Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

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The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (secretary of state) is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth oversees the Corporations Division, the Elections Division, the Massachusetts Archives, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the Public Records Division, the Securities Division, and the State Records Center.

The current secretary is William F. Galvin.

[edit] List of Secretaries of the Commonwealth (1780 to Present)

Secretary of the Commonwealth Years Party
John Avery 1780 – 1806 Pro-Administration/Federalist
Jonathan L. Austin 1806 – 1808 Democratic-Republican
William Tudor 1808 – 1810 Federalist
Benjamin Homans 1810 – 1812 Democratic-Republican
Alden Bradford 1812 – 1824 Federalist/National Republican
Edward D. Bangs 1824 – 1836 National Republican/Whig
John P. Bigelow 1836 – 1843 Whig
John A. Bolles 1843 – 1844 Whig
John G. Palfrey 1844 – 1848 Whig
William B. Calhoun 1848 – 1851 Whig[1]
Amasa Walker 1851 - 1853 Whig
Ephraim M. Wright 1853 - 1856 Whig
Francis DeWitt 1856 – 1858 Know Nothing
Oliver Warner 1858 – 1876 Republican
Henry B. Pierce 1876 - 1891 Republican
William M. Olin 1891 – 1911 Republican
Albert P. Langtry 1911 – 1913 Republican[2]
Frank J. Donahue 1913 – 1915 Democratic[2]
Albert P. Langtry 1915 – 1921 Republican
Frederic W. Cook 1921 – 1949 Republican[3]
Edward J. Cronin 1949 – 1958 Democratic
J. Henry Goguen (acting) 1958 – 1959 Democratic
Joseph D. Ward 1959 – 1960 Democratic[4]
Kevin H. White 1961 – 1967 Democratic
John F. X. Davoren 1967 – 1974 Democratic
Paul H. Guzzi 1975 – 1978 Democratic
Michael J. Connolly 1979 – 1994 Democratic
William F. Galvin 1995 – present Democratic

[edit] References

  1. ^ William B. Calhoun at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
  2. ^ a b "FOSS AND FROTHINGHAM WIN." (PDF). The New York Times: pp. p. 2. 1911-09-27. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F06E3D91131E233A25754C2A96F9C946096D6CF&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2007-10-06. 
  3. ^ "MANY SEEK OFFICE IN MASSACHUSETTS". The New York Times: pp. p. 6. 1922-08-09. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E0DC1339EF3ABC4153DFBE668389639EDE. Retrieved 2007-10-06. 
  4. ^ "In Memoriam". Holy Cross Magazine. Archived from the original on 2004-09-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20040905095533/http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/summer03/in_memoriam/1927.html.  Summer 2003. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.

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