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This is a list of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.




Contents





  • 1 House of Deputies of the Massachusetts Bay Colony


  • 2 Inter-Charter Period


  • 3 Second Charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay


  • 4 House of Representatives under the Massachusetts Constitution


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 Sources


  • 7 References




House of Deputies of the Massachusetts Bay Colony[edit]





































































































































































































Speaker
Party
Years ↑
Town
Electoral history

William Hathorne

1644–1645

Salem


George Cooke

1645

Cambridge

William Hathorne

1646
Salem


Robert Bridges

1646

Lynn


Joseph Hills

1647

Mistick Side

William Hathorne

1648
Salem


Richard Russell

1648

Charlestown


Daniel Denison

1649

Ipswich

William Hathorne

1650
Salem


Daniel Gookin

1651

Cambridge

Daniel Denison

1651–1652

Ipswich


Humphrey Atherton

1653

Springfield

Richard Russell

1654
Charlestown


Edward Johnson

1655


Richard Russell

1656
Charlestown


William Hathorne

1657
Salem

Richard Russell

1658
Charlestown


Thomas Savage

1659–1660


William Hathorne

1660–1661
Salem


Thomas Clarke

1662



John Leverett

1663–1664

Boston

Thomas Clarke

1665



Richard Waldron

1666–1668

Cocheco

Thomas Clarke

1669–1670



Thomas Savage

1671

Boston

Thomas Clarke

1672


Richard Waldron

1673
Cocheco


Joshua Hubbard

1673–1674


Richard Waldron

1674–1675
Cocheco


Peter Buckley

1675–1676

Concord

Thomas Savage

1677–1678
Boston

Richard Waldron

1679
Cocheco
Town became part of New Hampshire

John Richards

1679–1680

Dorchester


Daniel Fisher

1680–1682

Dedham


Elisha Cooke

1683

Boston


John Waite

1684

Malden


Isaac Addington

1685

Boston


John Saffin

1686

Boston
General Court adjourned May 21, 1686, did not convene until May or June 1689


Inter-Charter Period[edit]
































Speaker
Party
Years ↑
Town
Electoral history

Thomas Oakes

1689

Boston


John Bowles

1698–1690

Boston


Penn Townsend

1690–1691

Salem


William Bond

1691–1692

Watertown

Penn Townsend

1692
Salem


Second Charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay[edit]



























































































































































































Speaker
Party
Years ↑
Town
Electoral history

William Bond

1692–1693

Watertown


Nathaniel Byfield

1693–1694

Boston


Nehemiah Jewett

1694–1695

Rowley


William Bond

1695–1696

Watertown


Penn Townsend

1696–1697

Salem


Nathaniel Byfield

1698

Rowley


James Converse

1699–1700

Woburn


John Leverett

1700–1701

Boston

Nehemiah Jewett

1701–1702
Rowley

James Converse

1702–1705
Woburn


Thomas Oakes

1705–1707

Boston


John Burrill

1707

Lynn


Thomas Oliver

1708–1709

Cambridge


John Clark

1709–1711

Boston

John Burrill

1711–1720
Lynn


Elisha Cooke

1720



Timothy Lindall

1720–1721

Boston


John Clark

1721–1724

Boston


William Dudley

1724–1729

Roxbury


John Quincy

1729–1741

Mount Wollaston


William Fairfield

1741

Wenham


Thomas Cushing II

1742–1746

Boston


Thomas Hutchinson

1746–1748

Boston
Resigned when appointed to the Governor's Council

Joseph Dwight

1748–1750

Brookfield


Thomas Hubbard

1750–1759

Waltham


Samuel White

May 30, 1759 –
May 28, 1760

Taunton


James Otis

May 28, 1760 –
May 26, 1762

Barnstable
Resigned when appointed to the Governor's Council

Timothy Ruggles

May 26, 1762 –
May 25, 1764

Rochester


Samuel White

May 25, 1764 –
June 11, 1764

Taunton


Thomas Clap pro tem

June 11, 1764 –
May 29, 1765



Samuel White

May 29, 1764 –
May 28, 1766

Taunton


James Otis, Jr.

May 28, 1766 –
May 28, 1766

Barnstable


Thomas Cushing

May 28, 1766 –
1774

Boston


James Warren

1775–1778

Plymouth


John Pickering

1778–1779

Salem


John Hancock

1779–1780

Quincy
Elected Governor of Massachusetts


House of Representatives under the Massachusetts Constitution[edit]
















































































































































































































































































































































































































































Speaker
Party
Years ↑
City or Town (District)1Electoral history

Caleb Davis
None
1780–1782

Boston
Resigned

Nathaniel Gorham
None
1782–1783

Charlestown

[Data unknown/missing.]

Tristram Dalton
None
1783–1784

Newbury
Elected to State Senate

Samuel Allyne Otis
None
1784–1785

Barnstable

[Data unknown/missing.]
Nathaniel Gorham
None
1785–1786
Charlestown

[Data unknown/missing.]

Artemas Ward
None
1786–1787

Shrewsbury

[Data unknown/missing.]

James Warren
None
1787–1788

Plymouth

[Data unknown/missing.]

Theodore Sedgwick
Pro-Administration
1788–1789

Sheffield
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

David Cobb
Pro-Administration
1789–1793

Taunton
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

Edward Robbins

Democratic-Republican
1793–1802

Boston
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

John Coffin Jones

Federalist
1802–1803

Boston

[Data unknown/missing.]

Harrison Gray Otis

Federalist
1803–1805

Boston
Elected to the State Senate

Timothy Bigelow

Federalist
1805–1806

Worcester
Party lost majority

Perez Morton

Democratic-Republican
1806–1808

Dorchester
Party lost majority

Timothy Bigelow

Federalist
1808–1810

Worcester
Party lost majority

Perez Morton

Democratic-Republican
1810–1811

Dorchester
Resigned

Joseph Story

Democratic-Republican
1811–1812

Salem
Resigned when appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Eleazer Ripley

Democratic-Republican
1812

Waterville
Joined United States Army

Timothy Bigelow

Federalist
1812–1820

Worcester

[Data unknown/missing.]

Elijah H. Mills

Federalist
1820–1821

Northampton
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

Josiah Quincy III

Federalist
1821–1822

Boston
Resigned to become Judge of Boston Municipal Court

Luther Lawrence

Federalist
1822

Lowell
Party lost majority

Levi Lincoln, Jr.

National Republican
1822–1823

Worcester
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

William C. Jarvis

National Republican
1823–1825

Woburn
Party lost majority

Timothy Fuller

Democratic-Republican
1825–1826

Cambridgeport
Party lost majority

William C. Jarvis

National Republican
1826–1828

Woburn

[Data unknown/missing.]

William B. Calhoun

National Republican
1828–1834

Springfield
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

Julius Rockwell

Whig
1835–1837

Pittsfield
Resigned when appointed commissioner of the Bank of Massachusetts

Robert Charles Winthrop

Whig
1838–1840

Boston
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

George Ashmun

Whig
1841

Blandford

[Data unknown/missing.]

Thomas H. Kinnicutt

Whig
1842

Worcester

[Data unknown/missing.]

Daniel P. King

Whig
1843

South Danvers

[Data unknown/missing.]

Thomas H. Kinnicutt

Whig
1844
Worcester
Resigned

Samuel H. Walley, Jr.

Whig
1844–1846

Boston

[Data unknown/missing.]

Ebenezer Bradbury

Whig
1847

Newburyport

[Data unknown/missing.]

Francis Crowninshield

Whig
1848–1849

Boston

[Data unknown/missing.]

Ensign H. Kellogg

Whig
1850

Pittsfield

[Data unknown/missing.]

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Democratic/Free Soil Coalition
1851–1852

Waltham
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

George Bliss

Whig
1853

Springfield

[Data unknown/missing.]

Otis P. Lord

Whig
1854

Salem
Party lost majority

Daniel C. Eddy

Know Nothing
1855

Lowell

[Data unknown/missing.]

Charles A. Phelps

Know Nothing
1856–1857

Boston
Elected to the Massachusetts Senate;[1] Party Lost election

Julius Rockwell

Republican
1858

Pittsfield
Resigned when appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court

Charles Hale

Republican
1859

Boston

[Data unknown/missing.]

John A. Goodwin

Republican
1860–1861

Lowell

[Data unknown/missing.]

Alexander Hamilton Bullock

Republican
1862–1865

Worcester
Elected Governor of Massachusetts

James M. Stone

Republican
1866–1867

Charlestown

[Data unknown/missing.]

Harvey Jewell

Republican
1868–1871

Boston

[Data unknown/missing.]

John E. Sanford

Republican
1872–1875

Taunton

[Data unknown/missing.]

John Davis Long

Republican
1876–1878

Hingham
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Levi C. Wade

Republican
1879

Newton

[Data unknown/missing.]

Charles J. Noyes

Republican
1880–1882

Boston (14th Suffolk)

[Data unknown/missing.]

George Augustus Marden

Republican
1883–1884

Lowell

[Data unknown/missing.]

John Q. A. Brackett

Republican
January 7, 1885 –
1886

Boston (17th Suffolk)[2]
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Charles J. Noyes

Republican
1887–1888

Boston (14th Suffolk)

[Data unknown/missing.]

William Emerson Barrett

Republican
1889–1893

Melrose (11th Middlesex)
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

George von Lengerke Meyer

Republican
1894–1896

Boston (9th Suffolk)

[Data unknown/missing.]

John Lewis Bates

Republican
1897–1899

Boston (1st Suffolk)
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

James J. Myers

Republican
1900–1903

Cambridge (1st Middlesex)
Retired

Louis A. Frothingham

Republican
1904–1905

Boston (11th Suffolk)
Left House to run for governor

John N. Cole

Republican
1906–1908

Andover (8th Essex)
Left House to run for Lieutenant Governor

Joseph H. Walker

Republican
1909–1911

Brookline (2nd Norfolk)
Left House to run for governor

Grafton D. Cushing

Republican
1912–1914

Boston (11th Suffolk)
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Channing H. Cox

Republican
1915–1918

Boston (10th Suffolk)
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Joseph E. Warner

Republican
1919–1920

Taunton (4th Bristol)
Lost primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts to Alvan Fuller

Benjamin Loring Young

Republican
1921–1924

Weston (13th Middlesex)

[Data unknown/missing.]

John C. Hull

Republican
1925–1929

Leominster (11th Worcester)
Retired

Leverett Saltonstall

Republican
1929–1936

Chestnut Hill (5th Middlesex)
Defeated for election as Lieutenant Governor by Francis E. Kelly [3]

Horace T. Cahill

Republican
1937–1938

Braintree (6th Norfolk)
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Christian Herter

Republican
1939–1942

Boston (5th Suffolk)
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

Rudolph King

Republican
1943–1944

Millis (8th Norfolk)
Resigned to run become Registrar of Motor Vehicles

Frederick Willis

Republican
1945–1948

Saugus (10th Essex)
Party lost majority

Thomas P. O'Neill

Democratic
1949–1952

Cambridge (3rd Middlesex)
Party lost majority; O'Neill elected to U.S. House of Representatives

Charles Gibbons

Republican
1953–1954

Stoneham (22nd Middlesex)
Party lost majority

Michael F. Skerry

Democratic
1955–1957

Medford (27th Middlesex)
Resigned when appointed Clerk of the Malden District Court

John F. Thompson

Democratic
1958–1964

Ludlow (2nd Hampden)
Resigned after being indicted on charges of conspiracy and bribery

John Davoren

Democratic
1965–1967

Milford (9th Worcester)
Resigned when appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth

Robert H. Quinn

Democratic
1967–1969

Boston (9th Suffolk)
Elected Massachusetts Attorney General

David M. Bartley

Democratic
1969–1975

Holyoke (7th Hampden)
Resigned to become President of Holyoke Community College

Thomas W. McGee

Democratic
1975–1984

Lynn (20th Essex)
Defeated by Keverian in leadership challenge

George Keverian

Democratic
1985–1990

Everett (39th Middlesex)
Retired to run for State Treasurer

Charles Flaherty

Democratic
1991 –
April 9, 1996

Cambridge (27th Middlesex)
Resigned: pleaded guilty to tax evasion

Thomas Finneran

Democratic
April 9, 1996 –
September 28, 2004

Mattapan (12th Suffolk)
Resigned due to allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice

Salvatore DiMasi

Democratic
September 28, 2004 –
January 27, 2009

Boston (3rd Suffolk)
Resigned: convicted of conspiracy, honest services fraud, and extortion

Robert DeLeo

Democratic
January 27, 2009 –
present

Winthrop (19th Suffolk)
Current Speaker


Notes[edit]


1.^ Prior to 1857, representatives were selected by a majority of votes at a town meeting. Since 1857, representatives have been elected by district.[4]




Sources[edit]



  • "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the General Court. Massachusetts General Court. 2005 – 06. pp. 338–350. Check date values in: |year= (help).mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


References[edit]




  1. ^ Castle, William Richards (December 1902), The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Vol XI No. 42, Boston, Massachusetts: The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, p. 305.


  2. ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890). "History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1". Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO.: lviii.


  3. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp


  4. ^ Duane Hamilton Hurd, ed. (1888). History of Essex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1. J. W. Lewis & Company. p. 414. Retrieved April 2, 2013.















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