Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
| Massachusetts's 11th congressional district | |
|---|---|
Obsolete district | |
| Created | 1795 1850 1870 |
| Eliminated | 1840 1860 1990 |
| Years active | 1795–1843 1853–1863 1873–1993 |
Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during three periods: 1795–1843, 1853–1863, and 1873–1993. The district was located in several different areas of the state. It was most recently eliminated in 1993 after the
congressman was Brian J. Donnelly
.
Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th congressional district include John Quincy Adams following his term as president, John F. Kennedy prior to his term as president, and Tip O'Neill prior to his selection as Speaker of the House.
Cities and towns in the district
1790s–1880s
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1890s
1893: Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21, 22. 23, 25. "Middlesex County: City of Newton, towns of Belmont, Holliston, Sherborn, and Water- town. Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, and Wrentham. Bristol County: Town of North Attleboro. Worcester County: Towns of Hopedale and Milford."[1]
1910s–1940s
1916: Suffolk County: Boston Wards 10, 11 (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23.[2]
1921: Boston (Wards 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23).[3]
1941: Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 22), Cambridge, Somerville (Wards 1, 2, 3).[4]
1960s–1980s
1968: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Ward 18."[5]
1977: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Stoughton. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, 18."[6]
1985: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, and 18."[7]
List of members representing the district
| Representative (District home) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1795 | |||||
| Theophilus Bradbury (Newburyport) |
Federalist
|
March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797 |
4th 5th |
Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice.
|
1795 – 1803 "4th Middle district" |
| Vacant | July 25, 1797 – November 26, 1797 |
5th | |||
| Bailey Bartlett (Haverhill) |
Federalist
|
November 27, 1797 – March 3, 1801 |
5th 6th |
Elected August 4, 1797, to finish Bradbury's term and seated November 27, 1797.[8] Re-elected in 1798. Retired. | |
 Manasseh Cutler (Hamilton) |
Federalist
|
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 3rd district. | |
| William Stedman (Worcester) |
Federalist
|
March 4, 1803 – July 16, 1810 |
8th 9th 10th 11th |
Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned to become Clerk of Courts for Worcester County. |
1803 – 1815 "Worcester North district" |
| Vacant | July 16, 1810 – October 8, 1810 |
11th | |||
 Abijah Bigelow (Leominster) |
Federalist
|
October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1815 |
11th 12th 13th |
Elected to finish Stedman's term. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 12th district and retired. | |
 Elijah Brigham (Westborough (now Northborough)) |
Federalist
|
March 4, 1815 – February 22, 1816 |
14th | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1814. Died. |
1815 – 1823 "Worcester South district" |
| Vacant | February 22, 1816 – December 1, 1816 |
||||
| Benjamin Adams (Uxbridge) |
Federalist
|
December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1821 |
14th 15th 16th |
Elected August 26, 1816, to finish Brigham's term and seated December 2, 1816.[9] Re-elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |
Johnathan Russell )
(Mendon |
Democratic-
Republican |
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 5th district and retired. | |
| Aaron Hobart (East Bridgewater) |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. [data missing] |
1823 – 1833 [data missing] |
Anti-Jacksonian
|
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||
| Joseph Richardson (Hingham) |
Anti-Jacksonian
|
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
20th 21st |
Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Retired. | |
 John Quincy Adams (Quincy) |
Anti-Jacksonian
|
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd | . | |
| John Reed Jr. (Yarmouth) |
Anti-Jacksonian
|
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th |
Re-elected in 1838. ]
[data missing |
1833 – 1843 [data missing] |
Anti-
Masonic |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | ||||
Nantucket )
|
Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | . | |
| District eliminated March 3, 1843 | |||||
| District re-created March 4, 1853 | |||||
 John Z. Goodrich (Glendale) |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | re-elected in 1852. ]
[data missing |
1853–1863 [data missing] |
 Mark Trafton (Westfield) |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1854. ]
[data missing | |
 Henry L. Dawes[10] (North Adams) |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 |
35th 36th 37th |
. | |
| District eliminated March 3, 1863 | |||||
| District re-created March 4, 1873 | |||||
Henry L. Dawes (Pittsfield) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | re-elected in 1872. ]
[data missing |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
 Chester W. Chapin (Springfield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874. ]
[data missing | |
 George D. Robinson[11][12] (Chicopee) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
45th 46th 47th |
. | |
William Whiting )
(Holyoke |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 |
48th 49th 50th |
Re-elected in 1886. ]
[data missing |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
 Rodney Wallace (Fitchburg) |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888. ]
[data missing | |
 Frederick S. Coolidge (Ashburnham) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890. ]
[data missing | |
.png) William F. Draper (Hopedale) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
Re-elected in 1894. ]
[data missing |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
 Charles F. Sprague[13] (Brookline) |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
55th 56th |
Re-elected in 1898. ]
[data missing | |
.png) Samuel L. Powers (Newton) |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | . | |
Boston )
|
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 |
58th 59th |
Re-elected in 1904. ]
[data missing |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
Boston )
|
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – August 15, 1914 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd |
US Treasury Department .
| |
| 1913–1923 [data missing] | |||||
| Vacant | August 15, 1914 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | |||
Boston )
|
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 |
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
. | |
| 1923–1933 [data missing] | |||||
Boston )
|
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | re-elected in 1932. ]
[data missing |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
Boston )
|
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – September 30, 1937 |
74th 75th |
Re-elected in 1936. of Superior Court of Massachusetts.
Resigned to become chief justice | |
| Vacant | September 30, 1937 – December 14, 1937 |
75th | |||
Boston )
|
Democratic | December 14, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
75th 76th 77th |
Re-elected in 1940 .Retired. | |
Boston )
|
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
78th 79th |
Re-elected in 1944 .Retired. |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
Boston )
|
Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
80th 81st 82nd |
Re-elected in 1950. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator | |
.jpg) Tip O'Neill (Cambridge) |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
. | 1953–1963 [data missing] |
 James A. Burke[5] (Milton) |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th |
Re-elected in 1976. ]
[data missing |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
| 1973–1983 [data missing] | |||||
Boston )
|
Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1990 .Retired. | |
| 1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
| District eliminated January 3, 1993 | |||||
References
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- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
- ^ 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
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- ^ a b "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
- ^ "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
- ^ "Massachusetts". 1985-1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985.
- ^ "Forth Congress March 4, 1797, to March 3, 1799". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- ^ "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
- ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts's 11th congressional district.
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 11 (1795–1840)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 11 (1852–1860)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.