United States Congressional Delegations from Massachusetts
These are incomplete tables of congressional delegations from Massachusetts to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Currently, all twelve members of the delegations 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) |
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.
1803–1813: 17 seats
After the 1800 Census, Massachusetts had 17 seats.
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.