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Massachusetts's current districts since 2003
Massachusetts's sixteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 19th century a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1933 after the 1930 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the fifteenth district.
List of representatives
Representative Party Years Congress(es) District home Notes District created 1803 Samuel Thatcher Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 18058th District of Maine Redistricted from the 12th district
Lost re-electionOrchard Cook Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 18119th
10th
11thDistrict of Maine [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Peleg Tallman Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 181312th Bath, Maine [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Samuel Davis Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 181513th Bath, Maine [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Benjamin Brown Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 181714th Waldoboro, Maine [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Benjamin Orr Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 181915th Topsham, Maine Retired Mark Langdon Hill Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 182116th Phippsburg, Maine District moved to Maine District moved to Maine 1821 District restored in Massachusetts 1913 Thomas Chandler Thacher Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 191563rd Yarmouth Port Lost re-election Joseph Walsh Republican
March 4, 1915 –
August 21, 1922
64th
65th
66thNew Bedford Resigned to become a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court 67th Vacant August 21, 1922 –
November 7, 192267th Charles L. Gifford Republican November 7, 1922 –
March 3, 193367th Cotuit Redistricted to the 15th district 68th
69th
70th
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72District eliminated 1933 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:- Congressional districts of Massachusetts
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