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
Created	1795
Eliminated	2010
Years active	1795–2013

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

 

The district from 2003 to 2013

1840s

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

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

1870s–1880s

1890s–1950s

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

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

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

2003–2013

• All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County,
• The following municipalities in Plymouth County: Abington, Carver, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson Pct. 2, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Scituate, and
• The following municipalities in Norfolk County: Cohasset, Quincy, Weymouth

List of members representing the district

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 (Bourne)	Democratic	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 9th district.
District eliminated January 3, 2013^[1]

References

General

1. (PDF). December 21, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
2. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 20, 2012.
3. "State Apportionment; districts of the Commonwealth for the choice of one representative to Congress in each district". Massachusetts Register ... for 1843. Boston: Loring.
4. Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
5. Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
6. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1921), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the fourteenth census of the United States 1920, Boston: Wright & Potter
8. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 73rd Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1934.
9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477, House No. 2849
10. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 83rd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953.
11. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1963.
12. "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
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.
15. Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
16. Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
17. L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
18. A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
19. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
20. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
21. "Massachusetts". 1991–1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.

Specific

• 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.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts's 10th congressional district.

• "Our Campaigns – United States – Massachusetts – MA – District 10". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

Maps

• , via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results

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

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