United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts
These are tables of congressional delegations from Massachusetts to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The current dean of the Massachusetts delegation is Senator Ed Markey, having served in Congress since 1976.
United States Senate[]
Class I senator | Congress | Class II senator | ||
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Tristram Dalton (PA) | 1st (1789–1791) | Caleb Strong (PA) | ||
George Cabot (PA) | 2nd (1791–1793) | |||
3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
4th (1795–1797) | ||||
Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theodore Sedgwick (F) | |||
5th (1797–1799) | ||||
6th (1799–1801) | Samuel Dexter (F) | |||
Jonathan Mason (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | |||
7th (1801–1803) | ||||
John Quincy Adams (F) | 8th (1803–1805) | Timothy Pickering (F) | ||
9th (1805–1807) | ||||
10th (1807–1809) | ||||
James Lloyd (F) | ||||
11th (1809–1811) | ||||
12th (1811–1813) | Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) | |||
13th (1813–1815) | ||||
Christopher Gore (F) | ||||
14th (1815–1817) | ||||
Eli P. Ashmun (F) | ||||
15th (1817–1819) | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | |||
Prentiss Mellen (F) | ||||
16th (1819–1821) | ||||
Elijah H. Mills (F) | ||||
17th (1821–1823) | ||||
James Lloyd (F) | ||||
18th (1823–1825) | ||||
Elijah H. Mills (NR) | 19th (1825–1827) | James Lloyd (NR) | ||
Nathaniel Silsbee (NR) | ||||
Daniel Webster (NR) | 20th (1827–1829) | |||
21st (1829–1831) | ||||
22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
23rd (1833–1835) | ||||
24th (1835–1837) | John Davis (NR) | |||
Daniel Webster (W) | 25th (1837–1839) | John Davis (W) | ||
26th (1839–1841) | ||||
Isaac C. Bates (W) | ||||
Rufus Choate (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |||
28th (1843–1845) | ||||
Daniel Webster (W) | 29th (1845–1847) | |||
John Davis (W) | ||||
30th (1847–1849) | ||||
31st (1849–1851) | ||||
Robert Charles Winthrop (W) | ||||
Robert Rantoul Jr. (D) | ||||
Charles Sumner (FS) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |||
33rd (1853–1855) | Edward Everett (W) | |||
Julius Rockwell (W) | ||||
Henry Wilson (FS) | ||||
34th (1855–1857) | Henry Wilson (R) | |||
Charles Sumner (R) | 35th (1857–1859) | |||
36th (1859–1861) | ||||
37th (1861–1863) | ||||
38th (1863–1865) | ||||
39th (1865–1867) | ||||
40th (1867–1869) | ||||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||
42nd (1871–1873) | ||||
Charles Sumner (LR) | 43rd (1873–1875) | George S. Boutwell (R) | ||
William B. Washburn (R) | ||||
Henry L. Dawes (R) | 44th (1875–1877) | |||
45th (1877–1879) | George Frisbie Hoar (R) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | ||||
47th (1881–1883) | ||||
48th (1883–1885) | ||||
49th (1885–1887) | ||||
50th (1887–1889) | ||||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |||
54th (1895–1897) | ||||
55th (1897–1899) | ||||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||
57th (1901–1903) | ||||
58th (1903–1905) | ||||
Winthrop M. Crane (R) | ||||
59th (1905–1907) | ||||
60th (1907–1909) | ||||
61st (1909–1911) | ||||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
63rd (1913–1915) | John W. Weeks (R) | |||
64th (1915–1917) | ||||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
66th (1919–1921) | David I. Walsh (D) | |||
67th (1921–1923) | ||||
68th (1923–1925) | ||||
William M. Butler (R) | ||||
69th (1925–1927) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | |||
David I. Walsh (D) | ||||
70th (1927–1929) | ||||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||
72nd (1931–1933) | Marcus A. Coolidge (D) | |||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
74th (1935–1937) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) | |||
76th (1939–1941) | ||||
77th (1941–1943) | ||||
78th (1943–1945) | ||||
Sinclair Weeks (R) | ||||
79th (1945–1947) | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | |||
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) | 80th (1947–1949) | |||
81st (1949–1951) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
John F. Kennedy (D) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |||
84th (1955–1957) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||
Benjamin A. Smith II (D) | ||||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
Ted Kennedy (D) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | ||||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | Edward Brooke (R) | |||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
96th (1979–1981) | Paul Tsongas (D) | |||
97th (1981–1983) | ||||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
John Kerry (D) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | ||||
100th (1987–1989) | ||||
101st (1989–1991) | ||||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | ||||
106th (1999–2001) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
Paul G. Kirk (D) | ||||
Scott Brown (R) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||
Elizabeth Warren (D) | 113th (2013–2015) | |||
Mo Cowan (D) | ||||
Ed Markey (D) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
117th (2021–2023) | ||||
Class I senator | Congress | Class II senator |
United States House of Representatives[]
1789 to 1793: 8 seats[]
Article I of the United States Constitution allocated 8 seats to Massachusetts.
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
1st (1789–1791) | Fisher Ames (PA) |
Benjamin Goodhue (PA) |
Elbridge Gerry (AA) |
Theodore Sedgwick (PA) |
George Partridge (PA) | George Thatcher (PA) |
George Leonard (PA) |
Jonathan Grout (AA) |
vacant | ||||||||
2nd (1791–1793) | Shearjashub Bourne (PA) | George Leonard (PA) | Artemas Ward (PA) | George Thatcher (PA) |
1793 to 1803: 14 seats[]
After the 1790 Census, Massachusetts gained six seats.
In the third Congress only, there were plural districts in which more than one member would be elected from the same district and there was also an at-large seat. After that Congress, however, there would be no at-large seats and no plural seats.
Congress | District | |||||||||||||
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1st (4 seats) | 2nd (4 seats) | 3rd (2 seats) | 4th (3 seats) | At-large | ||||||||||
3rd (1793–1795) |
Samuel Holten (AA) |
Benjamin Goodhue (PA) |
Samuel Dexter (PA) |
Fisher Ames (PA) |
Dwight Foster (PA) |
Theodore Sedgwick (PA) |
William Lyman (AA) |
Artemas Ward (PA) |
Peleg Coffin Jr. (PA) |
Shearjashub Bourne (PA) |
Peleg Wadsworth (PA) |
Henry Dearborn (AA) |
George Thatcher (PA) |
David Cobb (PA) |
Congress | District | |||||||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
4th (1795–1797) |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) |
William Lyman (DR) |
Samuel Lyman (F) |
Dwight Foster (F) |
Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (DR) |
John Reed Sr. (F) |
George Leonard (F) |
Fisher Ames (F) |
Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) |
Benjamin Goodhue (F) |
Theophilus Bradbury (F) |
Henry Dearborn (DR) |
Peleg Wadsworth (F) |
George Thatcher (F) |
Thomson J. Skinner (DR) |
Samuel Sewall (F) | |||||||||||||
5th (1797–1799) |
William Shepard (F) |
Stephen Bullock (F) |
Harrison Gray Otis (F) |
Isaac Parker (F) | ||||||||||
Bailey Bartlett (F) | ||||||||||||||
6th (1799–1801) |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) |
Lemuel Williams (F) |
Phanuel Bishop (DR) |
Silas Lee (F) | ||||||||||
Ebenezer Mattoon (F) |
Levi Lincoln Sr. (DR) |
Nathan Read (F) | ||||||||||||
7th (1801–1803) |
John Bacon (DR) |
Josiah Smith (DR) |
William Eustis (DR) |
Manasseh Cutler (F) |
Richard Cutts (DR) | |||||||||
Seth Hastings (F) | Samuel Thatcher (F) |
1803 to 1813: 17 seats[]
After the 1800 Census, Massachusetts gained three seats.
Congress | District | District | |||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | |
8th (1803–1805) |
William Eustis (DR) |
Jacob Crowninshield (DR) |
Manasseh Cutler (F) |
Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) |
Thomas Dwight (F) |
Samuel Taggart (F) |
Nahum Mitchell (F) |
Lemuel Williams (F) |
Phanuel Bishop (DR) |
Seth Hastings (F) |
William Stedman (F) |
Thomson Skinner (DR) | Ebenezer Seaver (DR) |
Richard Cutts (DR) |
Peleg Wadsworth (F) |
Samuel Thatcher (F) |
Phineas Bruce (F) |
Simon Larned (DR) | |||||||||||||||||
9th (1805–1807) |
Josiah Quincy III (F) |
Jeremiah Nelson (F) |
William Ely (F) |
Joseph Barker (DR) |
Isaiah L. Green (DR) |
Barnabas Bidwell (DR) |
Orchard Cook (DR) |
John Chandler (DR) | |||||||||
10th (1807–1809) |
Edward St. Loe Livermore (F) |
Josiah Dean (DR) |
Jabez Upham (F) |
Ezekiel Bacon (DR) |
Daniel Ilsley (DR) | ||||||||||||
Joseph Story (DR) | |||||||||||||||||
11th (1809–1811) |
Benjamin Pickman Jr. (F) |
Charles Turner (DR) | Gideon Gardner (DR) |
Laban Wheaton (F) |
Ezekiel Whitman (F) |
Barzillai Gannett (DR) | |||||||||||
William Baylies (F) | Joseph Allen (F) | Abijah Bigelow (F) | |||||||||||||||
12th (1811–1813) |
William Reed (F) |
Leonard White (F) |
William M. Richardson (DR) |
Charles Turner (DR) |
Isaiah L. Green (DR) |
Elijah Brigham (F) |
William Widgery (DR) |
Peleg Tallman (DR) | |||||||||
Francis Carr (DR) |
1813 to 1823: 20 seats, then 13[]
After the 1810 Census, Massachusetts gained three seats to grow to its largest apportionment (so far). In 1820/21, however, seven of those seats were lost to the new state of Maine.
Congress | District | |||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | |
13th (1813–1815) |
Artemas Ward Jr. (F) |
William Reed (F) |
Timothy Pickering (F) |
William M. Richardson (DR) |
William Ely (F) |
Samuel Taggart (F) |
William Baylies (F) |
John Reed Jr. (F) |
Laban Wheaton (F) |
Elijah Brigham (F) |
Abijah Bigelow (F) |
Daniel Dewey (F) |
Nathaniel Ruggles (F) |
Cyrus King (F) |
George Bradbury (F) |
Samuel Davis (F) |
Abiel Wood (DR) |
John Wilson (F) |
James Parker (DR) |
Levi Hubbard (DR) |
Samuel Dana (DR) | John Hulbert (F) | |||||||||||||||||||
14th (1815–1817) |
Timothy Pickering (F) |
Jeremiah Nelson (F) |
Asahel Stearns (F) |
Elijah H. Mills (F) |
John W. Hulbert (F) |
William Baylies (F) |
John Reed Jr. (F) |
Laban Wheaton (F) |
Elijah Brigham (F) |
Solomon Strong (F) |
Benjamin Brown (F) |
James Carr (F) |
Thomas Rice (F) |
Samuel S. Conner (DR) |
Albion Parris (DR) | |||||
Benjamin Adams (F) | ||||||||||||||||||||
15th (1817–1819) |
Jonathan Mason (F) |
Nathaniel Silsbee (DR) |
Timothy Fuller (DR) |
Samuel Clesson Allen (F) |
Henry Shaw (DR) |
Zabdiel Sampson (DR) |
Walter Folger Jr. (DR) |
Marcus Morton (DR) |
John Holmes (DR) |
Ezekiel Whitman (F) |
Benjamin Orr (F) |
John Wilson (F) |
Joshua Gage (DR) | |||||||
Enoch Lincoln (DR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
16th (1819–1821) |
Samuel Lathrop (F) |
Jonas Kendall (F) |
Edward Dowse (DR) |
Mark Langdon Hill (DR) |
Martin Kinsley (DR) |
James Parker (DR) |
Joshua Cushman (DR) | |||||||||||||
Benjamin Gorham (DR) |
Aaron Hobart (DR) |
William Eustis (DR) |
vacant | |||||||||||||||||
District of Maine split | ||||||||||||||||||||
17th (1821–1823) |
Gideon Barstow (DR) |
Henry W. Dwight (F) |
John Reed Jr. (F) |
Francis Baylies (F) |
Jonathan Russell (DR) |
Lewis Bigelow (F) |
1823–1833: 13 seats[]
Following the 1820 Census, Massachusetts kept its remaining 13 seats without change.
Congress | District | ||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
18th (1823–1825) |
Daniel Webster (F)[a] | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (DR)[a] |
Jeremiah Nelson (F)[a] | Timothy Fuller (DR)[a] | Jonas Sibley (DR)[a] | John Locke (DR)[a] | Samuel Clesson Allen (F)[a] |
Samuel Lathrop (F)[a] | Henry W. Dwight (F)[a] | John Bailey (DR)[a] | Aaron Hobart (DR)[a] | Francis Baylies (F)[b] | John Reed Jr. (F)[a] |
19th (1825–1827) |
Daniel Webster (NR) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (NR) |
John Varnum (NR) | Edward Everett (NR) | John Davis (NR) | John Locke (NR) | Samuel Clesson Allen (NR) |
Samuel Lathrop (NR) | Henry W. Dwight (NR) | John Bailey (NR) | Aaron Hobart (NR) | Francis Baylies (J) | John Reed Jr. (NR) |
20th (1827–1829) |
Isaac C. Bates (NR) | Joseph Richardson (NR) |
James L. Hodges (NR) | ||||||||||
Benjamin Gorham (NR) | |||||||||||||
21st (1829–1831) |
Joseph G. Kendall (NR) | George Grennell Jr. (NR) | |||||||||||
22nd (1831–1833) |
Nathan Appleton (NR) | Rufus Choate (NR) | Jeremiah Nelson (NR) | George N. Briggs (NR) | Henry A. S. Dearborn (NR) |
John Quincy Adams (NR) |
1833 to 1843: 12 seats[]
After the 1830 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat.
Congress | District | |||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
23rd (1833–1835) |
Benjamin Gorham (NR) |
Rufus Choate (NR) | Gayton P. Osgood (J) |
Edward Everett (NR) |
John Davis (NR) | George Grennell Jr. (NR) |
George N. Briggs (NR) |
Isaac C. Bates (NR) |
William Jackson (A-M) |
William Baylies (NR) |
John Reed Jr. (NR) |
John Quincy Adams (A-M) |
Stephen Philips (NR) |
Levi Lincoln Jr. (NR) | |||||||||||
24th (1835–1837) |
Abbott Lawrence (NR) |
Caleb Cushing (NR) |
Samuel Hoar (NR) |
William B. Calhoun (NR) |
Nathaniel B. Borden (J) |
John Reed Jr. (A-M) | ||||||
25th (1837–1839) |
Richard Fletcher (W) |
Stephen Phillips (W) | Caleb Cushing (W) |
William Parmenter (D) |
Levi Lincoln Jr. (W) |
George Grennell Jr. (W) |
George N. Briggs (W) |
William B. Calhoun (W) |
William Soden Hastings (W) |
Nathaniel B. Borden (D) |
John Reed Jr. (W) |
John Quincy Adams (W) |
Leverett Saltonstall I (W) | ||||||||||||
26th (1839–1841) |
Abbott Lawrence (W) | James Alvord (W) | Henry Williams (D) | |||||||||
Robert Charles Winthrop (W) |
Osmyn Baker (W) | |||||||||||
27th (1841–1843) |
Nathaniel B. Borden (W) |
Barker Burnell (W) | ||||||||||
Nathan Appleton (W) | Charles Hudson (W) | |||||||||||
Robert Charles Winthrop (W) |
1843 to 1853: 10 seats[]
After the 1840 Census, Massachusetts lost two seats.
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
28th (1843–1845) |
Robert Charles Winthrop (W) |
Daniel P. King (W) |
Amos Abbott (W) |
William Parmenter (D) |
Charles Hudson (W) |
Osmyn Baker (W) |
Julius Rockwell (W) |
John Quincy Adams (W) |
Henry Williams (D) |
Barker Burnell (W) |
Joseph Grinnell (W) | ||||||||||
29th (1845–1847) |
Benjamin Thompson (W) |
George Ashmun (W) |
Artemas Hale (W) | |||||||
30th (1847–1849) |
John G. Palfrey (W) | |||||||||
Horace Mann (W) | ||||||||||
31st (1849–1851) |
James H. Duncan (W) |
vacant | Charles Allen (FS) |
Orin Fowler (W) | ||||||
Samuel A. Eliot (W) | ||||||||||
32nd (1851–1853) |
William Appleton (W) |
Robert Rantoul (D) | Benjamin Thompson (W) | George T. Davis (W) |
John Z. Goodrich (W) |
Zeno Scudder (W) | ||||
Francis B. Fay (W) | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Edward P. Little (D) |
1853 to 1863: 11 seats[]
After the 1850 Census, Massachusetts gained one seat.
Congress | District | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
33rd (1853–1855) |
Zeno Scudder (W) | Samuel L. Crocker (W) |
J. Wiley Edmands (W) |
Samuel H. Walley (W) |
William Appleton (W) |
Charles Wentworth Upham (W) |
Nathaniel P. Banks (D) |
Tappan Wentworth (W) |
Alexander De Witt (FS) |
Edward Dickinson (W) |
John Z. Goodrich (W) |
Thomas D. Eliot (W) | |||||||||||
34th (1855–1857) |
Robert Bernard Hall (KN) |
James Buffington (KN) |
William S. Damrell (KN) |
Linus B. Comins (KN) |
Anson Burlingame (KN) |
Timothy Davis (KN) |
Nathaniel P. Banks (KN) |
Chauncey L. Knapp (KN) |
Alexander De Witt (KN) |
Calvin C. Chaffee (KN) |
Mark Trafton (KN) |
35th (1857–1859) |
Robert Bernard Hall (R) |
James Buffington (R) |
William S. Damrell (R) |
Linus B Comins (R) |
Anson Burlingame (R) |
Timothy Davis (R) |
Nathaniel P. Banks (R) |
Chauncey L. Knapp (R) |
Eli Thayer (R) |
Calvin C. Chaffee (R) |
Henry L. Dawes (R) |
Daniel W. Gooch (R) | |||||||||||
36th (1859–1861) |
Thomas D. Eliot (R) |
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (R) |
Alexander H. Rice (R) |
John B. Alley (R) |
Charles R. Train (R) |
Charles Delano (R) | |||||
37th (1861–1863) |
William Appleton (U) | Goldsmith Bailey (R) | |||||||||
Benjamin Thomas (U) | Samuel Hooper (U) | Amasa Walker (R) |
1863 to 1873: 10 seats[]
After the 1860 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat.
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
38th (1863–1865) | Thomas D. Eliot (R) |
Oakes Ames (R) |
Alexander H. Rice (R) |
Samuel Hooper (R) |
John B. Alley (R) |
Daniel W. Gooch (R) |
George S. Boutwell (R) |
John Denison Baldwin (R) |
William B. Washburn (R) |
Henry L. Dawes (R) |
39th (1865–1867) | ||||||||||
Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | ||||||||||
40th (1867–1869) | Ginery Twichell (R) |
Benjamin Butler (R) | ||||||||
41st (1869–1871) | James Buffington (R) |
George Frisbie Hoar (R) | ||||||||
George M. Brooks (R) | ||||||||||
42nd (1871–1873) | ||||||||||
Constantine C. Esty (R) | Alvah Crocker (R) |
1873 to 1883: 11 seats[]
After the 1870 Census, Massachusetts gained one seat.
Congress | District | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
43rd (1873–1875) |
James Buffington (R) |
Benjamin W. Harris (R) |
William Whiting (R) | Samuel Hooper (R) |
Daniel W. Gooch (R) |
Benjamin Butler (R) |
Ebenezer R. Hoar (R) |
John M. S. Williams (R) |
George Frisbie Hoar (R) |
Alvah Crocker (R) | Henry L. Dawes (R) |
Henry L. Pierce (R) |
Charles Stevens (R) | ||||||||||
44th (1875–1877) |
Rufus Frost (R) | Nathaniel P. Banks (I) |
Charles Perkins Thompson (D) |
John K. Tarbox (D) |
William W. Warren (D) |
Julius Hawley Seelye (I) |
Chester W. Chapin (D) | ||||
William W. Crapo (R) |
Josiah Abbott (D) | ||||||||||
45th (1877–1879) |
Walbridge Field (R) | Leopold Morse (D) |
Nathaniel P. Banks (R) |
George B. Loring (R) |
Benjamin Butler (R) |
William Claflin (R) |
William W. Rice (R) |
Amasa Norcross (R) |
George D. Robinson (R) | ||
Benjamin Dean (D) | |||||||||||
46th (1879–1881) |
Walbridge Field (R) | Selwyn Z. Bowman (R) |
William A. Russell (R) | ||||||||
47th (1881–1883) |
Ambrose Ranney (R) |
Eben F. Stone (R) |
John W. Candler (R) |
1883 to 1893: 12 seats[]
After the 1880 Census, Massachusetts gained one seat.
Congress | District | |||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
48th (1883–1885) |
Robert T. Davis (R) |
John Davis Long (R) |
Ambrose Ranney (R) |
Patrick Collins (D) |
Leopold Morse (D) |
Henry B. Lovering (D) |
Eben F. Stone (R) |
William A. Russell (R) |
Theodore Lyman III (IR) |
William W. Rice (R) |
William Whiting II (R) |
George Robinson (R) |
Francis W. Rockwell (R) | ||||||||||||
49th (1885–1887) |
Edward D. Hayden (R) |
Charles Herbert Allen (R) |
Frederick D. Ely (R) | |||||||||
50th (1887–1889) |
Leopold Morse (D) |
Henry Cabot Lodge (R) |
William Cogswell (R) |
Edward Burnett (D) |
John E. Russell (D) | |||||||
51st (1889–1891) |
Charles S. Randall (R) |
Elijah A. Morse (R) |
John F. Andrew (D) |
Joseph H. O'Neill (D) |
Nathaniel P. Banks (R) |
Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) |
John W. Candler (R) |
Joseph H. Walker (R) |
Rodney Wallace (R) | |||
52nd (1891–1893) |
Sherman Hoar (D) |
Moses T. Stevens (D) |
George F. Williams (D) |
Frederick S. Coolidge (D) |
John Crawford Crosby (D) |
1893 to 1903: 13 seats[]
After the 1890 Census, Massachusetts gained one seat.
Congress | District | ||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
53rd (1893–1895) |
Ashley B. Wright (R) |
Frederick H. Gillett (R) |
Joseph H. Walker (R) |
Lewis D. Apsley (R) |
Moses T. Stevens (D) |
William Cogswell (R) |
William Everett (D) |
Samuel W. McCall (R) |
Joseph H. O'Neil (D) |
Michael J. McEttrick (ID) |
William Franklin Draper (R) |
Elijah A. Morse (R) |
Charles S. Randall (R) |
54th (1895–1897) |
William Shadrach Knox (R) |
William Emerson Barrett (R) |
John F. Fitzgerald (D) |
Harrison Henry Atwood (R) |
John Simpkins (R) | ||||||||
William Henry Moody (R) | |||||||||||||
55th (1897–1899) |
George W. Weymouth (R) |
Samuel J. Barrows (R) |
Charles F. Sprague (R) |
William C. Lovering (R) | |||||||||
George P. Lawrence (R) |
William S. Greene (R) | ||||||||||||
56th (1899–1901) |
John R. Thayer (D) |
Ernest W. Roberts (R) |
Henry F. Naphen (D) | ||||||||||
57th (1901–1903) |
Charles Q. Tirrell (R) |
Joseph A. Conry (D) |
Samuel L. Powers (R) | ||||||||||
Augustus Peabody Gardner (R) |
1903 to 1913: 14 seats[]
After the 1900 Census, Massachusetts gained one seat.
Congress | District | |||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
58th (1903–1905) |
George P. Lawrence (R) |
Frederick H. Gillett (R) |
John R. Thayer (D) |
Charles Q. Tirrell (R) |
Butler Ames (R) |
Augustus Peabody Gardner (R) |
Ernest W. Roberts (R) |
Samuel W. McCall (R) |
John A. Keliher (D) |
William S. McNary (D) |
John Andrew Sullivan (D) |
Samuel L. Powers (R) |
William S. Greene (R) |
William C. Lovering (R) |
59th (1905–1907) |
Rockwood Hoar (R) | John W. Weeks (R) | ||||||||||||
Charles G. Washburn (R) | ||||||||||||||
60th (1907–1909) |
Joseph F. O'Connell (D) |
Andrew James Peters (D) | ||||||||||||
61st (1909–1911) | ||||||||||||||
John Mitchell (D) | Eugene Foss (D) | |||||||||||||
62nd (1911–1913) |
John A. Thayer (D) |
William Wilder (R) |
William Francis Murray (D) |
James Michael Curley (D) |
Robert O. Harris (R) |
1913 to 1933: 16 seats[]
After the 1910 Census, Massachusetts gained two seats. There was no reapportionment after the 1920 Census.
Congress | District | District | |||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | ||
63rd (1913–1915) |
Allen T. Treadway (R) |
Frederick H. Gillett (R) |
William Wilder (R) |
Samuel Winslow (R) |
John Jacob Rogers (R) |
Augustus Peabody Gardner (R) |
Michael Francis Phelan (D) |
Frederick Simpson Deitrick (D) |
Ernest W. Roberts (R) |
William Francis Murray (D) |
Andrew James Peters (D) |
James Michael Curley (D) |
John W. Weeks (R) |
Edward Gilmore (D) |
William S. Greene (R) |
Thomas Chandler Thacher (D) | |
Calvin Page (R) |
James A. Gallivan (D) |
John J. Mitchell (D) | |||||||||||||||
64th (1915–1917) |
Frederick W. Dallinger (R) |
Peter Francis Tague (D) |
George H. Tinkham (R) |
William Henry Carter (R) |
Richard Olney II (D) |
Joseph Walsh (R) | |||||||||||
65th (1917–1919) |
Alvan T. Fuller (R) | ||||||||||||||||
Willfred W. Lufkin (R) | |||||||||||||||||
66th (1919–1921) |
Robert Luce (R) | ||||||||||||||||
John F. Fitzgerald (D) | |||||||||||||||||
67th (1921–1923) |
Robert S. Maloney (R) |
Charles L. Underhill (R) |
Peter Francis Tague (D) |
Louis A. Frothingham (R) | |||||||||||||
A. Piatt Andrew (R) |
Charles L. Gifford (R) | ||||||||||||||||
68th (1923–1925) |
William P. Connery Jr. (D) | ||||||||||||||||
Robert Leach (R) | |||||||||||||||||
69th (1925–1927) |
G. B. Churchill (R) | Frank H. Foss (R) |
George R. Stobbs (R) |
Harry I. Thayer (R) |
John J. Douglass (D) |
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R) | |||||||||||
Henry L. Bowles (R) |
Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | ||||||||||||||||
70th (1927–1929) |
Frederick W. Dallinger (R) | ||||||||||||||||
71st (1929–1931) |
W. K. Kaynor (R) | John W. McCormack (D) |
Dick Wigglesworth (R) | ||||||||||||||
William J. Granfield (D) | |||||||||||||||||
72nd (1931–1933) |
Pehr G. Holmes (R) |
1933 to 1943: 15 seats[]
After the 1930 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat.
Congress | District | ||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | |
73rd (1933–1935) |
Allen T. Treadway (R) |
William J. Granfield (D) |
Frank H. Foss (R) |
Pehr G. Holmes (R) |
Edith Nourse Rogers (R) |
A. Piatt Andrew (R) |
William P. Connery Jr. (D) |
Arthur Daniel Healey (D) |
Robert Luce (R) |
George H. Tinkham (R) |
John J. Douglass (D) |
John W. McCormack (D) |
Dick Wigglesworth (R) |
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R) |
Charles L. Gifford (R) |
74th (1935–1937) |
Joseph E. Casey (D) |
Richard M. Russell (D) |
John Patrick Higgins (D) | ||||||||||||
vacant | |||||||||||||||
75th (1937–1939) |
Charles R. Clason (R) |
George J. Bates (R) |
Robert Luce (R) | ||||||||||||
Lawrence J. Connery (D) |
Thomas A. Flaherty (D) | ||||||||||||||
76th (1939–1941) | |||||||||||||||
77th (1941–1943) |
Thomas H. Eliot (D) | ||||||||||||||
Thomas Lane (D) | vacant |
1943 to 1963: 14 seats[]
After the 1940 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat. Massachusetts kept its apportionment after the 1950 Census.
Congress | District | District | ||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
78th (1943–1945) | Allen T. Treadway (R) |
Charles R. Clason (R) |
Philip J. Philbin (D) |
Pehr G. Holmes (R) |
Edith Nourse Rogers (R) |
George J. Bates (R) |
Thomas Lane (D) |
Angier Goodwin (R) |
Charles L. Gifford (R) |
Christian Herter (R) |
James Michael Curley (D) |
John W. McCormack (D) |
Dick Wigglesworth (R) |
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R) |
79th (1945–1947) | John W. Heselton (R) | |||||||||||||
80th (1947–1949) | Harold Donohue (D) |
John F. Kennedy (D) | ||||||||||||
Donald W. Nicholson (R) | ||||||||||||||
81st (1949–1951) | Foster Furcolo (D) | |||||||||||||
William H. Bates (R) | ||||||||||||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||||||||||||
vacant | ||||||||||||||
83rd (1953–1955) | Edward Boland (D) |
Laurence Curtis (R) |
Tip O'Neill (D) | |||||||||||
84th (1955–1957) | Torbert Macdonald (D) | |||||||||||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||||||||||||
vacant | ||||||||||||||
86th (1959–1961) | Silvio O. Conte (R) |
Hastings Keith (R) |
James A. Burke (D) | |||||||||||
vacant | ||||||||||||||
87th (1961–1963) | F. Bradford Morse (R) |
1963 to 1983: 12 seats[]
After the 1960 Census, Massachusetts lost two seats. Massachusetts kept its apportionment after the 1970 Census.
Congress | District | District | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
88th (1963–1965) | Silvio O. Conte (R) |
Ed Boland (D) |
Philip J. Philbin (D) |
Harold Donohue (D) |
F. Bradford Morse (R) |
William H. Bates (R) |
Torbert Macdonald (D) |
Tip O'Neill (D) |
John W. McCormack (D) |
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R) |
James A. Burke (D) |
Hastings Keith (R) |
89th (1965–1967) | ||||||||||||
90th (1967–1969) | Margaret Heckler (R) | |||||||||||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||||||||||
Mike Harrington (D) | ||||||||||||
92nd (1971–1973) | Robert Drinan (D) |
Louise Day Hicks (D) | ||||||||||
vacant | ||||||||||||
93rd (1973–1975) | Harold Donohue (D) |
Robert Drinan (D) |
Paul W. Cronin (R) |
Joe Moakley (D) |
Gerry Studds (D) | |||||||
vacant | ||||||||||||
94th (1975–1977) | Joseph Early (D) |
Paul Tsongas (D) | ||||||||||
Ed Markey (D) | ||||||||||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||||||||||
96th (1979–1981) | James Shannon (D) |
Nicholas Mavroules (D) |
Brian J. Donnelly (D) | |||||||||
97th (1981–1983) | Barney Frank (D) |
1983 to 1993: 11 seats[]
After the 1980 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat.
Congress | District | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
98th (1983–1985) | Silvio O. Conte (R) |
Ed Boland (D) |
Joseph Early (D) |
Barney Frank (D) |
James Shannon (D) |
Nicholas Mavroules (D) |
Ed Markey (D) |
Tip O'Neill (D) |
Joe Moakley (D) |
Gerry Studds (D) |
Brian J. Donnelly (D) |
99th (1985–1987) | Chester G. Atkins (D) | ||||||||||
100th (1987–1989) | Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) | ||||||||||
101st (1989–1991) | Richard Neal (D) | ||||||||||
102nd (1991–1993) | |||||||||||
John Olver (D) |
1993 to 2013: 10 seats[]
After the 1990 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat. Massachusetts kept its apportionment after the 2000 Census.
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
103rd (1993–1995) | John Olver (D) |
Richard Neal (D) |
Peter I. Blute (R) |
Barney Frank (D) |
Marty Meehan (D) |
Peter G. Torkildsen (R) |
Ed Markey (D) |
Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) |
Joe Moakley (D) |
Gerry Studds (D) |
104th (1995–1997) | ||||||||||
105th (1997–1999) | Jim McGovern (D) |
John Tierney (D) |
Bill Delahunt (D) | |||||||
106th (1999–2001) | Mike Capuano (D) | |||||||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||||||||
Stephen F. Lynch (D) | ||||||||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||||||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||||||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||||||||
Niki Tsongas (D) | ||||||||||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||||||||
112th (2011–2013) | Bill Keating (D) |
2013 to present: 9 seats[]
After the 2010 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat.
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
113th (2013–2015) | Richard Neal (D) |
Jim McGovern (D) |
Niki Tsongas (D) |
Joe Kennedy III (D) |
Ed Markey (D) | John Tierney (D) | Mike Capuano (D) |
Stephen F. Lynch (D) |
Bill Keating (D) |
Katherine Clark (D) | |||||||||
114th (2015–2017) | Seth Moulton (D) | ||||||||
115th (2017–2019) | |||||||||
116th (2019–2021) | Lori Trahan (D) |
Ayanna Pressley (D) | |||||||
117th (2021–2023) | Jake Auchincloss (D) |
Key[]
Anti-Administration (AA) |
Anti-Masonic (A-M) |
Democratic (D) |
Democratic-Republican (DR) |
Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA) |
Free Soil (FS) |
Independent Democrat (ID) |
Independent Republican (IR) |
Jacksonian (J) |
Know Nothing (KN) |
National Republican (NR) |
Opposition Northern (O) |
Republican (R) |
Unionist (U) |
Whig (W) |
Independent (I) |
See also[]
- List of United States congressional districts
- Political party strength in Massachusetts
References[]
- Politics of Massachusetts
- United States congressional delegations by state
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- United States senators from Massachusetts
- Lists of Massachusetts politicians