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John Hancock, the former delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts, defeated James Bowdoin, the former president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. [2] The election took place against the backdrop of the American Revolutionary War , in which Hancock briefly participated as a major general of the Massachusetts militia .
The Massachusetts Constitution was adopted in 1779, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts elected John Hancock as its first governor. [51] Under the terms of the royal charter, both the governor and lieutenant governor were appointed by the crown.
Coat of arms of John Hancock. Hancock was born on January 23, 1737, [3] in Braintree, Massachusetts, in a part of town that eventually became the separate city of Quincy. [4] He was the son of Colonel John Hancock Jr. of Braintree and Mary Hawke Thaxter (widow of Samuel Thaxter Junior), who was from nearby Hingham.
A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 2, 1781. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated James Bowdoin, the former president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. [1]
John Endecott preceded Winthrop as governor in Massachusetts. The first successful religious colonization of the New World occurred in 1620 with the establishment of the Plymouth Colony on the shores of Cape Cod Bay. [40] Pastor John White led a short-lived effort to establish a colony at Cape Ann in 1624, also on the Massachusetts coast. [41]
With the adoption of the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1780 the role of an elected civilian governor was restored. John Hancock was elected as the first governor of the independent commonwealth on October 25, 1780. [12]
John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated Elbridge Gerry, a former delegate to the United States Constitutional Convention. [1] [2] The election took place in the immediate aftermath of a narrow vote to ratify the United States Constitution, which Hancock supported and Gerry opposed.
The 1794 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7. Incumbent Governor John Hancock, who had occupied the office for all but two years since its establishment in 1780, died in office on October 8, 1793. Lieutenant Governor Samuel Adams succeeded Hancock as acting Governor and was elected to a full term in office over William ...