United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts

United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts

These are complete tables of congressional delegations from Massachusetts to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. All twelve members of the current delegation are Democratsndash no Republican has been elected to Congress from Massachusetts since 1994.

United States Senate

1803–1813: 17 seats

After the 1800 Census, Massachusetts had 17 seats.

1833–1843: 12 seats

After the 1830 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.

1863–1873: 10 seats

After the 1860 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.

1893–1903: 13 seats

After the 1890 Census, Massachusetts had 13 districts. Starting with this redistricting, the districts' numbers ran west to east: with ushr|Massachusetts|1|District 1 in the west (Berkshire County) and the highest numbered district at Cape Cod. Before then, the district numeration was not as consistent; sometimes running east to west, other times going counter-clockwise around Boston.

1933–1943: 15 seats

After the 1930 Census, Massachusetts had 15 seats.

1983–1993: 11 seats

After the 1980 Census, Massachusetts's delegation was reduced from 12 to 11 seats. Republican Margaret Heckler lost her seat when the Democratically-controlled state legislature redistricted the seats.

1993–present: 10 seats

After the 1990 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat. Incumbent Brian Donnelly retired. Since then, the commonwealth has had 10 seats.

Key

References

*cite book|title=The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last=Martis|first=Kenneth C.|authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1989|publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company|location=New York|id=
*cite book|title=The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last=Martis|first=Kenneth C.|authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1982|publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company|location=New York|id=
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/ Information from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives]


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