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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. Hancock became the first governor elected under the Constitution of Massachusetts, ratified only the previous June; prior to the election, the Massachusetts Governor's Council ...
1st and 3rd Governor of Massachusetts; In office ... John Hancock (January 23, 1737 ... He was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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.
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]
A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 2, 1787. John Hancock, who had served as the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785, defeated James Bowdoin, the incumbent governor. [1] [2] The election took place in the aftermath of Shays's Rebellion, for which Bowdoin was sharply censured.
The 1792 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on 2 April 1792 in order to elect the Governor of Massachusetts. Incumbent Governor John Hancock won re-election as he ran unopposed. [ 1 ]
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]
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 ...