886–89)
*[[George A. Marden]] (1889–94)
*Henry M. Phillips (1894–95)
*Edward P. Shaw (1895–1900)
*Edward S. Bradford (1900–05)
*[[Arthur Chapin]] (1905–09)
*[[Elmer A. Stevens]] (1909–14)
*[[Charles L. Burrill]] (1915–20)
*[[Fred J. Burrell]] (1920)
*[[James Jackson (Massachusetts politician)|James Jackson]] (1920–24)
*[[William S. Youngman]] (1924–28)
*[[John W. Haigis]] (1928–30)
*[[William E. Hurley]] (1937–43)
*[[Laurence Curtis]] (1947–49)
*[[Joe Malone (politician)|Joe Malone]] (1991–99)
}}
====Secretary of the Commonwealth====
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*[[Oliver Warner]] (1858–76)
*[[Henry B. Pierce]] (1876–91)
*[[William M. Olin]] (1891–1911)
*[[Albert P. Langtry]] (1911–13, 1915–21)
*[[Frederic W. Cook]] (1921–49)
}}
====Auditor====
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*[[Levi Reed]] (1861–65)
*[[Julius L. Clarke]] (1865–66, 1876–79)
*[[Henry S. Briggs]] (1866–70)
*[[Charles Endicott]] (1871–76)
*[[Charles R. Ladd]] (1879–91)
*[[John W. Kimball]] (1892–1901)
*[[Henry E. Turner (Massachusetts politician)|Henry E. Turner]] (1901–11)
*[[John E. White]] (1911–14)
*[[Alonzo B. Cook]] (1915–31)
}}
==State Committee Officers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Position
! Officeholder
|-
|Chairman || Amy Carnevale
|-
|National Committeeman || Brad Wyatt
|-
|National Committeewoman || Janet Fogarty
|-
|Vice Chairman || Judy Crocker
|-
|Treasurer || Eric Calton
|-
|Secretary || Amanda Peterson
|-
|Assistant Treasurer || Mindy McKenzie
|-
|Assistant Secretary || Dr. Elizabeth Hinds-Ferrick
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://massgop.com/our-party/committee/ |title=State Committee |website=massgop.com |access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref>
==Party Chairs==
{{Incomplete list|date=November 2010}}
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*[[William Claflin]]
*[[John Z. Goodrich]] (1855–57)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33852081/untitled/ |title=(untitled) |newspaper=[[The Berkshire Eagle|The Berkshire County Eagle]] |___location=[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]] |page=3 |date=October 12, 1855 |access-date=July 14, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33852118/the_black_republican_convention/ |title=The Black Republican Convention |newspaper=The Pittsfield Sun |___location=[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]] |page=2 |date=May 28, 1857 |access-date=July 14, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33852134/untitled/ |title=(untitled) |newspaper=New England Farmer |___location=[[Boston]] |page=2 |date=August 29, 1857 |access-date=July 14, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
*[[John B. Alley]] (1858–59)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33852179/republican_state_committee/ |title=Republican State Committee |newspaper=[[The Berkshire Eagle|The Berkshire County Eagle]] |___location=[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]] |page=3 |date=September 17, 1858 |access-date=July 14, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
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*[[George B. Loring]] (1870–76)
*[[Alanson W. Beard]] (1876–78)
* Adin Thayer (1878–79)
*[[Eben F. Stone]] (1879–80)
*[[Charles A. Stott|Charles Adams Stott]] (1881–83)
*[[Henry Cabot Lodge]] (1883–84)
* Edward Avery (1884–85)
*[[Alanson W. Beard]] (1885–86)
* J. Henry Gould (1886–87)
* Frederick L. Burden (1887–88)
* Joseph Burdett (1888–92)<ref>{{cite book|title=Political Points: The Official Vote of the State of Massachusetts|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044024431744 |via=[[HathiTrust]] |year=1891|publisher=M.J. Kiley |___location=Boston|hdl=2027/hvd.32044024431744 }}</ref>
*[[Eben Sumner Draper]] (1892–93)
*[[Samuel Winslow]] (1893–95)
*[[George H. Lyman]] (1895–96)
*[[Eben Sumner Draper]] (1896–97)
* A. H. Goetting (1897–02)
*[[John Davis Long]] (1902–03)
* Thomas Talbot (1903–07)
* George H. Doty (1907–09)
* Charles E. Hatfield (1909–14)
* Edward A. Thurston (1914–16)
* George A. Bacon (1916–19)
* Frank B. Hall (1919–21)
*[[Frank H. Foss]] (1921–24)
* Francis Prescott (1925–28)
* Amos L. Taylor (1929–33)
* Carl A. Terry (1933–34)
* George G. Tarbell (1934–35)
* Vernon W. Marr (1935–36)
*[[Sinclair Weeks]] (1936–38)
*[[Carroll Meins]] (1938)
* George W. Schryver (1938–40)
*[[Edward Sirois]] (1940–41)
* George B. Rowell (1941–46)
*[[Archibald R. Giroux]] (1946–47)
*[[Lloyd B. Waring]] (1947–49)
*[[Mason Sears]] (1949–50)
*[[Daniel Tyler Jr.]] (1950–53)
*[[Elmer C. Nelson]] (1953–56)
*[[Ralph H. Bonnell]] (1956)
*[[Charles Gibbons]] (1956–58)
*[[Daniel E. McLean]] (1958–61)
*[[Philip K. Allen]] (1961–63)
*[[Frederic C. Dumaine Jr.]] (1963–65)
*[[John Francis Parker|John F. Parker]] (1965–67)
*[[Josiah Spaulding]] (1967–69)
*[[Richard Treadway]] (1969–71)
*[[Herbert Waite]] (1971)
*[[Robert C. Hahn]] (1971–72)
*[[Otto Wahlrab]] (1972–74)
*[[William A. Barnstead]] (1974–75)
*[[John W. Sears]] (1975–76)
*[[Gordon M. Nelson]] (1976–80)
*[[Andrew Natsios]] (1980–87)
*[[Ray Shamie]] (1987–90)
*[[Leon Lombardi]] (1990–92)
*[[Jim Rappaport]] (1992–97)
*[[Jean Inman]] (1997–98)
*[[Brian Cresta]] (1998–01)
*[[Kerry Healey]] (2001–02)
*[[Jean Inman]] ''(Interim)'' (2002–03)
*[[Darrell Crate]] (2003–07)
*[[Peter G. Torkildsen]] (2007–09)
*[[Jennifer Nassour]] (2009–11)
*[[Jeanne Kangas]] ''(Interim)'' (2011)
*[[Robert Maginn]] (2011–2013)
*[[Kirsten Hughes (politician)|Kirsten Hughes]] (2013–2019)
*[[James J. Lyons Jr.|Jim Lyons]] (2019–2023)
*Amy Carnevale (since Jan. 2023)
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==See also==
{{portal|conservatism}}
* [[Massachusetts Democratic Party]]
==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Baum|first=Dale|title=The Civil War Party System: The Case of Massachusetts, 1848–1876|url=https://archive.org/details/civilwarpartysys0000baum|url-access=registration|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|year=1984|isbn=978-0-8078-1588-5|___location=Chapel Hill, NC}}
*{{cite book |author-link= Eric Foner |last= Foner |first= Eric |title= A Short History of Reconstruction |date= 1990 |isbn= 978-0-06-096431-3 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofre00eric }} Abridged version
*Haynes, George Henry. ''Charles Sumner'' (1909) [https://books.google.com/books?id=UDYOAAAAIAAJ&q=haynes+sumner online edition]
*{{cite book|last=Hollandsworth|first=James|title=Pretense of Glory: The Life of General Nathaniel P. Banks|___location=Baton Rouge, LA|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|year=1998|isbn=0-8071-2293-9}}
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
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