Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
| Massachusetts's 9th congressional district | |||
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 Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
| Representative |
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| Population (2019) | 748,141 | ||
| Median household income | $77,167[1] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+6[2] | ||
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat William R. Keating. The 9th district is the least Democratic congressional district in Massachusetts, according to the PVI.
Redistricting after the 2010 census eliminated Massachusetts's 10th congressional district; the 9th covers much of the old 10th's eastern portion. The district also added some Plymouth County communities from the old 4th district, and some Bristol County communities from the old 3rd and 4th districts. It eliminated a few easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth County communities.
From 1963 to 2013, the 9th covered most of southern Boston, and in its latter years, it included many of Boston's southern suburbs. Most of that territory is now the 8th district.
Election results from presidential races[]
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 62 – 31% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 63 – 36% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 57.8 – 40.6% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 55.5 – 43% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 52.5 – 41.8% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 58 – 40% |
Cities and towns in the district[]
- All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, and Nantucket County.
The following municipalities in Bristol County:
- Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Fall River: Wards 1–3, Ward 6, Precincts A and B in Ward 4, Precincts A and B in Ward 5, New Bedford, and Westport.
The following municipalities in Plymouth County:
- Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, and Wareham.
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013[]
The district from 2003 to 2013
1840s[]
1849: "The towns in the County of Plymouth, excepting Abington, Hingham, Hull, North Bridgewater, Rochester, and Wareham; and all the towns in the County of Bristol, excepting Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford."[3]
1860s[]
1862: "The towns of Ashburnham, Auburn, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Fitchburg, Gardner, Grafton, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Millbury, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Sutton, Templeton, Webster, West Boylston, Westminster, and Winchendon, and the city of Worcester, in the county of Worcester."[4]
1870s–1880s[]
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1890s[]
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 1891
1893: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Precincts 2, 3, 4, 6); Winthrop.[5]
1900s[]
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 1901
1910s[]
1916: In Middlesex County: Everett, Malden, Somerville. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.[6][7]
1920s–1940s[]
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1950s[]
1953: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket. Bristol County: City of Fall River, ward 6, and city of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Westport. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Plymouth County: Towns of Abington, Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham, West Bridgewater, and Whitman."[8]
1960s[]
1963: Boston (Wards 4- 17, 19, 20).[9]
1970s[]
1977: "Norfolk County: Towns of Canton, Dedham, Dover, Needham, Norwood, Walpole, and Westwood. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 3, 4, 6—14, 19, and 20."[10]
1980s[]
1985: "Bristol County: City of Taunton. Towns of Dighton, Easton, and Raynham. Norfolk County: Towns of Canton, Dedham, Needham, Norwood, Stoughton, and Westwood. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Halifax, Lakeville, and Middleborough. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 3, 6–14, 19, and 20."[11]
2003–2013[]
In Bristol County:
- Easton.
In Norfolk County:
- Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood.
In Plymouth County:
- Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Precincts 1 and 3, West Bridgewater, Whitman.
In Suffolk County:
- Boston, Ward 3, Precincts 5 and 6; Ward 5, Precincts 3–5, 11; Ward 6; Ward 7, Precincts 1–9; Ward 13, Precincts 3, 7–10; Ward 15, Precinct 6; Ward 16, Precincts 2, 4–12; Ward 17, Precincts 4, 13, 14; Ward 18, Precincts 9–12, 16–20, 22, 23; Ward 19, Precincts 2, 7, 10–13; Ward 20.
List of members representing the district[]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Joseph B. Varnum |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803 |
4th 5th 6th 7th |
Elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
1795 – 1803 "2nd Middle district" |
| Phanuel Bishop | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. |
1803 – 1815 "Bristol district" |
| Josiah Dean | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10th | Elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |
 Laban Wheaton |
Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815 |
11th 12th 13th |
Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
| John Reed, Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election. |
1815 – 1823 "Barnstable district" |
| Walter Folger, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
Elected May 1, 1817 on the third ballot. Lost re-election. | |
| John Reed Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 13th district. | |
 Henry W. Dwight |
Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing] |
1823 – 1833 "Berkshire district" |
| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | ||||
 George N. Briggs |
Anti-Jackson | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd | Elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 7th district. | |
| William Jackson | Anti-Masonic | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1834. Retired. |
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] |
| William S. Hastings | Whig | March 4, 1837 – June 17, 1842 |
25th 26th 27th |
Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Died. | |
| Vacant | June 17, 1842 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | |||
| Henry Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Elected in 1842. Retired. |
1843–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
| Artemas Hale | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
29th 30th |
Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Retired. | |
| Orin Fowler | Whig | March 4, 1849 – September 3, 1852 |
31st 32nd |
Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Died. | |
| Vacant | September 3, 1852 – December 13, 1852 |
32nd | |||
| Edward P. Little | Democratic | December 13, 1852 – March 3, 1853 |
Elected to finish Fowler's term. Retired. | ||
 Alexander Dewitt |
Free Soil | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd 34th |
Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Lost re-election. |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
| Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | ||||
 Eli Thayer |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
35th 36th |
Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data unknown/missing] | |
 Goldsmith Bailey[12] |
Republican | March 4, 1861 – May 8, 1862 |
37th | Elected in 1860. Died. | |
| Vacant | May 8, 1862 – December 1, 1862 | ||||
 Amasa Walker |
Republican | December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863 |
Elected to finish Bailey's term. [data unknown/missing] | ||
 William B. Washburn[13] |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – December 5, 1871 |
38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd |
Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Resigned to become governor of Massachusetts. |
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
| Vacant | December 5, 1871 – January 2, 1872 |
42nd | |||
 Alvah Crocker |
Republican | January 2, 1872 – March 3, 1873 |
Elected to finish Washburn's term. Redistricted to the 10th district. | ||
 George Frisbie Hoar |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 |
43rd 44th |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
 William W. Rice[14] |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
45th 46th 47th |
Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing] | |
 Theodore Lyman |
Independent Republican |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing] |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
 Frederick D. Ely |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | Elected in 1884. Lost re-election. | |
 Edward Burnett |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
50th | Elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing] | |
 John W. Candler |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing] | |
 George F. Williams |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing] | |
 Joseph H. O'Neil |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | Elected in 1892. Lost renomination. |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
 John F. Fitzgerald[15] |
Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 |
54th 55th 56th |
Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing] | |
 Joseph A. Conry |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing] | |
 John A. Keliher[16] |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
58th 59th 60th 61st |
Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing] |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] |
 William F. Murray |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | Elected in 1910. [data unknown/missing] | |
 Ernest W. Roberts |
Republican | March 3, 1913 – March 3, 1917 |
63rd 64th |
Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. [data unknown/missing] |
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
 Alvan T. Fuller |
Republican | March 4, 1917 – January 5, 1921 |
65th 66th |
Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Resigned after being elected Lieutenant Governor. | |
| Vacant | January 5, 1921 – March 3, 1921 |
66th | |||
 Charles L. Underhill |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Retired. | |
 Robert Luce |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | Elected in 1932. [data unknown/missing] |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] |
Richard M. Russell |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
74th | Elected in 1934. [data unknown/missing] | |
Robert Luce[17] |
Republican | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 |
75th 76th |
Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. [data unknown/missing] | |
 Thomas H. Eliot |
Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
77th | Elected in 1940. Lost renomination. | |
 Charles L. Gifford |
Republican | January 3, 1943 – August 23, 1947 |
78th 79th 80th |
Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Died. |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] |
| Vacant | August 23, 1947 – November 18, 1947 |
80th | |||
 Donald W. Nicholson |
Republican | November 18, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Elected to finish Gifford's term. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. [data unknown/missing] | |
| 1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
 Hastings Keith |
Republican | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
86th 87th |
Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to 12th district. | |
 John W. McCormack[18] |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 |
88th 89th 90th 91st |
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Retired. |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
 Louise Day Hicks |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
92nd | Elected in 1970. Lost re-election. | |
 Joe Moakley[19] |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – May 28, 2001 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th |
Elected in 1972 as an Independent, but became a Democrat at beginning of the term Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-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. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Died. |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] |
| 1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
| 1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
| Vacant | May 28, 2001 – October 15, 2001 |
107th | |||
 Stephen F. Lynch |
Democratic | October 16, 2001 – January 3, 2013 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected to finish Moakley's term. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 8th district. | |
| 2003–2013 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
 Bill Keating |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
2013–present [data unknown/missing] |
Election results[]
2012[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Keating (incumbent) | 212,754 | 58.7 | |
| Republican | Christopher Sheldon | 116,531 | 32.2 | |
| Independent | Daniel Botelho | 32,655 | 9.0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 465 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 359,060 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2014[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Keating (incumbent) | 140,413 | 54.9 | |
| Republican | John Chapman | 114,971 | 45.0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 157 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 255,541 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2016[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Keating (incumbent) | 211,790 | 55.8 | |
| Republican | Mark C. Alliegro | 127,803 | 33.6 | |
| Independent | Paul J. Harrington | 26,233 | 6.9 | |
| Independent | Christopher D. Cataldo | 8,338 | 2.2 | |
| Independent | Anna Grace Raduc | 5,320 | 1.4 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 411 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 379,895 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2018[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Keating (incumbent) | 192,347 | 59.4 | |
| Republican | Peter Tedeschi | 131,463 | 40.6 | |
| Write-in | 118 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 323,928 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2020[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Keating (incumbent) | 260,262 | 61.3 | |
| Republican | Helen Brady | 154,261 | 36.3 | |
| Independent | Michael Manley | 9,717 | 2.3 | |
| Write-in | 361 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 424,601 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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Further reading[]
- Matt Stout (November 8, 2021), "On South Coast, the state's redistricting plan tugs at the region's political soul", Boston Globe, archived from the original on November 9, 2021
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. |
- Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Massachusetts: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Ninth District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 09". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
Maps[]
- Map of Massachusetts's 9th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Election results[]
Coordinates: 41°41′42″N 70°29′07″W / 41.69500°N 70.48528°W
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