Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
Current Representative		Bill Keating (D–Quincy)
Area	934.25 mi²
Distribution	54.22% urban, 45.78% rural
Population (2000)	635,901
Median income	$51,928
Ethnicity	92.2% White, 1.6% Black, 2.7% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 1.9% other
Occupation	18.1% blue collar, 66.7% white collar, 15.3% gray collar
Cook PVI	D+5

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is a political constituency that includes parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts, and all of Cape Cod and the islands. With a population (as of 2000) of 635,901 and a land area of 934.25 square miles (2,419.7 km²), it is the most populous of Massachusetts's ten congressional districts and the second largest by area. The District has existed since 1795, but will become obsolete for the 113th Congress in 2013 as district lines get redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to apportionment as a result of the 2010 Census.^[1] Effective from the elections of 2012, most of the district falls into the new Massachusetts 9th congressional district, with some northern portions falling in the new 8th district.^[2]

It is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat William R. Keating. With a Cook PVI of D+5, it is the most conservative district in the heavily Democratic state of Massachusetts. Previous Representative Bill Delahunt announced on March 5, 2010 that he would not run for reelection^[3], setting off a scramble among both Democrats and Republicans to succeed him. On November 2, 2010 Bill Keating won the general election, defeating Republican nominee Jeff Perry by a margin of over 12,700 votes.

Cities and towns in the district

The district includes:

• All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County,
• The following municipalities in Plymouth County: Abington, Carver, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson Pct. 2, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Scituate, and
• The following municipalities in Norfolk County: Cohasset, Quincy, Weymouth

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Benjamin Goodhue	Federalist	March 4, 1795 — June 11, 1796	Redistricted from the 1st district Resigned after election to US Senate
Vacant		June 11, 1796 — December 7, 1796
Samuel Sewall	Federalist	December 7, 1796 — January 10, 1800	Resigned
Vacant		January 10, 1800 — November 25, 1800
Nathan Read	Federalist	November 25, 1800 — March 4, 1803	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Seth Hastings	Federalist	March 4, 1803 — March 4, 1807	Redistricted from the 4th district
Jabez Upham	Federalist	March 4, 1807 — 1810	Resigned
Vacant		1810 — October 8, 1810
Joseph Allen	Federalist	October 8, 1810 — March 4, 1811	Retired
Elijah Brigham	Federalist	March 4, 1811 — March 4, 1815	Redistricted to the 11th district
Laban Wheaton	Federalist	March 4, 1815 — March 4, 1817	Redistricted from the 9th district
Marcus Morton	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 — March 4, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Francis Baylies	Federalist	March 4, 1821 — March 4, 1823	Redistricted to the 12th district
Vacant		March 3, 1823 — December 13, 1824
John Bailey	Adams–Clay Republican	December 13, 1824 — March 4, 1825	Contested election with state, eventually seated
	Adams	March 4, 1825 — March 4, 1829
	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 — March 4, 1831
Henry A. S. Dearborn	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 — March 4, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Baylies	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 — March 4, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Nathaniel B. Borden	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 — March 4, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 — March 4, 1839
Henry Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1839 — March 4, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Nathaniel B. Borden	Whig	March 4, 1841 — March 4, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Barker Burnell	Whig	March 4, 1843 — June 15, 1843	Redistricted from the 11th district Died
Vacant		June 15, 1843 — December 7, 1843
Joseph Grinnell	Whig	December 7, 1843 — March 4, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Zeno Scudder	Whig	March 4, 1851 — March 4, 1853	Redistricted to the 1st district
Edward Dickinson	Whig	March 4, 1853 — March 4, 1855
Calvin C. Chaffee	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 — March 4, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 — March 4, 1859
Charles Delano	Republican	March 4, 1859 — March 4, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry L. Dawes	Republican	March 3, 1863 — March 4, 1873	Redistricted from the 11th district Redistricted to the 11th district
Alvah Crocker	Republican	March 4, 1873 — December 26, 1874	Redistricted from the 9th district Died
Vacant		December 26, 1874 — January 27, 1875
Charles A. Stevens	Republican	January 27, 1875 — March 4, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Julius H. Seelye	Independent	March 4, 1875 — March 4, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Amasa Norcross	Republican	March 4, 1877 — March 4, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William W. Rice	Republican	March 4, 1883 — March 4, 1887	Redistricted from the 9th district
John E. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1887 — March 4, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph H. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1889 — March 4, 1893	Redistricted to the 3rd district
Michael J. McEttrick	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1893 — March 4, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Harrison H. Atwood	Republican	March 4, 1895 — March 4, 1897	Lost renomination
Samuel J. Barrows	Republican	March 4, 1897 — March 4, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry F. Naphen	Democratic	March 4, 1899 — March 4, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. McNary	Democratic	March 4, 1903 — March 4, 1907	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph F. O'Connell	Democratic	March 4, 1907 — March 4, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Michael Curley	Democratic	March 4, 1911 — March 4, 1913	Redistricted to the 12th district
William Francis Murray	Democratic	March 4, 1913 — September 28, 1914	Redistricted from the 9th district Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston
Vacant		September 28, 1914 — March 4, 1915
Peter Tague	Democratic	March 4, 1915 — March 4, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John F. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1919 — October 23, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter Tague	Democratic	October 23, 1919 — March 4, 1925	Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election
John J. Douglass	Democratic	March 4, 1925 — March 4, 1933	Redistricted to the 11th district
George H. Tinkham	Republican	March 4, 1933 — January 3, 1943	Redistricted from the 11th district
Christian Herter	Republican	January 3, 1943 — January 3, 1953	Retired to become Governor
Laurence Curtis	Republican	January 3, 1953 — January 3, 1963	Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for U.S. Senate
Joseph William Martin, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1963 — January 3, 1967	Redistricted from the 14th district Lost renomination
Margaret M. Heckler	Republican	January 3, 1967 — January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election
Gerry E. Studds	Democratic	January 3, 1983 — January 3, 1997	Redistricted from the 12th district Retired
Bill Delahunt	Democratic	January 3, 1997 — January 3, 2011	Retired
William R. Keating	Democratic	January 3, 2011 — present	Elected in 2010 Has indicated he will move into the redistricted 9th district for the 2012 election, and seek re-election there
District to be eliminated[1]		January 3, 2013

References

• 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. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

Maps

• Map of Massachusetts's 10th Congressional District^{[dead link]}, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results

• CNN.com 2004 election results
• CNN.com 2006 election results