These are complete tables of congressional delegations from Massachusetts to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. All twelve members of the current delegation are Democrats – no Republican has been elected to Congress from Massachusetts since 1994.
United States Senate
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
|---|---|---|
| Tristram Dalton (Pro-Admin) |
1st (1789–1791) | Caleb Strong (Pro-Admin) |
| George Cabot (Pro-Admin) |
2nd (1791–1793) | |
| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||
| 4th (1795–1797) | ||
| Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theodore Sedgwick (F) | |
| 5th (1797–1799) | ||
| 6th (1799–1801) | Samuel Dexter (F) | |
| Jonathan Mason (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | |
| 7th (1801–1803) | ||
| John Quincy Adams (F) | 8th (1803–1805) | Timothy Pickering (F) |
| 9th (1805–1807) | ||
| 10th (1807–1809) | ||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||
| 11th (1809–1811) | ||
| 12th (1811–1813) | Joseph B. Varnum (D-R) | |
| 13th (1813–1815) | ||
| Christopher Gore (F) | ||
| 14th (1815–1817) | ||
| Eli P. Ashmun (F) | ||
| 15th (1817–1819) | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | |
| Prentiss Mellen (F) | ||
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||
| Elijah H. Mills (F) | ||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||
| 19th (1825–1827) | ||
| Nathaniel Silsbee (Adams) |
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| Daniel Webster | 20th (1827–1829) | |
| 21st (1829–1831) | ||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||
| 23rd (1833–1835) | ||
| 24th (1835–1837) | John Davis (W) | |
| 25th (1837–1839) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||
| Isaac C. Bates (W) | ||
| Rufus Choate (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |
| 28th (1843–1845) | ||
| Daniel Webster (W) | 29th (1845–1847) | |
| John Davis (W) | ||
| 30th (1847–1849) | ||
| 31st (1849–1851) | ||
| Robert C. Winthrop (W) | ||
| Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D) | ||
| Charles Sumner (R) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |
| 33rd (1853–1855) | Edward Everett (W) | |
| Julius Rockwell (W) | ||
| Henry Wilson (R) | ||
| 34th (1855–1857) | ||
| 35th (1857–1859) | ||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||
| 37th (1861–1863) | ||
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | ||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | George S. Boutwell (R) | |
| William B. Washburn (R) | ||
| Henry L. Dawes (R) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
| 45th (1877–1879) | George F. Hoar (R) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||
| 47th (1881–1883) | ||
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||
| Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||
| Winthrop Murray Crane (R) | ||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | John W. Weeks (R) | |
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||
| 66th (1919–1921) | David I. Walsh (D) | |
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||
| William M. Butler (R) | ||
| 69th (1925–1927) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | |
| David I. Walsh (D) | ||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | Marcus A. Coolidge (D) | |
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||
| 75th (1937–1939) | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | |
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||
| Sinclair Weeks (R) | ||
| 79th (1945–1947) | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | 80th (1947–1949) | |
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||
| John F. Kennedy (D) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||
| Benjamin A. Smith II (D) | ||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||
| Edward Kennedy (D) | ||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||
| 90th (1967–1969) | Edward W. Brooke III (R) | |
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||
| 96th (1979–1981) | Paul Tsongas (D) | |
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||
| 99th (1985–1987) | John Kerry (D) | |
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||
| Paul G. Kirk (D) |
United States House of Representatives
1789–1793: 8 seats
Article I of the United States Constitution allocated 8 seats to Massachusetts.
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 1st 1789–1791 |
Fisher Ames (Pro-Admin) | Benjamin Goodhue (Pro-Admin) | Elbridge Gerry (Anti-Admin) | Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) | George Partridge (Pro-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) (Maine district) | George Leonard (Pro-Admin) | Jonathan Grout (Anti-Admin) |
| 2nd 1791–1793 |
Shearjashub Bourne (Pro-Admin) | George Leonard (Pro-Admin) | Artemas Ward (Pro-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) (Maine district) | ||||
1793–1803: 14 seats
After the 1790 Census, Massachusetts had 14 seats. From 1793 to 1795, Massachusetts apportioned 13 of its 14 seats into 4 districts, elected on a Plural ticket; the remaining seat was elected At-large. In 1795, however, it returned to single-Representative districts.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (General ticket) |
2nd (General ticket) |
3rd (General ticket) |
Maine district | At-large | ||||||||||
| 4th (General ticket) |
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| 3rd 1793–1795 |
Fisher Ames (Pro-Admin) | Samuel Dexter (Pro-Admin) | Benjamin Goodhue (Pro-Admin) | Samuel Holten (Anti-Admin) | Dwight Foster (Pro-Admin) | William Lyman (Anti-Admin) | Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) | Artemas Ward (Pro-Admin) | Shearjashub Bourne (Pro-Admin) | Peleg Coffin, Jr. (Pro-Admin) | Henry Dearborn (Anti-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) | Peleg Wadsworth (Pro-Admin) | David Cobb (Pro-Admin) |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | Maine district | |||
| 12th | 13th | 14th | ||||||||||||
| 4th 1795–1797 |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) | William Lyman (D-R) | Samuel Lyman (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (D-R) | John Reed, Sr. (F) | George Leonard (F) | Fisher Ames (F) | Joseph Bradley Varnum (D-R) | Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theophilus Bradbury (F) | Henry Dearborn (D-R) | Peleg Wadsworth (F) | George Thatcher (F) |
| Thomson J. Skinner (D-R) | Samuel Sewall (F) | |||||||||||||
| 5th 1797–1799 |
William Shepard (F) | Stephen Bullock (F) | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | Isaac Parker (F) | ||||||||||
| Bailey Bartlett (F) | ||||||||||||||
| 6th 1799–1801 |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) | Lemuel Williams (F) | Phanuel Bishop (D-R) | Silas Lee (F) | ||||||||||
| Ebenezer Mattoon (F) | Levi Lincoln, Sr. (D-R) | Nathan Read (F) | ||||||||||||
| 7th 1801–1803 |
John Bacon (D-R) | Seth Hastings (F) | Josiah Smith (D-R) | William Eustis (D-R) | Manasseh Cutler (F) | Richard Cutts (D-R) | ||||||||
| Samuel Thatcher (F) | ||||||||||||||
1803–1813: 17 seats
After the 1800 Census, Massachusetts had 17 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | Maine district | ||||
| 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | ||||||||||||||
| 8th 1803–1805 |
William Eustis (D-R) | Jacob Crowninshield (D-R) | Manasseh Cutler (F) | Joseph Bradley Varnum (D-R) | Thomas Dwight (F) | Samuel Taggart (F) | Nahum Mitchell (F) | Lemuel Williams (F) | Phanuel Bishop (D-R) | Seth Hastings (F) | William Stedman (F) | Thomson Skinner (D-R) | Ebenezer Seaver (D-R) | Richard Cutts (D-R) | Peleg Wadsworth (F) | Samuel Thatcher (F) | Phineas Bruce (F) |
| Simon Larned (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||
| 9th 1805–1807 |
Josiah Quincy III (F) | Jeremiah Nelson (F) | William Ely (F) | Joseph Barker (D-R) | Isaiah L. Green (D-R) | Barnabas Bidwell (D-R) | Orchard Cook (D-R) | John Chandler (D-R) | |||||||||
| 10th 1807–1809 |
Edward St. Loe Livermore (F) | Josiah Dean (D-R) | Jabez Upham (F) | Ezekiel Bacon (D-R) | Daniel Ilsley (D-R) | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Story (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||
| 11th 1809–1811 |
Benjamin Pickman, Jr. (F) | Charles Turner, Jr. (D-R) | Gideon Gardner (D-R) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | Barzillai Gannett (D-R) | |||||||||||
| William Baylies (F) | Joseph Allen (F) | Abijah Bigelow (F) | |||||||||||||||
| 12th 1811–1813 |
William Reed (F) | Leonard White (F) | William M. Richardson (D-R) | Charles Turner, Jr. (D-R) | Isaiah L. Green (D-R) | Elijah Brigham (F) | William Widgery (D-R) | Peleg Tallman (D-R) | Francis Carr (D-R) | ||||||||
1813–1823: 20 seats, then 13 seats
After the 1810 Census, Massachusetts had 20 seats. The three new seats were all added in the Maine district. On March 15, 1820, Maine became a state and was allocated 7 of Massachusetts's seats, so Massachusetts was left with 13 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | Maine district | |||||||
| 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | ||||||||||||||
| 13th 1813–1815 |
Artemas Ward, Jr. (F) | William Reed (F) | Timothy Pickering (F) | William M. Richardson (D-R) | William Ely (F) | Samuel Taggart (F) | William Baylies (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Elijah Brigham (F) | Abijah Bigelow (F) | Daniel Dewey (F) | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) | Cyrus King (F) | George Bradbury (F) | Samuel Davis (F) | Abiel Wood (D-R) | John Wilson (F) | James Parker (D-R) | Levi Hubbard (D-R) |
| Samuel Dana (D-R) | John W. Hulbert (F) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14th 1815–1817 |
Timothy Pickering (F) | Jeremiah Nelson (F) | Asahel Stearns (F) | Elijah H. Mills (F) | John W. Hulbert (F) | William Baylies (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Elijah Brigham (F) | Solomon Strong (F) | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) | Benjamin Brown (F) | James Carr (F) | Thomas Rice (F) | Samuel S. Conner (D-R) | Albion K. Parris (D-R) | ||||
| Benjamin Adams (F) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th 1817–1819 |
Jonathan Mason (F) | Nathaniel Silsbee (D-R) | Timothy Fuller (D-R) | Samuel C. Allen (F) | Henry Shaw (D-R) | Zabdiel Sampson (D-R) | Walter Folger, Jr. (D-R) | Marcus Morton (D-R) | John Holmes (D-R) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | Benjamin Orr (F) | John Wilson (F) | Joshua Gage (D-R) | |||||||
| Enoch Lincoln (D-R) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16th 1819–1821 |
Samuel Lathrop (F) | Jonas Kendall (F) | Edward Dowse (D-R) | Mark Langdon Hill (D-R) | Martin Kinsley (D-R) | James Parker (D-R) | Joshua Cushman (D-R) | |||||||||||||
| Benjamin Gorham (D-R) | Aaron Hobart (D-R) | William Eustis (D-R) | vacant | |||||||||||||||||
| Maine District split | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17th 1821–1823 |
Gideon Barstow (D-R) | Henry W. Dwight (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Francis Baylies (F) | Jonathan Russell (D-R) | Lewis Bigelow (F) | ||||||||||||||
1823–1833: 13 seats
The 1820 census kept the apportionment at 13.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
| 18th 1823–1825 |
Daniel Webster (Ad-Clay F) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Ad-Clay D-R) | Jeremiah Nelson (AdClay F) | Timothy Fuller (Ad-Clay D-R) | Jonas Sibley (Ad-Clay D-R) | John Locke (Ad-Clay D-R) | Samuel C. Allen (Ad-Clay F) | Samuel Lathrop (Ad-Clay F) | Henry W. Dwight (Ad-Clay F) | John Bailey (Ad-Clay D-R) | Aaron Hobart (Ad-Clay D-R) | Francis Baylies (J) | John Reed, Jr. (Ad-Clay
F) |
| 19th 1825–1827 |
Daniel Webster (Adams) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Adams)) | John Varnum (Adams) | Edward Everett (Adams) | John Davis (Adams) | John Locke (Adams) | Samuel C. Allen (Adams) | Samuel Lathrop (Adams) | Henry W. Dwight (Adams) | John Bailey ((Adams) | Aaron Hobart (Adams) | John Reed, Jr. (Adams) | |
| 20th 1827–1829 |
Benjamin Gorham (Adams) | Isaac C. Bates (Adams) | Joseph Richardson (Adams) | James L. Hodges (Adams) | |||||||||
| 21st 1829–1831 |
Benjamin Gorham (Anti-J) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Anti-J) | John Varnum (Anti-J) | Edward Everett (Anti-J) | John Davis (Anti-J) | Joseph G. Kendall (Anti-J) | George Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J) | Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J) | Henry W. Dwight (Anti-J) | John Bailey (Anti-J) | Joseph Richardson (Anti-J) | James L. Hodges (Anti-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J) |
| 22nd 1831–1833 |
Nathan Appleton (Anti-J) | Rufus Choate (Anti-J) | Jeremiah Nelson (Anti-J) | George N. Briggs (Anti-J) | Henry A. S. Dearborn (Anti-J) | John Quincy Adams (Anti-J) | |||||||
1833–1843: 12 seats
After the 1830 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| 23rd 1833–1835 |
Benjamin Gorham (Anti-J) | Rufus Choate (Anti-J) | Gayton P. Osgood (Pro-J) | Edward Everett (Anti-J) | John Davis (Anti-J) | George Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J) | George N. Briggs (Anti-J) | Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J) | William Jackson (Anti-M) | William Baylies (Anti-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J) | John Quincy Adams (Anti-M) |
| Stephen C. Phillips (Anti-J) | Levi Lincoln, Jr. (Anti-J) | |||||||||||
| 24th 1835–1837 |
Abbott Lawrence (Anti-J) | Caleb Cushing (Anti-J) | Samuel Hoar (Anti-J) | William B. Calhoun (Anti-J) | Nathaniel B. Borden (Pro-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-M) | ||||||
| 25th 1837–1839 |
Richard Fletcher (W) | Stephen C. Phillips (W) | Caleb Cushing (W) | William Parmenter (D) | Levi Lincoln, Jr. (W) | George Grennell, Jr. (W) | George N. Briggs (W) | William B. Calhoun (W) | William S. Hastings (W) | Nathaniel B. Borden (D) | John Reed, Jr. (W) | John Quincy Adams (W) |
| Leverett Saltonstall I (W) | ||||||||||||
| 26th 1839–1841 |
James Alvord (W) | Henry Williams (D) | ||||||||||
| Abbott Lawrence (W) | Osmyn Baker (W) | |||||||||||
| Robert C. Winthrop (W) | ||||||||||||
| 27th 1841–1843 |
Nathaniel B. Borden (W) | Barker Burnell (W) | ||||||||||
| Nathan Appleton (W) | Charles Hudson (W) | |||||||||||
1843–1853: 10 seats
After the 1840 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 28th 1843–1845 |
Robert C. Winthrop (W) | Daniel P. King (W) | Amos Abbott (W) | William Parmenter (D) | Charles Hudson (W) | Osmyn Baker (W) | Julius Rockwell (W) | John Quincy Adams (W) | Henry Williams (D) | Barker Burnell (W) |
| Joseph Grinnell (W) | ||||||||||
| 29th 1845–1847 |
Benjamin Thompson (W) | George Ashmun (W) | Artemas Hale (W) | |||||||
| 30th 1847–1849 |
John G. Palfrey (W) | |||||||||
| Horace Mann (W) | ||||||||||
| 31st 1849–1851 |
James H. Duncan (W) | Vacant | Charles Allen (Free Soil) | Orin Fowler (W) | ||||||
| Samuel A. Eliot (W) | ||||||||||
| 32nd 1851–1853 |
William Appleton (W) | Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D) | Benjamin Thompson (W) | George T. Davis (W) | John Z. Goodrich (W) | Zeno Scudder (W) | ||||
| Francis B. Fay (W) | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Edward P. Little (D) | ||||||||
1853–1863: 11 seats
After the 1850 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 33rd 1853–1855 |
Zeno Scudder (W) | Samuel L. Crocker (W) | J. Wiley Edmands (W) | Samuel H. Walley (W) | William Appleton (W) | Charles W. Upham (W) | Nathaniel P. Banks (D) | Tappan Wentworth (W) | Charles Allen (Free Soil) | Edward Dickinson (W) | John Z. Goodrich (W) |
| Thomas D. Eliot (W) | |||||||||||
| 34th 1855–1857 |
Robert B. Hall (Amer.) | James Buffinton (Amer.) | William S. Damrell (Amer.) | Linus B. Comins (Amer.) | Anson Burlingame (Amer.) | Timothy Davis (Amer.) | Nathaniel P. Banks (Amer.) | Chauncey L. Knapp (Amer.) | Alexander DeWitt (Amer.) | Calvin C. Chaffee (Amer.) | Mark Trafton (Amer.) |
| 35th 1857–1859 |
Robert B. Hall (R) | James Buffinton (R) | William S. Damrell (R) | Linus B. Comins (R) | Anson Burlingame (R) | Timothy Davis (R) | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Chauncey L. Knapp (R) | Eli Thayer (R) | Calvin C. Chaffee (R) | Henry L. Dawes (R) |
| Daniel W. Gooch (R) | |||||||||||
| 36th 1859–1861 |
Thomas D. Eliot (R) | Charles F. Adams, Sr. (R) | Alexander H. Rice (R) | John B. Alley (R) | Charles R. Train (R) | Charles Delano (R) | |||||
| 37th 1861–1863 |
William Appleton (U) | Goldsmith Bailey (R) | |||||||||
| Benjamin Thomas (U) | Samuel Hooper (U) | Amasa Walker (R) | |||||||||
1863–1873: 10 seats
After the 1860 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 38th 1863–1865 |
Thomas D. Eliot (R) | Oakes Ames (R) | Alexander H. Rice (R) | Samuel Hooper (R) | John B. Alley (R) | Daniel W. Gooch (R) | George S. Boutwell (R) | John D. Baldwin (R) | William B. Washburn (R) | Henry L. Dawes (R) |
| 39th 1865–1867 |
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| Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | ||||||||||
| 40th 1867–1869 |
Ginery Twichell (R) | Benjamin F. Butler (R) | ||||||||
| 41st 1869–1871 |
James Buffinton (R) | George F. Hoar (R) | ||||||||
| George M. Brooks (R) | ||||||||||
| 42nd 1871–1873 |
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| Constantine C. Esty (R) | Alvah Crocker (R) | |||||||||
1873–1883: 11 seats
After the 1870 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 43rd 1873–1875 |
James Buffinton (R) | Benjamin W. Harris (R) | William Whiting (R) | Samuel Hooper (R) | Daniel W. Gooch (R) | Benjamin Butler (R) | Ebenezer R. Hoar (R) | John M. S. Williams (R) | George F. Hoar (R) | Alvah Crocker (R) | Henry L. Dawes (R) |
| Henry L. Pierce (R) | Charles Stevens (R) | ||||||||||
| 44th 1875–1877 |
Rufus S. Frost (R) | Nathaniel P. Banks (I) | Charles P. Thompson (D) | John K. Tarbox (D) | William W. Warren (D) | Julius H. Seelye (I) | Chester W. Chapin (D) | ||||
| William W. Crapo (R) | Josiah Abbott (D) | ||||||||||
| 45th 1877–1879 |
Walbridge A. Field (R) | Leopold Morse (D) | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | George B. Loring (R) | Benjamin Butler (R) | William Claflin (R) | William W. Rice (R) | Amasa Norcross (R) | George D. Robinson (R) | ||
| Benjamin Dean (D) | |||||||||||
| 46th 1879–1881 |
Walbridge A. Field (R) | Selwyn Z. Bowman (R) | William A. Russell (R) | ||||||||
| 47th 1881–1883 |
Ambrose A. Ranney (R) | Eben F. Stone (R) | John W. Candler (R) | ||||||||
1883–1893: 12 seats
After the 1880 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| 48th 1883–1885 |
Robert T. Davis (R) | John D. Long (R) | Ambrose Ranney (R) | Patrick A. Collins (D) | Leopold Morse (D) | Henry B. Lovering (D) | Eben F. Stone (R) | William A. Russell (R) | Theodore Lyman (Indep. R) | William W. Rice (R) | William Whiting | George D. Robinson (R) |
| 49th 1885–1887 |
Edward D. Hayden (R) | Charles H. Allen (R) | Fredrick D. Ely (R) | Francis W. Rockwell (R) | ||||||||
| 50th 1887–1889 |
Leopold Morse (D) | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | William Cogswell (R) | Edward Burnett (D) | John E. Russell (D) | |||||||
| 51st 1889–1891 |
Charles S. Randall (R) | Elijah A. Morse (R) | John F. Andrew (D) | Joseph H. O'Neil (D) | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) | John W. Candler (R) | Joseph H. Walker (R) | Rodney Wallace (R) | |||
| 52nd 1891–1893 |
Sherman Hoar (D) | Moses T. Stevens (D) | George F. Williams (D) | Frederick S. Coolidge (D) | John C. Crosby (D) | |||||||
1893–1903: 13 seats
After the 1890 Census, Massachusetts had 13 districts. Starting with this redistricting, the districts' numbers ran west to east: with District 1 in the west (Berkshire County) and the highest numbered district at Cape Cod. Before then, the district numeration was not as consistent; sometimes running east to west, other times going counter-clockwise around Boston.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
| 53rd 1893–1895 |
Ashley Wright (R) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | Joseph H. Walker (R) | Lewis D. Apsley (R) | Moses T. Stevens (D) | William Cogswell (R) | William Everett (D) | Samuel W. McCall (R) | Joseph H. O'Neil (D) | Michael J. McEttrick (Indep-Dem.) | William F. Draper (R) | Elijah A. Morse (R) | Charles S. Randall (R) |
| 54th 1895–1897 |
William S. Knox (R) | William Barrett (R) | John F. Fitzgerald (D) | Harrison H. Atwood (R) | John Simpkins (R) | ||||||||
| William H. Moody (R) | |||||||||||||
| 55th 1897–1899 |
George W. Weymouth (R) | Samuel J. Barrows (R) | Charles F. Sprague (R) | William C. Lovering (R) | |||||||||
| George P. Lawrence (R) | William S. Greene (R) | ||||||||||||
| 56th 1899–1901 |
John R. Thayer (D) | Ernest W. Roberts (R) | Henry F. Naphen (D) | ||||||||||
| 57th 1901–1903 |
Charles Q. Tirrell (R) | Joseph A. Conry (D) | Samuel L. Powers (R) | ||||||||||
| Augustus P. Gardner (R) | |||||||||||||
1903–1913: 14 seats
After the 1900 Census, Massachusetts had 14 districts.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
| 58th 1903–1905 |
George P. Lawrence (R) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | John R. Thayer (D) | Charles Q. Tirrell (R) | Butler Ames (R) | Augustus P. Gardner (R) | Ernest W. Roberts (R) | Samuel W. McCall (R) | John A. Keliher (D) | William S. McNary (D) | John A. Sullivan (D) | Samuel Leland Powers (R) | William S. Greene (R) | William C. Lovering (R) |
| 59th 1905–1907 |
Rockwood Hoar (R) | John W. Weeks (R) | ||||||||||||
| Charles G. Washburn (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 60th 1907–1909 |
Joseph F. O'Connell (D) | Andrew J. Peters (D) | ||||||||||||
| 61st 1909–1911 |
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| John Joseph Mitchell (D) | Eugene Foss (D) | |||||||||||||
| 62nd 1911–1913 |
John A. Thayer (D) | William H. Wilder (R) | William F. Murray (D) | Robert O. Harris (R) | ||||||||||
1913–1933: 16 seats
After the 1910 Census, Massachusetts had 16 districts, running west to east: district 1 in Berkshire County, districts 10, 11, 12 in Boston; and district 16 on Cape Cod.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | |
| 63rd 1913–1915 |
Allen Treadway (R) | Frederick Gillett (R) | William H. Wilder (R) | Samuel E. Winslow (R) | John Jacob Rogers (R) | Augustus P. Gardner (R) | Michael Francis Phelan (D) | Frederick Simpson Deitrick (D) | Ernest W. Roberts (R) | William Francis Murray (D) | Andrew J. Peters (D) | James Michael Curley (D) | John Weeks (R) | Edward Gilmore (D) | William S. Greene (R) | Thomas Chandler Thacher (D) |
| Calvin D. Paige (R) | James A. Gallivan (D) | John J. Mitchell (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 64th 1915–1917 |
Frederick Dallinger (R) | Peter F. Tague (D) | George H. Tinkham (R) | William Henry Carter (R) | Richard Olney (D) | Joseph Walsh (R) | ||||||||||
| 65th 1917–1919 |
Alvan T. Fuller (R) | |||||||||||||||
| Willfred W. Lufkin (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| 66th 1919–1921 |
Robert Luce (R) | |||||||||||||||
| John F. Fitzgerald (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 67th 1921–1923 |
Robert S. Maloney (R) | Charles L. Underhill (R) | Peter F. Tague (D) | Louis A. Frothingham (R) | ||||||||||||
| Abram Andrew R) | Charles L. Gifford (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 68th 1923–1925 |
William P. Connery (D) | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Leach (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| 69th 1925–1927 |
George B. Churchill (R) | Frank H. Foss (R) | George R. Stobbs (R) | Harry I. Thayer (R) | John J. Douglass (D) | Joseph Martin (R) | ||||||||||
| Henry L. Bowles (R) | Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 70th 1927–1929 |
Frederick Dallinger (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 71st 1929–1931 |
Will Kirk Kaynor (R) | John W. McCormack (D) | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | |||||||||||||
| William J. Granfield (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 72nd 1931–1933 |
Pehr G. Holmes (R) | |||||||||||||||
1933–1943: 15 seats
After the 1930 Census, Massachusetts had 15 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | |
| 73rd 1933–1935 |
Allen T. Treadway (R) | William J. Granfield (D) | Frank Foss (R) | Pehr G. Holmes (R) | Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | Abram Andrew (R) | William P. Connery, Jr. (D) | Arthur D. Healey (D) | Robert Luce (R) | George H. Tinkham (R) | John J. Douglass (D) | John W. McCormack (D) | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | Joseph Martin (R) | Charles L. Gifford (R) |
| 74th 1935–1937 |
Joseph E. Casey (D) | Richard M. Russell (D) | John P. Higgins (D) | ||||||||||||
| 75th 1937–1939 |
Charles Clason (R) | George J. Bates (R) | Robert Luce (R) | ||||||||||||
| 76th 1939–1941 |
Lawrence J. Connery (D) | Thomas A. Flaherty (D) | |||||||||||||
| 77th 1941–1943 |
Thomas H. Eliot (D) | ||||||||||||||
1943–1963: 14 seats
After the 1940 Census, Massachusetts had 14 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
| 78th 1943–1945 |
Allen Treadway (R) | Charles Clason (R) | Philip Philbin (D) | Pehr G. Holmes (R) | Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | George J. Bates (R) | Thomas J. Lane (D) | Angier L. Goodwin (R) | Charles L. Gifford (R) | Christian Herter (R) | James Michael Curley (D) | John W. McCormack (D) | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | Joseph Martin (R) |
| 79th 1945–1947 |
John W. Heselton (R) | |||||||||||||
| 80th 1947–1949 |
Harold Donohue (D) | Donald W. Nicholson (R) | John F. Kennedy (D) | |||||||||||
| 81st 1949–1951 |
Foster Furcolo (D) | |||||||||||||
| 82nd 1951–1953 |
William H. Bates (R) | |||||||||||||
| 83rd 1953–1955 |
Edward Boland (D) | Laurence Curtis (R) | Tip O'Neill (D) | |||||||||||
| 84th 1955–1957 |
Torbert H. Macdonald (D) | |||||||||||||
| 85th 1957–1959 |
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| 86th 1959–1961 |
Silvio Conte (R) | Hastings Keith (R) | James Burke (D) | |||||||||||
| 87th 1961–1963 |
F. Bradford Morse (R) | |||||||||||||
1963–1983: 12 seats
After the 1960 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| 88th 1963–1965 |
Silvio Conte (R) | Edward Boland (D) | Philip Philbin (D) | Harold Donohue (D) | F. Bradford Morse (R) | William H. Bates (R) | Torbert Macdonald (D) | Tip O'Neill (D) | John W. McCormack (D) | Joseph Martin (R) | James Burke (D) | Hastings Keith (R) |
| 89th 1965–1967 |
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| 90th 1967–1969 |
Margaret Heckler (R) | |||||||||||
| 91st 1969–1971 |
Michael J. Harrington (D) | |||||||||||
| 92nd 1971–1973 |
Robert Drinan (D) | Louise Day Hicks (D) | ||||||||||
| 93rd 1973–1975 |
Harold Donohue (D) | Robert Drinan (D) | Paul Cronin (R) | Joe Moakley (D) | Gerry Studds (D) | |||||||
| 94th 1975–1977 |
Joseph Early (D) | Paul Tsongas (D) | ||||||||||
| 95th 1977–1979 |
Edward Markey (D) | |||||||||||
| 96th 1979–1981 |
James Michael Shannon (D) | Nicholas Mavroules (D) | Brian Donnelly (D) | |||||||||
| 97th 1981–1983 |
Barney Frank (D) | |||||||||||
1983–1993: 11 seats
After the 1980 Census, Massachusetts's delegation was reduced from 12 to 11 seats. Republican Margaret Heckler lost her seat when the Democratically-controlled state legislature redistricted the seats and she was defeated by Barney Frank.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 98th 1983–1985 |
Silvio Conte (R) | Edward Boland (D) | Joseph Early (D) | Barney Frank (D) | James Michael Shannon (D) | Nicholas Mavroules (D) | Edward Markey (D) | Tip O'Neill (D) | Joe Moakley (D) | Gerry Studds (D) | Brian Donnelly (D) |
| 99th 1985–1987 |
Chester Atkins (D) | ||||||||||
| 100th 1987–1989 |
Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) | ||||||||||
| 101st 1989–1991 |
Richard Neal (D) | ||||||||||
| 102nd 1991–1993 |
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| John Olver (D) | |||||||||||
1993–present: 10 seats
After the 1990 Census, Massachusetts lost one seat. Incumbent Brian Donnelly retired. Since then, the commonwealth has had 10 seats.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 103rd 1993–1995 |
John Olver (D) | Richard Neal (D) | Peter Blute (R) | Barney Frank (D) | Marty Meehan (D) | Peter Torkildsen (R) | Ed Markey (D) | Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) | Joe Moakley (D) | Gerry Studds (D) |
| 104th 1995–1997 |
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| 105th 1997–1999 |
Jim McGovern (D) | John F. Tierney (D) | William Delahunt (D) | |||||||
| 106th 1999–2001 |
Michael Capuano (D) | |||||||||
| 107th 2001–2003 |
Stephen Lynch (D) | |||||||||
| 108th 2003–2005 |
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| 109th 2005–2007 |
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| 110th 2007–2009 |
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| Niki Tsongas (D) | ||||||||||
| 111th 2009–2011 |
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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
- Information from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
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