Massachusetts's 9th congressional district

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
Current Representative		Stephen Lynch (D–South Boston)
Area	313.08 mi²
Distribution	81.58% urban, 18.42% rural
Population (2000)	634,062
Median income	$67,090
Ethnicity	79.3% White, 8.5% Black, 3.7% Asian, 4.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 37% other
Occupation	17.3% blue collar, 69.0% white collar, 13.8% gray collar
Cook PVI	D+11

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is in eastern Massachusetts, including part of Boston and some of its southern suburbs. It is currently represented by Stephen Lynch, who has served the district since 2001. It has subsumed much of the former 11th District in the south suburbs of Boston. With a population (as of 2000) of 634,062 it has the lowest population of Massachusetts's ten congressional districts.

Redistricting after the 2010 census eliminates the Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and moves many of the districts communities here. The district also adds some Plymouth County communities from the old 4th district, and some Bristol County communities from the old 3rd and 4th districts. It eliminates a few easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth county communities. The old 9th District is essentially the new 8th district.^[1] .

Cities and Towns in the District from 2003 to 2013

In Bristol County:

Easton.

In Norfolk County:

Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood.

In Plymouth County:

Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Precincts 1 and 3, West Bridgewater, Whitman.

In Suffolk County:

Boston, Ward 3, Precincts 5 and 6; Ward 5, Precincts 3-5, 11; Ward 6; Ward 7, Precincts 1-9; Ward 13, Precincts 3, 7-10; Ward 15, Precinct 6; Ward 16, Precincts 2, 4-12; Ward 17, Precincts 4, 13, 14; Ward 18, Precincts 9-12, 16-20, 22, 23; Ward 19, Precincts 2, 7, 10-13; Ward 20.

Cities and towns in the district from 2013 to 2023

All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, and Nantucket County.

The following municipalities in Bristol County:

Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Fall River: Wards 1-3, Ward 6, Precincts A and B in Ward 4, Precincts A and B in Ward 5, New Bedford, and Westport.

The following municipalities in Plymouth County:

Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, and Wareham.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Joseph B. Varnum	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1803	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Phanuel Bishop	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1807	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Josiah Dean	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Laban Wheaton	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Reed, Jr.	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Walter Folger, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Reed, Jr.	Federalist	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry W. Dwight	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George N. Briggs	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Jackson	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Hastings	Whig	March 4, 1837 – June 17, 1842	Died
Vacant		June 17, 1842 – March 4, 1843
Henry Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Artemas Hale	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Orin Fowler	Whig	March 4, 1849 – September 3, 1852	Died
Vacant		September 3, 1852 – December 13, 1852
Edward P. Little	Democratic	December 13, 1852 – March 4, 1853	Retired
Alexander Dewitt	Free Soil	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Eli Thayer	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Goldsmith Bailey	Republican	March 4, 1861 – May 8, 1862	Died
Vacant		May 8, 1862 – December 1, 1862
Amasa Walker	Republican	December 1, 1862 – March 4, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William B. Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1863 – December 5, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		December 5, 1871 – January 2, 1872
Alvah Crocker	Republican	January 2, 1872 – March 4, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Frisbie Hoar	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William W. Rice	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Theodore Lyman	Independent Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frederick D. Ely	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887	Lost re-election
Edward Burnett	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John W. Candler	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George F. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph H. O'Neil	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John F. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph A. Conry	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John A. Keliher	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William F. Murray	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ernest W. Roberts	Republican	March 3, 1913 – March 4, 1917	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Alvan T. Fuller	Republican	March 4, 1917 – January 5, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		January 5, 1921 – March 4, 1921
Charles L. Underhill	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1933	Retired
Robert Luce	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard M. Russell	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert Luce	Republican	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas H. Eliot	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles L. Gifford	Republican	January 3, 1943 – August 23, 1947	Died
Vacant		August 23, 1947 – November 18, 1947
Donald W. Nicholson	Republican	November 18, 1947 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hastings Keith	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to 12th district
John McCormack	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971	Retired
Louise Day Hicks	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Elected in 1970 Lost re-election
Joe Moakley	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – May 31, 2001	First elected in 1972 as an Independent, but became a Democrat at beginning of the term Re-elected in 1974 Re-elected in 1976 Re-elected 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 Re-elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1996 Re-elected in 1998 Re-elected in 2000 Died
Vacant		June 1, 2001 – October 15, 2001
Stephen Lynch	Democratic	October 16, 2001 – Present	First elected to finish Moakley's term Re-elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Re-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 Re-elected in 2000

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 9th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results

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