United States: Massachusetts: Colonial Governors: 1692-1776 |
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| Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England | |
| 16/26 May 1692 - 18/28 Feb 1695 | Sir William Phips |
| Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England (ex officio) | |
| 18/28 Feb 1695 - 26 May/8 Jun 1699 | William Stoughton [1] |
| Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England | |
| 26 May/8 Jun 1699 - 5/16 Mar 1701 | Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont |
| Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England (ex officio) | |
| 5/16 Mar 1701 - 7/18 Jul 1701 | William Stoughton (x) |
| Council | |
| 7/18 Jul 1701 - 11/22 Jun 1702 | |
| Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England | |
| 11/22 Jun 1702 - 3/14 Feb 1715 | Joseph Dudley [2] |
| Council | |
| 3/14 Feb 1715 - 21 Mar/1 Apr 1715 | |
| Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England | |
| 21 Mar/1 Apr 1715 - 9/20 Nov 1715 | Joseph Dudley (x) |
| Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England (ex officio) | |
| 9/20 Nov 1715 - 5/16 Oct 1716 | William Tailer [3] |
| Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England | |
| 5/16 Oct 1716 - 19/30 Jul 1728 | Samuel Shute |
| 19/30 Jul 1728 - 7/18 Sep 1729 | William Burnet |
| Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England (ex officio) | |
| 7/18 Sep 1729 - 11/22 Jun 1730 | William Dummer [4] |
| 11/22 Jun 1730 - 10/21 Aug 1730 | William Tailer (x) [5] |
| Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England | |
| 10/21 Aug 1730 - 14/25 Aug 1741 | Jonathan Belcher |
| 14/25 Aug 1741 - 3 Aug 1757 | William Shirley |
| 3 Aug 1757 - 2 Aug 1760 | Thomas Pownall |
| 2 Aug 1760 - 14 Mar 1771 | Francis Bernard |
| 14 Mar 1771 - 17 May 1774 | Thomas Hutchinson |
| 17 May 1774 - 17 Mar 1776 | Thomas Gage [6][7] |
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| [1] | In office as Lieutenant Governor 16/26 May 1692 - 7/18 Jul 1701. |
| [2] | Royal Commission of Joseph Dudley was considered to have expired on 1/12 Feb 1715 in accordance with the resolution passed by the Council 3/14 Feb 1715. |
| [3] | In office as Lieutenant Governor 4/15 Oct 1711 - 5/16 Oct 1716; pending the installation of Elizeus Burges who never takes office. |
| [4] | In office as Lieutenant Governor 5/16 Oct 1716 - 11/22 Jun 1730 (sworn in 10/21 Sep 1729). |
| [5] | In office as Lieutenant Governor 11/22 Jun 1730 - 1/12 Mar 1732; pending the installation of Jonathan Belcher. |
| [6] | Presidents of the Provincial Congress (in dissidence: de facto from 7 Oct 1774, de iure from 5 May 1775) |
| [7] | Leaves Massachusetts 10 Oct 1775 and is continued to be represented by Lieutenant Governor Thomas Oliver to 17 Mar 1776. |
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