Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
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Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
Massachusetts Congressional District 11 is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Brian Donnelly; its most notable were former President John Quincy Adams, future president John F. Kennedy and Speaker Tip O'Neill.
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | 1795 | |||
| Theophilus Bradbury | Federalist | March 4, 1795 - July 24, 1797 | Newburyport | Resigned to become a State justice |
| Vacant | July 25, 1797 - November 26, 1797 | |||
| Bailey Bartlett | Federalist | November 27, 1797 - March 3, 1801 | ||
| Menasseh Cutler | Federalist | March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803 | Redistricted to the 3rd district | |
| William Stedman | Federalist | March 4, 1803 - July 16, 1810 | Resigned to serve as Clerk of Courts for Worcester County | |
| Vacant | July 16, 1810 - October 8, 1810 | |||
| Abijah Bigelow | Federalist | October 8, 1810 - March 3, 1815 | ||
| Elijah Brigham | Federalist | March 4, 1815 - February 22, 1816 | Redistricted from the 10th district, Died |
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| Vacant | February 22, 1816 - December 1, 1816 | |||
| Benjamin Adams | Federalist | December 2, 1816 - March 3, 1821 | Uxbridge | Lost re-election |
| Johnathan Russell | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 | ||
| Aaron Hobart | Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the 8th district | |
| Adams | March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827 | |||
| Joseph Richardson | Adams | March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829 | ||
| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831 | |||
| John Quincy Adams | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833 | Braintree | Redistricted to the 12th district |
| John Reed, Jr. | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 | ||
| Anti-Masonic | March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 | |||
| Whig | March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841 | |||
| Barker Burnell | Whig | March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 | Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| District eliminated | 1843 | |||
| District recreated | 1853 | |||
| John Z. Goodrich | Whig | March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 | Redistricted from the 7th district | |
| Mark Trafton | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 | ||
| Henry L. Dawes | Republican | March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1863 | Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| District eliminated | 1863 | |||
| District recreated | 1873 | |||
| Henry L. Dawes | Republican | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 | Redistricted from the 10th district | |
| Chester W. Chapin | Democratic | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 | ||
| George D. Robinson | Republican | March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 | Redistricted to the 12th district | |
| William Whiting | Republican | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1889 | ||
| Rodney Wallace | Republican | March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 | ||
| Frederick S. Coolidge | Democratic | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 | ||
| William F. Draper | Republican | March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897 | ||
| Charles F. Sprague | Republican | March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901 | ||
| Samuel L. Powers | Republican | March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 | Newton | Redistricted to the 12th district |
| John Andrew Sullivan | Democratic | March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1907 | Boston | |
| Andrew J. Peters | Democratic | March 4, 1907 - August 15, 1914 | Boston | Resigned after being appointed Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department |
| Vacant | August 15, 1914 - March 4, 1915 | |||
| George H. Tinkham | Republican | March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1933 | Boston | Redistricted to the 10th district |
| John J. Douglass | Democratic | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 | Boston | Redistricted from the 10th district |
| John P. Higgins | Democratic | January 3, 1935 - September 30, 1937 | Boston | Resigned after being appointed as chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts |
| Vacant | September 30, 1937 - December 14, 1937 | |||
| Thomas A. Flaherty | Democratic | December 14, 1937 - January 3, 1943 | Boston | Retired |
| James Michael Curley | Democratic | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1947 | Boston | Retired |
| John F. Kennedy | Democratic | January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1953 | Boston | Elected to US Senate |
| Tip O'Neill | Democratic | January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963 | Cambridge | Redistricted to the 8th district |
| James A. Burke | Democratic | January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1979 | Milton | Redistricted from the 13th district |
| Brian J. Donnelly | Democratic | January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1993 | Boston | Retired |
| District eliminated | January 3, 1993 | |||
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
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