List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
House of Deputies of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Section Title: House of Deputies of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Speaker	Party	Years ↑	Town	Electoral history

William Hathorne	1644–1645	Salem

George Cooke	1645	Cambridge

William Hathorne	1646	Salem

Robert Bridges	1646	Lynn

Joseph Hills	1647	Mistick Side

William Hathorne	1648	Salem

Richard Russell	1648	Charlestown

Daniel Denison	1649	Ipswich

William Hathorne	1650	Salem

Daniel Gookin	1651	Cambridge

Daniel Denison	1651–1652	Ipswich

Humphrey Atherton	1653	Springfield

Richard Russell	1654	Charlestown

Edward Johnson	1655

Richard Russell	1656	Charlestown

William Hathorne	1657	Salem

Richard Russell	1658	Charlestown

Thomas Savage	1659–1660

William Hathorne	1660–1661	Salem

Thomas Clarke	1662

John Leverett	1663–1664	Boston

Thomas Clarke	1665

Richard Waldron	1666–1668	Cocheco

Thomas Clarke	1669–1670

Thomas Savage	1671	Boston

Thomas Clarke	1672

Richard Waldron	1673	Cocheco

Joshua Hubbard	1673–1674

Richard Waldron	1674–1675	Cocheco

Peter Buckley	1675–1676	Concord

Thomas Savage	1677–1678	Boston

Richard Waldron	1679	Cocheco	Town became part of New Hampshire

John Richards	1679–1680	Dorchester

Daniel Fisher	1680–1682	Dedham

Elisha Cooke	1683	Boston

John Waite	1684	Malden

Isaac Addington	1685	Boston

John Saffin	1686	Boston	General Court adjourned May 21, 1686, did not convene until May or June 1689

Sentence(s)

George Cooke eventually settled in Cambridge and was Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

final_sentence: George Cooke eventually settled in Cambridge and was Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.