Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
Massachusetts's 10th congressional district was a small district that included parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts, and all of Cape Cod and the islands. The District had existed since 1795, but was removed for the 113th Congress in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 Census.[1] Effective from the elections of 2012, most of the former district falls into the new Massachusetts 9th congressional district, with some northern portions falling in the new 8th district.[2]
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013
1840s
1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."[3]
1860s
1869: "Berkshire and Hampden counties."[4]
1890s–1950s
1893: Boston, Wards 13, 14, 15, 19 (Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8, 9), 20, 22, 24; Milton, Quincy.[5]
1916: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (Precincts 1, 2).[6]
1921: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.[7]
1934: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21.[8]
1941–1953: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21; Brookline, Newton.[9][10]
1960s–1970s
1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."[11]
1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."[12]
1990s
1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."[13]
2003–2013
- All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County,
- The following municipalities in Plymouth County: Abington, Carver, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson Pct. 2, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Scituate, and
- The following municipalities in Norfolk County: Cohasset, Quincy, Weymouth
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Goodhue |
Federalist | March 4, 1795 — June 11, 1796 |
4th | Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1794. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. |
1795–1803 "3rd Middle district" |
Vacant | June 11, 1796 — December 7, 1796 | ||||
Samuel Sewall |
Federalist | December 7, 1796 — January 10, 1800 |
4th 5th 6th |
Elected on the second ballot to finish Goodhue's term. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Resigned become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. | |
Vacant | January 10, 1800 — November 25, 1800 |
6th | |||
Nathan Read |
Federalist | November 25, 1800 — March 3, 1803 |
6th 7th |
Elected October 20, 1800 on the second ballot to finish Sewall's term. Re-elected November 3, 1800. Retired. | |
Seth Hastings |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 — March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. |
1803–1815 "Worcester South district" |
Jabez Upham | Federalist | March 4, 1807 — 1810 |
10th 11th |
Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned. | |
Vacant | 1810 — October 8, 1810 |
11th | |||
Joseph Allen | Federalist | October 8, 1810 — March 3, 1811 |
Elected October 8, 1810 to finish Upham's term. Retired. | ||
Elijah Brigham |
Federalist | March 4, 1811 — March 3, 1815 |
12th 13th |
Elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
Laban Wheaton |
Federalist | March 4, 1815 — March 3, 1817 |
14th | Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1815. Retired. |
1815–1823 "Bristol district" |
Marcus Morton |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1817 — March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |
Francis Baylies |
Federalist | March 4, 1821 — March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
Vacant | March 3, 1823 — December 13, 1824 |
18th | William Eustis was redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1822, but declined the election to become Governor of Massachusetts. | 1823–1833 "Norfolk district" | |
John Bailey | Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican | December 13, 1824 — March 18, 1824 |
Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term, but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824 House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat. | ||
Vacant | March 18, 1824 — December 13, 1824 | ||||
John Bailey | Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican | December 13, 1824 — March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st |
Re-elected November 29, 1824 on the third ballot to finish Eustis's term and seated December 13, 1824. Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1826. Retired. | |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 — March 3, 1831 | ||||
Henry A. S. Dearborn |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 — March 3, 1833 |
22nd | Elected in 1830. Lost re-election. | |
William Baylies | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 — March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. |
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] |
Nathaniel B. Borden |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 — March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th |
Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1836. Lost re-election as a Whig. | |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 — March 3, 1839 | ||||
Henry Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1839 — March 3, 1841 |
26th | Elected in 1838. Lost re-election. | |
Nathaniel B. Borden |
Whig | March 4, 1841 — March 3, 1843 |
27th | Elected on the second ballot in 1841. [data unknown/missing] | |
Barker Burnell | Whig | March 4, 1843 — June 15, 1843 |
28th | Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1842. Died. |
1843–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | June 15, 1843 — December 7, 1843 | ||||
Joseph Grinnell |
Whig | December 7, 1843 — March 3, 1851 |
28th 29th 30th 31st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Zeno Scudder |
Whig | March 4, 1851 — March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 1st district. | |
Edward Dickinson |
Whig | March 4, 1853 — March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data unknown/missing] | 1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
Calvin C. Chaffee |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 — March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Republican | March 4, 1857 — March 3, 1859 | ||||
Charles Delano[14] |
Republican | March 4, 1859 — March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Henry L. Dawes[4] |
Republican | March 3, 1863 — March 3, 1873 |
38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd |
Redistricted from the 11th district. Re-elected in 1868.[4] Redistricted to the 11th district. |
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
Alvah Crocker |
Republican | March 4, 1873 — December 26, 1874 |
43rd | Redistricted from the 9th district. Died. |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | December 26, 1874 — January 27, 1875 | ||||
Charles A. Stevens |
Republican | January 27, 1875 — March 3, 1875 |
[data unknown/missing] | ||
Julius H. Seelye |
Independent | March 4, 1875 — March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Amasa Norcross[15][16] |
Republican | March 4, 1877 — March 3, 1883 |
45th 46th 47th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
William W. Rice |
Republican | March 4, 1883 — March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Redistricted from the 9th district. | 1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
John E. Russell |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 — March 3, 1889 |
50th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Joseph H. Walker |
Republican | March 4, 1889 — March 3, 1893 |
51st 52nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district. | |
Michael J. McEttrick |
Independent Democrat | March 4, 1893 — March 3, 1895 |
53rd | [data unknown/missing] | 1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
Harrison H. Atwood |
Republican | March 4, 1895 — March 3, 1897 |
54th | Lost renomination | |
Samuel J. Barrows[17] |
Republican | March 4, 1897 — March 3, 1899 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Henry F. Naphen |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 — March 3, 1903 |
56th 57th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
William S. McNary |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 — March 3, 1907 |
58th 59th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] |
Joseph F. O'Connell[18] |
Democratic | March 4, 1907 — March 3, 1911 |
60th 61st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
James Michael Curley |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 — March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
William Francis Murray |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 — September 28, 1914 |
63rd | Redistricted from the 9th district. Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston |
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | September 28, 1914 — March 3, 1915 | ||||
Peter Tague |
Democratic | March 4, 1915 — March 3, 1919 |
64th 65th |
[data unknown/missing] Initially lost re-election but regained seat on appeal citing voting irregularities. | |
John F. Fitzgerald |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 — October 23, 1919 |
66th | [data unknown/missing] Lost election contest on appeal due to voting irregularities. | |
Peter Tague |
Democratic | October 23, 1919 — March 3, 1925 |
66th 67th 68th |
Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election on appeal due to voting irregularities. Lost re-election. | |
John J. Douglass |
Democratic | March 4, 1925 — March 3, 1933 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
George H. Tinkham[19] |
Republican | March 4, 1933 — January 3, 1943 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th |
Redistricted from the 11th district. | 1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] |
Christian Herter |
Republican | January 3, 1943 — January 3, 1953 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts. |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] |
Laurence Curtis |
Republican | January 3, 1953 — January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] |
Joseph W. Martin Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1963 — January 3, 1967 |
88th 89th |
Redistricted from the 14th district. Lost renomination. |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
Margaret Heckler[20] |
Republican | January 3, 1967 — January 3, 1983 |
90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election. | |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Gerry Studds[21] |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 — January 3, 1997 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th |
Redistricted from the 12th district. Retired. |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Bill Delahunt |
Democratic | January 3, 1997 — January 3, 2011 |
106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
[data unknown/missing]. Retired. | |
2003–2013 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Bill Keating |
Democratic | January 3, 2011 — January 3, 2013 |
112th | Elected in 2010. Moved to the redistricted 9th district. | |
District eliminated January 6, 2013[1] |
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External links
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- "Our Campaigns – United States – Massachusetts – MA – District 10". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
Maps
- Map of Massachusetts's 10th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth