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Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1795
Eliminated2010
Years active1795–2013
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during 1795–2013. It was first located in the District of Maine during 1795–1803, then located in several different areas of Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated 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]

At the time the district was eliminated, it included parts of the South Shore and all of the Cape and Islands. Effective with the 2012 House elections, most of the former district was placed in the 9th district, with some northern portions placed in the 8th district.[2]

Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 10th congressional district include James Michael Curley, four-time Mayor of Boston, and John F. Fitzgerald, maternal grandfather of John F. Kennedy.

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

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The district from 2003 to 2013

1840s

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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

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1869: "Berkshire and Hampden counties."[4]

1870s–1880s

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1890s–1950s

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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

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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

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1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."[13]

2003–2013

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List of members representing the district

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Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1795

Benjamin Goodhue
(Salem)
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
(Marblehead)
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 to become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Vacant January 10, 1800 –
November 25, 1800
6th

Nathan Read
(Salem)
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
(Mendon)
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
(Brookfield)
Federalist March 4, 1807 –
1810
10th
11th
Elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Resigned.
Vacant 1810 –
October 8, 1810
11th
Joseph Allen
(Worcester)
Federalist October 8, 1810 –
March 3, 1811
Elected October 8, 1810, to finish Upham's term.
Retired.

Elijah Brigham
(Westborough)
Federalist March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1815
12th
13th
Elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

Laban Wheaton
(Easton)
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
(Taunton)
Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821
15th
16th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Lost re-election.

Francis Baylies
(Taunton)
Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
Vacant March 3, 1823 –
December 13, 1823
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
(Canton)
Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican December 13, 1823 –
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
(Milton)
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.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831

Henry A. S. Dearborn
(Brookline)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1830.
Lost re-election.
William Baylies
(West Bridgewater)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Elected in 1833.
Lost re-election.
1833–1843
[data missing]

Nathaniel B. Borden
(Fall River)
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
(Taunton)
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
26th Elected in 1838.
Lost re-election.

Nathaniel B. Borden
(Fall River)
Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th Elected on the second ballot in 1841.
[data missing]
Barker Burnell
(Nantucket)
Whig March 4, 1843 –
June 15, 1843
28th Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1842.
Died.
1843–1853
[data missing]
Vacant June 15, 1843 –
December 7, 1843

Joseph Grinnell
(New Bedford)
Whig December 7, 1843 –
March 3, 1851
28th
29th
30th
31st
Elected to finish Burnell's term.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing]

Zeno Scudder
(Barnstable)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 1st district.

Edward Dickinson
(Amherst)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1852.
[data missing]
1853–1863
[data missing]

Calvin C. Chaffee
(Springfield)
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th35th Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
[data missing]
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

Charles Delano[14]
(Northampton)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
[data missing]

Henry L. Dawes[4]
(Pittsfield)
Republican March 3, 1863 –
March 3, 1873
38th
39th
40th
41st
42nd
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 11th district.
1863–1873
[data missing]

Alvah Crocker
(Fitchburg)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
December 26, 1874
43rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Died.
1873–1883
[data missing]
Vacant December 26, 1874 –
January 27, 1875

Charles A. Stevens
(Ware)
Republican January 27, 1875 –
March 3, 1875
Elected to finish Crocker's term.
[data missing]

Julius H. Seelye
(Amherst)
Independent March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Amasa Norcross[15][16]
(Fitchburg)
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
45th
46th
47th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[data missing]

William W. Rice
(Worcester)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
48th
49th
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
[data missing]
1883–1893
[data missing]

John E. Russell
(Leicester)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
[data missing]

Joseph H. Walker
(Worcester)
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893
51st
52nd
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Michael J. McEttrick
(Boston)
Independent Democrat March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing]
1893–1903
[data missing]

Harrison H. Atwood
(Boston)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
54th Elected in 1894.
Lost renomination.

Samuel J. Barrows[17]
(Boston)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899
55th Elected in 1896.
[data missing]

Henry F. Naphen
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903
56th
57th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
[data missing]

William S. McNary
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
58th
59th
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing]
1903–1913
[data missing]

Joseph F. O'Connell[18]
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911
60th
61st
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[data missing]

James Michael Curley
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

William Francis Murray
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
September 28, 1914
63rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1912.
Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston.
1913–1933
[data missing]
Vacant September 28, 1914 –
March 3, 1915

Peter Tague
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919
64th
65th
Elected in 1914.
Initially lost re-election but regained seat on appeal citing voting irregularities.
Re-elected in 1916.
[data missing]

John F. Fitzgerald
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1919 –
October 23, 1919
66th [data missing]
Lost election contest on appeal due to voting irregularities.

Peter Tague
(Boston)
Democratic October 23, 1919 –
March 3, 1925
66th
67th
68th
Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election on appeal due to voting irregularities.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.

John J. Douglass
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1933
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

George H. Tinkham[19]
(Boston)
Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1943
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
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1933–1943
[data missing]

Christian Herter
(Boston)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1953
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts.
1943–1953
[data missing]

Laurence Curtis
(Boston)
Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
1953–1963
[data missing]

Joseph W. Martin Jr.
(North Attleborough)
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967
88th
89th
Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Lost renomination.
1963–1973
[data missing]

Margaret Heckler[20]
(Wellesley)
Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1983
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election.
1973–1983
[data missing]

Gerry Studds[21]
(Cohasset)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1997
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired.
1983–1993
[data missing]
1993–2003
[data missing]

Bill Delahunt
(Quincy)
Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2011
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
Elected 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.
Retired.
2003–2013

Bill Keating
(Quincy)
Democratic January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
112th Elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
District eliminated January 3, 2013[1]

References

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General
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  3. ^ "State Apportionment; districts of the Commonwealth for the choice of one representative to Congress in each district". Massachusetts Register ... for 1843. Boston: Loring. May 8, 1779.
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  9. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477, House No. 2849
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  12. ^ "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977, hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372
  13. ^ Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997, retrieved November 26, 2013
  14. ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
  15. ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-041176-2.
  16. ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  17. ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  18. ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  19. ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
  20. ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
  21. ^ "Massachusetts". 1991–1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
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41°43′12″N 70°15′00″W / 41.7200°N 70.2500°W / 41.7200; -70.2500