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Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during 1795–2013. It was first located in the District of Maine during 1795–1803, then located in several different areas of Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 census.[1]

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1795
Eliminated2010
Years active1795–2013
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

At the time the district was eliminated, it included parts of the South Shore and all of the Cape and Islands. Effective with the 2012 House elections, most of the former district was placed in the 9th district, with some northern portions placed in the 8th district.[2]

Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 10th congressional district include James Michael Curley, four-time Mayor of Boston, and John F. Fitzgerald, maternal grandfather of John F. Kennedy.

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

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The district from 2003 to 2013

1840s

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1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."[3]

1860s

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1869: "Berkshire and Hampden counties."[4]

1870s–1880s

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1890s–1950s

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1893: Boston, Wards 13, 14, 15, 19 (Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8, 9), 20, 22, 24; Milton, Quincy.[5]

1916: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (Precincts 1, 2).[6]

1921: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.[7]

1934: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21.[8]

1941–1953: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21; Brookline, Newton.[9][10]

1960s–1970s

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1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."[11]

1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."[12]

1990s

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1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."[13]

2003–2013

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List of members representing the district

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Representative Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1795
 
Benjamin Goodhue
(Salem) 		Federalist March 4, 1795 –
June 11, 1796 		4th Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1794.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. 		1795–1803
"3rd Middle district"
Vacant June 11, 1796 –
December 7, 1796
 
Samuel Sewall
(Marblehead) 		Federalist December 7, 1796 –
January 10, 1800 		4th
5th
6th 		Elected on the second ballot to finish Goodhue's term.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Resigned to become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Vacant January 10, 1800 –
November 25, 1800 		6th
 
Nathan Read
(Salem) 		Federalist November 25, 1800 –
March 3, 1803 		6th
7th 		Elected October 20, 1800, on the second ballot to finish Sewall's term.
Re-elected November 3, 1800.
Retired.
 
Seth Hastings
(Mendon) 		Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1807 		8th
9th 		Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Retired. 		1803–1815
"Worcester South district"
Jabez Upham
(Brookfield) 		Federalist March 4, 1807 –
1810 		10th
11th 		Elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Resigned.
Vacant 1810 –
October 8, 1810 		11th
Joseph Allen
(Worcester) 		Federalist October 8, 1810 –
March 3, 1811 		Elected October 8, 1810, to finish Upham's term.
Retired.
 
Elijah Brigham
(Westborough) 		Federalist March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1815 		12th
13th 		Elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the 11th district.
 
Laban Wheaton
(Easton) 		Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817 		14th Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1815.
Retired. 		1815–1823
"Bristol district"
 
Marcus Morton
(Taunton) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821 		15th
16th 		Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Lost re-election.
 
Francis Baylies
(Taunton) 		Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 		17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
Vacant March 3, 1823 –
December 13, 1823 		18th William Eustis was redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1822, but declined the election to become Governor of Massachusetts. 1823–1833
"Norfolk district"
John Bailey
(Canton) 		Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican December 13, 1823 –
March 18, 1824 		Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term, but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824, House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat.
Vacant March 18, 1824 –
December 13, 1824
John Bailey
(Milton) 		Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican December 13, 1824 –
March 3, 1825 		18th
19th
20th
21st 		Re-elected November 29, 1824, on the third ballot to finish Eustis's term and seated December 13, 1824.
Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831
 
Henry A. S. Dearborn
(Brookline) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 		22nd Elected in 1830.
Lost re-election.
William Baylies
(West Bridgewater) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835 		23rd Elected in 1833.
Lost re-election. 		1833–1843
[data missing]
 
Nathaniel B. Borden
(Fall River) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837 		24th
25th 		Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1836.
Lost re-election as a Whig.
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
Henry Williams
(Taunton) 		Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841 		26th Elected in 1838.
Lost re-election.
 
Nathaniel B. Borden
(Fall River) 		Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843 		27th Elected on the second ballot in 1841.
[data missing]
Barker Burnell
(Nantucket) 		Whig March 4, 1843 –
June 15, 1843 		28th Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1842.
Died. 		1843–1853
[data missing]
Vacant June 15, 1843 –
December 7, 1843
 
Joseph Grinnell
(New Bedford) 		Whig December 7, 1843 –
March 3, 1851 		28th
29th
30th
31st 		Elected to finish Burnell's term.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing]
 
Zeno Scudder
(Barnstable) 		Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 		32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
 
Edward Dickinson
(Amherst) 		Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd Elected in 1852.
[data missing] 		1853–1863
[data missing]
 
Calvin C. Chaffee
(Springfield) 		Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 		34th35th Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
[data missing]
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
 
Charles Delano[14]
(Northampton) 		Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863 		36th
37th 		Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
[data missing]
 
Henry L. Dawes[4]
(Pittsfield) 		Republican March 3, 1863 –
March 3, 1873 		38th
39th
40th
41st
42nd 		Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 11th district. 		1863–1873
[data missing]
 
Alvah Crocker
(Fitchburg) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
December 26, 1874 		43rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Died. 		1873–1883
[data missing]
Vacant December 26, 1874 –
January 27, 1875
 
Charles A. Stevens
(Ware) 		Republican January 27, 1875 –
March 3, 1875 		Elected to finish Crocker's term.
[data missing]
 
Julius H. Seelye
(Amherst) 		Independent March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 		44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]
 
Amasa Norcross[15][16]
(Fitchburg) 		Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883 		45th
46th
47th 		Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[data missing]
 
William W. Rice
(Worcester) 		Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887 		48th
49th 		Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
[data missing] 		1883–1893
[data missing]
 
John E. Russell
(Leicester) 		Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889 		50th Elected in 1886.
[data missing]
 
Joseph H. Walker
(Worcester) 		Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893 		51st
52nd 		Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.
 
Michael J. McEttrick
(Boston) 		Independent Democrat March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895 		53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing] 		1893–1903
[data missing]
 
Harrison H. Atwood
(Boston) 		Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897 		54th Elected in 1894.
Lost renomination.
 
Samuel J. Barrows[17]
(Boston) 		Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899 		55th Elected in 1896.
[data missing]
 
Henry F. Naphen
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903 		56th
57th 		Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
[data missing]
 
William S. McNary
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907 		58th
59th 		Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing] 		1903–1913
[data missing]
 
Joseph F. O'Connell[18]
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911 		60th
61st 		Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[data missing]
 
James Michael Curley
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913 		62nd Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
 
William Francis Murray
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1913 –
September 28, 1914 		63rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1912.
Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston. 		1913–1933
[data missing]
Vacant September 28, 1914 –
March 3, 1915
 
Peter Tague
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919 		64th
65th 		Elected in 1914.
Initially lost re-election but regained seat on appeal citing voting irregularities.
Re-elected in 1916.
[data missing]
 
John F. Fitzgerald
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1919 –
October 23, 1919 		66th [data missing]
Lost election contest on appeal due to voting irregularities.
 
Peter Tague
(Boston) 		Democratic October 23, 1919 –
March 3, 1925 		66th
67th
68th 		Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election on appeal due to voting irregularities.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.
 
John J. Douglass
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1933 		69th
70th
71st
72nd 		Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the 11th district.
 
George H. Tinkham[19]
(Boston) 		Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1943 		73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th 		Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
. 		1933–1943
[data missing]
 
Christian Herter
(Boston) 		Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1953 		78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd 		Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts. 		1943–1953
[data missing]
 
Laurence Curtis
(Boston) 		Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963 		83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th 		Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 		1953–1963
[data missing]
 
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
(North Attleborough) 		Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967 		88th
89th 		Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Lost renomination. 		1963–1973
[data missing]
 
Margaret Heckler[20]
(Wellesley) 		Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1983 		90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th 		Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election.
1973–1983
[data missing]
 
Gerry Studds[21]
(Cohasset) 		Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1997 		98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th 		Redistricted from the 12th district and 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.
Retired. 		1983–1993
[data missing]
1993–2003
[data missing]
 
Bill Delahunt
(Quincy) 		Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2011 		105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th 		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.
Retired.
2003–2013
 
 
Bill Keating
(Quincy) 		Democratic January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013 		112th Elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
District eliminated January 3, 2013[1]

References

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General
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  3. ^ "State Apportionment; districts of the Commonwealth for the choice of one representative to Congress in each district". Massachusetts Register ... for 1843. Boston: Loring. May 8, 1779.
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  12. ^ "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977, hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372
  13. ^ Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997, retrieved November 26, 2013
  14. ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
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  21. ^ "Massachusetts". 1991–1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
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