[1] In 1922, the Massachusetts General Court passed legislation creating the department of administration and finance.
[2] On December 13, 1922, Governor Channing H. Cox nominated four men to the newly created commission of administration and finance.
They were:[3] In 1928, due to the commission's increased workload, Governor Alvan T. Fuller chose to separate the positions of chairman and budget commissioner.
Thomas H. Buckley, the final chairman of the commission, was the state's first commissioner of administration and finance.
The bill, which went into effect in 1971, reorganized the state government into 10 executive offices led by secretaries who served at the pleasure of the governor.