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In the Box on the right of the page, shouldn't the Governor's style be "His Excellency," and not "The Honorable" as it states in the Mass Constitution, also stated directly below in the "Constitutional Role" area? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.190.10 ( talk) 14:14, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
The link to William Gaston is to the wrong William Gaston. There is currently no page for Governor William Gaston. I am unsure how to add a page for someone with an identical name. If someone can do this, please fix the link.
Thank you.
If the governors of Mass. Bay colony are going to be included here, then the governors of the Plymouth colony should also be listed here, as what is Massachusetts today was not just what the Massachusetts Bay Clony was then.
Out of curiosity, are Congressmen who represent Massachusetts not eligible because they apparently reside mostly in Washington, D.C.?
In the new table, with Acting Governors denoted with an 'A' in place of a number, it seems a little redundant to place the words 'Acting Governor' under their name. The only exception I think would be someone like Celucci who was both Acting Gov and Gov in his own right at different times. -- Briancua 14:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Granted this was the currency of the colonial era, but after the Declaration of Independence, when these positions were created - surely not?
To be eligible for either office, a candidate must have lived in Massachusetts for at least seven years immediately preceding his election, and originally also had to be a Christian owning at least £1,000 worth of real property.
OMG, it's true!
Article II
The governor shall be chosen [annually]; and no person shall be eligible to this office, unless at the time of his election, he shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for seven years next preceding; [and unless he shall at the same time, be seised in his own right, of a freehold within the commonwealth of the value of one thousand pounds; and unless he shall declare himself to be of the Christian religion.] [See Amendments, Articles. VII, XXXIV, LXIV and LXXX.]
The clincher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_pound
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The article for Massachusetts Governor's Mansion is very lean and mostly says that Massachusetts doesn't have a governor's mansion. It's an interesting detail but it really doesn't seem worth devoting an entire article to. Tim Pierce 18:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
In the top photo, the Governor is addressed as 'His Excelency', shouldn't it be 'The Honorable'? SteveMancarelli ( talk) 21:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I (and someone else before me) have reverted changes made by an anonymous editor to the formatting and content of the listing of governors. These changes are objectionable for several reasons:
All of the omissions have useful encyclopedic value. Magic ♪piano 15:19, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
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Under other high offices held, I have added William Claflin 1869–1872 who was in Congress 1877-81. 07:42, 12 March 2019 (UTC) Noel Ellis
Anonymous editor(s) have been adding claims here (repeatedly reverted by myself and others) that the governor is subject to term limits. There are no constitutional limits on the number of terms a governor can serve, unless someone can cite a specific amendment saying as much (there certainly were none in the unamended constitution). Search away. Magic ♪piano 17:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm about to do some. It asks nicely to bring them up here first. I am doing so. It will prune excess info, source every thing, fix the issues, and bring it in line with the other governor lists. -- Golbez ( talk) 23:28, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
I believe the list of governors section should be split into a separate article called List of governors of Massachusetts. Since other states like Georgia have separate pages for the list of governors then I believe that Massachusetts should be the same. BlakeIsHereStudios ( talk) 12:18, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
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In the Box on the right of the page, shouldn't the Governor's style be "His Excellency," and not "The Honorable" as it states in the Mass Constitution, also stated directly below in the "Constitutional Role" area? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.190.10 ( talk) 14:14, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
The link to William Gaston is to the wrong William Gaston. There is currently no page for Governor William Gaston. I am unsure how to add a page for someone with an identical name. If someone can do this, please fix the link.
Thank you.
If the governors of Mass. Bay colony are going to be included here, then the governors of the Plymouth colony should also be listed here, as what is Massachusetts today was not just what the Massachusetts Bay Clony was then.
Out of curiosity, are Congressmen who represent Massachusetts not eligible because they apparently reside mostly in Washington, D.C.?
In the new table, with Acting Governors denoted with an 'A' in place of a number, it seems a little redundant to place the words 'Acting Governor' under their name. The only exception I think would be someone like Celucci who was both Acting Gov and Gov in his own right at different times. -- Briancua 14:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Granted this was the currency of the colonial era, but after the Declaration of Independence, when these positions were created - surely not?
To be eligible for either office, a candidate must have lived in Massachusetts for at least seven years immediately preceding his election, and originally also had to be a Christian owning at least £1,000 worth of real property.
OMG, it's true!
Article II
The governor shall be chosen [annually]; and no person shall be eligible to this office, unless at the time of his election, he shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for seven years next preceding; [and unless he shall at the same time, be seised in his own right, of a freehold within the commonwealth of the value of one thousand pounds; and unless he shall declare himself to be of the Christian religion.] [See Amendments, Articles. VII, XXXIV, LXIV and LXXX.]
The clincher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_pound
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The article for Massachusetts Governor's Mansion is very lean and mostly says that Massachusetts doesn't have a governor's mansion. It's an interesting detail but it really doesn't seem worth devoting an entire article to. Tim Pierce 18:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
In the top photo, the Governor is addressed as 'His Excelency', shouldn't it be 'The Honorable'? SteveMancarelli ( talk) 21:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I (and someone else before me) have reverted changes made by an anonymous editor to the formatting and content of the listing of governors. These changes are objectionable for several reasons:
All of the omissions have useful encyclopedic value. Magic ♪piano 15:19, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
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Under other high offices held, I have added William Claflin 1869–1872 who was in Congress 1877-81. 07:42, 12 March 2019 (UTC) Noel Ellis
Anonymous editor(s) have been adding claims here (repeatedly reverted by myself and others) that the governor is subject to term limits. There are no constitutional limits on the number of terms a governor can serve, unless someone can cite a specific amendment saying as much (there certainly were none in the unamended constitution). Search away. Magic ♪piano 17:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm about to do some. It asks nicely to bring them up here first. I am doing so. It will prune excess info, source every thing, fix the issues, and bring it in line with the other governor lists. -- Golbez ( talk) 23:28, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
I believe the list of governors section should be split into a separate article called List of governors of Massachusetts. Since other states like Georgia have separate pages for the list of governors then I believe that Massachusetts should be the same. BlakeIsHereStudios ( talk) 12:18, 9 November 2023 (UTC)