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List of speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

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Field	Value
post	Speaker
body	the Massachusetts House of Representatives
insignia	Seal of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts.svg
insigniasize	110px
insigniacaption	Seal of the House of Representatives
insigniaalt	Seal of the House of Representatives
image	Speaker Ronald Mariano.jpg
incumbent	Ron Mariano
incumbentsince	December 30, 2020
department	Government of Massachusetts
status	Presiding Officer
member_of	General Court
residence	None official
seat	State House, Boston, Massachusetts
nominator	Political parties through majority house caucus
appointer	The House
constituting_instrument	Constitution of Massachusetts
deputy	Speaker pro tempore
formation	Original Post:
May 30, 1644
Current form:
October 25, 1780
website	https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Leadership/House

May 30, 1644 Current form: October 25, 1780 This is a list of speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. As well as presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leader, and controls the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the House. The current house speaker is Ronald Mariano.

Colonial period

House of Deputies of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]

Speaker	Portrait	Years ↑	Town	Electoral history
William Hathorne		nowrap	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		nowrap	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	[[File:Major Thomas Savage.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	1659–1660
William Hathorne		nowrap	1660–1661	Salem
Thomas Clarke		1662
John Leverett	[[File:JohnLeverettInMilitaryUniform.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	1663–1664	Boston
Thomas Clarke		1665
Richard Waldron		nowrap	1666–1668	Cocheco
Thomas Clarke		nowrap	1669–1670
Thomas Savage		1671	Boston
Thomas Clarke		1672
Richard Waldron		1673	Cocheco
Joshua Hubbard		nowrap	1673–1674
Richard Waldron		nowrap	1674–1675	Cocheco
Peter Bulkeley		nowrap	1675–1676	Concord
Thomas Savage		nowrap	1677–1678	Boston
Richard Waldron		1679	Cocheco	Town became part of New Hampshire
John Richards		nowrap	1679–1680	Dorchester
Daniel Fisher		nowrap	1680–1682	Dedham
Elisha Cooke Sr.	[[File:Elisha Cooke SR.jpg	100px]]	1683	Boston
John Waite		1684	Malden
Isaac Addington		1685	Boston
John Saffin		1686	Boston	General Court adjourned May 21, 1686, did not convene until May or June 1689

Inter-Charter Period

Speaker	Years ↑	Town	Electoral history
Thomas Oakes	1689	Boston
John Bowles	nowrap	1698–1690	Boston
Penn Townsend	nowrap	1690–1691	Salem
William Bond	nowrap	1691–1692	Watertown
Penn Townsend	1692	Salem

Second Charter of the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]]

Speaker	Portrait	Years ↑	Town	Electoral history
William Bond		nowrap	1692–1693	Watertown
Nathaniel Byfield	[[File:Nathaniel-Byfield 1730 John-Smibert.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	1693–1694	Boston
Nehemiah Jewett		nowrap	1694–1695	Rowley
William Bond		nowrap	1695–1696	Watertown
Penn Townsend		nowrap	1696–1697	Salem
Nathaniel Byfield		1698	Rowley
James Converse		nowrap	1699–1700	Woburn
John Leverett	[[File:John Leverett.gif	100px]]	nowrap	1700–1701	Boston
Nehemiah Jewett		nowrap	1701–1702	Rowley
James Converse		nowrap	1702–1705	Woburn
Thomas Oakes		nowrap	1705–1707	Boston
John Burrill		1707	Lynn
Thomas Oliver		nowrap	1708–1709	Cambridge
John Clark		nowrap	1709–1711	Boston
John Burrill		nowrap	1711–1720	Lynn
Elisha Cooke Jr.	[[File:ElishaCookeJr.jpg	100px]]	1720
Timothy Lindall		nowrap	1720–1721	Boston
John Clark		nowrap	1721–1724	Boston
William Dudley		nowrap	1724–1729	Roxbury
John Quincy		nowrap	1729–1741	Mount Wollaston
William Fairfield		1741	Wenham
Thomas Cushing II		nowrap	1742–1746	Boston
Thomas Hutchinson	[[File:ThomasHutchinsonByEdwardTruman.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	1746–1748	Boston	Resigned when appointed to the Governor's Council
Joseph Dwight		nowrap	1748–1750	Brookfield
Thomas Hubbard		nowrap	1750–1759	Waltham
Samuel White		nowrap	May 30, 1759 –
May 28, 1760	Taunton
James Otis Sr.	[[File:James-otis-1-large.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	May 28, 1760 –
May 26, 1762	Barnstable	Resigned when appointed to the Governor's Council
Timothy Ruggles	[[File:Timothy Ruggles.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	May 26, 1762 –
May 25, 1764	Rochester
Samuel White		nowrap	May 25, 1764 –
June 11, 1764	Taunton
Thomas Clap pro tem		nowrap	June 11, 1764 –
May 29, 1765
Samuel White		nowrap	May 29, 1764 –
May 28, 1766	Taunton
James Otis Jr.	[[File:JamesOtisJr by Blackburn.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	May 28, 1766 –
May 28, 1766	Barnstable
Thomas Cushing	[[File:Thomas Cushing.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	May 28, 1766 –
1774	Boston

[[Massachusetts Provincial Congress|Massachusetts Provincial Congress of Deputies]]

Speaker	Portrait	Years ↑	Electoral history
John Hancock	[[File:John Hancock 1770-crop.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	1774–1775	Left office to attend the Second Continental Congress where he served as President
Joseph Warren	[[File:JosephWarrenByCopley.jpeg	100px]]	nowrap	1775	Died at the Battle of Bunker Hill
James Warren	[[File:James Warren.jpg	100px]]	nowrap	1775–1780

House of Representatives under the [[Constitution of Massachusetts|Massachusetts Constitution]]

#	Portrait	Speaker	Party	Years ↑	City or Town (District)	Electoral history
1	[[File:Caleb Davis 1738-1797.jpg	100px]]	Caleb Davis		None	1780–1782	Boston	Resigned
2	[[File:Nathaniel Gorham.jpg	100px]]	Nathaniel Gorham		None	1782–1783	Charlestown
3	[[File:Portrait of Tristram Dalton, 1st US Senator from Massachusetts.jpg	100px]]	Tristram Dalton		None	1783–1784	Newbury	Elected to State Senate
4	[[File:Gilbert Stuart, Samuel Alleyne Otis, 1811-1813, NGA 57542.jpg	100px]]	Samuel Allyne Otis		None	1784–1785	Barnstable
5	[[File:Nathaniel Gorham.jpg	100px]]	Nathaniel Gorham		None	1785–1786	Charlestown
6	[[File:Raphaelle Peale - Artemas Ward (1727-1800) - H835 - Harvard Art Museums.jpg	100px]]	Artemas Ward		None	1786–1787	Shrewsbury
7	[[File:James Warren.jpg	100px]]	James Warren		None	1787–1788	Plymouth
8	[[File:Gilbert Stuart - Theodore Sedgwick - 33.508 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg	100px]]	Theodore Sedgwick		Pro-Administration	1788–1789	Sheffield	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
9	[[File:Gilbert Stuart - General David Cobb (page 229 crop).jpg	100px]]	David Cobb		Pro-Administration	1789–1793	Taunton	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
10	[[File:Edward Hutchinson Robbins.jpg	100px]]	Edward Robbins		Democratic-Republican	1793–1802	Boston	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
11		John Coffin Jones		Federalist	1802–1803	Boston
12	[[File:Harrison Gray Otis by Chester Harding, 1833, oil on canvas, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-7700056A 2.jpg	100px]]	Harrison Gray Otis		Federalist	1803–1805	Boston	Elected to the State Senate
13	[[File:Timothy Bigelow, Jr. (1767).jpg	100px]]	Timothy Bigelow		Federalist	1805–1806	Worcester	Party lost majority
14	[[File:PerezMorton byFevretDeSaintMemin.png	100px]]	Perez Morton		Democratic-Republican	1806–1808	Dorchester	Party lost majority
15	[[File:Timothy Bigelow, Jr. (1767).jpg	100px]]	Timothy Bigelow		Federalist	1808–1810	Worcester	Party lost majority
16	[[File:PerezMorton byFevretDeSaintMemin.png	100px]]	Perez Morton		Democratic-Republican	1810–1811	Dorchester	Resigned
17	[[File:Daguerreotype of Joseph Story, 1844 (edit).jpg	100px]]	Joseph Story		Democratic-Republican	1811–1812	Salem	Resigned when appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
18	[[File:Eleazer-ripley.png	100px]]	Eleazer Ripley		Democratic-Republican	1812	Waterville	Joined United States Army
19	[[File:Timothy Bigelow, Jr. (1767).jpg	100px]]	Timothy Bigelow		Federalist	1812–1820	Worcester
20	[[File:ElijahMills.jpg	100px]]	Elijah H. Mills		Federalist	1820–1821	Northampton	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
21	[[File:Josiah Quincy.jpg	100px]]	Josiah Quincy III		Federalist	1821–1822	Boston	Resigned to become Judge of Boston Municipal Court
22	[[File:Luther Lawrence.jpg	100px]]	Luther Lawrence		Federalist	1822	Lowell	Party lost majority
23	[[File:LLincolnJr.jpg	100px]]	Levi Lincoln Jr.		National Republican	1822–1823	Worcester	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
24		William C. Jarvis		National Republican	1823–1825	Woburn	Party lost majority
25	[[File:Timothy Fuller.jpg	100px]]	Timothy Fuller		Democratic-Republican	1825–1826	Cambridgeport	Party lost majority
26		William C. Jarvis		National Republican	1826–1828	Woburn
27	[[File:William Barron Calhoun.png	100px]]	William B. Calhoun		National Republican	1828–1834	Springfield	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
28	[[File:JuliusRockwell.jpg	100px]]	Julius Rockwell		Whig	1835–1837	Pittsfield	Resigned when appointed commissioner of the Bank of Massachusetts
29	[[File:Robert Charles Winthrop - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Robert Charles Winthrop		Whig	1838–1840	Boston	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
30	[[File:George Ashmun.png	100px]]	George Ashmun		Whig	1841	Blandford
31	[[File:Judge Thomas Kinnicutt by Moses Wight.jpg	100px]]	Thomas H. Kinnicutt		Whig	1842	Worcester
32	[[File:Daniel Putnam King (1801-1850).jpg	100px]]	Daniel P. King		Whig	1843	South Danvers
33	[[File:Judge Thomas Kinnicutt by Moses Wight.jpg	100px]]	Thomas H. Kinnicutt		Whig	1844	Worcester	Resigned
34		Samuel H. Walley Jr.		Whig	1844–1846	Boston
35		Ebenezer Bradbury		Whig	1847	Newburyport
36		Francis Crowninshield		Whig	1848–1849	Boston
37	[[File:Ensign Hosmer Kellogg.png	100px]]	Ensign H. Kellogg		Whig	1850	Pittsfield
38	[[File:Nathaniel Prentice Banks.jpg	100px]]	Nathaniel Prentice Banks	Democratic	1851–1852	Waltham	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
39		George Bliss		Whig	1853	Springfield
40		Otis P. Lord		Whig	1854	Salem	Party lost majority
41	[[File:1855 Daniel Clarke Eddy Massachusetts House of Representatives US.png	100px]]	Daniel C. Eddy		Know Nothing	1855	Lowell
42		Charles A. Phelps		Know Nothing	1856–1857	Boston	first=William Richards	last= Castle	title =The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Vol XI No. 42	page = 305	publisher = The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association	location = Boston, Massachusetts	date = December 1902}} Party Lost election
43	[[File:JuliusRockwell.jpg	100px]]	Julius Rockwell		Republican	1858	Pittsfield	Resigned when appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court
44	[[File:CharlesHale ca1861 Boston.png	100px]]	Charles Hale		Republican	1859	Boston
45		John A. Goodwin		Republican	1860–1861	Lowell
46	[[File:AlexanderBullock.jpg	100px]]	Alexander Hamilton Bullock		Republican	1862–1865	Worcester	Elected Governor of Massachusetts
47		James M. Stone		Republican	1866–1867	Charlestown
48	[[File:1868 Harvey Jewell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Harvey Jewell		Republican	1868–1871	Boston
49	[[File:1875 John Eliot Sanford Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	John E. Sanford		Republican	1872–1875	Taunton
50	[[File:JDLong.jpg	100px]]	John Davis Long		Republican	1876–1878	Hingham	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
51	[[File:Levi Clifford Wade.png	100px]]	Levi C. Wade		Republican	1879	Newton
52	[[File:Charles J. Noyes.png	100px]]	Charles J. Noyes		Republican	1880–1882	Boston (14th Suffolk)
53	[[File:George Augustus Marden.png	100px]]	George Augustus Marden		Republican	1883–1884	Lowell
54	[[File:1878 John Quincy Adams Brackett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	John Q. A. Brackett		Republican	nowrap	January 7, 1885 –
1886	Boston (17th Suffolk)	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
55	[[File:Charles J. Noyes.png	100px]]	Charles J. Noyes		Republican	1887–1888	Boston (14th Suffolk)
56	[[File:William Emerson Barrett.png	100px]]	William Emerson Barrett		Republican	1889–1893	Melrose (11th Middlesex)	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
57	[[File:Portrait of George von Lengerke Meyer.jpg	100px]]	George von Lengerke Meyer		Republican	1894–1896	Boston (9th Suffolk)
58	[[File:JohnLBates.jpg	100px]]	John Lewis Bates		Republican	1897–1899	Boston (1st Suffolk)	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
59	[[File:James J. Myers.png	100px]]	James J. Myers		Republican	1900–1903	Cambridge (1st Middlesex)	Retired
60	[[File:Louis Adams Frothingham.png	100px]]	Louis A. Frothingham		Republican	1904–1905	Boston (11th Suffolk)	Left House to run for governor
61	[[File:John N. Cole.png	100px]]	John N. Cole		Republican	1906–1908	Andover (8th Essex)	Left House to run for Lieutenant Governor
62	[[File:Joseph H. Walker (Massachusetts speaker).png	100px]]	Joseph Walker		Republican	1909–1911	Brookline (2nd Norfolk)	Left House to run for governor
63	[[File:Grafton Dulany Cushing.png	100px]]	Grafton D. Cushing		Republican	1912–1914	Boston (11th Suffolk)	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
64	[[File:Channing H Cox.png	100px]]	Channing H. Cox		Republican	1915–1918	Boston (10th Suffolk)	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
65	[[File:Joseph E. Warner.png	100px]]	Joseph E. Warner		Republican	1919–1920	Taunton (4th Bristol)	Lost primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts to Alvan Fuller
66	[[File:Benjamin Loring Young.png	100px]]	Benjamin Loring Young		Republican	1921–1924	Weston (13th Middlesex)
67	[[File:John Carpenter Hull bw.jpg	100px]]	John C. Hull		Republican	1925–1928	Leominster (11th Worcester)	Appointed First Securities Director in the wake of The Great Depression (1930–36)
68	[[File:LeverettSaltonstall.jpg	100px]]	Leverett Saltonstall		Republican	1929–1936	Chestnut Hill (5th Middlesex)	Defeated for election as Lieutenant Governor by Francis E. Kelly
69	[[File:1935 Horace Cahill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Horace T. Cahill		Republican	1937–1938	Braintree (6th Norfolk)	Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
70	[[File:Christian Archibald Herter (politician).jpg	100px]]	Christian Herter		Republican	1939–1942	Boston (5th Suffolk)	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
71	[[File:1939 Rudolph King Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Rudolph King		Republican	1943–1944	Millis (8th Norfolk)	Resigned to run become Registrar of Motor Vehicles
72	[[File:1945 Frederick Willis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Frederick Willis		Republican	1945–1948	Saugus (10th Essex)	Party lost majority
73	[[File:Tip O'Neill 1978 (retouched).jpg	100px]]	Thomas P. O'Neill		Democratic	1949–1952	Cambridge (3rd Middlesex)	Party lost majority; O'Neill elected to U.S. House of Representatives
74	[[File:1953 Charles Gibbons Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Charles Gibbons		Republican	1953–1954	Stoneham (22nd Middlesex)	Party lost majority
75	[[File:1945 Michael Skerry Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Michael F. Skerry		Democratic	1955–1957	Medford (27th Middlesex)	Resigned when appointed Clerk of the Malden District Court
76	[[File:1953 John Forbes Thompson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	John F. Thompson		Democratic	1958–1964	Ludlow (2nd Hampden)	Resigned after being indicted on charges of conspiracy and bribery
77	[[File:1967 John Davoren Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	John Davoren		Democratic	1965–1967	Milford (9th Worcester)	Resigned when appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth
78	[[File:Rob Quinn (13560397264).jpg	100px]]	Robert H. Quinn		Democratic	1967–1969	Boston (9th Suffolk)	Elected Massachusetts Attorney General
79	[[File:David M Bartley.jpg	100px]]	David M. Bartley		Democratic	1969–1975	Holyoke (7th Hampden)	Resigned to become President of Holyoke Community College
80	[[File:Thomas W. McGee.jpg	100px]]	Thomas W. McGee		Democratic	1975–1984	Lynn (20th Essex)	Defeated by Keverian in leadership challenge
81	[[File:George Keverian 1980s Massachusetts USA 9519694698.png	100px]]	George Keverian		Democratic	1985–1990	Everett (39th Middlesex)	Retired to run for State Treasurer
82	[[File:1983 Charles Flaherty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Charles Flaherty		Democratic	1991 –
April 9, 1996	Cambridge (27th Middlesex)	Resigned: pleaded guilty to tax evasion
83	[[File:1995 Thomas Finneran Massachusetts House of Representatives.png	100px]]	Thomas Finneran		Democratic	nowrap	April 9, 1996 –
September 28, 2004	Mattapan (12th Suffolk)	Resigned after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice
84	[[File:Salvatore F. DiMasi.jpg	100px]]	Salvatore DiMasi		Democratic	nowrap	September 28, 2004 –
January 27, 2009	Boston (3rd Suffolk)	Resigned: convicted of conspiracy, honest services fraud, and extortion
85	[[File:Robert A. DeLeo.jpg	100px]]	Robert DeLeo		Democratic	nowrap	January 27, 2009 – December 29, 2020	Winthrop (19th Suffolk)	Resigned to accept position at Northeastern University
86	[[File: Speaker_Ronald_Mariano.jpg	100px]]	Ron Mariano		Democratic	nowrap	December 30, 2020 – present	Quincy (3rd Norfolk)	Current speaker

Notes

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

Sources

References

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Castle, William Richards. (December 1902). "The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Vol XI No. 42". The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association.
Hurd, Duane Hamilton. (1890). "''History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men'' Vol. 1". J. W. Lewis & CO..
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(1888). "History of Essex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1". J. W. Lewis & Company.

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