List of colonial governors of Massachusetts

This is a list of the colonial governors of Massachusetts up to 1776, including governors of the Plymouth Colony, governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, presidents of the Dominion of New England, and royal governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Plymouth Colony: 1620 – 1691

This is a list of Governors of the Plymouth Colony from 1620 to 1691. The colony was incorporated by charter into the Province of Massachusetts Bay on October 7 1691, although the General Court of the Plymouth Colony remained in effective government until June 1692.

When the Dominion was dissolved in 1689, Simon Bradstreet served as Governor of Massachusetts (from May 24, 1689 to May 14, 1692) until William Phips arrived as Royal Governor in 1692.

Province of Massachusetts Bay: 1692 – 1774

This is a list of Royal Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay:

Between 1774 and 1780, as Massachusetts moved toward and then helped lead the American Revolution, and until a new Constitution could be drafted, there was no stable civilian government. In exile in England, Thomas Hutchinson, until his death, was still considered as the civilian Governor of the colony by the British government of Lord North.

For later governors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, see List of Governors of Massachusetts.