What is Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts?
{{Infobox official post | post = Lieutenant Governor | body = the Commonwealth of Massachusetts | insignia = Seal of Massachusetts.svg | insigniasize = 110 | insigniacaption = [[Seal of Massachusetts]] | image = Kim Driscoll, official portrait, lieutenant governor.jpg | style = [[Her Honour|His Honor/ Her Honor]] | incumbent = [[Kim Driscoll]] | incumbentsince = January 5, 2023 | member_of = [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's Council]] | termlength = Four years, no limit | formation = {{start date and age|1780|10|25|p=1|br=1}} | precursor = [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Bay in New England]] | inaugural = [[Thomas Cushing]] | salary = $151,800 (2018) | website = https://www.mass.gov/person/karyn-polito-lieutenant-governor }} The '''Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts''' is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. [[John Hancock]] helped create the position.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Van Beck|title=Politics Without Parties: Massachusetts 1780–1791|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|year=1972|location=Pittsburgh, PA|isbn=978-0-8229-3234-5|oclc=315459|pages=[https://archive.org/details/politicswithoutp00hall/page/136 136–138]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/politicswithoutp00hall/page/136}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts| ]] {{Multistub|US|politics}}