Massachusetts's 15th congressional district

Massachusetts's 15th congressional district is an obsolete district that was first active 1803–1821 in the

"Bristol County: Cities of Fall River, Taunton, and Attleboro, and towns of Berkley, Dighton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Plymouth County: Town of Lakeville."[1]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1803
Peleg Wadsworth (Portland)	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804 . Retired.	1803–1813 "Cumberland district," District of Maine
Daniel Ilsley (Falmouth)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
Ezekiel Whitman (Portland)	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1808. Lost re-election.
William Widgery (Portland)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected April 1, 1811 on the second ballot. Lost re-election.
George Bradbury (Portland)	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.	1813–1821 "2nd Eastern district," District of Maine
Ezekiel Whitman (Portland)	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. District moved to Maine's 2nd district.
District moved to Maine – March 3, 1821
District restored in Massachusetts – March 4, 1913
William S. Greene (Fall River)	Republican	March 4, 1913 – September 22, 1924	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Re-elected in 1922 . Died.	1913–1923 [data missing]
1923–1933 [data missing]
	Vacant		September 22, 1924 – November 4, 1924	68th
	Robert M. Leach (Taunton)	Republican	November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected to finish Greene's term . Retired.
	Joseph W. Martin Jr. (North Attleborough)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 14th district .
Charles L. Gifford (Cotuit)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th[2]	Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the 9th district .	1933–1943 [data missing]
District eliminated January 3, 1943

• 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
• "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 15". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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