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Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

Current Representative		Jim McGovern (D)
Area	581.00 mi²
Distribution	93.25% urban, 6.75% rural
Population (2000)	634,585
Median income	$61,768
Ethnicity	86.2% White, 2.8% Black, 3.2% Asian, 6.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 1.6% other
Occupation	20.6% blue collar, 65.5% white collar, 13.8% gray collar
Cook PVI	D + 9

Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in central and southeastern Massachusetts. It contains Worcester, the state's second-biggest city. It has been based out of Worcester County since the 1890s. Previously the district had been located in coastal Essex County. The Bristol county portions of this district were added following the 1990 census.

The district is currently represented by Jim McGovern, who has represented the district since January 1997.

1 Cities and towns currently in the district
2 List of Representatives
3 Recent election results
4 References
5 External links

Cities and towns currently in the district

In Bristol County:

Attleboro, Fall River: Wards 1-3; Ward 4, Precincts A&B; Ward 5, Precincts A&B; Ward 6, Precincts B&C; Ward 8, Precinct D, North Attleborough, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea.

In Middlesex County:

Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Marlborough.

In Norfolk County:

Franklin, Medway, Plainville, Wrentham.

In Worcester County:

Auburn, Boylston, Clinton, Holden, Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southborough, West Boylston, Westborough, Worcester.

List of Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress(es)	District home	District area	Note
Elbridge Gerry	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd		All of Middlesex County
Shearjashub Bourne	Pro-Administration	General ticket: March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd		Plural district: Representative A: Bristol, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties. Representative B: Plymouth and Barnstable Counties	Redistricted from the 5th district
Peleg Coffin, Jr.	Pro-Administration	General ticket: March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd
Samuel Lyman	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – November 6, 1800	4th 5th	Springfield	Central part of the state. Communities in Hampshire County included Amherst, Belchertown, Brimfield, Granby, Greenwich, Holland, Leverett, Longmeadow,Ludlow, New Salem, Orange, Palmer, Pelham, Shutesbury, South Brimfield, South Hadley,Springfield, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, and Wilbraham. Communities in Worcester County included Athol, Barre, Gardner, Gerry, Hardwick, New Braintree, Petersham, Royalston, Sturbridge, Templeton, Western, and Winchendon	Resigned
Samuel Lyman	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – November 6, 1800	6th	Springfield		Resigned
Vacant		November 7, 1800 – February 1, 1801
Ebenezer Mattoon	Federalist	February 2, 1801 – March 3, 1803		Amherst
Ebenezer Mattoon	Federalist	February 2, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Amherst
Manasseh Cutler	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th		Northern Essex County communities of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, and Topsfield	Redistricted from the 11th district, Retired
Jeremiah Nelson	Federalist	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Newburyport		Retired
Edward St. Loe Livermore	Federalist	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811	10th 11th	Newburyport		Retired
Leonard White	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Haverhill
Timothy Pickering	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Salem	Northern Essex County communities of Beverly, Boxford, Bradford, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, and Wenham	Redistricted to the 2nd district
Jeremiah Nelson	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1827	14th 15th 16th 17th	Newburyport	Northern Essex County communities of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Topsfield, and the Middlesex County community of South Reading	Retired
	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	14th 15th 16th 17th		Northern Essex County communities of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Topsfield, West Newbury, and the Middlesex County community of Dracut
	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th		Northern Essex County communities of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Essex, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury,and the Middlesex County communities of Billerica, Dracut, Tewksbury, and Wilmington
John Varnum	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Lowell
John Varnum	National Republican	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Lowell
Jeremiah Nelson	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Newburyport		Retired
Gayton P. Osgood	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	North Andover	Northern Essex County communities of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Haverhill, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, West Newbury,and the Middlesex County communities of Dracut, Lowell, Reading, Tewksbury, South Reading, and Wilmington	Lost re-nomination
Caleb Cushing	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Newburyport		Retired
Caleb Cushing	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th	Newburyport		Retired
Amos Abbott	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Andover	Northern Essex County communities of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Georgetown,Haverhill, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, and West Newbury,and the Middlesex County communities of Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Littleton, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Westford, and Wilmington	Retired
James H. Duncan	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Haverhill
J. Wiley Edmands	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd		Most of then Norfolk County, which included the communities of Bellingam, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Dorchester, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Milton, Needham, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, West Roxbury, Weymouth, and Wrentham, the southern Worcester County communities of Blackstone, Mendon, Milford, Northbridge, Upton, and Uxbridge, and the Middlesex County communities of Brighton, Holliston, Newton, Sherborn, and Watertown	Retired
William S. Damrell	American/Know-Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th			Retired due to failing health
William S. Damrell	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th			Retired due to failing health
Charles F. Adams, Sr.	Republican	March 4, 1859 – May 1, 1861	36th			Resigned to become Minister to England
Charles F. Adams, Sr.	Republican	March 4, 1859 – May 1, 1861	37th			Resigned to become Minister to England
Vacant		May 1, 1861 – June 11, 1861
Benjamin Thomas	Union	June 11, 1861 – March 3, 1863				Retired
Alexander H. Rice	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Boston	Roxbury and Brookline in Norfolk County and Wards 4, 7, 8, and 10 thru 12 of the City of Boston in Suffolk County.	Redistricted from the 4th district, Retired
Ginery Twichell	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd		Roxbury and Brookline in Norfolk County and Wards 5, 7, 8, and 10 thru 12 of the City of Boston in Suffolk County	Retired
William Whiting	Republican	March 4, 1873 – June 29, 1873	43rd		Wards 7, 8, and 10 thru 16 of the City of Boston in Suffolk County	Died
Vacant		June 29, 1873 – December 1, 1873
Henry L. Pierce	Republican	December 1, 1873 – March 3, 1877		Boston		Retired
Henry L. Pierce	Republican	December 1, 1873 – March 3, 1877	44th	Boston		Retired
Walbridge A. Field	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 28, 1878	45th	Boston	Wards 13 thru 21, and 24 of the City of Boston in Suffolk County	Dean successfully challenged Field's election
Benjamin Dean	Democratic	March 28, 1878 – March 3, 1879	45th	Boston		Retired
Walbridge A. Field	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Boston		Retired
Ambrose Ranney	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th			Lost re-election
Ambrose Ranney	Republican	March 3, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th		All of Ward 11, Ward 15 (Pct. 3 and 4), and Wards 17-24 of the City of Boston in Suffolk County, and Milton of Norfolk County	Lost re-election
Leopold Morse	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th			Retired
John F. Andrew	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd			Lost re-election
Joseph H. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899	53rd 54th 55th	Worcester	The central and southern Worcester County communities of Auburn, Blackstone, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Mendon, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Boylston, and Worcester, and the Middlesex County town of Hopkinton	Redistricted from 10th district, Lost re-election
John R. Thayer	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Worcester		Retired
John R. Thayer	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Worcester	The central and southern Worcester County communities of Auburn, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Boylston, and Worcester	Retired
Rockwood Hoar	Republican	March 4, 1905 – November 1, 1906	59th	Worcester		Died
Vacant		November 1, 1906 – December 18, 1906
Charles G. Washburn	Republican	December 18, 1906 – March 3, 1911		Worcester		Lost re-election
Charles G. Washburn	Republican	December 18, 1906 – March 3, 1911	61st	Worcester		Lost re-election
John A. Thayer	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Worcester		Lost re-election
William H. Wilder	Republican	March 4, 1913 – September 11, 1913	63rd	Gardner	The northern and western Worcester County communities of Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster, and Winchendon, the Hampden County communities of Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, and Wales, the Franklin County towns of New Salem and Orange, the Hampshire County towns of Greenwich and Prescott, and the Middlesex County towns of Ashby and Townsend	Redistricted from the 4th district, Died
Vacant		September 11, 1913 – November 4, 1913
Calvin D. Paige	Republican	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925		Southbridge		Retired
Calvin D. Paige	Republican	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	68th	Southbridge		Retired
Frank H. Foss	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	69th	Fitchburg		Lost re-election
		March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	70th 71st 72nd		The northern and western Worcester County communities of Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster, and Winchendon, Hampden County communities of Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, and Wales, the Franklin County towns of Erving, New Salem, Orange, Shutesbury, Warwick, and Wendell, and the Hampshire County towns of Belchertown, Enfield, Greenwich, Pelham, Prescott, and Ware
		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd		The northern and western Worcester County communities of Ashburnham, Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Brookfield, Westminster, and Winchendon, Hampden County communities of Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, and Wales, the Middlesex County towns of Ashby, Boxborough, Framingham, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, and Wayland, and the Hampshire County town of Ware
Joseph E. Casey	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	74th 75th 76th 77th	Clinton		Retired in an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senator
Philip J. Philbin	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Clinton	The Worcester County communities of Ashburnham, Barre, Blackstone, Bolton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren, Webster, West Brookfield, Westminster, and Winchendon, the Middlesex County communities of Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Shirley, and Stow, the Hampshire County town of Ware and the Hampden County town of Palmer	Lost re-nomination
		January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969	88th 89th 90th		The Worcester County communities of Ashburnham, Barre, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westminster, and Winchendon, the Middlesex County communities of Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Boxborough, Dunstable, Groton, Holliston, Hudson, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Natick, Pepperell, Sherborn, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Tyngsborough, and Westford, and the Norfolk County towns of Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, and Millis
		January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	91st		The Middlesex County communities of Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Boxborough, Concord, Hudson, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Newton, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Waltham, Watertown, Westford, and Weston, and the Worcester County communities of Ashburnham, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Harvard, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Sterling, Westminster, and Winchendon
Robert Drinan	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd			Redistricted to the 4th district
Harold Donohue	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974	93rd	Worcester	The Worcester County communities of Auburn, Berlin, Blackstone, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Hopedale, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northborough, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Westborough, West Boylston, and Worcester, the Middlesex County communities of Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, and Marlborough, and the Norfolk County towns of Bellingham, Franklin, and Medway	Redistricted from the 4th district Retired
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
Joseph D. Early	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	Worcester		Lost re-election
Joseph D. Early	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	99th 100th 101st 102nd	Worcester	The Worcester County communities of Auburn, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton,Boylston, Clinton, Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Lancaster, Leicester, Lunenburg, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northborough, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Westborough, West Boylston, and Worcester, the Middlesex County communities of Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Sherborn, and Stow, and the Norfolk County towns of Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, Millis, and Norfolk^[1]	Lost re-election
Peter I. Blute	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	103rd 104th	Shrewsbury	The Worcester County communities of Auburn (portions of pcts. 1, 3 and 4), Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Holden, Lancaster (portions of pcts 1 and 2), Northborough, Northbridge, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Upton, Westborough, West Boylston, and Worcester, the Middlesex County towns of Holliston, and Hopkinton, the Norfolk County towns of Foxborough (pct 5, and portions of pcts 1, 3, and 4, Franklin, Medway, Plainville, and Wrentham, and the Bristol County communities of Attleboro, Dartmouth, Fall River (all of Wards 1, 2 and 3, Ward 6 pcts A and B, and Ward 4 pct. A, and portions of B and C), Mansfield (pcts. 1, 2 and portions of 3 and 4), North Attleboro, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport.^[2]	Lost re-election
Jim McGovern	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Worcester		Incumbent
Jim McGovern	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – Present	108th 109th 110th 111th (current)	Worcester	See Cities and towns currently in the district, above	Incumbent

Recent election results

U.S. House election, 2002: Massachusetts, District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim McGovern	155,697	73.34
	write-in		1,848	0.87
	blank		54,759	25.79
Majority			153,849	72.47
Turnout			212,304
	Democratic hold		Swing

U.S. House election, 2004: Massachusetts, District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim McGovern	192,036	67.15	-6.19
	Republican	Ronald Crews	80,197	28.04	+28.04
	write-in		179	0.06	-0.81
	blank		13,584	4.75	-21.04
Majority			111,839	39.11	-33.36
Turnout			285,996
	Democratic hold		Swing

U.S. House election, 2006: Massachusetts, District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim McGovern	166,973	77.63	+10.48
	write-in		1,983	0.92	+0.86
	blank		46,145	21.45	+16.70
Majority			164,990	76.70	+37.59
Turnout			215,101
	Democratic hold		Swing

U.S. House election, 2008: Massachusetts, District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim McGovern	227,619	75.04	-2.59
	write-in		3,488	1.15	+0.23
	blank		72,208	23.81	+2.36
Majority			224,131	73.89	-2.81
Turnout			303,315
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

^ A Manual for the use of the General Court. Boston, MA: Causeway Print. 1983.
^ A Manual for the use of the General Court. Boston, MA: Eagle Graphics. 1993.

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
National atlas congressional maps

External links

2004 election results, via CNN.com
2006 election results, via CNN.com

v • d • e Massachusetts's congressional districts

Current districts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 All districts: At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The At-large and 11th–20th districts are obsolete. Some moved to Maine in 1820. See also: Massachusetts's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2008 elections All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps

v • d • e Massachusetts's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators	John Kerry (D), Paul G. Kirk (D)

Representative(s)	John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Niki Tsongas (D), John F. Tierney (D), Ed Markey (D), Mike Capuano (D), Stephen Lynch (D), Bill Delahunt (D)

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Non-voting delegations	American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Northern Mariana Islands • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands

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Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

Contents

Cities and towns currently in the district

List of Representatives

Recent election results

References

External links