Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 776,294 | ||
Median household income | $115,167[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+23[2] |
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. The district is represented by Katherine Clark. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012, with the new 3rd district largely taking the place of the old 5th.[3] The 5th district covers many of the communities represented in the old 7th district.
On July 15, 2013,
The district has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1975. Before
History and geography
From 2013 through 2023 the municipalities of the 5th District were:
Suffolk County
Middlesex County
- Arlington
- Ashland
- Belmont
- parts of Cambridge
- Framingham
- Holliston
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Malden
- Medford
- Melrose
- Natick
- Sherborn
- Stoneham
- parts of Sudbury
- Waltham
- Watertown
- Wayland
- Weston
- Winchester
- Woburn
Worcester County
These are primarily found in Middlesex as well as Suffolk and Worcester Counties.[5]
Composition
Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2020 census (commencing with the 2022 election and the 118th Congress, whose House Members were sworn in on January 3, 2023) assigns the 5th congressional district to much of Middlesex County (including cities of Framingham, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Waltham, Watertown and Woburn, towns of Arlington, Lexington, Lincoln, Maynard, Stoneham, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, and Winchester, part of the city of Cambridge and part of the town of Belmont, part of Norfolk County (including part of the town of Wellesley) and part of Suffolk County (including the city of Revere and the town of Winthrop).
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Gore 57 - 36% |
2004 | President | Kerry 57 - 41% |
2008 | President | Obama 66 - 32% |
2012 | President | Obama 65 - 33% |
2016 | President | Clinton 69 - 25% |
2020 | President | Biden 75 - 23% |
Recent election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Chester G. Atkins (incumbent) | 110,232 | 49.85 | ||
Republican | John MacGovern | 101,017 | 45.68 | ||
Other | 9,891 | 4.47 | |||
Turnout | 221,140 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan | 133,844 | 52.17 | +2.32 | |
Republican | Paul W. Cronin | 96,206 | 37.50 | -8.18 | |
Independent
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Mary Farinelli | 19,077 | 7.44 | +7.44 | |
Independent
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David E. Coleman | 7,214 | 2.81 | +2.81 | |
Write-in | 223 | 0.09 | -4.38 | ||
Turnout | 256,564 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +2.32 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 140,725 | 69.83 | +17.66 | |
Republican | David E. Coleman | 60,734 | 30.14 | -7.36 | |
Write-in | 65 | 0.03 | -0.06 | ||
Turnout | 201,524 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +17.66 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 183,429 | 99.08 | +29.25 | |
N/A | Write-in | 1,708 | 0.92 | +0.89 | |
Turnout | 185,137 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +29.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 127,418 | 70.70 | -28.38 | |
Republican | David E. Coleman | 52,725 | 29.25 | +29.25 | |
Write-in | 87 | 0.05 | -0.87 | ||
Turnout | 180,230 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -28.38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 199,601 | 98.02 | +27.32 | |
N/A | Write-in | 4,040 | 1.98 | +1.93 | |
Turnout | 203,641 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +27.32 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 122,562 | 60.15 | -37.87 | |
Republican | Charles McCarthy | 69,337 | 34.03 | +34.03 | |
Libertarian | Ilana Freedman | 11,729 | 5.76 | +5.76 | |
Write-in | 149 | 0.07 | -1.91 | ||
Turnout | 203,777 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -37.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 179,652 | 66.99 | +6.84 | |
Republican | Thomas Tierney | 88,232 | 32.90 | -1.13 | |
Write-in | 305 | 0.11 | +0.04 | ||
Turnout | 268,189 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +6.84 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marty Meehan (incumbent) | 159,120 | 98.98 | +31.99 | |
N/A | Write-in | 3,152 | 1.02 | +0.91 | |
Turnout | 216,832 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +31.99 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Niki Tsongas | 54,363 | 51.32 | -47.66 | |
Republican | Jim Ogonowski
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47,770 | 45.10 | +45.10 | |
Independent
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Patrick Murphy | 2,170 | 2.05 | +2.05 | |
Independent
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Kurt Hayes | 1,125 | 1.06 | +1.06 | |
Constitution | Kevin Thompson | 494 | 0.47 | +0.47 | |
Turnout | 105,922 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -47.66 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Niki Tsongas (incumbent) | 225,947 | 98.71 | +37.39 | |
N/A | Write-in | 2,960 | 1.29 | -2.29 | |
Turnout | 302,397 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | +37.39 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Niki Tsongas (incumbent) | 122,858 | 54.84 | -43.87 | |
Republican | Jonathan A. Golnik | 94,646 | 42.25 | +42.25 | |
Independent
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Dale E. Brown | 4,387 | 1.96 | +1.96 | |
Independent
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Robert M. Clark | 1,991 | 0.89 | +0.89 | |
All Others | 147 | 0.07 | -1.22 | ||
Turnout | 229,647 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | -43.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Markey (incumbent) | 257,490 | 75.5 | |
Republican | Tom Tierney | 82,944 | 24.3 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 675 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 341,109 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 182,100 | 98.3 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 3,159 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 185,259 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (Incumbent) | 285,606 | 98.6 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 4,201 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 289,807 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 236,243 | 75.9 | |
Republican | John Hugo | 74,856 | 24.0 | |
Write-in | 225 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 311,324 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 294,427 | 74.3 | |
Republican | Caroline Colarusso | 101,351 | 25.6 | |
Write-in | 405 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 396,183 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Katherine Clark (incumbent) | 203,994 | 74.0 | |
Republican | Caroline Colarusso | 71,491 | 25.9 | |
Write-in | 186 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 284,881 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
List of members representing the district
Member (District home) |
Party | Years ↑ | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District created March 4, 1789 | |||||
George Partridge (Duxbury) |
Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 |
1st | Elected in 1788. Resigned. |
1789–1793 Barnstable County and Plymouth County |
Vacant | August 15, 1790 – March 3, 1791 |
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Boston )
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Pro-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
2nd | Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 3rd district. | |
District inactive | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd | |||
Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (Sandwich) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 |
4th 5th |
Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Retired. |
1795–1803 "1st Southern district" |
Lemuel Williams (New Bedford) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 |
6th 7th |
Elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 8th district. | |
Thomas Dwight (Springfield) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Elected in 1802. Retired. |
1803–1823 "Hampshire South district" |
William Ely (Springfield) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1815 |
9th 10th 11th 12th 13th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired. | |
Elijah H. Mills (Northampton) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 |
14th 15th |
Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election. | |
Samuel Lathrop (West Springfield) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected in 1819 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 8th district. | |
Jonas Sibley (Worcester) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Elected in 1823 on the second ballot. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 "Worcester South district" |
John Davis (Worcester) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1825 – January 14, 1834 |
19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd |
Re-elected in 1833. .
Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts | |
1833–1843 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | January 15, 1834 – February 16, 1834 |
23rd | |||
Levi Lincoln Jr. (Worcester) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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February 17, 1834 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th |
Boston .
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Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 16, 1841 | ||||
Vacant | March 17, 1841 – May 2, 1841 |
27th | |||
Charles Hudson )
(Westminster |
Whig | May 3, 1841 – March 3, 1849 |
27th 28th 29th 30th |
Re-elected in 1846 .Lost re-election. | |
1843–1853 [data missing] | |||||
Charles Allen (Worcester) |
Free Soil | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
Re-elected late in 1851.[13] Retired. | |
Boston )
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Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Redistricted from the re-elected in 1852 .Lost re-election. |
1853–1863 [data missing] |
Anson Burlingame (Cambridge) |
American
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March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th 36th |
Re-elected in 1858 .Lost re-election. | |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | ||||
Boston )
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Constitutional Unionist
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March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861 |
37th | Elected in 1860 .Resigned because of failing health. | |
Vacant | September 28, 1861 – December 1, 1861 |
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Boston )
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Republican | December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Elected to finish Appleton's term. .
Redistricted to the 4th district | ||
John B. Alley (Lynn) |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
38th 39th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1864. ]
[data missing |
1863–1873 [data missing] |
) | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
40th 41st 42nd |
Re-elected in 1870. .
Redistricted to the 6th district | |
Daniel W. Gooch (Melrose) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872 .Lost re-election. |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
Nathaniel P. Banks[16] (Waltham) |
Independent
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March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th 45th |
Re-elected in 1876 .Lost renomination. | |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | ||||
Selwyn Z. Bowman[17] (Somerville) |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
46th 47th |
Re-elected in 1880 .Lost re-election. | |
Boston )
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Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Redistricted from the re-elected in 1882 .Retired. |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
Edward D. Hayden (Woburn) |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Re-elected in 1886 .Retired. | |
Nathaniel P. Banks (Waltham) |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888 .Retired. | |
Sherman Hoar (Waltham) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890 .Declined renomination. | |
Moses T. Stevens (North Andover) |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | Redistricted from the re-elected in 1892. ]
[data missing |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
Re-elected in 1900 .Retired. | |
Butler Ames[19] (Lowell) |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd |
Re-elected in 1910 .Retired. |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
John Jacob Rogers (Lowell) |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 28, 1925 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th |
Re-elected in 1924 .Died. |
1913–1933 [data missing] |
Vacant | March 28, 1925 – June 30, 1925 |
69th | |||
Edith Nourse Rogers[20] (Lowell) |
Republican | June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
Re-elected in 1958 .Died. | |
1933–1943 [data missing] | |||||
1943–1953 [data missing] | |||||
1953–1963 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | September 10, 1960 – January 3, 1961 |
86th | |||
F. Bradford Morse[21] (Lowell) |
Republican | January 3, 1961 – May 1, 1972 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
U.N. Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs .
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1963–1973 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | May 1, 1972 – January 3, 1973 |
92nd | |||
Paul W. Cronin (Andover) |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
93rd | Elected in 1972 .Lost re-election. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
Paul Tsongas (Lowell) |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
94th 95th |
Re-elected in 1976. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator | |
James Shannon (Lawrence) |
Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
96th 97th 98th |
Re-elected in 1982. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator | |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
1983–1993 [data missing] | ||||
Chester G. Atkins[22] (Concord) |
Democratic | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 |
99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1990 .Lost renomination. | |
Marty Meehan (Lowell) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – July 1, 2007 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th |
Re-elected in 2002. .
Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Resigned to become Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Lowell |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
2003–2013 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | July 1, 2007 – October 16, 2007 |
110th | |||
Niki Tsongas (Lowell) |
Democratic | October 16, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
110th 111th 112th |
Elected to finish Meehan's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district. | |
Ed Markey (Malden) |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – July 15, 2013 |
113th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2012. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
2013–2023 |
Vacant | July 15, 2013 – December 10, 2013 |
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Katherine Clark (Revere) |
Democratic | December 10, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected to finish Markey's term. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |
2023–present | |||||
Member (District home) |
Party | Years ↑ | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
References
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 28, 2012.
- ^ "Elections: Special State Election". www.sec.state.ma.us. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ "About the District". Congresswoman Katherine Clark. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ "PD43+ » Search Elections".
- ^ The totals do not include Blank/Scatterings Ballots although they were reported.
- ^ "PD43+ » Search Elections".
- ^ "Massachusetts Secretary of State General Election Results 2016". Massachusetts Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ "2020 - US House - All General Election Results". Massachusetts Election Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MA District 5 - 2nd Trial Race - Jan 01, 1849".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MA District 5 - 3rd Trial Race - Apr 07, 1851".
- ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.
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- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016.
- ^ 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". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
- ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
Further reading
- 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
- Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Massachusetts: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Fifth District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 05". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
Maps
- Map of Massachusetts's 5th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth