U.S. States L-M
Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic
Party (liberal, center-left, former D-R, est.1829);
DFL = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
(democratic socialist, populist, Upper-Midwest Dem
affiliate, to 1944 named Farm-Labor Party, est.1918); Ind
= Independent; IPM = Independence Party of
Minnesota (Minnesota regionalist, radical centrist,
formerly J. Ventura personalist, split from Ref party,
est.1992); Ref = Reform Party (social liberal,
centrist, originally Ross Perot personalist, est.1995);
Rep = Republican Party (conservative, center-right,
est.1854); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AJP =
Anti-Jackson Party (1825-1833); anti-Fed =
Anti-Federalist Party (pro-states rights, 1781-1796); AP
= American Party (nativist, 1853-1860, informally
K-N);
D-F = Democratic-Federalist Party; DFS =
Democratic Free Soil Party (anti-slavery, opposed
extension of slavery into western U.S. territories,
1848-1854); DGP = Democratic Greenback Party
(opposed return to "gold standards", withdrawal of paper
"greenbacks" and tightening of credit lines 1874-1884); D-R
= Democratic-Republican Party (1794-1829, renamed
Democratic party); Fed = Federalist Party
(conservative, federalist, 1792-1824); FSP =
Free-State Party (Louisiana unionist, radical republican,
1863-1865, merged into Rep); Fus =
Fusion (representing more than one party/coalition of
parties); K-N = Know-Nothing Party
(anti-immigrant, anti-Roman Catholic, Unionist, formally
called AP, 1853-1860); Lib-R = Liberal Republican
Party (anti-corruption, classical liberal, split from Rep,
1870-1872, merged into Dem); MFL =
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party (semi-Socialist, Minnesota
regionalist, 1919-1944); N-R = National
Republican Party (anti-Jacksonian, 1826-1834); Uni
= Union Party (or Constitutional Union Party, formed
chiefly by remnants of the AP and southern Whigs,
May 1860-1861); U-D =
Union-Democratic Party (conservative, pro-Union, opposed
civil rights for slaves, 1860-1868); Whg = Whig
Party (economic nationalist,
protectionist, anti-Jacksonian,
1833-1860)
Louisiana
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- 26 Jan 1861 - 11 Feb
1861 Unofficial
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1862
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2006
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- 25 May 2006 - 22 Nov
2010
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Map
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Hear State
Song
"Give Me
Louisiana"
Adopted 9 Jul 1970
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Hear
State Song
"You Are My Sunshine"
Adopted 14 Jul 1977
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State
Cultural Song
"Southern Nights"
Adopted 1 Jul 2021
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State
Constitution
(1 Jan 1975)
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Capital:
Baton Rouge
(Biloxi 1699-1702,
1720-1722; Fort Louis de la Louisiane
[Mobile] 1702-1720;
New Orleans 1722-1830,
1831-1849, 1865-1882 [and
Union capital 1862-1865];
Donaldsonville
1830-1831;
Baton Rouge
1849-1862
[Confederate: Opelousas 1 May
1862- 25 Jan 1863;
Shreveport 25 Jan 1863-2 Jun 1865])
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Motto: Union,
justice,
and confidence
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Nickname:
Pelican State
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Population:
4,657,757 (2020)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: OIF
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Mayors
of
New
Orleans
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Chronology
20 Jan
1685
Claimed for France by La Salle.
8 Dec
1699
French colony of Louisiana (La
Louisiane)(part
of
New France [see under Quebec,
Canada]).
1717 -
1733
Under Compagnie de l'Ouest
administration.
3 Nov
1762
Ceded to Spain by France.
5 Mar
1766
Spain takes over administration (Luisiana),
subordinated to Cuba).
1 Oct
1800
Spain secretly agrees to restore
Louisiana
to France by the Treaty of Idelfonso.
21 Mar
1801
Secretly returned to France
(French
administration begins 30 Nov 1803).
30 Apr
1803
Sold to U.S. by France (signed 2 May
1803,
but retro-dated to 30 Apr 1803).
20 Dec
1803
U.S. assumes sovereignty
1 Oct
1804
Louisiana divided into two sections: the
Orleans Territory below 33rd parallel;
and Louisiana Territory (later Missouri
territory) above the 33rd parallel
from 4 Jul 1805.
30 Apr
1812
State of Louisiana
26 Jan
1861
Secession
8 Feb
1861
Founding state of Confederate
States of
America.
28 Apr
1862
New Orleans occupied by Union troops
(Baton Rouge
on 5
Aug 1862, Opelousas 20 Apr 1863,
Alexandria
7 May
1863 - 13 May 1864, and Shreveport 6 Jun
1865).
25 Jul
1864
Ordinance of secession of 1861 declared
void.
9 Jul
1868
Re-admitted to United States.
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Mayors
of
Shreveport
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Governors
25 Jan 1699 - 4 May 1699 Pierre Le Moyne,
sieur d'Iberville (b. 1661 - d. 1706)
4 May 1699 - 21 Aug 1701 Sauvole de la
Villantray
(b. c.1671 - d. 1701)
21 Aug 1701 - 17 Mar 1713 Jean-Baptiste Le
Moyne, sieur (b. 1680 - d.
1767)
de Bienville (1st time)
1707 - 1708
Nicolas Daneaux de Muy
(b. 1653 - d. 1708)
(did not take office)
17 Mar 1713 -
1716
Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac (b. 1658 - d. 1730)
1716 - 9 Mar
1717
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur
(s.a.)
de Bienville (2nd time)
(acting)
9 May 1717 -
1718
Jean Michel de l'Espinay de la
(b. c.1665 - d. 1721)
Longeville
1718 - 16 Jan
1724
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur
(s.a.)
de Bienville (3rd time)
1724 -
1726
Pierre Sidrac Dugué, sieur
de (b. 1675 - d. 1736)
Boisbriant (acting)
9 Aug 1726 -
1733
Étienne Périer de
Salvert
(b. 1687 - d. 1766)
1733 - May
1743
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur
(s.a.)
de Bienville (4th time)
10 May 1743 - 8 May 1753 Pierre de Rigaud,
marquis
(b. 1698 - d. 1778)
de
Vaudreuil-Cabagnal
8 May 1753 - 29 Apr 1763 Louis
Billouart,
(b. 1704 - d. 1770)
chevalier de Kerlérec
29 Apr 1763 - 4 Feb 1765 Jean-Jacques
Blaise d'Abbadie (b. 1726
- d. 1765)
4 Feb 1765 - 5 Mar 1766 Charles
Philippe Aubry (acting) (b. c.1720 -
d. 1770)
(1st time)
5 Mar 1766 - 16 Nov 1768 Antonio de Ulloa
y de la Torre (b. 1717 - d.
1795)
Guiral
16 Nov 1768 - 17 Aug 1769 Charles Philippe Aubry
(acting) (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Aug 1769 - 1 Dec 1769
Alejandro O'Reilly y
McDowell (b. 1722 - d.
1794)
Sillon
1 Dec 1769 - 1 Apr 1777 Luis de
Unzaga y
Amezaga
(b. 1721 - d. 1793)
1 Apr 1777 - 14 Jul 1785 Bernardo Vicente
Pólinarde de (b. 1726 - d.
1794)
Gálvez y Galardo
14 Jul 1785 - 30 Nov 1791 Estéban Rodríguez Miró
y Sabater (b. 1744 - d. 1802)
30 Nov 1791 - 5 Aug 1797 Francisco Luis Héctor
de
(b. 1747 - d. 1807)
Carondelet de Novelles,
baron de Carondelet
5 Aug 1797 - 18 Jul 1799 Manuel Gayoso de
Lemos y Amorín (b. 1752 - d. 1799)
y Magallanes
18 Jul 1799 - 15 Jul 1801 Nicolás María
Vidal
(b. 1740 - d. 1806)
(acting civil governor)
18 Jul 1799 - 18 Sep 1799 Francisco
Bouligny
(b. 1736 - d. 1800)
(acting military governor)
18 Sep 1799 - 15 Jul 1801 Sebastián Calvo de la
Puerta y (b. 1751 - d. 1825)
O'Farril Arango y Arriola,
marqués de Casa Calvo
(acting military governor)
15 Jul 1801 - 30 Nov 1803 Juan Manuel de
Salcedo
(b. 1743 - d. c.1815)
Prefect and Commissioner
30 Nov 1803 - 20 Dec 1803 Pierre Clément de
Laussat
(b. 1756 - d. 1835)
Governors
20 Dec 1803 - 16 Dec 1816 William
Charles Cole Claiborne (b. 1775 - d.
1817) D-R
16 Dec 1816 - 18 Dec 1820 Jacques Philippe
Villeré
(b. 1761 - d. 1830) D-R
18 Dec 1820 - 15 Nov 1824 Thomas Bolling
Robertson
(b. 1779 - d. 1828) D-R
15 Nov 1824 - 13 Dec 1824 Henry Schuyler
Thibodaux (acting) (b. 1769 - d. 1827) D-R
13 Dec 1824 - 15 Dec 1828 Henry
Johnson
(b. 1783 - d. 1864) N-R
15 Dec 1828 - 6 Oct 1829 Pierre Augustin
Charles (b.
1767 - d. 1829) N-R
Bourguignon Derbigny
6 Oct 1829 - 14 Jan 1830 Armand Julie
Beauvais (acting) (b. 1783 - d.
1843) N-R
14 Jan 1830 - 31 Jan 1831 Jacques
Dupré
(b. 1773 - d. 1846) N-R
31 Jan 1831 - 2 Feb 1835 André Bienvenue
Roman (1st time) (b. 1795 - d. 1866)
Whg
2 Feb 1835 - 4 Feb 1839 Edward
Douglas
White
(b. 1795 - d. 1847) Whg
4 Feb 1839 - 30 Jan 1843 André Bienvenue
Roman (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Whg
30 Jan 1843 - 12 Feb 1846 Alexandre
Mouton
(b. 1804 - d. 1885) Dem
12 Feb 1846 - 28 Jan 1850 Isaac
Johnson
(b. 1803 - d. 1853) Dem
28 Jan 1850 - 20 Jan 1853 Joseph Marshall
Walker
(b. 1784 - d. 1856) Dem
20 Jan 1853 - 28 Jan 1856 Paul Octave
Hébert
(b. 1818 - d. 1880) Dem
28 Jan 1856 - 23 Jan 1860 Robert Charles
Wickliffe
(b. 1819 - d. 1895) Dem
23 Jan 1860 - 25 Jan 1864 Thomas Overton
Moore
(b. 1804 - d. 1876) Dem
(Confederate
governor)
1 May 1862 - 2 Jul 1862 Benjamin F.
Butler
(b. 1818 - d. 1893) Mil
(U.S. military
governor)
2 Jul 1862 - 4 Mar 1864 George
Foster
Shepley
(b. 1819 - d. 1878) Mil
(U.S. military governor)
25 Jan 1864 - 2 Jun 1865 Henry Watkins
Allen
(b. 1820 - d. 1866) Dem
(Confederate governor)
4 Mar 1864 - 4 Mar 1865 Michael
Georg Decker
Hahn
(b. 1830 - d. 1886) FSP
(U.S. governor)
4 Mar 1865 - 3 Jun 1867 James
Madison
Wells
(b. 1808 - d. 1899) Rep
3 Jun 1867 - 8 Jan 1868 Benjamin
Flanders
(b. 1816 - d. 1896) Rep
8 Jan 1868 - 27 Jun 1868 Joshua
Baker
(b. 1799 - d. 1885) Rep
27 Jun 1868 - 11 Dec 1872 Henry Clay
Warmoth
(b. 1842 - d. 1932) Rep
11 Dec 1872 - 13 Jan 1873 Pinckey Benton Stewart
Pinchback (b. 1837 - d. 1921) Rep
(acting)
13 Jan 1873 - 5 Jan 1877 William Pitt
Kellogg
(b. 1830 - d. 1918) Rep
13 Jan 1873 - 22 May 1873 John McEnery (1st
time)
(b. 1833 - d. 1891) Rep
(in opposition)
14 Sep 1874 - 16 Sep 1874 John McEnery (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
(in opposition)
8 Jan 1877 - 13 Jan 1880 Francis Tillou
Nicholls (1st time) (b. 1834 - d. 1912) Dem
8 Jan 1877 - 25 Apr 1877 Stephen Bennett
Packard
(b. 1843 - d. 1881) Rep
(in opposition)
14 Jan 1880 - 16 Oct 1881 Louis Alfred
Wiltz
(b. 1843 - d. 1881) Dem
16 Oct 1881 - 20 May 1888 Samuel Douglas
McEnery
(b. 1837 - d. 1910) Dem
21 May 1888 - 10 May 1892 Francis Tillou
Nicholls (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
10 May 1892 - 8 May 1900 Murphy James
Foster
(b. 1849 - d. 1921) Dem
8 May 1900 - 10 May 1904 William Wright
Heard
(b. 1853 - d. 1926) Dem
10 May 1904 - 12 May 1908 Newton Crain
Blanchard
(b. 1849 - d. 1922) Dem
12 May 1908 - 14 May 1912 Jared Young
Sanders
(b. 1869 - d. 1944) Dem
14 May 1912 - 9 May 1916 Luther Egbert
Hall
(b. 1869 - d. 1921) Dem
9 May 1916 - 11 May 1920 Ruffin Golson
Pleasant
(b. 1871 - d. 1937) Dem
11 May 1920 - 13 May 1924 John Milliken
Parker
(b. 1863 - d. 1939) Dem
13 May 1924 - 11 Oct 1926 Henry
Fuqua
(b. 1865 - d. 1926) Dem
11 Oct 1926 - 21 May 1928 Oramel Hinckley
Simpson
(b. 1870 - d. 1932) Dem
21 May 1928 - 25 Jan 1932 Huey Pierce Long, Jr.
"Kingfish" (b. 1893 - d. 1935) Dem
25 Jan 1932 - 10 May 1932 Alvin Olin
King
(b. 1890 - d. 1958) Dem
10 May 1932 - 28 Jan 1936 Oscar Kelly
Allen
(b. 1882 - d. 1936) Dem
28 Jan 1936 - 12 May 1936 James Albert
Noe
(b. 1890 - d. 1976) Dem
12 May 1936 - 26 Jun 1939 Richard Webster
Leche
(b. 1898 - d. 1965) Dem
26 Jun 1939 - 14 May 1940 Earl Kemp Long (1st
time)
(b. 1895 - d. 1960) Dem
14 May 1940 - 9 May 1944 Sam Houston
Jones
(b. 1897 - d. 1978) Dem
9 May 1944 - 11 May 1948 James Houston
Davis (1st time) (b. 1899 - d.
2000) Dem
11 May 1948 - 13 May 1952 Earl Kemp Long (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
13 May 1952 - 8 May 1956 Robert Floyd
Kennon
(b. 1902 - d. 1988) Dem
8 May 1956 - 10 May 1960 Earl Kemp Long
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
10 May 1960 - 12 May 1964 James Houston Davis
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
12 May 1964 - 9 May 1972 John Julian
McKeithen
(b. 1918 - d. 1999) Dem
9 May 1972 - 10 Mar 1980 Edwin W. Edwards
(1st time) (b.
1927 - d. 2021) Dem
10 Mar 1980 - 12 Mar 1984 David C.
Treen
(b. 1928 - d. 2009) Rep
12 Mar 1984 - 14 Mar 1988 Edwin W. Edwards (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
14 Mar 1988 - 8 Jan 1992 Charles "Buddy"
E. Roemer III (b. 1943 - d.
2021) Dem;1991 Rep
8 Jan 1992 - 8 Jan 1996 Edwin W.
Edwards (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
8 Jan 1996 - 12 Jan 2004 Michael "Mike" J.
Foster, Jr. (b. 1930 - d.
2020) Rep
12 Jan 2004 - 14 Jan 2008 Kathleen Babineaux
Blanco (f) (b. 1942 - d.
2019) Dem
14 Jan 2008 - 11 Jan 2016 Bobby (Piyush)
Jindal
(b. 1971)
Rep
11 Jan 2016 - 8 Jan 2024 John Bel Edwards
(b. 1966)
Dem
8 Jan 2024
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Jeffrey "Jeff" M.
Landry
(b. 1970) Rep
U.S. Military governors during Reconstruction
23 Apr 1865 - 3 Jun 1865 Nathaniel Prentice
Banks (b. 1816 -
d. 1894) Mil
3 Jun 1865 - May 1866 Edward Richard
Sprigg Canby (b. 1817 -
d. 1873) Mil
19 Mar 1867 - 5 Sep 1868 Philip Henry
Sheridan
(b. 1831 - d. 1888) Mil
Maine
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- 21 Mar 1901 - 24 Feb
1909
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Adopted
- 24 Feb 1909
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Used
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Map
of Maine
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Hear State
Song
"State of Maine Song"
Adopted 30 Mar 1937
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State March
"The Dirigo March"
Adopted 19 Mar 2012
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State
Ballad
"The Ballad of the
20th Maine"
Adopted 7 Jun 2019
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State
Constitution
(6 Dec 1819)
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Capital:
Augusta
(Portland 1820-4 Jan 1832)
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Motto: Dirigo
(I lead)
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Nickname:
Pine Tree State
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Population:
1,362,359 (2020)
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Mayors of
Portland |
Chronology
14 Aug 1607 - 17 Oct 1608
Popham colony (also known as Sagadahoc
or
Kennebec Colony) at Fort St. George
(modern
Phippsburg), settled
by the Plymouth Company.
10 Aug
1622
Province of Maine,
granted to John Mason and Sir
Ferdinando Gorges; claim
included lands
between the Merrimack and Kennebec
rivers and
extending inland 60 miles.
7 Nov
1629
Mason and Gorges divided the province
between
them; Mason's share being the area
between
the Merrimack and the Piscataqua
Rivers
which
he named New
Hampshire, Gorges
calls
his
portion the Province of New
Somersetshire.
3 Apr
1639
Grant of the Province of Maine.
Jul
1649
Towns of Wells, Gorgiana, and Piscataqua
form
an
Independent Government.
31 May
1652
Massachusetts-Bay Colony claims
Maine (York
county).
12 Mar 1664
Province of Maine is
given in grant by King
Charles II to James, Duke of York
as part
of New York as Cornwall
County. Lost to the
Abnaki Indians fall 1675.
27 May
1668
Order for the Submission of the Province
of
Maine to Massachusetts-Bay.
29 Jun 1674
Restored
to Gorges heirs
by King Charles II.
13 Mar
1677
Massachusetts-Bay purchases the rights
of Gorges
heirs, reuniting Maine with
Massachusetts-Bay.
1 Nov 1683 - spring
1687 Cornwall County
re-created, still part of New
York,
then transferred to the Dominion of New
England.
17 May 1686 - 18 Apr 1689
Along with, Massachusetts, part of the
Dominion
of New England (see Massachusetts).
17 Oct
1691
Maine formally made an integral part
of
Massachusetts-Bay. Initially named
Yorkshire
(later as Province of Maine of
Massachusetts-
Bay
Colony).
18 Oct
1775
British navy burns Falmouth
(Portland).
1777 - 24 Dec 1783
British held the Penobscot, from 17 Jun
1779
with headquarters at Bagaduce (Castine),
but
Machias and vicinity remain unsubdued.
9 Jul 1778
Continental Congress divided
Massachusetts into
three
admiralty districts, including the
Northern District of Massachusetts
(York,
Cumberland and Lincoln counties), later
named
District of Maine.
25 Oct 1780
Maine
District of Massachusetts
5 Oct
1785
First Convention held at Falmouth on
separation
from
Massachusetts, followed by 4 Jan
1786
and on 4 Sep 1786.
31 Jan
1787
Maine convention votes to separate from
Massachusetts by 645 to 359.
7 May
1792
Mainers votes against separation from
Massachusetts by 2,438 to
2,084.
6 Apr 1795
Mainers vote on separation from
Massachusetts is
virtually ignored by voters.
10 May
1797
Mainers vote on separation from
Massachusetts,
2,785
for separation and 2,412 against (not
enough eligible voters voted).
7 Apr
1807
Mainers vote against separation from
Massachusetts, 9,404 to 3,370.
1 Sep 1814 - 15 Apr 1815
British occupy Bangor, Castine,
Eastport,
Frankfort, Hampden, Machias and the
coast from
Penobscot Bay east, most of Eastern
Maine.
20 May
1816
Mainers voted 10,584 in favor of
separation and
6,491
opposed, but lacks the required
majority.
2 Sep
1816
Mainers vote to separate from
Massachusetts,
11,969 to 10,347, but lacks required
majority.
30 Sep 1816 - 9 Oct
1816 Brunswick Convention
met to consider separating
the
District of Maine from Massachusetts as
a
state.
19 Jul
1819
Mainers voted to separate from
Massachusetts,
by 17,091 to 7,132.
11 Oct
1819
Constitutional convention convened in
Portland.
15 Mar
1820
State of Maine (separated
from Massachusetts).
9 Aug
1842
Aroostook valley officially ceded to
U.S. by
U.K. in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
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Proprietors of the Province of Maine
1622 - Dec
1635
John
Mason
(b. 1586 - d. 1635)
+ Sir Ferdinando
Gorges
(b. c.1566 - d. 1647)
Proprietor of the Province of New Somersetshire
1635 - 14 May 1647
Sir Ferdinando
Gorges
(s.a.)
President of Popham Colony
14 Aug 1607 - 5 Feb 1608 George
Popham
(b. c.1550 - d. 1608)
Governors of the Province of New
Somersetshire
1635 - 1649
William Gorges
(b. 1605
- d. 1658)
Jul 1649 - 1652
Edward Godfrey
(b. c.1584 - d. af.1663)
Royal Commissioners
23 Apr 1664 - Nov 1665 Board
of Commissioners
- Richard
Nicholls
(b. 1624 - d. 1672)
- Sir Robert Carr
(b. c.1615 - d. 1667)
- George Cartwright
- Samuel Maverick
(b. c.1602 – d. c.1670)
1665 -
1668
Justices
Governors of Maine
31 May 1652 - 15 Mar 1820 the
governors of Massachusetts
15 Mar 1820 - 28 May 1821
William
King
(b. 1768 - d. 1852) D-R
(president of the Convention to 1 Jun 1820)
29 May 1821 - 5 Dec 1821
William D.
Williamson
(b. 1779 - d. 1846) D-R
5 Dec 1821 - 2 Jan
1822 Benjamin
Ames
(b. 1778 - d. 1835) D-R
2 Jan 1822 - 4 Jan
1822 Daniel
Rose
(b. 1772 - d. 1833) D-R
4 Jan 1822 - 4 Jan
1827 Albion K.
Parris
(b. 1788 - d. 1857) D-R
4 Jan 1827 - 8 Oct
1829 Enoch
Lincoln
(b. 1788 - d. 1829) D-R
12 Oct 1829 - 5 Feb 1830
Nathan Cutler
(acting)
(b. 1775 - d. 1861) D-R
5 Feb 1830 - 10 Feb 1830
Joshua Hall
(acting)
(b. 1768 - d. 1862) N-R
10 Feb 1830 - 5 Jan 1831
Jonathan G.
Hunton
(b. 1781 - d. 1851) N-R
5 Jan 1831 - 1 Jan
1834 Samual E.
Smith
(b. 1788 - d. 1860) D-R
1 Jan 1834 - 3 Jan
1838 Robert P.
Dunlap
(b. 1794 - d. 1859) Dem
3 Jan 1838 - 2 Jan
1839 Edward Kent (1st
time)
(b. 1802 - d. 1877) Whg
2 Jan 1839 - 6 Jan
1841 John Fairfield (1st
time)
(b. 1797 - d. 1847) Dem
12 Jan 1841 - 13 Jan 1841
Richard H. Vose (acting)
(b. 1803 - d. 1864) Whg
13 Jan 1841 - 5 Jan 1842
Edward Kent (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
5 Jan 1842 - 7 Mar
1843 John Fairfield (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Mar 1843 - 1 Jan 1844 Edward
Kavanaugh
(b. 1795 - d. 1844) Dem
2 Jan 1844 - 3 Jan 1844 David
Dunn
(b. 1811 - d. 1894) Dem
3 Jan 1844 - 5 Jan 1844 John W. Dana
(1st
time)
(b. 1808 - d. 1867) Dem
5 Jan 1844 - 12 May 1847 Hugh J.
Anderson
(b. 1801 - d. 1881) Dem
13 May 1847 - 8 May 1850 John W. Dana (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
9 May 1850 - 5 Jan 1853 John
Hubbard
(b. 1794 - d. 1869) Dem
5 Jan 1853 - 3 Jan 1855 William G.
Crosby
(b. 1805 - d. 1881) Whg
3 Jan 1855 - 2 Jan 1856 Anson P.
Morrill
(b. 1803 - d. 1887) K-N
2 Jan 1856 - 8 Jan 1857 Samuel E.
Wells
(b. 1801 - d. 1868) Dem
8 Jan 1857 - 25 Feb 1857 Hannibal
Hamlin
(b. 1809 - d. 1891) Rep
26 Feb 1857 - 8 Jan 1858 Joseph H.
Williams
(acting) (b.
1814 - d. 1896) Rep
8 Jan 1858 - 2 Jan 1861 Lot M.
Morrill
(b. 1813 - d. 1883) Rep
2 Jan 1861 - 7 Jan 1863 Israel
Washburn,
Jr.
(b. 1813 - d. 1883) Rep
7 Jan 1863 - 6 Jan 1864 Abner
Coburn
(b. 1803 - d. 1885) Rep
6 Jan 1864 - 2 Jan 1867 Samuel
Cony
(b. 1811 - d. 1870) Rep
2 Jan 1867 - 4 Jan 1871 Joshua L.
Chamberlain
(b. 1828 - d. 1914) Rep
4 Jan 1871 - 7 Jan 1874 Sidney
Perham
(b. 1819 - d. 1907) Rep
7 Jan 1874 - 5 Jan 1876 Nelson
Dingley,
Jr.
(b. 1832 - d. 1899) Rep
5 Jan 1876 - 8 Jan 1879 Seldon
Connor
(b. 1839 - d. 1917) Rep
8 Jan 1879 - 17 Jan 1880 Alonzo
Garcelon
(b. 1813 - d. 1906) Dem
17 Jan 1880 - 13 Jan 1881 Daniel F.
Davis
(b. 1843 - d. 1897) Rep
13 Jan 1881 - 3 Jan 1883 Harris M.
Plaisted
(b. 1828 - d. 1898) Fus
3 Jan 1883 - 5 Jan 1887 Frederick
Robie
(b. 1822 - d. 1912) Rep
5 Jan 1887 - 15 Dec 1887 Joseph R.
Bodwell
(b. 1818 - d. 1887) Rep
16 Dec 1887 - 2 Jan 1889 Sebastian S.
Marble (acting) (b.
1817 - d. 1902) Rep
2 Jan 1889 - 4 Jan 1893 Edwin C.
Burleigh
(b. 1843 - d. 1916) Rep
4 Jan 1893 - 6 Jan 1897 Henry B.
Cleaves
(b. 1840 - d. 1912) Rep
6 Jan 1897 - 2 Jan 1901 Llewellyn
Powers
(b. 1836 - d. 1908) Rep
2 Jan 1901 - 4 Jan 1905 John F.
Hill
(b. 1855 - d. 1912) Rep
4 Jan 1905 - 6 Jan 1909 William T.
Cobb
(b. 1857 - d. 1937) Rep
6 Jan 1909 - 4 Jan 1911 Bert M.
Fernald
(b. 1858 - d. 1926) Rep
4 Jan 1911 - 1 Jan 1913 Frederick W.
Plaisted
(b. 1865 - d. 1943) Dem
1 Jan 1913 - 6 Jan 1915 William T.
Haines
(b. 1854 - d. 1919) Rep
6 Jan 1915 - 3 Jan 1917 Oakley C.
Curtis
(b. 1865 - d. 1924) Dem
3 Jan 1917 - 5 Jan 1921 Carl E.
Milliken
(b. 1877 - d. 1961) Rep
5 Jan 1921 - 31 Jan 1921 Frederic H.
Parkhurst
(b. 1864 - d. 1921) Rep
31 Jan 1921 - 8 Jan 1925 Percival P.
Baxter
(b. 1876 - d. 1969) Rep
8 Jan 1925 - 2 Jan 1929 Owen
Brewster
(b. 1888 - d. 1961) Rep
2 Jan 1929 - 4 Jan 1933 William T.
Gardiner
(b. 1892 - d. 1953) Rep
4 Jan 1933 - 6 Jan 1937 Louis J.
Brann
(b. 1876 - d. 1948) Dem
6 Jan 1937 - 1 Jan 1941 Lewis O.
Barrows
(b. 1893 - d. 1967) Rep
1 Jan 1941 - 3 Jan 1945 Sumner
Sewall
(b. 1897 - d. 1965) Rep
3 Jan 1945 - 5 Jan 1949 Horace A.
Hildreth
(b. 1902 - d. 1988) Rep
5 Jan 1949 - 25 Dec 1952 Frederick G.
Payne
(b. 1904 - d. 1978) Rep
25 Dec 1952 - 6 Jan 1953 Burton M. Cross
(1st
time)
(b. 1902 - d. 1998) Rep
6 Jan 1953 - 7 Jan 1953 Nathaniel M.
Haskell
(b. 1912 - d. 1983) Rep
7 Jan 1953 - 5 Jan 1955 Burton M.
Cross (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
5 Jan 1955 - 2 Jan 1959 Edmund S.
Muskie
(b. 1914 - d. 1996) Dem
2 Jan 1959 - 7 Jan 1959 Robert N.
Haskell
(b. 1903 - d. 1987) Rep
7 Jan 1959 - 30 Dec 1959 Clinton A.
Clauson
(b. 1895 - d. 1959) Dem
30 Dec 1959 - 5 Jan 1967 John H.
Reed
(b. 1921 - d. 2012) Rep
5 Jan 1967 - 2 Jan 1975 Kenneth M.
Curtis
(b.
1931)
Dem
2 Jan 1975 - 3 Jan 1979 James B.
Longley
(b. 1924 - d. 1980) Ind
3 Jan 1979 - 7 Jan 1987 Joseph E.
Brennan
(b. 1934 - d. 2024) Dem
7 Jan 1987 - 5 Jan 1995 John R.
McKernan,
Jr.
(b.
1948)
Rep
5 Jan 1995 - 8 Jan 2003 Angus S.
King,
Jr.
(b.
1944)
Ind
8 Jan 2003 - 5 Jan 2011 John
Elias
Baldacci
(b.
1955)
Dem
5 Jan 2011 - 2 Jan 2019 Paul
R. LePage
(b. 1948)
Rep
2 Jan 2019
-
Janet Tafton Mills (f)
(b.
1947)
Dem
Maryland
Lords Proprietors
20 Jun 1632 - 22 Jul 1654 Cecilius "Cecil"
Calvert, Baron (b. 1606 - d. 1675)
of Baltimore (1st time)
22 Jul 1654 - 27 Apr 1658 Parliamentary
Commission
27 Apr 1658 - 30 Nov 1675 Cecilius
"Cecil" Calvert, Baron
(s.a.)
of Baltimore (2nd time)
30 Nov 1675 - 27 Jun 1691 Charles Calvert, Baron
of
(b. 1637 - d. 1715)
Baltimore
27 Jun 1691 - 21 Feb 1715 Post abolished
21 Feb 1715 - 16 Apr 1715 Benedict Leonard
Calvert,
(b. 1679 - d. 1715)
Baron of Baltimore
16 Apr 1715 - 24 Apr 1751 Charles Calvert, Baron
of
(b. 1699 - d. 1751)
Baltimore
24 Apr 1751 - 4 Sep 1771 Frederick
Calvert, Baron
of (b. 1731 -
d. 1771)
Baltimore
4 Sep 1771 - 11 Nov 1776 Henry
Hanford
(b. 1758 - d. 1834)
Governors
28 May 1631 - 20 Jun 1632 William Claiborne (on
Kent Island) (b. c.1600 - d. c.1677)
(in opposition to May 1635)
30 Jun 1632 - 9 Jun
1647 Leonard Calvert
(b. 1606 - d.
1647)
(arrived 25 Mar 1634; Sep 1644 -
Aug 1646
in Virginia exile)
Feb 1638
John Lewger (1st time)
(b. 1602 - d. 1665)
(acting for Calvert)
Apr 1638
John Lewger (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Calvert)
27 May 1638 - 14 Aug 1638 Thomas
Cornwaleys (1st time) (b. c.1600 -
d. 1676)
(acting for Calvert)
8 May 1641 - 10 Jul 1641 Thomas Cornwaleys
(2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Calvert)
11 Apr 1643 - Sep 1644 Giles Brent
(b. 1600 - d. 1672)
(acting for Calvert)
3 Oct 1644 - 16 Nov 1644 William
Brainthwait
(b. 1590 - d. 1649)
(acting for Calvert)
Sep 1644 - Aug 1646
Richard Ingle
(usurper) (b.
1609 - d. 1653)
1645 - 1647
Edward Hill (acting to Jul
1646) (b. c.1590 - d. 1663)
(appointment by Calvert)
9 Jun 1647 - 26 Apr 1649
Thomas Greene (1st
time)
(b. 1609 - d. 1651)
26 Apr 1649 - 29 Mar 1652 William
Stone (1st time)
(b. 1605 - d. 1695)
29 Mar 1652 - 28 Jun 1652
Parliamentary Commissioners
- Richard Bennett
(b. 1609 - d.
1675)
- Edmund Curtis
-
William Claiborne
(s.a.)
28 Jun 1652 - 29 Mar 1654 William Stone
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
20 Sep 1649 - 1650
Thomas Greene (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Stone)
22 May 1650 - 25 Jun 1650 Thomas Hatton (acting
for Stone) (b. c.1603 - d. 1655)
Nov 1651 - 29 Mar 1652 Thomas
Greene (3nd
time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Stone)
Jun 1654 - 22 Jul 1654 William Stone (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
22 Jul 1654 - 23 Mar 1658 Commissioners
- William Fuller
(b. c.1610 - d.
1695)
- Richard Preston
(b. c.1618 - d. c.1669/70)
- William
Durand
(b. c.1620 - d. 1672)
- Edward
Lloyd
(b. c.1620 - d. 1696)
- John Smith
- Leonard
Strong
(d. 1659?)
- John Lawson
(b. bf.1639 - d. 1668)
- John Hatch
(b. c.1614 - d. 1681)
- Richard Wells
(b. 1609 - d. 1667)
- Richard Ewen
(b. c.1610 - d. 1660)
- Michael
Brooke
31 Jan 1655 - 10 Jul 1656 William
Stone (4th time)
(s.a.)
(prisoner from 26 Mar 1655)
26 Mar 1655 - 24 Jun 1660 Josias
Fendall
(b. c.1628 - d. 1687)
(in rebellion from Mar 1660)
18 Jun 1657 - 26 Feb 1658 Luke Barber (acting for
Fendall) (b. c.1625 - d. 1668)
c.Oct 1660 - c.Nov 1661 Philip
Calvert
(b. 1626 - d. 1682)
c.Nov 1661 - Jun 1676 Charles
Calvert, Baron Baltimore (s.a.)
(1st time)
May 1669 - 20 Jul 1670 Philip Calvert
(s.a.)
(acting
[for absent Calvert])
20 Jul 1670 - Nov 1670 Deputies and
Commissioners
(acting for
absent Calvert)
- Philip
Calvert
(s.a.)
- William
Calvert
(b. c.1642 - d. 1682)
- Jerome
White
(b. c.1635 - d. 1674)
- Baker
Brooke
(b. 1628 - d. 1679)
16 Jun 1676 - 14 Oct 1676 Cecilius Calvert
(nominally) (s.a.)
16 Jun 1676 - 27 Jul 1676 Jesse Wharton
(b. 1604 - d. 1676)
(acting
[for infant Calvert])
Jul 1676 - Apr 1679
Thomas
Notley
(b. 1634 - d. 1679)
(acting [for infant Calvert to 14 Oct 1676])
Apr 1679 - May
1684 Charles
Calvert, Baron Baltimore (s.a.)
(2nd time)
May 1684 - 3 Oct
1688 Benedict Leonard
Calvert
(s.a.)
(nominally)
May 1684 - 3 Oct
1688 Council of Deputies
(acting for infant Calvert)
- Vincent Lowe
(b. 1632 - d.
1692)
- Henry Darnall
(b. 1645 - d. 1711)
- William
Digges
(b. 1650 - d. 1697)
- William Burgess
(b. 1622 - d. 1686)
- Nicholas
Sewall
(b. 1655 - d. 1737)
- Edward
Pye
(b. 1646 - d. 1696)
- Clement
Hill
(b. 1641 - d. 1708)
- Henry
Coursey
(b. 1625 - d. 1695)
- Henry
Lowe
(b. 1652 - d. 1717)
3 Oct 1688 - 1 Aug 1689 William Joseph
1 Aug 1689 - Aug 1690
John Coode (commander in chief)
(b. 1648 - d. 1709)
Aug 1690 - 1692
Nehemiah Blakiston
(b. c.1636 - d. 1693)
6 Apr 1692 - 9 Sep 1693 Sir Lionel
Copley
(b. 1648 - d. 1693)
9 Sep 1693 - 25 Sep 1693 Sir Thomas
Lawrence (1st time) (b. c.1645 -
d. 1714)
25 Sep 1693 -
1693 Sir
Edmund Andros (1st
time) (b. 1637 - d.
1714)
1693 - 1694
Nicholas Greenberry
(b. 1640 - d. 1697)
1694
Sir Edmund Andros (2nd
time) (s.a.)
May 1694 - Jul
1694 Sir
Thomas Lawrence (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Jul 1694 -
1699
Francis
Nicholson
(b. 1655 - d. 1728)
2 Jan 1699 -
1702
Nathaniel Blakiston
(b. c.1663 - d. 1722)
30 Jun 1702 -
1704
Thomas
Tench
(b. 1655 - d. 1708)
12 Apr 1704 - 1709
John Seymour
(b. 1649 - d. 1709)
30 Jul
1709
Francis
Jenkins
(b. c.1650 - d. 1710)
(did not
take office)
1709 - 29 May
1714
Edward Lloyd II (acting)
(b. 1670 - d. 1718)
29 May 1714 -
1720
John
Hart
(b. c.1680 - d. 1740)
May 1720 - Oct 1720
Thomas Brooke, Jr. (acting)
(b. 1659 - d. 1730/31)
Oct 1720 -
1727
Charles Calvert, Baron Baltimore (s.a.)
(1st time)
3 Jul 1727 - Dec 1731
Benedict Leonard
Calvert
(b. 1700 - d. 1732)
7 Dec 1731 - Dec 1732
Samuel Ogle (1st
time)
(b. c.1694 - d. 1752)
11 Dec 1732 - 11 Jul 1733 Charles Calvert, Baron
Baltimore (s.a.)
(2nd time)
11 Jul 1733 - Aug 1742 Samuel
Ogle (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
23 Aug 1742 - Mar 1747 Thomas
Bladen
(b. 1698 - d. 1780)
16 Mar 1747 - 3 May 1752 Samuel Ogle (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
4 May 1752 - 10 Aug 1753 Benjamin
Tasker
(b. 1690 - d. 1768)
10 Aug 1753 - 5 Jun 1769 Horatio
Sharpe
(b. 1718 - d. 1790)
5 Jun 1769 - 23 Jun 1776 Robert
Eden
(b. 1741 - d. 1784)
28 May 1774 - 8 Nov 1774 Richard Lee
(b. 1707 - d. 1787)
(acting for absent Eden)
23 Jun 1776 - 4 Jul 1776 Richard Lee
(acting)
(s.a.)
Chairman of the Convention
22 Jun 1774 - 26 Jul 1775 Matthew Tilghman
(b. 1718 - d. 1790)
President of the Council of Safety
30 Aug 1775 - 21 Oct 1775 Daniel of St. Thomas
Jenifer (b. 1723 -
d. 1790)
(1st time)
21 Oct 1775 - 18 Jan 1776 Vacant
18 Jan 1776 - 20 Mar 1777 Daniel of St. Thomas
Jenifer (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Governors
20 Mar 1777 - 12 Nov 1779 Thomas Johnson,
Jr.
(b. 1732 - d. 1819)
12 Nov 1779 - 22 Nov 1782 Thomas Sim Lee (1st
time)
(b. 1745 - d. 1819)
22 Nov 1782 - 26 Nov 1785 William
Paca
(b. 1740 - d. 1799)
26 Nov 1785 - 27 Nov 1788 William
Smallwood
(b. 1732 - d. 1792)
27 Nov 1788 - 14 Nov 1791 John Eager
Howard
(b. 1752 - d. 1827) Fed
14 Nov 1791 - 10 Feb 1792 George
Plater
(b. 1735 - d. 1792) Fed
10 Feb 1792 - 13 Feb 1792 Vacant
13 Feb 1792 - 5 Apr 1792 James Brice
(b. 1746 - d. 1801) Fed
5 Apr 1792 - 17 Nov 1794 Thomas Sim Lee
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Fed
17 Nov 1794 - 28 Nov 1797 John Hoskins
Stone
(b. 1750 - d. 1804) Fed
28 Nov 1797 - 14 Nov 1798 John
Henry
(b. 1750 - d. 1798) Fed
14 Nov 1798 - 10 Nov 1801 Benjamin
Ogle
(b. 1749 - d. 1809) Fed
10 Nov 1801 - 13 Nov 1803 John Francis
Mercer
(b. 1759 - d. 1821) D-R
15 Nov 1803 - 10 Nov 1806 Robert Bowie (1st
time)
(b. 1750 - d. 1818) D-R
12 Nov 1806 - 6 May 1809 Robert
Wright
(b. 1752 - d. 1826) D-R
6 May 1809 - 9 Jun 1809 James
Butcher
(acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1824) D-R
9 Jun 1809 - 16 Nov 1811 Edward
Lloyd
(b. 1779 - d. 1834) D-R
16 Nov 1811 - 25 Nov 1812 Robert Bowie (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
D-R
25 Nov 1812 - 2 Jan 1816 Levin
Winder
(b. 1757 - d. 1819) Fed
2 Jan 1816 - 8 Jan 1819 Charles
Ridgely
(b. 1760 - d. 1829) Fed
8 Jan 1819 - 20 Dec 1819 Charles
Goldsborough
(b. 1765 - d. 1834) Fed
20 Dec 1819 - 16 Dec 1822 Samuel
Sprigg
(b. 1783 - d. 1855) D-R
16 Dec 1822 - 9 Jan 1826 Samuel Stevens,
Jr.
(b. 1778 - d. 1860) D-R
9 Jan 1826 - 15 Jan 1829 Joseph
Kent
(b. 1779 - d. 1837) Dem
15 Jan 1829 - 15 Jan 1830 Daniel J. Martin (1st
time) (b. 1780
- d. 1831) Whg
15 Jan 1830 - 13 Jan 1831 Thomas King
Carroll
(b. 1793 - d. 1873) Dem
13 Jan 1831 - 11 Jul 1831 Daniel J. Martin (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
AJP
11 Jul 1831 - 17 Jan 1833 George
Howard
(b. 1789 - d. 1846) Whg
17 Jan 1833 - 14 Jan 1836 James
Thomas
(b. 1785 - d. 1845) Whg
14 Jan 1836 - 7 Jan 1839 Thomas W.
Veazey
(b. 1774 - d. 1842) Whg
7 Jan 1839 - 3 Jan 1842 William
Grason
(b. 1788 - d. 1868) Dem
3 Jan 1842 - 6 Jan 1845 Francis
Thomas
(b. 1799 - d. 1876) Dem
6 Jan 1845 - 3 Jan 1848 Thomas G.
Pratt
(b. 1804 - d. 1869) Whg
3 Jan 1848 - 6 Jan 1851 Philip
Francis
Thomas
(b. 1810 - d. 1890) Dem
6 Jan 1851 - 11 Jan 1854 Enoch Louis
Lowe
(b. 1820 - d. 1892) Dem
11 Jan 1854 - 13 Jan 1858 Thomas Watkins
Ligon
(b. 1810 - d. 1881) Dem
13 Jan 1858 - 8 Jan 1862 Thomas Holliday
Hicks
(b. 1798 - d. 1865) AP;1861 Rep
8 Jan 1862 - 10 Jan 1866 Augustus W.
Bradford
(b. 1806 - d. 1881) Uni
10 Jan 1866 - 13 Jan 1869 Thomas
Swann
(b. 1809 - d. 1883) Uni;1866 Dem
13 Jan 1869 - 10 Jan 1872 Oden
Bowie
(b. 1826 - d. 1894) Dem
10 Jan 1872 - 4 Mar 1874 William Pinkney
Whyte
(b. 1824 - d. 1908) Dem
4 Mar 1874 - 12 Jan 1876 James Black
Groome
(b. 1838 - d. 1893) Dem
12 Jan 1876 - 14 Jan 1880 John Lee
Carroll
(b. 1830 - d. 1911) Dem
14 Jan 1880 - 9 Jan 1884 William T.
Hamilton
(b. 1820 - d. 1888) Dem
9 Jan 1884 - 27 Mar 1885 Robert M.
McLane
(b. 1815 - d. 1898) Dem
27 Mar 1885 - 11 Jan 1888 Henry
Lloyd
(b. 1852 - d. 1920) Dem
11 Jan 1888 - 13 Jan 1892 Elihu E.
Jackson
(b. 1837 - d. 1907) Dem
13 Jan 1892 - 8 Jan 1896 Frank
Brown
(b. 1846 - d. 1920) Dem
8 Jan 1896 - 10 Jan 1900 Lloyd
Lowndes
(b. 1845 - d. 1905) Rep
10 Jan 1900 - 13 Jan 1904 John Walter
Smith
(b. 1845 - d. 1925) Dem
13 Jan 1904 - 8 Jan 1908 Edwin
Warfield
(b. 1848 - d. 1920) Dem
8 Jan 1908 - 10 Jan 1912 Austin L.
Crothers
(b. 1860 - d. 1912) Dem
10 Jan 1912 - 12 Jan 1916 Phillips Lee
Goldsborough
(b. 1865 - d. 1946) Rep
12 Jan 1916 - 14 Jan 1920 Emerson C.
Harrington
(b. 1864 - d. 1945) Dem
14 Jan 1920 - 9 Jan 1935 Albert C.
Ritchie
(b. 1876 - d. 1936) Dem
9 Jan 1935 - 11 Jan 1939 Harry W.
Nice
(b. 1877 - d. 1941) Rep
11 Jan 1939 - 3 Jan 1947 Herbert R.
O'Conor
(b. 1896 - d. 1959) Dem
3 Jan 1947 - 10 Jan 1951 William Preston
Lane,
Jr.
(b. 1892 - d. 1967) Dem
10 Jan 1951 - 14 Jan 1959 Theodore R.
McKeldin
(b. 1900 - d. 1974) Rep
14 Jan 1959 - 25 Jan 1967 J. Millard
Tawes
(b. 1894 - d. 1979) Dem
25 Jan 1967 - 7 Jan 1969 Spiro T.
Agnew
(b. 1918 - d. 1996) Rep
7 Jan 1969 - 17 Jan 1979 Marvin
Mandel
(b. 1920 - d. 2015) Dem
(suspended 7 Oct 1977 - 11 Jan 1979)
4 Jun 1977 - 15 Jan 1979 Blair Lee
III
(b. 1916 - d. 1985) Dem
(acting for Mandel)
17 Jan 1979 - 20 Jan 1987 Harry R.
Hughes
(b. 1926 - d. 2019) Dem
20 Jan 1987 - 18 Jan 1995 William Donald
Schaefer
(b. 1921 - d. 2011) Dem
18 Jan 1995 - 15 Jan 2003 Parris N.
Glendening
(b.
1942)
Dem
15 Jan 2003 - 17 Jan 2007 Robert "Bob" L.
Ehrlich, Jr. (b.
1957)
Rep
17 Jan 2007 - 21 Jan 2015 Martin J.
O'Malley
(b. 1963) Dem
21 Jan 2015 - 18
Jan 2023 Lawrence "Larry" J. Hogan, Jr.
(b.
1956)
Rep
18 Jan 2023 -
Westley "Wes" W.O. Moore
(b. 1978)
Dem
Massachusetts
- 1636
- 1686
|
- 29 Apr 1776 - 18 Mar 1908
|
-
- Adopted 18 Mar 1908
|
-
- 6 Mar 1915 - 31 Oct
1971 Reverse
|
Map
of Massachusetts
|
Official State
Song
"All Hail to Massachusetts"
Adopted
3 Sep 1966 |
Official
Folk Song
"Massachusetts"
Adopted 6 Jul 1981
|
State
Constitution
(15 Jun 1780)
|
Ceremonial March
"The Road to Boston"
Adopted 13 Nov 1985
|
Official Patriotic Song
"Massachusetts (Because
of You Our Land is Free)"
Adopted 23 Oct 1989
|
State Polka
"Say Hello to Someone in
Massachusetts"
Adopted 1 Oct 1998
|
Official Ode
"Ode to Massachusetts"
Adopted 16 Nov 2000 |
Capital:
Boston
(Watertown 22 Apr 1775 -
17 Mar 1776; Concord
7 Oct 1774 - 22 Apr 1775)
|
Motto: Ense
petit placidam
sub libertate quietem
(By the sword we
seekpeace,
but peace only under
liberty)
|
Nickname: The
Bay State
|
Population:
7,029,917 (2020)
|
Mayors
of Boston
|
Chronology
25 Dec
1620
Pilgrims settle at Plymouth Bay
(Plymouth Bay
colony).
Autumn
1621
First Thanksgiving is celebrated in
Plymouth by
governor Bradford and the Pilgrims with
Massasoit and members of the Wampanoag
tribe.
Aug 1622 - Mar
1623
Wessagusset (sometimes called the
Weston)
settlement near modern in
Weymouth.
Sep 1623 - spring
1624 Robert
Gorges commissioned as
governor-general
of New England settles at modern
Weymouth.
1625 - Jun
1628
Mount Wollaston (later Mare Mount)
settlement
near modern day Quincy.
4 Mar
1629
The Charter of Massachusetts Bay.
14 Mar
1629
Massachusetts Bay Colony
30 Apr
1629
The Form of Government for the Colony.
13 Mar 1677 - 17 Oct 1691
Province of Maine
administered by Massachusetts.
25 May 1686 - 18 Apr 1689
Part of the Dominion of New
England
(Massachusetts crown colony).
17 Oct 1691
Colony of
the Massachusetts Bay, Colony of (New)
Plymouth, Province of Maine, Martha's
Vineyard,
Nantucket,
and parts of Nova Scotia are
united
as a crown colony by royal charter.
17 Oct 1691 -
1696
Nova
Scotia annexed to Massachusetts
Bay.
17 Oct 1691 - 15 Mar
1820 Maine part of Massachusetts.
16 May 1692
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
in New England
5 May 1775 - 17
Mar 1776 British occupy Boston.
5 May 1775
Provincial Congress passes a resolve
withdrawing
recognition of the provincial Governor.
20 Jun
1775
Provincial Congress accepts the
recommendations
of the Continental Congress on
recognizing the
offices of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor
vacant.
17 Mar 1776
British
administration leaves Boston.
17 Mar 1776
Colony of the
Massachusetts Bay (official use by
Provincial Congress and Council bf.17
Mar 1776).
18 Jul 1776
State
of the Massachusetts Bay
18 Jul 1776
Independence as one of the "free and
independent
states" is proclaimed on the orders of
the
Council, public ceremony, State House,
Boston.
25 Oct
1780
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
6 Feb
1788
State of the U.S.
|
Plymouth Colony
(1620-1691)
|
Dominion of
New England
(1686-1689)
|
Map
of Cape Cod
|
The
Mayflower
Compact
(1620)
|
|
|
Governor-General of New England
Sep 1623 - spring 1624 Robert
Gorges
(b. 1595 - d. 162.)
(at modern Weymouth)
Governors of Mount Wollaston (later Mare Mount)
1625 - 1626
Richard Wollaston
(d. 1626)
1626 - Jun
1628
Thomas Morton
(b. c.1579 - d. 1647)
Governors
13 May 1628 - 30 Oct 1629 Matthew Cradock
(in London) (b. c.1590 - d.
1641)
30 Apr 1629 - 20 Oct 1630 John Endecott
(1st
time)
(b. 1589? - d. 1665)
20 Oct 1630 - 14 May 1634 John Winthrop (1st
time)
(b. 1588 - d. 1649)
14 May 1634 - 6 May 1635 Thomas Dudley
(1st
time)
(b. 1576 - d. 1653)
6 May 1635 - 25 May 1636 John
Haynes
(b. 1594 - d. 1654)
25 May 1636 - 17 May 1637 Sir Henry
Vane
(b. 1613 - d. 1662)
17 May 1637 - 13 May 1640 John Winthrop (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
13 May 1640 - 2 Jun 1641 Thomas Dudley
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
2 Jun 1641 - 18 May 1642 Richard
Bellingham (1st time) (b.
1592 - d. 1672)
18 May 1642 - 29 May 1644 John Winthrop (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
29 May 1644 - 14 May 1645 John Endecott (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
14 May 1645 - 6 May 1646 Thomas Dudley
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
6 May 1646 - 26 Mar 1649 John Winthrop
(4th
time)
(s.a.)
6 May 1649 - 22 May 1650 John Endecott
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
22 May 1650 - 7 May 1651 Thomas Dudley
(4th
time)
(s.a.)
7 May 1651 - 3 May 1654 John
Endecott (4th
time)
(s.a.)
3 May 1654 - 23 May 1655 Richard
Bellingham (2nd time)
(s.a.)
23 May 1655 - 15 Mar 1665 John Endecott (5th
time)
(s.a.)
3 May 1665 - 12 Dec 1672 Richard
Bellingham (3rd time)
(s.a.)
12 Dec 1672 - 28 May 1679 John Leverett
(b. 1616 - d. 1679)
28 May 1679 - 17 May 1686 Simon Bradstreet (1st
time) (b. 1603
- d. 1697)
17 May 1686 - 20 Dec 1686 Joseph Dudley (1st
time)
(b. 1647 - d. 1720)
20 Dec 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Sir Edmund
Andros
(b. 1637 - d. 1714)
18 Apr 1689 - 16 May 1692 Simon Bradstreet (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Captains General and Governors-in-Chief
16 May 1692 - 17 Nov 1694 Sir William
Phips
(b. 1651 - d. 1695)
4 Dec 1694 - 26 May 1699 William Stoughton
(1st time) (b. 1631
- d. 1701)
(acting)
26 May 1699 - 17 Jul 1700 Richard Coote, Earl of
Bellomont (b. 1636 - d. 1701)
22 Jul 1700 - 7 Jul 1701 William
Stoughton (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
10 Jul 1701 - 11 Jun 1702 Governor's Council
11 Jun 1702 - 3 Feb 1715 Joseph Dudley (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
4 Feb 1715 - 21 Mar 1715 Governor's
Council
21 Mar 1715 - 9 Nov 1715 Joseph
Dudley (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
9 Nov 1715 - Apr 1716 Elizeus
Burgess
(b. c.1670 - d. 1736)
(did not
take office)
9 Nov 1715 - 5 Oct 1716
William Tailer (1st time)(acting) (b. 1677 -
d. 1732)
5 Oct 1716 - 1 Jan 1723 Samuel
Shute
(b. 1662 - d. 1742)
2 Jan 1723 - 19 Jul 1728 William Dummer
(1st time) (b. 1677 -
d. 1761)
19 Jul 1728 - 7 Sep 1729 William
Burnett
(b. 1688 - d. 1729)
10 Sep 1729 - 11 Jun 1730 William Dummer
(acting) (b.
1677 - d. 1761)
11 Jun 1730 - 10 Aug 1730 William Tailer (2nd
time)(acting) (s.a.)
10 Aug 1730 - 14 Aug 1741 Jonathan
Belcher
(b. 1682 - d. 1757)
14 Aug 1741 - 11 Sep 1749
William Shirley (1st
time)
(b. 1694 - d. 1771)
15 Sep 1749 - 7 Aug 1753 Spencer Phips
(1st time)(acting) (b. 1685 - d. 1757)
7 Aug 1753 - 25 Sep 1756 William Shirley
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
25 Sep 1756 - 4 Apr 1757 Spencer Phips
(2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
5 Apr 1757 - 3 Aug 1757 Governor's
Council
3 Aug 1757 - 3 Jun 1760 Thomas
Pownall
(b. 1722 - d. 1805)
3 Jun 1760 - 2 Aug 1760 Thomas
Hutchinson (1st
time) (b. 1771 - d.
1780)
(acting)
2 Aug 1760 - 1 Aug 1769 Sir Francis
Bernard
(b. 1712 - d. 1779)
2 Aug 1769 - 17 May 1774 Thomas Hutchinson
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting to 14 Mar 1771)
17 May 1774 - 17 Mar 1776 Thomas Gage
(b. 1721 - d. 1787)
(leaves Massachusetts 10 Oct 1775)
10 Oct 1775 - 17 Mar 1776 Thomas Oliver (acting
for Gage) (b. 1734 - d. 1815)
Chairman of the Provincial
Congress
7 Oct 1774 - 11 Oct 1774 John Hancock
(b. 1737 - d. 1793)
Presidents of the Provincial Congress
11 Oct 1774 - 10 Dec 1774 John Hancock (1st time)
(s.a.)
10 Dec 1774 - 1 Feb 1775 dissolution
period
1 Feb 1775 - 29 May 1775 John Hancock (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
29 May 1775 - 31 May 1775 dissolution
period
31 May 1775 - 17 Jun 1775 Joseph Warren
(b. 1741 - d. 1775)
17 Jun 1775 - 19 Jun 1775 Vacant
19 Jun 1775 - 19 Jul 1775 James Warren
(b. 1726 - d. 1808)
Presidents of the Council
27 Jul 1775 - 12 Sep 1775 James Otis (1st
time)
(b. 1702 - d. 1778)
21 Sep 1775 - 6 Oct 1775 William
Sever (1st
time)
(b. 1729 - d. 1809)
7 Oct 1775 - 16 Oct 1775 James Otis
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
17 Oct 1775 - 19 Oct 1775 James Bowdoin (1st
time)
(b. 1726 - d. 1790)
20 Oct 1775 - 23 Oct 1775 James Otis (3rd time)
(s.a.)
24 Oct 1775 - 25 Oct 1775 James Bowdoin (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
26 Oct 1775 - 16 Nov 1775 James Otis (4th time)
(s.a.)
29 Nov 1775 - 5 Dec 1775 Walter Spooner
(1st time) (b. 1720 -
d. 1803)
6 Dec 1775 - 29 Dec 1775 William Sever
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
30 Dec 1775 - 15 Jan 1776 Walter Spooner (2nd
time) (s.a.)
16 Jan 1776 - 12 Feb 1776 William Sever (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
13 Feb 1776 - 23 Feb 1776 Benjamin
Greenleaf
(b. 1732 - d. 1799)
14 Mar 1776 - 29 Mar 1776 William Sever (4th
time)
(s.a.)
30 Mar 1776 - 30 Apr 1776 James Otis (5th time)
(s.a.)
1 May 1776 - 3 May 1776 James
Bowdoin (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
4 May 1776 - 7 May 1776 James Otis
(6th time)
(s.a.)
8 May
1776
James Bowdoin (4th
time)
(s.a.)
9 May 1776 - 13 May 1776 James Otis (7th
time)
(s.a.)
30 May 1776 - 22 Jun 1776 James Bowdoin (5th
time)
(s.a.)
24 Jun 1776 - 4 Jul 1776 Jeremiah Powell
(1st
time)
(b. 1720 - d. 1784)
5 Jul 1776 - 16 Jul 1776 James Bowdoin
(6th
time)
(s.a.)
17 Jul
1776
Richard Darby,
Jr.
(b. 1736 - d. 1781)
17 Jul 1776 - 16 Aug 1776 "various
individuals"
16 Aug 1776 - 25 Sep 1776 James Bowdoin (7th
time)
(s.a.)
26 Sep 1776 - 4 Oct 1776 Walter Spooner
(3rd time) (s.a.)
9 Oct 1776 - 16 Nov 1776 James Bowdoin
(8th
time)
(s.a.)
18 Nov 1776 - 2 Dec 1776 Jeremiah Powell
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
3 Dec 1776 - 11 Feb 1777 James Bowdoin
(9th
time)
(s.a.)
12 Feb 1777 - 10 Jul 1777 Jeremiah Powell (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
11 Jul 1777 - 21 Jul 1777 Artemas Ward (1st
time)
(b. 1727 - d. 1800)
22 Jul 1777 - 1 Aug 1777 William Sever
(5th
time)
(s.a.)
2 Aug 1777 - 13 Aug 1777 Artemas Ward (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
14 Aug 1777 - 1 Jun 1778 Jeremiah Powell
(4th
time)
(s.a.)
2 Jun 1778 - 8 Jun 1778 Artemas Ward
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
9 Jun 1778 - 7 Jun 1779 Jeremiah
Powell (5th
time)
(s.a.)
8 Jun 1779 - 10 Jun 1779 Artemas Ward (4th
time)
(s.a.)
11 Jun 1779 - 16 Oct 1779 Jeremiah Powell (6th
time)
(s.a.)
18 Oct 1779 - 23 Oct 1779 Artemas Ward (5th
time)
(s.a.)
25 Oct 1779 - 9 Nov 1779 William Sever
(6th
time)
(s.a.)
10 Nov 1779 - 1 Dec 1779 Artemas Ward (6th
time)
(s.a.)
2 Dec 1779 - 7 Jun 1780 Jeremiah
Powell (7th
time)
(s.a.)
8 Jun 1780 - 25 Aug 1780 James Bowdoin
(10th
time)
(s.a.)
28 Aug 1780 - 5 Sep 1780 Jeremiah Powell
(8th
time)
(s.a.)
6 Sep 1780 - 16 Sep 1780 James Bowdoin
(11th
time)
(s.a.)
18 Sep 1780 - 13 Oct 1780 Jeremiah Powell (9th
time)
(s.a.)
14 Oct 1780 - 18 Oct 1780 James Bowdoin (12th
time)
(s.a.)
19 Oct 1780 - 25 Oct 1780 Jeremiah Powell (10th
time) (s.a.)
Governors
25 Oct 1780 - 18 Feb 1785 John Hancock (1st
time)
(s.a.)
Fed
18 Feb 1785 - 27 May 1785 Thomas Cushing III
(acting) (b.
1725 - d. 1788)
27 May 1785 - 1 Jun 1787 James
Bowdoin
(s.a.)
Fed
1 Jun 1787 - 8 Oct 1793 John Hancock
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Fed
8 Oct 1793 - 2 Jun 1797 Samuel Adams
(b. 1722 - d. 1803) D-R
(acting to 29 May 1794)
2 Jun 1797 - 7 Jun 1799 Increase
Sumner
(b. 1746 - d. 1799) Fed
7 Jun 1799 - 20 May 1800 Moses Gill
(acting)
(b. 1734 - d. 1800) Fed
20 May 1800 - 30 May 1800 Thomas Dawes
(b. 1731 - d. 1809) Fed
(chairman of the governor's council)
30 May 1800 - 29 May 1807 Caleb Strong (1st
time)
(b. 1745 - d. 1819) Fed
29 May 1807 - 10 Dec 1808 James
Sullivan
(b. 1744 - d. 1808) D-R
10 Dec 1808 - 1 May 1809 Levi Lincoln
(acting)
(b. 1749 - d. 1820) D-R
1 May 1809 - 10 Jun 1810 Christopher
Gore
(b. 1758 - d. 1827) Fed
10 Jun 1810 - 4 Mar 1812 Elbridge
Gerry
(b. 1744 - d. 1814) D-R
4 Mar 1812 - 30 May 1816 Caleb Strong (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Fed
30 May 1816 - 31 May 1823 John
Brooks
(b. 1752 - d. 1825) Fed
31 May 1823 - 6 Feb 1825 William
Eustis
(b. 1753 - d. 1825) D-R
6 Feb 1825 - 26 May 1825 Marcus Morton
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1784 - d. 1864) D-R
26 May 1825 - 9 Jan 1834 Levi Lincoln,
Jr.
(b. 1782 - d. 1868) D-F
9 Jan 1834 - 1 Mar 1835 John Davis
(1st
time)
(b. 1787 - d. 1854) Whg
1 Mar 1835 - 13 Jan 1836 Samuel T.
Armstrong (acting)
(b. 1784 - d. 1850) Whg
13 Jan 1836 - 18 Jan 1840 Edward
Everett
(b. 1794 - d. 1865) Whg
18 Jan 1840 - 7 Jan 1841 Marcus Morton
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
7 Jan 1841 - 17 Jan 1843 John Davis (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Whg
17 Jan 1843 - 9 Jan 1844 Marcus Morton
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
9 Jan 1844 - 11 Jan 1851 George N.
Briggs
(b. 1796 - d. 1861) Whg
11 Jan 1851 - 14 Jan 1853 George S.
Boutwell
(b. 1818 - d. 1905) DFS
14 Jan 1853 - 12 Jan 1854 John H.
Clifford
(b. 1809 - d. 1876) Whg
12 Jan 1854 - 4 Jan 1855 Emory
Washburn
(b. 1800 - d. 1877) Whg
4 Jan 1855 - 7 Jan 1858 Henry J.
Gardner
(b. 1818 - d. 1892) AP
7 Jan 1858 - 3 Jan 1861 Nathaniel P.
Banks
(b. 1816 - d. 1894) Rep
3 Jan 1861 - 4 Jan 1866 John A.
Andrew
(b. 1818 - d. 1867) Rep
4 Jan 1866 - 7 Jan 1869 Alexander H.
Bullock
(b. 1816 - d. 1882) Rep
7 Jan 1869 - 4 Jan 1872 William
Claflin
(b. 1818 - d. 1905) Rep
4 Jan 1872 - 29 Apr 1874 William B.
Washburn
(b. 1820 - d. 1887) Rep
29 Apr 1874 - 7 Jan 1875 Thomas Talbot
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1818 - d. 1886) Rep
7 Jan 1875 - 6 Jan 1876 William
Gaston
(b. 1820 - d. 1894) Dem
6 Jan 1876 - 2 Jan 1879 Alexander H.
Rice
(b. 1818 - d. 1895) Rep
2 Jan 1879 - 8 Jan 1880 Thomas
Talbot (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
8 Jan 1880 - 4 Jan 1883 John D.
Long
(b. 1838 - d. 1915) Rep
4 Jan 1883 - 3 Jan 1884 Benjamin F.
Butler
(b. 1818 - d. 1893) Dem
3 Jan 1884 - 6 Jan 1887 George D.
Robinson
(b. 1834 - d. 1896) Rep
6 Jan 1887 - 7 Jan 1890 Oliver
Ames
(b. 1831 - d. 1895) Rep
7 Jan 1890 - 8 Jan 1891 John Q.A.
Brackett
(b. 1842 - d. 1918) Rep
8 Jan 1891 - 4 Jan 1894 William E.
Russell
(b. 1857 - d. 1896) Dem
4 Jan 1894 - 5 Mar 1896 Frederic T.
Greenhalge
(b. 1842 - d. 1896) Rep
5 Mar 1896 - 4 Jan 1900 Roger
Wolcott
(b. 1847 - d. 1900) Rep
4 Jan 1900 - 8 Jan 1903 Winthrop M.
Crane
(b. 1853 - d. 1920) Rep
8 Jan 1903 - 5 Jan 1905 John L.
Bates
(b. 1859 - d. 1946) Rep
5 Jan 1905 - 4 Jan 1906 William L.
Douglas
(b. 1845 - d. 1924) Dem
4 Jan 1906 - 7 Jan 1909 Curtis
Guild,
Jr.
(b. 1860 - d. 1915) Rep
7 Jan 1909 - 5 Jan 1911 Eben S.
Draper
(b. 1858 - d. 1914) Rep
5 Jan 1911 - 8 Jan 1914 Eugene N.
Foss
(b. 1858 - d. 1939) Dem
8 Jan 1914 - 6 Jan 1916 David I.
Walsh
(b. 1872 - d. 1947) Dem
6 Jan 1916 - 2 Jan 1919 Samuel W.
McCall
(b. 1851 - d. 1923) Rep
2 Jan 1919 - 6 Jan 1921 Calvin
Coolidge
(b. 1872 - d. 1933) Rep
6 Jan 1921 - 8 Jan 1925 Channing H.
Cox
(b. 1879 - d. 1968) Rep
8 Jan 1925 - 3 Jan 1929 Alvan T.
Fuller
(b. 1878 - d. 1958) Rep
3 Jan 1929 - 8 Jan 1931 Frank G.
Allen
(b. 1874 - d. 1950) Rep
8 Jan 1931 - 3 Jan 1935 Joseph B.
Ely
(b. 1881 - d. 1956) Dem
3 Jan 1935 - 7 Jan 1937 James M.
Curley
(b. 1874 - d. 1958) Dem
7 Jan 1937 - 5 Jan 1939 Charles F.
Hurley
(b. 1893 - d. 1946) Dem
5 Jan 1939 - 3 Jan 1945 Leverett
Saltonstall
(b. 1892 - d. 1979) Rep
3 Jan 1945 - 2 Jan 1947 Maurice J.
Tobin
(b. 1901 - d. 1953) Dem
2 Jan 1947 - 6 Jan 1949 Robert F.
Bradford
(b. 1902 - d. 1983) Rep
6 Jan 1949 - 8 Jan 1953 Paul A.
Dever
(b. 1903 - d. 1958) Dem
8 Jan 1953 - 3 Jan 1957 Christian A.
Herter
(b. 1895 - d. 1966) Rep
3 Jan 1957 - 5 Jan 1961 Foster
Furcolo
(b. 1911 - d. 1995) Dem
5 Jan 1961 - 3 Jan 1963 John A.
Volpe (1st
time)
(b. 1908 - d. 1994) Rep
3 Jan 1963 - 7 Jan 1965 Endicott
Peabody
(b. 1920 - d. 1997) Dem
7 Jan 1965 - 22 Jan 1969 John A. Volpe
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
22 Jan 1969 - 2 Jan 1975 Francis W.
Sargent
(b. 1915 - d. 1998) Rep
2 Jan 1975 - 4 Jan 1979 Michael S.
Dukakis (1st time) (b.
1933)
Dem
4 Jan 1979 - 6 Jan 1983 Edward J.
King
(b. 1925 - d. 2006) Dem
6 Jan 1983 - 3 Jan 1991 Michael S.
Dukakis (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
3 Jan 1991 - 29 Jul 1997 William F.
Weld
(b.
1945)
Rep
29 Jul 1997 - 10 Apr 2001 Paul
Cellucci
(b. 1948 - d. 2013) Rep
10 Apr 2001 - 2 Jan 2003 Jane Swift
(f)
(b.
1965)
Rep
2 Jan 2003 - 4 Jan 2007 W. Mitt
Romney
(b.
1947)
Rep
4 Jan 2007 - 8 Jan 2015 Deval L.
Patrick
(b.
1956)
Dem
8 Jan 2015 - 5 Jan 2023 Charles
"Charlie" D. Baker, Jr. (b.
1956)
Rep
5 Jan 2023 -
Maura Tracy Healey
(f)
(b.
1971)
Dem
Dominion of New England
25 May
1686
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, the
Provinces of New Hampshire and
Maine and the
Narragansett Country (King's Province) are placed
under
the administration of the Territory and Dominion of
New England in accordance with a royal commission
(Territory
and Dominion of New England in America).
3 Jun
1686
Colony of New
Plymouth was added to the Dominion by the first
royal
commission to the governor-in-Chief Andros (published
20 Dec 1686).
7 Apr 1688
Colonies of Rhode
Island and Connecticut,
Province of New
York and
East
and West Jersey annexed
to the dominion by the second royal
commission to Andros (published 19 Jul 1688).
18 Apr 1689
Dominion ceases to function as a
result of a coup in Boston.
10 Jun 1689
The council holds its last meeting
in New York, and Nicholson departed
from the city of New York on 11 Jun 1689.
President of the Council of His Majesty's
Territory and Dominion of New England in America
25 May 1686 - 20 Dec 1686 Joseph
Dudley
(b. 1647 - d. 1720)
Captain General and
Governor-in-Chief of His Majesty's Territory and
Dominion of New England
in America
20 Dec 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Sir
Edmund
Andros
(b. 1637 - d. 1714)
President of the Council of His Majesty's
Territory and Dominion of New England in America
18 Apr 1689 - 10 Jun 1689 Francis Nicholson
(b. 1655 - d. 1728)
Plymouth Colony
21 Dec
1620
English colonists aboard the Mayflower
arrive in America
landing at Plymouth Rock.
25 Dec
1620
The Pilgrims establish Plymouth colony (sometimes
spelled Plimouth).
15 Nov
1636
Pilgrim Code of Law and The Plymouth
Agreement.
6 Jun 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Part of the Dominion of New England.
17 Oct
1691
Part of Massachusetts.
Governors
21 Dec 1620 - 5 Apr 1621
John
Carver
(b. 1576 - d. 1621)
Apr 1621 - 1 Jan
1633 William Bradford (1st
time) (b. 1590
- d. 1657)
1 Jan 1633 - 27 Mar 1634
Edward Winslow (1st
time)
(b. 1595 - d. 1655)
27 Mar 1634 - 3 Mar 1635
Thomas Prence (1st
time)
(b. 1599 - d. 1673)
3 Mar 1635 - 1 Mar
1636 William Bradford (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1 Mar 1636 - 7 Mar
1637 Edward Winslow (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
7 Mar 1637 - 5 Jun
1638 William Bradford (3rd
time) (s.a.)
5 Jun 1638 - 3 Jun
1639 Thomas Prence (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
3 Jun 1639 - 5 Jun
1644 William Bradford (4th
time) (s.a.)
5 Jun 1644 - 4 Jun
1645 Edward Winslow (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
4 Jun 1645 - 3 Jun
1657 William Bradford (5th
time) (s.a.)
3 Jun 1657 - 3 Jun
1673 Thomas Prence (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
3 Jun 1673 - 18 Dec 1680
Josiah
Winslow
(b. 1628 - d. 1680)
18 Dec 1680 - 17 May 1686 Thomas
Hinckley (1st
time)
(b. 1618 - d. 1705)
17 May 1686 - 18 Apr 1689 Sir
Edmund
Andros
(b. 1637 - d. 1714)
18 Apr 1689 - 17 Oct 1691 Thomas
Hinckley (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Michigan
Adopted 1 Aug 1911
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Map
of Michigan
|
Hear
State Song
"My Michigan"
|
Text
of State Song
Adopted 21 May 1937
|
State
Constitution
(1 Jan 1964)
|
Capital:
Lansing
(Detroit 1805-16 Mar 1847;
Michigan Town 16 Mar
1847-1848)
|
Motto: Si
quaeris peninsulam
amoenam circumspice
(If you seek a pleasant
peninsula, look around
you)
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Nicknames:
Wolverine State,
The Lake State
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Population:
10,077,331 (2020)
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Mayors
of Detroit
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Chronology
24 Jul
1701
Ft. Detroit founded by France, principal
fort of
the Upper country (area along the
Great Lakes),
a part of New France.
10 Feb
1763
Ceded to the U.K (Ft. Detroit
surrendered to the
British on 29 Nov 1760).
22 Jun
1774
Part of Quebec.
3 Sep
1783
Ceded to the U.S. by the U.K.
13 Jul
1787
Part of Northwest Territory (see Ohio).
11 Jul
1796
British relinquish forts Detroit
and Mackinac
(on 1
Sep 1796) to the U.S. by Jay's Treaty.
4 Jul
1800
Part of Indiana
Territory.
11 Jan
1805
Territory of Michigan (effective 30 Jun
1805).
17 Jul 1812 - 18 Jul 1815
British occupy Fort Mackinac.
16 Aug 1812 - 28 Sep 1813 British
occupy Fort Detroit.
16 Aug 1812 - 28 Sep 1813 British
occupiers declared Michigan re-annexed.
26 Jan
1837
State
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Mayors
of Lansing |
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Lieutenant-governors of Detroit district
Apr 1775 - Apr
1782 Henry
Hamilton
(b. c.1734 - d. 1796)Mil
(arrived Nov 1775; from 25 Feb 1779 in U.S.
captivity)
23 Apr 1782 - 2 Aug 1785 Jehu
Hay
(b. 1748 - d. 1785) Mil
(arrived 12 Jul 1784)
Lieutenant-governor
of Mackinac district
7 Apr 1775 - 18 Sep 1782 Patrick
Sinclair
(b. 1736 - d.
1820) Mil
(arrived Oct 1779)
Governors of Michigan
30 Jun 1805 - 29 Oct 1813
William
Hull
(b. 1753 - d. 1825) Mil
(British prisoner 16 Aug - Sep 1812)
16 Aug 1812 - 25 Aug 1812 Isaac
Brock
(b. 1769 - d. 1812) Mil
(British commander)
25 Aug 1812 - 28 Sep 1813 Henry Patrick
Procter
(b. 1763 - d. 1822) Mil
(British
civil governor)
29 Oct 1813 - 6 Aug 1831 Lewis
Cass
(b. 1782 - d. 1866) Dem
6 Aug 1831 - 6 Jul 1834 George B.
Porter
(b. 1791 - d. 1834) Dem
6 Jul 1834 - 1 Sep 1835 Stevens
Thomas Mason (1st time) (b. 1811 - d.
1843) Dem
(acting)
1 Sep 1835 - 1 Nov 1835 John S. Horner
(acting) (b.
1802 - d. 1883) Dem
1 Nov 1835 - 7 Jan 1840 Stevens Thomas
Mason (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
(acting to 2 Nov 1835)
7 Jan 1840 - 23 Feb 1841 William
Woodbridge
(b. 1780 - d. 1861) Whg
24 Feb 1841 - 3 Jan 1842 James Wright
Gordon (acting) (b.
1809 - d. 1853) Whg
3 Jan 1842 - 5 Jan 1846 John Stweart
Barry (1st time) (b. 1802
- d. 1870) Dem
5 Jan 1846 - 3 Mar 1847 Alpheus
Felch
(b. 1804 - d. 1896) Dem
4 Mar 1847 - 3 Jan 1848 William L.
Greenly
(acting) (b.
1813 - d. 1883) Dem
3 Jan 1848 - 7 Jan 1850 Epaphroditus
Ransom
(b. 1787 - d. 1859) Dem
7 Jan 1850 - 1 Jan 1852 John Stewart
Barry (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 Jan 1852 - 7 Mar 1853 Robert
McClelland
(b. 1807 - d. 1880) Dem
8 Mar 1853 - 3 Jan 1855 Andrew
Parsons
(acting)
(b. 1817 - d. 1855) Dem
3 Jan 1855 - 5 Jan 1859 Kinsley
Scott
Bingham
(b. 1808 - d. 1861) Rep
5 Jan 1859 - 2 Jan 1861 Moses
Wisner
(b. 1815 - d. 1863) Rep
2 Jan 1861 - 3 Jan 1865 Austin
Blair
(b. 1818 - d. 1894) Rep
3 Jan 1865 - 6 Jan 1869 Henry
Howland
Crapo
(b. 1804 - d. 1869) Rep
6 Jan 1869 - 1 Jan 1873 Henry Porter
Baldwin
(b. 1814 - d. 1892) Rep
1 Jan 1873 - 3 Jan 1877 John Judson
Bagley
(b. 1832 - d. 1881) Rep
3 Jan 1877 - 1 Jan 1881 Charles
Miller
Croswell
(b. 1825 - d. 1886) Rep
1 Jan 1881 - 1 Jan 1883 David Howell
Jerome
(b. 1829 - d. 1896) Rep
1 Jan 1883 - 1 Jan 1885 Josiah
Williams
Begole
(b. 1815 - d. 1896) DGP
1 Jan 1885 - 1 Jan 1887 Russell
Alexander
Alger
(b. 1836 - d. 1907) Rep
1 Jan 1887 - 1 Jan 1891 Cyrus Gray
Luce
(b. 1824 - d. 1905) Rep
1 Jan 1891 - 1 Jan 1893 Edwin Baruch
Winans
(b. 1826 - d. 1894) Dem
1 Jan 1893 - 1 Jan 1897 John Tyler
Rich
(b. 1841 - d. 1926) Rep
1 Jan 1897 - 1 Jan 1901 Hazen Stuart
Pingree
(b. 1840 - d. 1901) Rep
1 Jan 1901 - 1 Jan 1905 Aaron Thomas
Bliss
(b. 1837 - d. 1906) Rep
2 Jan 1905 - 2 Jan 1911 Fred Maltby
Warner
(b. 1865 - d. 1923) Rep
2 Jan 1911 - 1 Jan 1913 Chase Salmon
Osborn
(b. 1860 - d. 1949) Rep
1 Jan 1913 - 1 Jan 1917 Woodbridge
Nathan
Ferris
(b. 1853 - d. 1928) Dem
1 Jan 1917 - 1 Jan 1921 Albert Eeson
Sleeper
(b. 1862 - d. 1934) Rep
1 Jan 1921 - 1 Jan 1927 Alexander
Joseph
Groesbeck
(b. 1873 - d. 1953) Rep
1 Jan 1927 - 1 Jan 1931 Fred Warren
Green
(b. 1872 - d. 1936) Rep
1 Jan 1931 - 1 Jan 1933 Wilber
Marion
Brucker
(b. 1894 - d. 1968) Rep
1 Jan 1933 - 1 Jan 1935 William
Alfred
Comstock
(b. 1877 - d. 1949) Dem
1 Jan 1935 - 1 Jan 1937 Frank Dwight
Fitzgerald (1st time) (b. 1885 - d. 1939) Rep
1 Jan 1937 - 1 Jan 1939 Frank
William
Murphy
(b. 1890 - d. 1949) Dem
1 Jan 1939 - 16 Mar 1939 Frank Dwight
Fitzgerald (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
16 Mar 1939 - 1 Jan 1941 Luren Dudley
Dickinson
(b. 1859 - d. 1943) Rep
1 Jan 1941 - 1 Jan 1943 Murray Delos
Van
Wagoner
(b. 1898 - d. 1986) Dem
1 Jan 1943 - 1 Jan 1947 Harry
Francis
Kelly
(b. 1895 - d. 1971) Rep
1 Jan 1947 - 1 Jan 1949 Kimber
Cornellus
Sigler
(b. 1894 - d. 1953) Rep
1 Jan 1949 - 1 Jan 1961 Gehard
Mennen
Williams
(b. 1911 - d. 1988) Dem
1 Jan 1961 - 1 Jan 1963 John Burley
Swainson
(b. 1925 - d. 1994) Dem
1 Jan 1963 - 22 Jan 1969 George Wilcken
Romney
(b. 1907 - d. 1995) Rep
22 Jan 1969 - 1 Jan 1983 William Grawn
Milliken
(b. 1922 - d. 2019) Rep
1 Jan 1983 - 1 Jan 1991 James
Johnston
Blanchard
(b.
1942)
Dem
1 Jan 1991 - 1 Jan 2003 John M.
Engler
(b.
1948)
Rep
1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2011 Jennifer
Granholm
(f)
(b.
1959)
Dem
1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2019 Richard "Rick"
D. Snyder
(b. 1958)
Rep
1 Jan 2019
-
Gretchen E. Whitmer
(f)
(b.
1971)
Dem
Minnesota
Governors
1 Jun 1849 - 15 May 1853 Alexander Ramsey
(1st time) (b.
1815 - d. 1903) Whg
15 May 1853 - 23 Apr 1857 Willis Arnold
Gorman
(b. 1816 - d. 1876) Dem
23 Apr 1857 - 24 May 1858 Samuel
Medary
(b. 1801 - d. 1864) Dem
24 May 1858 - 2 Jan 1860 Henry Hastings
Sibley
(b. 1811 - d. 1891) Dem
2 Jan 1860 - 10 Jul 1863 Alexander Ramsey
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
10 Jul 1863 - 11 Jan 1864 Henry Adoniram
Swift
(b. 1823 - d. 1869) Rep
11 Jan 1864 - 8 Jan 1866 Stephen
Miller
(b. 1816 - d. 1881) Rep
8 Jan 1866 - 9 Jan 1870 William
Rainey
Marshall
(b. 1825 - d. 1896) Rep
9 Jan 1870 - 7 Jan 1874 Horace
Austin
(b. 1831 - d. 1905) Rep
7 Jan 1874 - 7 Jan 1876 Cushman
Kellog
Davis
(b. 1838 - d. 1900) Rep
7 Jan 1876 - 10 Jan 1882 John Sargent
Pillsbury
(b. 1828 - d. 1901) Rep
10 Jan 1882 - 5 Jan 1887 Lucius Frederick
Hubbard
(b. 1836 - d. 1913) Rep
5 Jan 1887 - 9 Jan 1889 Andrew Ryan
McGill
(b. 1840 - d. 1905) Rep
9 Jan 1889 - 4 Jan 1893 William Rush
Merriam
(b. 1849 - d. 1931) Rep
4 Jan 1893 - 31 Jan 1895 Knute
Nelson
(b. 1843 - d. 1923) Rep
31 Jan 1895 - 2 Jan 1899 David Marston
Clough
(b. 1846 - d. 1924) Rep
2 Jan 1899 - 7 Jan 1901 John
Lind
(b. 1854 - d. 1930) Dem
7 Jan 1901 - 4 Jan 1905 Samuel
Rinnah Van
Sant
(b. 1844 - d. 1936) Rep
4 Jan 1905 - 21 Sep 1909 John Albert
Johnson
(b. 1861 - d. 1909) Dem
21 Sep 1909 - 5 Jan 1915 Adolph Olson
Eberhart
(b. 1870 - d. 1944) Rep
5 Jan 1915 - 30 Dec 1915 Winfield Scott
Hammond
(b. 1863 - d. 1915) Dem
30 Dec 1915 - 5 Jan 1921 Joseph Alfred
Arner Burnquist (b. 1879 -
d. 1961) Rep
5 Jan 1921 - 6 Jan 1925 Jacob Aall
Ottesen
Preus
(b. 1883 - d. 1961) Rep
6 Jan 1925 - 6 Jan 1931 Theodore
Christianson
(b. 1883 - d. 1948) Rep
6 Jan 1931 - 24 Aug 1936 Floyd
Bjernstjerne
Olson
(b. 1891 - d. 1936) MFL
24 Aug 1936 - 4 Jan 1937 Hjalmar
Petersen
(b. 1890 - d. 1968) MFL
4 Jan 1937 - 2 Jan 1939 Elmer Austin
Benson
(b. 1895 - d. 1985) MFL
2 Jan 1939 - 27 Apr 1943 Harold Edward
Stassen
(b. 1907 - d. 2001) Rep
27 Apr 1943 - 8 Jan 1947 Edward John
Thye
(b. 1896 - d. 1969) Rep
8 Jan 1947 - 27 Sep 1951 Luther Wallace
Youngdahl
(b. 1896 - d. 1978) Rep
27 Sep 1951 - 5 Jan 1955 Clyde Elmer
Anderson
(b. 1912 - d. 1998) Rep
5 Jan 1955 - 2 Jan 1961 Orville
Lothrop
Freeman
(b. 1918 - d. 2003) DFL
2 Jan 1961 - 25 Mar 1963 Elmer Lee
Andersen
(b. 1909 - d. 2004) Rep
25 Mar 1963 - 2 Jan 1967 Karl Fritjof
Rolvaag
(b. 1913 - d. 1990) DFL
2 Jan 1967 - 4 Jan 1971 Harold
Powrie
LeVander
(b. 1910 - d. 1992) Rep
4 Jan 1971 - 29 Dec 1976 Wendell "Wendy"
R. Anderson
(b. 1933 - d. 2016) DFL
29 Dec 1976 - 4 Jan 1979 Rudolph George
Perpich (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 1995) DFL
4 Jan 1979 - 3 Jan 1983 Albert
Harold
Quie
(b. 1923 - d. 2023) Rep
3 Jan 1983 - 7 Jan 1991 Rudolph
George Perpich (2nd time)
(s.a.)
DFL
7 Jan 1991 - 4 Jan 1999 Arne Helge
Carlson
(b.
1934)
Rep
4 Jan 1999 - 6 Jan 2003 Jesse ("the
Body")
Ventura
(b.
1951)
Ref;
(= James George
Janos)
3-4-2000 IPM
6 Jan 2003 - 3 Jan 2011 Tim
Pawlenty
(b.
1960)
Rep
3 Jan 2011 - 7 Jan 2019
Mark Dayton
(b.
1947) Dem
7 Jan 2019
-
Timothy "Tim" J.
Walz
(b.
1964)
Dem
Mississippi
Governors
18 Aug 1798 - 7 May 1801 Winthrop
Sargent
(b. 1753 - d. 1820) Fed
(appointed 7 May 1798, arrived 6 Aug 1798)
3 Apr 1801 - 23 Nov 1801 John
Steele
(b. 1764 - d. 1815) Fed
(acting [for Sargent to 7 May 1801])
23 Nov 1801 - 2 Oct 1804 William Charles
Coles Claiborne (b. 1775 - d.
1817) D-R
2 Oct 1804 - 10 May 1805 Cato West
(acting)
(b. 1765 - d. 1819)
D-R
10 May 1805 - 3 Mar 1809 Robert
Williams
(b. 1773 - d. 1855) D-R
3 Mar 1809 - 30 Jun 1809 Thomas Hill
Williams (acting) (b. 1780 - d.
1840) D-R
30 Jun 1809 - 5 Jan 1820 David Holmes (1st
time)
(b. 1769 - d. 1832) D-R
5 Jan 1820 - 7? Jan 1822 George
Poindexter
(b. 1779 - d. 1853) D-R
7? Jan 1822 - 17 Nov 1825 Walter
Leake
(b. 1762 - d. 1825) D-R
17 Nov 1825 - 7 Jan 1826 Gerard Chittocque
Brandon
(b. 1788 - d. 1850) D-R
(1st time)(acting)
7 Jan 1826 - 25 Jul 1826 David Holmes (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
D-R
25 Jul 1826 - 9 Jan 1832 Gerard Chittocque
Brandon
(s.a.)
D-R
(2nd time)(acting to 9 Jan 1828)
9 Jan 1832 - 12 Jun 1833 Abram Marshall
Scott
(b. 1785 - d. 1833) Dem
12 Jun 1833 - 21 Nov 1833 Charles Lynch (1st
time) (acting) (b. 1783 - d. 1853) Dem
21 Nov 1833 - 21 Nov 1835 Hiram George
Runnels
(b. 1796 - d. 1857) Dem
21 Nov 1835 - 3 Dec 1835 Vacant
3 Dec 1835 - 7 Jan 1836 John Anthony
Quitman (1st time) (b. 1798 - d.
1858) Whg
(acting)
7 Jan 1836 - 8 Jan 1838 Charles
Lynch (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
8 Jan 1838 - 10 Jan 1842 Alexander
Gallatin
McNutt
(b. 1802 - d. 1848) Dem
10 Jan 1842 - 10 Jan 1844 Tilgham Mayfield
Tucker
(b. 1802 - d. 1859) Dem
10 Jan 1844 - 10 Jan 1848 Albert Gallatin
Brown
(b. 1813 - d. 1880) Dem
10 Jan 1848 - 10 Jan 1850 Joseph Warren
Matthews
(b. 1812 - d. 1862) Dem
10 Jan 1850 - 3 Feb 1851 John Anthony
Quitman (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
3 Feb 1851 - 4 Nov 1851 John Isaac
Guion
(b. 1802 - d. 1855)
Dem
4 Nov 1851 - 24 Nov 1851 Joseph Ephriam
Bell
(b. 1811 - d. 1885) Dem
(acting de facto)
24 Nov 1851 - 10 Jan 1852 James Whitfield
(b. 1791 - d.
1875) Dem
10 Jan 1852 - 6 Jan 1854 Henry Stuart
Foote
(b. 1804 - d. 1880) U-D
6 Jan 1854 - 10 Jan 1854 John Jones Pettus
(1st time) (b. 1813
- d. 1867) Dem
10 Jan 1854 - 16 Nov 1857 John Jones
McRae
(b. 1815 - d. 1861) Dem
16 Nov 1857 - 21 Nov 1859 William
McWillie
(b. 1795 - d. 1869) Dem
21 Nov 1859 - 16 Nov 1863 John Jones Pettus (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
16 Nov 1863 - 13 Jun 1865 Charles
Clark
(b. 1810 - d. 1877) Mil/Dem
(federal prisoner from 22 May 1865)
13 Jun 1865 - 16 Oct 1865 William Lewis Sharkey
(provisional)(b. 1798 - d. 1873) Whg
16 Oct 1865 - 15 Jun 1868 Benjamin Grubb
Humphreys
(b. 1808 - d. 1882) Dem
15 Jun 1868 - 10 Mar 1870 Adelbert Ames (1st time)
(b. 1835 - d.
1933) Mil/Rep
10 Mar 1870 - 30 Nov 1871 James Lusk
Alcorn
(b. 1816 - d. 1894) Rep
30 Nov 1871 - 4 Jan 1874 Ridgley Ceylon
Powers
(b. 1836 - d. 1912) Rep
4 Jan 1874 - 20 Mar 1876 Adelbert Ames
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Rep
20 Mar 1876 - 9 Jan 1882 John Marshall
Stone (1st time) (b. 1830 - d.
1900) Dem
9 Jan 1882 - 13 Jan 1890 Robert
Lowry
(b. 1830 - d. 1910) Dem
13 Jan 1890 - 20 Jan 1896 John Marshall Stone
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
20 Jan 1896 - 16 Jan 1900 Anselm Joseph
McLaurin
(b. 1848 - d. 1909) Dem
16 Jan 1900 - 19 Jan 1904 Andrew Houston
Longino
(b. 1854 - d. 1942) Dem
19 Jan 1904 - 21 Jan 1908 James Kimble
Vardaman
(b. 1861 - d. 1930) Dem
21 Jan 1908 - 16 Jan 1912 Edmund Favor
Noel
(b. 1856 - d. 1927) Dem
16 Jan 1912 - 18 Jan 1916 Earl LeRoy
Brewer
(b. 1869 - d. 1942) Dem
18 Jan 1916 - 18 Jan 1920 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo
(1st time) (b. 1877 - d. 1947) Dem
18 Jan 1920 - 18 Jan 1924 Lee Maurice
Russell
(b. 1875 - d. 1943) Dem
18 Jan 1924 - 18 Mar 1927 Henry Lewis
Whitfield
(b. 1868 - d. 1927) Dem
18 Mar 1927 - 16 Jan 1928 Dennis Herron Murphree
(1st time) (b. 1886 - d. 1949) Dem
16 Jan 1928 - 19 Jan 1932 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
19 Jan 1932 - 21 Jan 1936 Martin "Mike" Sennett
Conner (b. 1891 - d.
1950) Dem
21 Jan 1936 - 16 Jan 1940 Hugh Lawson White (1st
time) (b. 1881 - d.
1965) Dem
16 Jan 1940 - 26 Dec 1943 Paul Burney
Johnson
(b. 1880 - d. 1943) Dem
26 Dec 1943 - 18 Jan 1944 Dennis Herron Murphree
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
18 Jan 1944 - 2 Nov 1946 Thomas Lowry
Bailey
(b. 1888 - d. 1946) Dem
2 Nov 1946 - 22 Jan 1952 Fielding Lewis
Wright
(b. 1895 - d. 1956) Dem
22 Jan 1952 - 17 Jan 1956 Hugh Lawson White (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
17 Jan 1956 - 19 Jan 1960 James Plemon "J.P."
Coleman (b.
1914 - d. 1991) Dem
19 Jan 1960 - 21 Jan 1964 Ross Robert
Barnett
(b. 1898 - d. 1987) Dem
21 Jan 1964 - 16 Jan 1968 Paul Burney Johnson,
Jr.
(b. 1916 - d. 1985) Dem
16 Jan 1968 - 18 Jan 1972 John Bell
Williams
(b. 1918 - d. 1983) Dem
18 Jan 1972 - 20 Jan 1976 William "Bill" Lowe
Waller, Sr. (b. 1926 - d. 2011) Dem
20 Jan 1976 - 22 Jan 1980 Charles Clifton
"Cliff" Finch (b. 1927 -
d. 1986) Dem
22 Jan 1980 - 10 Jan 1984 William Forrest
Winter
(b. 1923 - d. 2020) Dem
10 Jan 1984 - 12 Jan 1988 William "Bill"
Alexander Allain (b. 1928 - d.
2013) Dem
12 Jan 1988 - 14 Jan 1992 Raymond "Ray" Edwin
Mabus, Jr. (b.
1948)
Dem
14 Jan 1992 - 11 Jan 2000 Daniel Kirkwood "Kirk"
Fordice, Jr.(b. 1934 - d. 2004) Rep
11 Jan 2000 - 13 Jan 2004 David Ronald "Ronnie"
Musgrove (b.
1956)
Dem
13 Jan 2004 - 10 Jan 2012 Haley Reeves
Barbour
(b.
1947)
Rep
10 Jan 2012 - 14 Jan 2020 Dewey Phillip "Phil"
Bryant (b. 1954)
Rep
14 Jan 2020
-
Jonathon Tate
Reeves
(b. 1974) Rep
U.S. Military governors during Reconstruction
22 May 1865 - 25 Jun 1865 Peter Joseph
Osterhaus
(b. 1823 - d. 1917) Mil
25 Jun 1865 - 14 Nov 1865 William Warner Slocum,
Sr. (b. 1827 - d. 1894)
Mil
14 Nov 1865 - 17 Jan 1867 Thomas John Wood
(b. 1823 - d. 1906) Mil
Jan 1867 - 4 Jun 1868 Alvan Cullen
Gillem
(b. 1830 - d. 1875) Mil
4 Jun 1868 - 15 Jun 1868 Irvin McDowell
(b. 1818 - d. 1885) Mil
15 Jun 1868 - 10 Mar 1870 Adelbert Ames
(s.a.)
Mil
Missouri
-
- 5 Jun 1861 - 1865
Confederate Missouri
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- Adopted 23 Mar 1913
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Map
of Missouri
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Hear
State Song
"Missouri Waltz"
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Text
of State Song
Adopted 22 Jun 1949
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State
Constitution
(30 Mar 1945)
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Capital:
Jefferson City
(St. Louis 1765-1804,
1805 - 1821;
Saint Charles 1821-
21 Nov 1825;
Confederate: Neosho 1861-1863,
Marshall, TX 1863-1864)
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Motto: Salus
populi suprema
lex esto (The
welfare of
the people shall be the
supreme law)
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Nickname:
Show Me State
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Population:
6,154,913 (2020)
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Mayors
of
Kansas City
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Chronology
3 Nov
1762
Ceded to Spain by France, a part of Louisiana.
21 Mar
1801
Returned to France (not effected).
30 Apr
1803
Sold to the U.S. by France.
10 Mar 1804
U.S.
assumes sovereignty (following period of
9-10 Mar of the nominal
French administration),
an unorganized District of Louisiana.
1 Oct
1804
District of Louisiana temporarily
administered
by the Indiana
Territory.
4 Jul
1805
Louisiana Territory.
7 Dec
1812
Missouri Territory.
19 Jul 1820
State
10 Aug
1821
Admitted to the U.S.
28 Oct
1861
Secession by part of the state (decision
of a
"rump legislature" consisting of members
of
the disbanded legislature of the state).
28 Nov 1861 - 1865
Accession to Confederate
States of America
(not recognized by U.S. government).
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Mayors
of
St.
Louis
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Lieutenant-governors of Upper Louisiana (in
St. Louis)
20 May 1770 - 19 May
1775 Pedro José
Piernas
(b. 1729 - d. 1790)
19 May 1775 - 17 Jun
1778 Francisco Zavier Cruzat (1st time) (b. 1739 -
d. 1790)
17 Jun 1778 - 8 Jun 1780 Fernando de
Leyba Vizcaigaña (b. 1734 - d.
1780)
8 Jun 1770 - 24 Sep 1780 Silvio
Francisco de Cartabona
(acting)
24 Sep 1780 - 27 Nov 1787 Francisco Zavier Cruzat
(2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Nov 1787 - 21 Jul
1792 Manuel Pérez
(b. 1735 - d. 1819)
21 Jul 1792 - 29 Aug
1799 Zénon
Trudeau
(b. 1748 - d. 1813)
29 Aug 1799 - 9 Mar 1804 Charles de
Hault de Lassus
(b. 1767 - d. 1843)
Agent and Commissioner of the French Republic
9 Mar 1804 - 10 Mar 1804 Amos
Stoddard
(b. 1762 - d. 1813) Mil
Commandant of District of Louisiana
10 Mar 1804 - 30 Sep 1804 Amos
Stoddard
(s.a.)
Mil
Governors of Louisiana Territory
1 Oct 1804 - 4 Jul 1805 administered
by Indiana Territory
4 Jul 1805 - 16 Aug 1806 James
Wilkinson
(b. 1757 - d. 1825) Mil/D-R
16 Aug 1806 - 7 Apr 1807 Joseph Browne
(acting)
(b. 1758 - d. 1810)
7 Apr 1807 - 8 Mar
1808 Frederick Bates (acting)(1st time) (b. 1777 -
d. 1825) D-R
8 Mar 1808 - 11 Oct
1809 Meriwether
Lewis
(b. 1774 - d. 1809) D-R
11 Oct 1809 - 17 Sep 1810 Frederick Bates
(acting)(2nd time) (s.a.)
D-R
17 Sep 1810 - 29 Nov 1812 Benjamin A. Howard
(b. 1760 - d. 1814) Mil/D-R
29 Nov 1812 - 7 Dec 1812 Frederick Bates
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
D-R
(acting)
Governors of Missouri
7 Dec 1812 - 1 Jul 1813 Frederick
Bates (1st
time)
(s.a.)
D-R
(acting)
1 Jul 1813 - 19 Sep 1820 William
Clark
(b. 1770 - d. 1838) D-R
19 Sep 1820 - 17 Nov 1824 Alexander
McNair
(b. 1775 - d. 1826) D-R
17 Nov 1824 - 4 Aug 1825 Frederick Bates
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
D-R
4 Aug 1825 - 20 Jan 1826 Abraham Jude
Williams (acting) (b. 1781 - d.
1839) D-R
20 Jan 1826 - 21 Nov 1832 John
Miller
(b. 1781 - d. 1846) D-R
21 Nov 1832 - 30 Sep 1836 Daniel
Dunklin
(b. 1790 - d. 1844) Dem
30 Sep 1836 - 18 Nov 1840 Lilburn Wycliffe
Boggs
(b. 1796 - d. 1860) Dem
(acting to 23 Nov 1836)
18 Nov 1840 - 9 Feb 1844 Thomas
Reynolds
(b. 1796 - d. 1844) Dem
9 Feb 1844 - 20 Nov 1844 Meredith Miles
Marmaduke (b. 1791 -
d. 1864) Dem
20 Nov 1844 - 27 Dec 1848 John Cummins
Edwards
(b. 1804 - d. 1888) Dem
27 Dec 1848 - 3 Jan 1853 Austin Augustus
King
(b. 1802 - d. 1870) Dem
3 Jan 1853 - 5 Jan 1857 Sterling
Price
(b. 1809 - d. 1867) Dem
5 Jan 1857 - 27 Feb 1857 Trusten W.
Polk
(b. 1811 - d. 1876) Dem
27 Feb 1857 - 22 Oct 1857 Hancock Lee Jackson
(b. 1796 - d. 1876) Dem
22 Oct 1857 - 3 Jan 1861 Robert Marcellus
Stewart
(b. 1815 - d. 1871) Dem
3 Jan 1861 - 30 Jul 1861 Claiborne Fox
Jackson
(b. 1806 - d. 1862) Dem
(continues in dissidence from 30 Jul 1861;
Confederate governor 28 Oct 1861 - 7 Dec 1862;
in Arkansas exile from 8 Mar 1862)
31 Jul 1861 - 31 Jan 1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble
(b.
1798 - d. 1864) Uni
7 Dec 1862 - 7 Mar 1865 Thomas Caute
Reynolds
(b. 1821 - d. 1887) Dem
(Confederate governor, in Texas exile)
31 Jan 1864 - 2 Jan 1865 Willard Preble
Hall
(b. 1820 - d. 1882)
Uni
2 Jan 1865 - 12 Jan 1869 Thomas Clement
Fletcher
(b. 1827 - d. 1899) Rep
12 Jan 1869 - 9 Jan 1871 Joseph Washington
McClurg
(b. 1818 - d. 1900) Rep
9 Jan 1871 - 8 Jan 1873 Benjamin
Gratz
Brown
(b. 1826 - d. 1885) Lib-R
8 Jan 1873 - 12 Jan 1875 Silas
Woodson
(b. 1819 - d. 1896) Dem
12 Jan 1875 - 8 Jan 1877 Charles Henry
Hardin
(b. 1820 - d. 1892) Dem
8 Jan 1877 - 10 Jan 1881 John Sith
Phelps
(b. 1814 - d. 1886) Dem
10 Jan 1881 - 12 Jan 1885 Thomas Theodore
Crittenden
(b. 1832 - d. 1909) Dem
12 Jan 1885 - 28 Dec 1887 John Sappington
Marmaduke
(b. 1833 - d. 1887) Dem
28 Dec 1887 - 14 Jan 1889 Albert Pickett
Morehouse (acting) (b. 1835 - d. 1891) Dem
14 Jan 1889 - 9 Jan 1893 David Rowland
Francis
(b. 1850 - d. 1927) Dem
9 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 William Joel
Stone
(b. 1848 - d. 1918) Dem
11 Jan 1897 - 14 Jan 1901 Lawrence Vest "Lon"
Stephens (b. 1858 -
d. 1923) Dem
14 Jan 1901 - 9 Jan 1905 Alexander Monroe
Dockery
(b. 1845 - d. 1926) Dem
9 Jan 1905 - 11 Jan 1909 Joseph Wingate
Folk
(b. 1869 - d. 1923) Dem
11 Jan 1909 - 13 Jan 1913 Herbert Spencer
Hadley
(b. 1872 - d. 1927) Rep
13 Jan 1913 - 8 Jan 1917 Elliot Woolfork
Major
(b. 1864 - d. 1949) Dem
8 Jan 1917 - 10 Jan 1921 Frederick Dozier
Gardner
(b. 1869 - d. 1933) Dem
10 Jan 1921 - 12 Jan 1925 Arthur Mastick
Hyde
(b. 1877 - d. 1947) Rep
12 Jan 1925 - 14 Jan 1929 Samuel "Sam" Aaron
Baker
(b. 1874 - d. 1933) Rep
14 Jan 1929 - 9 Jan 1933 Henry Stewart
Caulfield
(b. 1873 - d. 1966) Rep
9 Jan 1933 - 11 Jan 1937 Guy Brasfield
Park
(b. 1872 - d. 1946) Dem
11 Jan 1937 - 13 Jan 1941 Lloyd Crow
Stark
(b. 1886 - d. 1972) Dem
13 Jan 1941 - 8 Dec 1945 Forrest C.
Donnell
(b. 1884 - d. 1980) Rep
8 Dec 1945 - 10 Jan 1949 Phil M. Donnelly
(1st time) (b.
1891 - d. 1961) Dem
10 Jan 1949 - 12 Jan 1953 Forrest
Smith
(b. 1886 - d. 1962) Dem
12 Jan 1953 - 14 Jan 1957 Phil M. Donnelly (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Dem
14 Jan 1957 - 9 Jan 1961 James Thomas
Blair,
Jr.
(b. 1902 - d. 1962) Dem
9 Jan 1961 - 11 Jan 1965 John Montgomery
Dalton
(b. 1900 - d. 1972) Dem
11 Jan 1965 - 8 Jan 1973 Warren Eastman
Hearnes
(b. 1923 - d. 2009) Dem
8 Jan 1973 - 10 Jan 1977 Christopher S.
"Kit"
Bond
(b.
1939)
Rep
(1st time)
10 Jan 1977 - 12 Jan 1981 Joseph Patrick
Teasdale
(b. 1936 - d. 2014) Dem
12 Jan 1981 - 14 Jan 1985 Christopher S. "Kit"
Bond
(s.a.)
Rep
(2nd time)
14 Jan 1985 - 11 Jan 1993 John David
Ashcroft
(b.
1942)
Rep
11 Jan 1993 - 16 Oct 2000 Mel
Carnahan
(b. 1934 - d. 2000) Dem
17 Oct 2000 - 8 Jan 2001 Roger B. Wilson
(acting)
(b.
1948)
Dem
8 Jan 2001 - 10 Jan 2005 Bob
Holden
(b.
1949)
Dem
10 Jan 2005 - 12 Jan 2009 Matt
Blunt
(b.
1970)
Rep
12 Jan 2009 - 9 Jan 2017 Jeremiah
"Jay" W. Nixon
(b. 1956)
Dem
9 Jan 2017 - 1 Jun 2018
Eric R. Greitens
(b. 1974)
Rep
1 Jun 2018 - 13
Jan 2025 Michael L.
Parson
(b. 1955)
Rep
13 Jan 2025 -
Michael "Mike" L. Kehoe
(b.
1962)
Rep
Montana
Governors
26 May 1864 - 12 Jul 1866 Sidney
Edgerton
(b. 1818 - d. 1900) Rep
Sep 1865 - Oct
1866 Thomas
Francis Meagher (acting) (b. 1823 - d.
1867) Dem
13 Jul 1866 - 9 Apr 1869 Green Clay
Smith
(b. 1826 - d. 1895) Rep
1869
James Tufts (acting for Smith)
(b. 1829 - d. 1884) Rep
9 Apr 1869 - 12 Jul 1870 James Mitchell
Ashley
(b. 1824 - d. 1896) Rep
1869 - 1870
Wiley S. Scribner (or
Schribner) (b. 1840 - d. 1889) Rep
(acting for Ashley)
13 Jul 1870 - 14 Jan 1883 Benjamin Franklin
Potts
(b. 1836 - d. 1887) Rep
14 Jan 1883 - 15 Dec 1884 John Schuyler
Crosby
(b. 1839 - d. 1914) Rep
16 Dec 1884 - 13 Jul 1885 Benjamin Platt
Carpenter
(b. 1837 - d. 1921) Rep
14 Jul 1885 - 7 Feb 1887 Samuel Thomas
Hauser
(b. 1833 - d. 1914) Dem
8 Feb 1887 - 8 Apr 1889 Preston
Hopkins
Leslie
(b. 1819 - d. 1907) Dem
9 Apr 1889 - 8 Nov 1889 Benjamin
Franklin
White
(b. 1833 - d. 1920) Rep
8 Nov 1889 - 1 Jan 1893 Joseph Kemps
Toole (1st time) (b. 1851
- d. 1929) Dem
2 Jan 1893 - 3 Jan 1897 John Ezra
Rickards
(b. 1848 - d. 1927) Rep
4 Jan 1897 - 7 Jan 1901 Robert Burns
Smith
(b. 1854 - d. 1908) Dem
7 Jan 1901 - 1 Apr 1908 Joseph Kemps
Toole (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1 Apr 1908 - 5 Jan 1913 Edwin Lee
Norris
(b. 1865 - d. 1924) Dem
6 Jan 1913 - 2 Jan 1921 Samuel
Vernon
Stewart
(b. 1872 - d. 1939) Dem
3 Jan 1921 - 4 Jan 1925 Joseph Moore
Dixon
(b. 1867 - d. 1934) Rep
4 Jan 1925 - 13 Mar 1933 John Edward
Erickson
(b. 1863 - d. 1946) Dem
13 Mar 1933 - 15 Dec 1935 Frank Henry
Cooney
(b. 1872 - d. 1935) Dem
16 Dec 1935 - 4 Jan 1937 William Elmer
Holt
(b. 1884 - d. 1945) Dem
4 Jan 1937 - 6 Jan 1941 Roy Elmer
Ayres
(b. 1882 - d. 1955) Dem
6 Jan 1941 - 3 Jan 1949 Samuel
Clarence
Ford
(b. 1882 - d. 1961) Rep
3 Jan 1949 - 4 Jan 1953 John Woodrow
Bonner
(b. 1902 - d. 1970) Dem
4 Jan 1953 - 4 Jan 1961 John Hugo
Aronson
(b. 1891 - d. 1978) Rep
4 Jan 1961 - 25 Jan 1962 Donald G.
Nutter
(b. 1915 - d. 1962) Rep
26 Jan 1962 - 6 Jan 1969 Tim M.
Babcock
(b. 1919 - d. 2015) Rep
6 Jan 1969 - 1 Jan 1973 Forrest Howard
Anderson
(b. 1913 - d. 1989) Dem
1 Jan 1973 - 5 Jan 1981 Thomas Lee
Judge
(b. 1934 - d. 2006) Dem
5 Jan 1981 - 2 Jan 1989 Theodore
"Ted"
Schwinden
(b. 1925 - d. 2023) Dem
2 Jan 1989 - 4 Jan 1993 Stanley
"Stan"
Stephens
(b. 1929 - d. 2021) Rep
4 Jan 1993 - 2 Jan 2001 Marc F.
Racicot
(b.
1948)
Rep
2 Jan 2001 - 3 Jan 2005 Judy
Martz
(f)
(b. 1943 - d. 2017) Rep
3 Jan 2005 - 7 Jan 2013 Brian
Schweitzer
(b.
1955)
Dem
7 Jan 2013 - 4 Jan 2021
Steve Bullock
(b. 1966)
Dem
4 Jan 2021 -
Gregory "Greg" R. Gianforte
(b. 1961)
Rep
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