Capital: Boston

State Nickname: Bay State

State Bird: Chickadee

State Flower: Mayflower

Admitted to the Union: February 6, 1788

May 30, 1787 to October 8, 1793:

John Hancock

October 8, 2793 to June 2, 1797:

Samuel Adams

June 2, 1797 to June 7, 1799:

Increase Sumner

June 7, 1799 to May 20, 1800:

Moses Gill*

* Acting Governor

May 30, 1800 to May 29, 1807:

Caleb Strong

May 29, 1807 to December 10, 1808

James Sullivan

December 10, 1808 to May 1, 1809:

Levi Lincoln*

* Acting Governor

May 1, 1809 to June, 1810:

Christopher Gore

June 10, 1810 to June, 1812:

Eldrige Gerry

June, 1812 to May 30, 1816:

Caleb Strong

May 30, 1816 to May 31, 1823:

John Brooks

May 31, 1823 to February 6, 1825:

William Eustis

February 6, 1825 to May 26, 1825:

Marcus Morton*

* Acting Governor

May 26, 1825 to January 9, 1834:

Levi Lincoln

January 9, 1834 to Marcu 1, 1835:

John Davis

March 1, 1835 to January 13, 1836:

Samuel T. Armstrong*

* Acting Governor

January 13, 1836 to January 18, 1840:

Edward Everett

January 18, 1840 to January 7, 1841:

Marcus Morton

January 7, 1841 To January 17, 1843:

John Davis

January 17, 1843 to January, 1844:

Marcus Morton

January, 1844 to January 11, 1851:

George N. Briggs

January 11, 1851 to January 14, 1853:

George S. Boutwell

January 14, 1853 to January 12, 1854:

John H. Clifford

January 12, 1854 to January 4, 1855:

Emory Washburn

January 4, 1855 to January 7, 1858:

Henry J. Gardner

January 7, 1858 to January 3, 1861:

Nathaniel P. Banks

January 3, 1861 to January 4, 1866:

John A. Andrews

January 4, 1866 to January 7, 1869:

Alexander H. Bullock

January 7, 1869 to January 4, 1872:

William Claflin

January 4, 1872 to April 29, 1874:

William B. Washburn

April 29, 1874 to January 7, 1875:

Thomas Talbot

January 7, 1875 to January 6, 1876:

William Gaston

January 6, 1876 to January 2, 1879:

Alexander H. Rice

January 2, 1879 to January 8, 1880:

Thomas Talbot

January 8, 1880 to January 4, 1883:

John Davis Long

January 4, 1883 to January 3, 1884:

Benjamin F. Butler

January 3, 1884 to January 6, 1887:

George D. Robinson

January 6, 1887 To January 7, 1890:

Oliver Ames

January 7, 1890 to January 8, 1891:

John Q. A. Brackett

January 8, 1891 to January 4, 1894:

William E. Russell

January 4, 1894 to March 5, 1896:

Frederic T. Greenhalge

March 5, 1896 to January 4, 1900:

Roger Wolcott

January 4, 1900 to January 8, 1903:

Winthrop M. Crane

January 8, 1903 to January 5, 1905:

John L. Bates

January 5, 1905 to January 4, 1906:

William L. Douglas

January 4, 1906 to January 7, 1909:

Curtis Guild, Jr.

January 7, 1909 To January 5, 1911:

Eban Sumner Draper

January 5, 1911 to January 8, 1914:

Eugene N. Foss

January 8, 1914 to January 6, 1916:

David I. Walsh

January 6, 1916 to January 2, 1919:

Samuel W. McCall

January 2, 1919 to January 6, 1921:

Calvin Coolidge

January 6, 1921 to January 8, 1925:

Channing H. Cox

January 8, 1925 to January 3, 1929:

Alvan T. Fuller

January 3, 1929 to January 8, 1931:

Frank G. Allen

January 8, 1931 to January 3, 1935:

Joseph B. Ely

January 3, 1935 to January 7, 1937:

James M. Curley

January7, 1937 to January 5, 1939:

Charles F. Hurley

January 5, 1939 to January 3, 1945:

Leverett Saltonstall

January 3, 1945 to January 2, 1947:

Maurice J. Tobin

January 2, 1947 to January 6, 1949:

Robert F. Bradford

January 6, 1949 to January 8, 1953:

Paul A. Dever

January 8, 1953 to January 3, 1957:

Christian A. Herter

January 3, 1957 to January 5, 1961:

Foster J. Furcolo

January 5, 1961 to January 3, 1963:

John A. Volpe

January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965:

Endicott Peabody

January 7, 1965 to January 22, 1969:

John A. Volpie

January 22, 1969 to January 2, 1975:

Francis W. Sargent

January 2, 1975 to January 4, 1979:

Nichael S. Dukakis

January 4, 1979 to January 3, 1983:

Edward J. King

January 6, 1983 to January 3, 1991:

Michael S. Dukakis

January 3, 1991 to July 29, 1997:

William F. Weld

July 29, 1997 to 2001:

Argeo Paul Celluci

2001 to 2003:

Jane M. Swift

2003 --

Mitt Romney

Written by Arthur J. Marsh

1790: 378,556

1800: 422,845

1810: 472,040

1820: 523,287

1830: 610,408

1840: 737,699

1850: 994,514

1860: 1,231,057

1870: 1,457,381

1880: 1,783,085

1890: 2,238,943

1900: 2,805,346

1910: 3,366,416

1920: 3,852,356

1930: 4,249,614

1940: 4,316,721

1950: 4,690,514

1960: 5,148,578

1970: 5,689,170

1980: 5,737,037

1990: 6,016,425

2000: 6,349,097