Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
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Massachusetts's 11th congressional district 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 John Quincy Adams following his term as president, eventual president John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill.
Cities and towns in the district[]
1790s-1880s[]
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1890s[]
1893: Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21, 22. 23, 25. "Middlesex County: City of Newton, towns of Belmont, Holliston, Sherborn, and Water- town. Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, and Wrentham. Bristol County: Town of North Attleboro. Worcester County: Towns of Hopedale and Milford."[1]
1910s-1940s[]
1916: Suffolk County: Boston Wards 10, 11 (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23.[2]
1921: Boston (Wards 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23).[3]
1941: Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 22), Cambridge, Somerville (Wards 1, 2, 3).[4]
1960s-1980s[]
1968: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Ward 18."[5]
1977: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Stoughton. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, 18."[6]
1985: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, and 18."[7]
List of members representing the district[]
Representative (District home) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theophilus Bradbury (Newburyport) |
Federalist | March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797 |
4th 5th |
Elected in 1795 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1796. Resigned to become a Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice. |
1795 – 1803 "4th Middle district" |
Vacant | July 25, 1797 – November 26, 1797 |
5th | |||
Bailey Bartlett (Essex County) |
Federalist | November 27, 1797 – March 3, 1801 |
5th 6th |
Elected August 4, 1797 to finish Bradbury's term and seated November 27, 1797.[8] Re-elected in 1798. Retired. | |
![]() Manasseh Cutler (Hamilton) |
Federalist | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 3rd district. | |
William Stedman ([data unknown/missing]) |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – July 16, 1810 |
8th 9th 10th 11th |
Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned to become Clerk of Courts for Worcester County. |
1803 – 1815 "Worcester North district" |
Vacant | July 16, 1810 – October 8, 1810 |
11th | |||
![]() Abijah Bigelow (Leominster) |
Federalist | October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1815 |
11th 12th 13th |
Elected to finish Stedman's term. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 12th district and retired. | |
![]() Elijah Brigham (Westborough (now Northborough)) |
Federalist | March 4, 1815 – February 22, 1816 |
14th | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1814. Died. |
1815 – 1823 "Worcester South district" |
Vacant | February 22, 1816 – December 1, 1816 |
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Benjamin Adams (Uxbridge) |
Federalist | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1821 |
14th 15th 16th |
Elected August 26, 1816 to finish Brigham's term and seated December 2, 1816.[9] Re-elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |
Johnathan Russell ([data unknown/missing]) |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 5th district and retired. | |
Aaron Hobart ([data unknown/missing]) |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. [data unknown/missing] |
1823 – 1833 [data unknown/missing] |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||
Joseph Richardson ([data unknown/missing]) |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
20th 21st |
Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Retired. | |
![]() John Quincy Adams (Braintree) |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd | Elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
John Reed Jr. ([data unknown/missing]) |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th |
Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. [data unknown/missing] |
1833 – 1843 [data unknown/missing] |
Anti- Masonic |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | ||||
Barker Burnell ([data unknown/missing]) |
Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | Elected in 1840. Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
District eliminated March 3, 1843 | |||||
District recreated March 4, 1853 | |||||
![]() John Z. Goodrich ([data unknown/missing]) |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing] |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Mark Trafton ([data unknown/missing]) |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1854. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Henry L. Dawes[10] ([data unknown/missing]) |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 |
35th 36th 37th |
Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
District eliminated March 3, 1863 | |||||
District recreated March 4, 1873 | |||||
![]() Henry L. Dawes ([data unknown/missing]) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing] |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Chester W. Chapin ([data unknown/missing]) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() George D. Robinson[11][12] ([data unknown/missing]) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
45th 46th 47th |
Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
![]() William Whiting ([data unknown/missing]) |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 |
48th 49th 50th |
Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing] |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Rodney Wallace ([data unknown/missing]) |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Frederick S. Coolidge ([data unknown/missing]) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() William F. Draper ([data unknown/missing]) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing] |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Charles F. Sprague[13] ([data unknown/missing]) |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
55th 56th |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Samuel L. Powers (Newton) |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
![]() John Andrew Sullivan (Boston) |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 |
58th 59th |
Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data unknown/missing] |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Andrew J. Peters[14] (Boston) |
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – August 15, 1914 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd |
Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned to become Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department. | |
1913–1923 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | August 15, 1914 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | |||
![]() George H. Tinkham (Boston) |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 |
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() John J. Douglass (Boston) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1932. [data unknown/missing] |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] |
John P. Higgins (Boston) |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – September 30, 1937 |
74th 75th |
Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Resigned to become chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts. | |
Vacant | September 30, 1937 – December 14, 1937 |
75th | |||
![]() Thomas A. Flaherty[15] (Boston) |
Democratic | December 14, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
75th 76th 77th |
Elected to finish Higgins's term. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired. | |
![]() James Michael Curley (Boston) |
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
78th 79th |
Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired. |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] |
John F. Kennedy (Boston) |
Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
80th 81st 82nd |
Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
![]() Tip O'Neill (Cambridge) |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() James A. Burke[5] (Milton) |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th |
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972 Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. [data unknown/missing] |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Brian J. Donnelly[16] (Boston) |
Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired. | |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
District eliminated January 3, 1993 |
References[]
- ^ Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1921), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the fourteenth census of the United States 1920, Boston: Wright & Potter
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477,
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- ^ a b "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
- ^ "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
- ^ "Massachusetts". 1985-1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985.
- ^ "Forth Congress March 4, 1797, to March 3, 1799". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- ^ "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
- ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
- 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
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