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The current borders of the Massachusetts congressional districts
Massachusetts Congressional District 11 is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Brian Donnelly; its most notable were future Presidents John Quincy Adams and John F. Kennedy and Speaker Tip O'Neill.
List of representatives
Representative Party Years District home Note District created 1795 Theophilus Bradbury Federalist March 4, 1795 - July 24, 1797 Newburyport Resigned to become a State justice Vacant July 25, 1797 - November 26, 1797 Bailey Bartlett Federalist November 27, 1797 - March 3, 1801 Menasseh Cutler Federalist March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803 Redistricted to the 3rd district William Stedman Federalist March 4, 1803 - July 16, 1810 Resigned to serve as Clerk of Courts for Worcester County Vacant July 16, 1810 - October 8, 1810 Abijah Bigelow Federalist October 8, 1810 - March 3, 1815 Elijah Brigham Federalist March 4, 1815 - February 22, 1816 Redistricted from the 10th district,
DiedVacant February 22, 1816 - December 1, 1816 Benjamin Adams Federalist December 2, 1816 - March 3, 1821 Uxbridge Lost re-election Johnathan Russell Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Aaron Hobart Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 Redistricted from the 8th district Adams March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827 Joseph Richardson Adams March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829 Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831 John Quincy Adams Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833 Braintree Redistricted to the 12th district John Reed, Jr. Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 Anti-Masonic March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 Whig March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841 Barker Burnell Whig March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 Redistricted to the 10th district District eliminated 1843 District recreated 1853 John Z. Goodrich Whig March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 Redistricted from the 7th district Mark Trafton Know Nothing March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 Henry L. Dawes Republican March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1863 Redistricted to the 10th district District eliminated 1863 District recreated 1873 Henry L. Dawes Republican March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 Redistricted from the 10th district Chester W. Chapin Democratic March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 George D. Robinson Republican March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 Redistricted to the 12th district William Whiting Republican March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1889 Rodney Wallace Republican March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 Frederick S. Coolidge Democratic March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 William F. Draper Republican March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897 Charles F. Sprague Republican March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901 Samuel L. Powers Republican March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 Newton Redistricted to the 12th district John Andrew Sullivan Democratic March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1907 Boston Andrew J. Peters Democratic March 4, 1907 - August 15, 1914 Boston Resigned after being appointed Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department Vacant August 15, 1914 - March 4, 1915 George H. Tinkham Republican March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1933 Boston Redistricted to the 10th district John J. Douglass Democratic March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 Boston Redistricted from the 10th district John P. Higgins Democratic January 3, 1935 - September 30, 1937 Boston Resigned after being appointed as chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts Vacant September 30, 1937 - December 14, 1937 Thomas A. Flaherty Democratic December 14, 1937 - January 3, 1943 Boston Retired James Michael Curley Democratic January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1947 Boston Retired John F. Kennedy Democratic January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1953 Boston Elected to US Senate Tip O'Neill Democratic January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963 Cambridge Redistricted to the 8th district James A. Burke Democratic January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1979 Milton Redistricted from the 13th district Brian J. Donnelly Democratic January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1993 Boston Retired District eliminated January 3, 1993 References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Massachusetts's congressional districts Current districts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
All districts: At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
The At-large and 11th–20th districts are obsolete. Some moved to Maine in 1820.
See also: Massachusetts's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – MapsCategories:- 1795 establishments in the United States
- Congressional districts of Massachusetts
- Obsolete United States congressional districts
- 1993 disestablishments
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