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Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

Former U.S. House district from 1795 to 1993

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

Former U.S. House district from 1795 to 1993

FieldValue
stateMassachusetts
district number11
obsoleteyes
created1795
1850
1870
eliminated1840
1860
1990
years1795–1843
1853–1863
1873–1993
population year1830
1850
1870

1850 1870 1860 1990 1853–1863 1873–1993 1850 1870

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1901
Massachusetts's '''current''' districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during three periods: 1795–1843, 1853–1863, and 1873–1993. The district was located in several different areas of the state. It was most recently eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Brian J. Donnelly.

Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th congressional district include John Quincy Adams following his term as president, John F. Kennedy prior to his term as president, and Tip O'Neill prior to his selection as Speaker of the House.

Cities and towns in the district

1790s–1880s

1890s

1893: Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21, 22. 23, 25. "Middlesex County: City of Newton, towns of Belmont, Holliston, Sherborn, and Water- town. Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, and Wrentham. Bristol County: Town of North Attleboro. Worcester County: Towns of Hopedale and Milford."

1910s–1940s

1916: Suffolk County: Boston Wards 10, 11 (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23.

1921: Boston (Wards 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23).

1941: Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 22), Cambridge, Somerville (Wards 1, 2, 3).

1960s–1980s

1968: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Ward 18."

1977: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Stoughton. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, 18."

1985: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, and 18."

List of members representing the district

Representative
(District home)PartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyDistrict location
District created March 4, 1795
Theophilus Bradbury
(Newburyport)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1795 –
July 24, 1797Elected in 1795 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1796.
Resigned to become a Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice.1795 – 1803
"4th Middle district"
VacantnowrapJuly 25, 1797 –
November 26, 1797
Bailey Bartlett
(Haverhill)FederalistnowrapNovember 27, 1797 –
March 3, 1801Elected August 4, 1797, to finish Bradbury's term and seated November 27, 1797.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.
[[File:ManassehCutlerPortrait.jpg100px]]
Manasseh Cutler
(Hamilton)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803Elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the .
William Stedman
(Worcester)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1803 –
July 16, 1810Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Resigned to become Clerk of Courts for Worcester County.1803 – 1815
"Worcester North district"
VacantnowrapJuly 16, 1810 –
October 8, 1810
[[File:Abijah Bigelow.jpg100px]]
Abijah Bigelow
(Leominster)FederalistnowrapOctober 8, 1810 –
March 3, 1815Elected to finish Stedman's term.
Re-elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the and retired.
[[File:Elijah Brigham.jpg100px]]
Elijah Brigham
(Westborough
(now Northborough))FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1815 –
February 22, 1816Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1814.
Died.1815 – 1823
"Worcester South district"
VacantnowrapFebruary 22, 1816 –
December 1, 1816
Benjamin Adams
(Uxbridge)FederalistnowrapDecember 2, 1816 –
March 3, 1821Elected August 26, 1816, to finish Brigham's term and seated December 2, 1816.
Re-elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Lost re-election.
Johnathan Russell
(Mendon)Democratic-
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the and retired.
Aaron Hobart
(East Bridgewater)Democratic-
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
1823 – 1833
Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
Joseph Richardson
(Hingham)Anti-JacksonianMarch 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831Elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.
[[File:John Quincy Adams - copy of 1843 Philip Haas Daguerreotype.jpg100px]]
John Quincy Adams
(Quincy)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833Elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the .
John Reed Jr.
(Yarmouth)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835Elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
1833 – 1843
Anti-
MasonicnowrapMarch 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
WhignowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
Barker Burnell
(Nantucket)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843Elected in 1840.
Redistricted to the .
District eliminated March 3, 1843
District re-created March 4, 1853
[[File:JohnZGoodrich.jpg100px]]
John Z. Goodrich
(Glendale)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852.
1853–1863
[[File:Mark Trafton.jpg100px]]
Mark Trafton
(Westfield)Know NothingnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
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Henry L. Dawes
(North Adams)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1863Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the .
District eliminated March 3, 1863
District re-created March 4, 1873
[[File:HLDawes.jpg100px]]
Henry L. Dawes
(Pittsfield)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872.
1873–1883
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Chester W. Chapin
(Springfield)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected in 1874.
[[File:GovGeorgeDRobinson.jpg100px]]
George D. Robinson
(Chicopee)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:William Whiting II (politician) picture2.png100px]]
William Whiting
(Holyoke)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1889Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
1883–1893
[[File:Rodney Wallace 1823–1903.jpg100px]]
Rodney Wallace
(Fitchburg)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891Elected in 1888.
[[File:Frederick S. Coolidge.png100px]]
Frederick S. Coolidge
(Ashburnham)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893Elected in 1890.
[[File:William Franklin Draper (April 9, 1842 - January 28, 1910).png100px]]
William F. Draper
(Hopedale)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
1893–1903
[[File:Charles F. Sprague.png100px]]
Charles F. Sprague
(Brookline)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[[File:Samuel Leland Powers (1848–1929).png100px]]
Samuel L. Powers
(Newton)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903Elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:John Andrew Sullivan.jpg100px]]
John Andrew Sullivan
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
1903–1913
[[File:Andrew James Peters 42nd Mayor of Boston.png100px]]
Andrew J. Peters
(Boston)DemocraticMarch 4, 1907 –
August 15, 1914Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Resigned to become Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department.
1913–1923
VacantnowrapAugust 15, 1914 –
March 3, 1915
[[File:George H. Tinkham.jpg100px]]
George H. Tinkham
(Boston)RepublicanMarch 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1933Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the .
1923–1933
[[File:John Joseph Douglass.png100px]]
John J. Douglass
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932.
1933–1943
John P. Higgins
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1935 –
September 30, 1937Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Resigned to become chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts.
VacantnowrapSeptember 30, 1937 –
December 14, 1937
[[File:ThomasAFlaherty.jpg100px]]
Thomas A. Flaherty
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapDecember 14, 1937 –
January 3, 1943Elected to finish Higgins's term.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Retired.
[[File: James Michael Curley congressional portrait photograph, circa 1945.jpeg100px]]
James Michael Curley
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1947Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Retired.1943–1953
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John F. Kennedy
(Boston)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1953Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
[[File:Tip O'Neill 1978 (retouched).jpg100px]]
Tip O'Neill
(Cambridge)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the .1953–1963
[[File:James A. Burke.jpg100px]]
James A. Burke
(Milton)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1979Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
1963–1973
1973–1983
[[File:Brian J. Donnelly.jpg100px]]
Brian J. Donnelly
(Boston)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1993Elected 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.
Retired.
1983–1993
District eliminated January 3, 1993

References

References

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  2. (1916). "Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress". Government Printing Office.
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  4. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (1941). "Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940". Wright & Potter.
  5. (1977). "1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office.
  6. (1985). "1985-1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress". Government Printing Office.
  7. "Forth Congress March 4, 1797, to March 3, 1799". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives.
  8. "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives.
  9. (1861). "Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress". House of Representatives.
  10. Ben. Perley Poore. (1878). "Congressional Directory: 45th Congress". Government Printing Office.
  11. Ben. Perley Poore. (1882). "Congressional Directory: 47th Congress". Government Printing Office.
  12. L.A. Coolidge. (1897). "Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress". Government Printing Office.
  13. A.J. Halford. (1909). "Congressional Directory: 60th Congress". Government Printing Office.
  14. (1938). "Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress". Government Printing Office.
  15. (1968). "Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress". Government Printing Office.
  16. (1991). "1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress". Government Printing Office.
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