Massachusetts's 6th congressional district

Coordinates: 42°37′02″N 70°53′07″W / 42.61722°N 70.88528°W / 42.61722; -70.88528
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Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
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Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is located in northeastern

Billerica were added, along with a small portion of the town of Andover.[3]

Election results from presidential races

Year Office Result
2000 President Gore 57–36%
2004 President Kerry 58–41%
2008 President Obama 57–41.4%
2012 President Obama 54.7–44%
2016 President Clinton 56–38.2%
2020 President Biden 63–36%

Cities and towns in the district

In Essex County:

The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem
The towns of: , North Andover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.

In Middlesex County:

The towns of: Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Wakefield and Wilmington.

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

1840s

"Amherst, Belchertown, East-Hampton, Enfield, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley, and Ware, in the County of Hampshire; Brimfield, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Southwick, Springfield, Wales, Westfield, West Springfield, and Wilbraham, in the County of Hampden; Bernardston, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately in the County of Franklin; and Athol and Royalston, in the County of Worcester."[5]

1850s

"The cities of Lynn, Newburyport, and Salem, and the towns of Amesbury, Beverly, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Wenham, and West Newbury, in the county of Essex."[6]

1890s

"Suffolk County: City of Boston, wards 3, 4, and 5, and the towns of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester. Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott."[7]

1910s

"Essex County: Cities of Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Salem; towns of Amesbury, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfleld, Wenham, and West Newbury."[8]

1920s–1980s

1990s

"Counties: Essex, Middlesex. Cities and townships: Amesbury, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Burlington, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester by the Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Reading (part), Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury, and Wilmington."[9]

2003 to 2013

The district from 2003 to 2013

In Essex County:

The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem
The towns of: , North Andover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.

In Middlesex County:

The towns of: Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Wakefield and Wilmington.

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1789

George Thatcher
(Biddeford)
Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791
1st Elected in 1788.
Redistricted to the 8th district.
1789–1793
Lincoln County, District of Maine
George Leonard
(Raynham
)
Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793
2nd Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected late in 1792.
Lost re-election that same year.
District inactive March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795
3rd
John Reed Sr.
(West Bridgewater)
Federalist
March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801
4th
5th
6th
Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.
1795–1803
"2nd Southern district"
Josiah Smith
(Pembroke)
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803
7th Elected in 1800.
Retired.
Colerain
)
Federalist
March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1817
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.
1803–1823
"Hampshire North district"
Samuel C. Allen
(Greenfield)
Federalist
March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1823
15th
16th
17th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 7th district.

John Locke
(Ashby)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
Elected in 1823 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Retired.
1823–1833
"Worcester North district"
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
Joseph G. Kendall
(Leominster)
Anti-Jackson
March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833
21st
22nd
Re-elected in 1830
.
Retired.
George Grennell Jr.
(Greenfield)
Anti-Jackson
March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
25th
Re-elected in 1836
.
Retired.
1833–1843
[data missing]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
James Alvord
(Greenfield
)
Whig March 4, 1839 –
September 27, 1839
26th
Elected in 1838
.
Died.
Vacant September 27, 1839 –
January 14, 1840

Osmyn Baker
(Amherst)
Whig December 23, 1839 –
March 3, 1845
26th
27th
28th
Re-elected in 1842
.
Retired.
1843–1853
[data missing]

George Ashmun
(Springfield)
Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851
29th
30th
31st
Re-elected in 1848
.
Retired.
George T. Davis
(Greenfield)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1850
.
Retired.

Charles W. Upham
(Salem)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1852
.
Lost re-election.
1853–1863
[data missing]

Timothy Davis
(Gloucester)
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th
35th
Re-elected in 1856.
[data missing
]
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

John B. Alley[10]
(Lynn)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 5th district
.

Daniel W. Gooch
(Melrose)
Republican March 4, 1863 –
September 1, 1865
38th
39th
Re-elected in 1864
.
Resigned to become Navy agent of the port of Boston.
1863–1873
[data missing]
Vacant September 2, 1865 –
December 3, 1865
39th

Nathaniel P. Banks[11]
(Waltham)
Republican December 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1873
39th
40th
41st
42nd
Re-elected in 1870.
Switched parties in 1872.
Redistricted to the 5th district
and lost re-election.
Liberal Republican
Benjamin F. Butler
(Lowell
)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd
re-elected in 1872
.
Lost re-election.
1873–1883
[data missing]

Charles Perkins Thompson
(Gloucester)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th
Elected in 1874
.
Lost re-election.

George B. Loring[12](Salem)
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Re-elected in 1878
.
Lost renomination.

Eben F. Stone[13]
(Newburyport)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th
Elected in 1880
.
Retired.

Henry B. Lovering
(Lynn)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
48th
49th
Re-elected in 1884
.
Lost re-election.
1883–1893
[data missing]

Henry Cabot Lodge
(Nahant)
Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1893
50th
51st
52nd
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 7th district
.

William Cogswell
(Salem)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
May 22, 1895
53rd
54th
Re-elected in 1894
.
Died.
1893–1903
[data missing]
Vacant May 22, 1895 –
November 4, 1895
54th
William H. Moody[14]
(Haverhill
)
Republican November 5, 1895 –
May 1, 1902
54th
55th
56th
57th
Re-elected in 1900.
Resigned to become Secretary of the Navy
Vacant May 2, 1902 –
November 3, 1902
57th

Augustus P. Gardner[15]
(Hamilton)
Republican November 4, 1902 –
May 15, 1917
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
Re-elected in 1916
.
Resigned to enter the army.
1903–1913
[data missing]
1913–1933
[data missing]
Vacant May 15, 1917 –
November 6, 1917
65th

Willfred W. Lufkin
(Essex)
Republican November 6, 1917 –
June 30, 1921
65th
66th
67th
Boston
Vacant June 30, 1921 –
September 27, 1921
67th
Abram Andrew
(Gloucester
)
Republican September 27, 1921 –
June 3, 1936
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
Re-elected in 1934
.
Died.
1933–1943
[data missing]
Vacant June 3, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
74th

George J. Bates[16]
(Salem)
Republican January 3, 1937 –
November 1, 1949
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
Re-elected in 1948
.
Died in a plane crash.
1943–1953
[data missing]
Vacant November 1, 1949 –
February 14, 1950
81st

William H. Bates[17]
(Salem)
Republican February 14, 1950 –
June 22, 1969
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
Re-elected in 1968
.
Died.
1953–1963
[data missing]
1963–1973
[data missing]
Vacant June 22, 1969 –
September 30, 1969
91st

Michael J. Harrington
(Beverly)
Democratic September 30, 1969 –
January 3, 1979
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
Re-elected in 1976
.
Retired.
1973–1983
[data missing]

Nicholas Mavroules[18]
(Peabody)
Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1993
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Re-elected in 1990
.
Lost re-election.
1983–1993
[data missing]

Peter G. Torkildsen
(Danvers)
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1997
103rd
104th
Re-elected in 1994
.
Lost re-election.
1993–2003
[data missing]

John F. Tierney
(Salem)
Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2015
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
.
Lost renomination.
2003–2013
[data missing]
2013–2023

Seth Moulton
(Salem)
Democratic January 3, 2015 –
present
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present

Recent election results

The following are the results from the last four general elections for U.S. House of Representatives to represent the Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District:

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic
John F. Tierney (incumbent) 179,603 48.3%
Republican
Richard Tisei 175,953 47.3%
Libertarian
Daniel Fishman 16,668 4.4%
Total votes 372,224 100%
Democratic
hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2014[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic
Seth Moulton 149,449 54.7%
Republican
Richard Tisei 111,848 40.9%
Independent
Chris Stockwell 12,175 4.5%
Total votes 273,472 100%
Democratic
hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2016[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic
Seth Moulton (incumbent) 308,923 98.4%
No party All Others 5,132 1.6%
Total votes 314,055 100%
Democratic
hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2018[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic
Seth Moulton (incumbent) 216,282 65.2%
Republican
Joseph Schneider 104,379 31.4%
Independent
Mary Jean Charbonneau 11,244 3.4%
Total votes 331,905 100%
Democratic
hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2020[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Seth Moulton (incumbent) 286,377 65.4%
Republican John Paul Moran 150,695 34.4%
Write-in 605 0.2%
Total votes 437,677 100%
Democratic hold

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