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Massachusetts's 6th congressional district

U.S. House district for Massachusetts

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district

U.S. House district for Massachusetts

FieldValue
stateMassachusetts
district number6
image name
image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
representativeSeth Moulton
partyDemocratic
residenceSalem
english area480.31
percent urban73.15
percent rural26.85
population796,651
population year2024
median income$121,409
percent white76.7
percent hispanic10.9
percent black3.1
percent asian4.9
percent more than one race3.6
percent other race0.9
percent blue collar17.2
percent white collar69.7
percent gray collar13.1
cpviD+11

| percent more than one race = 3.6 Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is U.S. congressional district located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains almost all of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann and includes parts of the Merrimack Valley, as well as some towns in Middlesex County.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 57% - 41%
SenateKerry 63% - 37%
2010Senate (Spec.)Brown 59% - 41%
GovernorBaker 50% - 41%
2012PresidentObama 55% - 45%
SenateBrown 54% - 46%
2014SenateMarkey 58% - 42%
GovernorBaker 55% - 41%
2016PresidentClinton 55% - 37%
2018SenateWarren 55% - 41%
GovernorBaker 73% - 26%
Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 68% - 30%
Attorney GeneralHealey 67% - 33%
Treasurer and Receiver-GeneralGoldberg 65% - 32%
AuditorBump 57% - 35%
2020PresidentBiden 63% - 35%
SenateMarkey 63% - 36%
2022GovernorHealey 61% - 37%
Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 66% - 32%
Attorney GeneralCampbell 60% - 40%
AuditorDiZoglio 53% - 41%
2024PresidentHarris 59% - 38%
SenateWarren 57% - 43%

Cities and towns in the district

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of two counties and 39 municipalities:

Essex County (31) :Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rockport, Peabody, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury

Middlesex County (8) :Bedford (part; also 5th), Billerica (part; also 3rd; includes Pinehurst), Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Wakefield, Wilmington

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

1840s

"Amherst, Belchertown, East Hampton, Enfield, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley, and Ware, in the County of Hampshire; Brimfield, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Southwick, Springfield, Wales, Westfield, West Springfield, and Wilbraham, in the County of Hampden; Bernardston, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately in the County of Franklin; and Athol and Royalston, in the County of Worcester."

1850s

"The cities of Lynn, Newburyport, and Salem, and the towns of Amesbury, Beverly, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Wenham, and West Newbury, in the county of Essex."

1890s

"Suffolk County: City of Boston, wards 3, 4, and 5, and the towns of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester. Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott."

1910s

"Essex County: Cities of Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Salem; towns of Amesbury, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfleld, Wenham, and West Newbury."

1920s–1980s

1990s

"Counties: Essex, Middlesex. Cities and townships: Amesbury, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Burlington, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Reading (part), Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury, and Wilmington."

2003 to 2013

The district from 2003 to 2013

In Essex County: :The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem :The towns of: Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, North Andover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.

In Middlesex County: :The towns of: Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Wakefield and Wilmington.

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyDistrict location
District created March 4, 1789
[[File:George Thatcher.jpg100px]]
George Thatcher
(Biddeford)Pro-AdministrationnowrapMarch 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791Elected in 1788.
Redistricted to the .1789–1793
Cumberland County and Lincoln County, District of Maine
[[File:George Leonard of Congress.jpg100px]]
George Leonard
(Raynham)Pro-AdministrationnowrapMarch 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793Redistricted from the and re-elected late in 1792.
Lost re-election that same year.
District inactivenowrapMarch 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795
John Reed Sr.
(West Bridgewater)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.1795–1803
"2nd Southern district"
Josiah Smith
(Pembroke)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803Elected in 1800.
Retired.
Samuel Taggart
(Colerain)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1817Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.1803–1823
"Hampshire North district"
Samuel C. Allen
(Greenfield)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1823Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:John Locke 1764-1855 (page 118 crop).jpg100px]]
John Locke
(Ashby)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1823 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Retired.1823–1833
"Worcester North district"
Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
Joseph G. Kendall
(Leominster)Anti-JacksonnowrapMarch 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833Elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Retired.
George Grennell Jr.
(Greenfield)Anti-JacksonnowrapMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Retired.1833–1843
WhignowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
[[File:JamesCAlvord.jpg100px]]
James Alvord
(Greenfield)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1839 –
September 27, 1839Elected in 1838.
Died.
VacantnowrapSeptember 27, 1839 –
January 13, 1840
[[File:Osmyn Baker.jpg100px]]
Osmyn Baker
(Amherst)WhigJanuary 14, 1840 –
March 3, 1845Elected to finish Alvord's term and seated January 14, 1840.
Re-elected later in 1840.
Re-elected in 1842.
Retired.
1843–1853
[[File:George Ashmun.png100px]]
George Ashmun
(Springfield)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Retired.
George T. Davis
(Greenfield)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1850.
Retired.
[[File:Charles Wentworth Upham.png100px]]
Charles W. Upham
(Salem)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Elected in 1852.
Lost re-election.1853–1863
[[File:TimothyDavis.jpg100px]]
Timothy Davis
(Gloucester)Know NothingnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
[[File:JohnBAlley.jpg100px]]
John B. Alley
(Lynn)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Daniel W Gooch.png100px]]
Daniel W. Gooch
(Melrose)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1863 –
September 1, 1865Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Resigned to become Navy agent of the port of Boston.1863–1873
VacantnowrapSeptember 2, 1865 –
December 3, 1865
[[File:Nathaniel Prentice Banks.jpg100px]]
Nathaniel P. Banks
(Waltham)RepublicanDecember 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1873Elected to finish Gooch's term.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Switched parties in 1872.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
Liberal Republican
[[File:Bfbutler.jpg100px]]
Benjamin F. Butler
(Lowell)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1872.
Lost re-election.1873–1883
[[File:CharlesPerkinsThompson.jpg100px]]
Charles Perkins Thompson
(Gloucester)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected in 1874.
Lost re-election.
[[File:George B. Loring - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
George B. Loring(Salem)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost renomination.
[[File:Eben Francis Stone CDV by John Adams Whipple, 1862.jpg100px]]
Eben F. Stone
(Newburyport)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883Elected in 1880.
Retired.
[[File:Henry B. Lovering (cropped).png100px]]
Henry B. Lovering
(Lynn)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.1883–1893
[[File:Cabotlodgenationalportrait.jpg100px]]
Henry Cabot Lodge
(Nahant)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1893Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:William Cogswell2.jpg100px]]
William Cogswell
(Salem)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
May 22, 1895Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Died.1893–1903
VacantnowrapMay 22, 1895 –
November 4, 1895
[[File:WHMoody.jpg100px]]
William H. Moody
(Haverhill)RepublicannowrapNovember 5, 1895 –
May 1, 1902Elected to finish Cogswell's term.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Resigned to become Secretary of the Navy
VacantnowrapMay 2, 1902 –
November 3, 1902
[[File:Augustus P. Gardner.png100px]]
Augustus P. Gardner
(Hamilton)RepublicanNovember 4, 1902 –
May 15, 1917Elected to finish Moody's term and re-elected to next term in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Resigned to enter the army.
1903–1913
1913–1933
VacantnowrapMay 15, 1917 –
November 6, 1917
[[File:Willfred W. Lufkin.png100px]]
Willfred W. Lufkin
(Essex)RepublicannowrapNovember 6, 1917 –
June 30, 1921Elected to finish Gardner's term.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Resigned to become Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston
VacantnowrapJune 30, 1921 –
September 27, 1921
[[File:Abram Piatt Andrew 1909.jpg100px]]
Abram Andrew
(Gloucester)RepublicanSeptember 27, 1921 –
June 3, 1936Elected to finish Lufkin's term.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
1933–1943
VacantnowrapJune 3, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
[[File:George J. Bates.png100px]]
George J. Bates
(Salem)RepublicanJanuary 3, 1937 –
November 1, 1949Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Died in a plane crash.
1943–1953
VacantnowrapNovember 1, 1949 –
February 14, 1950
[[File:William Henry Bates 89th Congress 1965.png100px]]
William H. Bates
(Salem)RepublicanFebruary 14, 1950 –
June 22, 1969Elected to finish his father's term.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Died.
1953–1963
1963–1973
VacantnowrapJune 22, 1969 –
September 30, 1969
[[File:Michael J. Harrington.jpg100px]]
Michael J. Harrington
(Beverly)DemocraticSeptember 30, 1969 –
January 3, 1979Elected to finish Bates's term.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Retired.
1973–1983
[[File:MavroulesNicholas.jpg100px]]
Nicholas Mavroules
(Peabody)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.
Lost re-election.
1983–1993
[[File:Torkildsen.jpg100px]]
Peter G. Torkildsen
(Danvers)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1997Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Lost re-election.1993–2003
[[File:John F Tierney congressional portrait 2009.jpg100px]]
John F. Tierney
(Salem)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2015Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Lost renomination.
2003–2013
2013–2023
[[File:Massachusetts US Congressional District 6 (since 2013).tif300px]]
[[File:Seth Moulton (cropped).jpg100px]]
Seth Moulton
(Salem)DemocraticJanuary 3, 2015 –
presentElected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
Retiring to run for U.S. Senate.
2023–present
[[File:Massachusetts's 6th congressional district (since 2023).svg250px]]

Recent election results

The following are the results from the last four general elections for U.S. House of Representatives to represent the Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District:

References

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