Massachusetts's 16th congressional district

Massachusetts's sixteenth 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 1933 after the 1930 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the fifteenth district.

"MA-16" redirects here. MA-16 may also refer to Massachusetts Route 16.
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Cities and towns in the district

1910s

"Barnstable County: Towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmonth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth. Bristol County: City of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Scituate, and Wareham. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Dukes and Nantucket Counties."[1]

List of members representing the district
Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created March 3, 1803

Samuel Thatcher		 Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805		 8th Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1802.
Lost re-election.		 1803–1813
"Lincoln district," District of Maine
Orchard Cook Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1811		 9th
10th
11th		 Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Retired.
Peleg Tallman Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813		 12th Elected in 1810.
Retired.
Samuel Davis Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815		 13th Elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the 19th district and lost re-election.		 1813–1821
"3rd Eastern district," District of Maine
Benjamin Brown Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817		 14th Elected in 1814.
Ran in the 18th district and lost re-election.
Benjamin Orr Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819		 15th Elected in 1816.
Lost re-election.
Mark Langdon Hill Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821		 16th Elected in 1819 on the third ballot.
District moved to Maine.
District moved to Maine March 3, 1821
District restored in Massachusetts March 3, 1913

Thomas Chandler Thacher		 Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 63rd [data unknown/missing]
Lost re-election.		 1803–1813
[data unknown/missing]

Joseph Walsh		 Republican
March 4, 1915 –
August 21, 1922

 64th
65th
66th
67th		 [data unknown/missing]
Resigned to become a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Vacant August 21, 1922 –
November 7, 1922		 67th

Charles L. Gifford		 Republican November 7, 1922 –
March 3, 1933		 67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd		 Elected to finish Walsh's term and to the next term.
Redistricted to the 15th district.
District eliminated March 3, 1933

References
  1. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916. hdl:2027/uc1.l0075858456.


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