Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

Massachusetts's 13th 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 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts. Its last Congressman was James A. Burke, who was redistricted into the eleventh district.

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1795
Peleg Wadsworth	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803	4th 5th 6th 7th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1795 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 15th district.	1795 – 1803 "2nd eastern district," District of Maine
Ebenezer Seaver	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813	8th 9th 10th 11th 12th	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Lost re-election.	1803 – 1823 "Norfolk district"
Nathaniel Ruggles	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	13th 14th 15th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election.
Edward Dowse	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – May 26, 1820	16th	Elected in 1818. Resigned.
Vacant		May 26, 1820 – August 21, 1820
William Eustis	Democratic-Republican	August 21, 1820 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th	Elected May 26, 1820 to finish Dowse's term. Re-elected later in 1820. Seated November 13, 1820. Redistricted to the 10th district and re-elected in 1822 but declined the seat when elected Governor of Massachusetts.
John Reed Jr.	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Redistricted to the 11th district.	1823 – 1833 "Barnstable district"
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833
District not in use		March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1893
Charles S. Randall	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1892. Lost renomination.	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
John Simpkins	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 27, 1898	54th 55th[1]	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		March 27, 1898 – May 31, 1898	55th
William S. Greene	Republican	May 31, 1898 – March 3, 1913	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 15th district.
					1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
John W. Weeks	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1913	63rd	Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1912, but resigned on the same day to become U.S. Senator.	1913 – 1933 Suffolk County: Boston (Ward 25). "Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Middlesex County: Cities of Marlboro, Newton, and Waltham; towns of Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Natick, Sherborn, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston. Worcester County: Town of Southboro."[2]
Vacant		March 4, 1913 – April 14, 1913
John J. Mitchell	Democratic	April 15, 1913 – March 3, 1915		Elected to finish Weeks's term. Lost re-election.
William Henry Carter	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Robert Luce	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Richard B. Wigglesworth	Republican	March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1958	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from the 14th district. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Canada.	1933 – 1943 [data unknown/missing]
					1943 – 1953 [data unknown/missing]
					1953 – 1963 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 14, 1958 – January 3, 1959	85th
James A. Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
District eliminated January 3, 1963

References

1. L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
2. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.

• 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.
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