Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
Massachusetts's 8th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 773,868[1] | ||
Median household income | $103,758[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+15[2] |
Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is located in eastern
This district has the distinction of being the only one ever represented by someone who had previously served as president of the United States, as John Quincy Adams held this office after leaving the presidency from 1843 until his death in 1848.
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Gore 72 - 17% |
2004 | President | Kerry 79 - 19% |
2008 | President | Obama 58 - 40.5% |
2012 | President | Obama 57.8 - 40.8% |
2016 | President | Clinton 60.4 - 34.4% |
2020 | President | Biden 66 - 32% |
Cities and towns in the district
Previous
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Current
In Bristol County: Precincts 1 and 2 in Raynham.
In Norfolk County: Avon, Braintree, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton:Precincts 2–4, and 6–9, Norwood, Quincy, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood and Weymouth.
In Plymouth County: Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, Scituate, West Bridgewater, and Whitman.
In
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District created March 4, 1789 | |||||
Jonathan Grout (Lunenburg) |
Anti-Administration
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March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1st | Elected in 1788. Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election. |
1789–1793 Worcester County |
Vacant | March 4, 1791 – April 4, 1791 |
2nd | |||
George Thatcher (Biddeford) |
Pro-Administration | April 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected late in 1791. Redistricted to the 4th district. | ||
District inactive | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd | |||
Fisher Ames (Dedham) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
4th | Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1794. Retired. |
1795–1803 "1st Middle district" |
Boston )
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Federalist
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March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801 |
5th 6th |
Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired. | |
Boston )
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Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 1st district. | |
Lemuel Williams (New Bedford) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1802. Lost re-election. |
1803–1815 "Barnstable district" |
Isaiah L. Green (Barnstable) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 |
9th 10th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired. | |
Nantucket )
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Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Elected in 1808. Retired. | |
Isaiah L. Green (Barnstable) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1810. Lost re-election. | |
John Reed Jr. (Yarmouth) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
William Baylies (Bridgewater) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
1815–1823 "Plymouth district" |
Zabdiel Sampson (Plymouth) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1817 – July 26, 1820 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1817 on the second ballot. Resigned to become collector of customs in Plymouth. | |
Vacant | July 26, 1820 – November 24, 1820 |
16th | |||
Aaron Hobart (Hanover) |
Democratic-Republican
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November 24, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected in 1820. Later elected on the second ballot to finish Sampson's term and seated December 18, 1820. Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
Samuel Lathrop (West Springfield) |
Adams-Clay Federalist
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1825 on the third ballot. [data missing] |
1823–1833 "Hampden district" |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||
Isaac C. Bates (Northampton) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835 |
20th 21st 22nd 23rd |
Re-elected in 1833 .Retired. | |
1833–1843 [data missing] | |||||
William B. Calhoun (Springfield) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th 26th 27th |
Re-elected in 1840 .Retired. | |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | ||||
John Quincy Adams (Quincy) |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – February 23, 1848 |
28th 29th 30th |
Re-elected in 1846 .Died. |
1843–1853 "All the towns in Norfolk County; Abington, North Bridgewater, Hingham, and Hull, in the County of Plymouth; and Brighton, Holliston, Natick, Newton, and Sherburne, in the County of Middlesex."[4] |
Vacant | February 24, 1848 – April 2, 1848 |
30th | |||
Horace Mann (West Newton) |
Whig | April 3, 1848 – March 3, 1853 |
30th 31st 32nd |
Re-elected in 1850. ]
[data missing | |
Tappan Wentworth (Lowell) |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1852. ]
[data missing |
1853–1863 "The city of Lowell, and the towns of Acton, Ashby, Ashland, Bedford, Billerica, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Framingham, Groton, Hopkinton, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Natick, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wayland. Westford, and Weston, in the county of Middlesex; and the towns of Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Lunenburg, Northborough, Southborough, and Westborough, in the county of Worcester."[5] |
Chauncey L. Knapp (Lowell) |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th |
Re-elected in 1856. ]
[data missing | |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||||
Charles R. Train[6] (Framingham) |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Re-elected in 1860. ]
[data missing | |
John D. Baldwin (Worcester) |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
38th 39th 40th |
Re-elected in 1866. ]
[data missing |
1863–1873 [data missing] |
George F. Hoar[7] (Worcester) |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
41st 42nd |
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John M. S. Williams (Cambridge) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872. ]
[data missing |
1873–1883 "Ashland, Wards 22, 23, 25, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Dedham, Dover, Framingham, Franklin, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norwood, Sherborn, Southboro', Watertown, Wayland, and Weston."[8] |
Boston )
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Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874 .Lost re-election. | |
William Claflin[9] (Newton) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
Re-elected in 1878 .Retired. | |
John W. Candler (Brookline) |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Elected in 1880. ]
[data missing | |
William A. Russell (Lawrence) |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | re-elected in 1882. ]
[data missing |
1883–1893 |
Charles H. Allen (Lowell) |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Re-elected in 1886 .Retired. | |
Frederic T. Greenhalge (Lowell) |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888 .Lost re-election. | |
Moses T. Stevens (North Andover) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | . | |
Samuel W. McCall[10][11] (Winchester) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913 |
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd |
Re-elected in 1910. ]
[data missing |
1893–1903 Arlington, Boston (Wards 9, 10, 11), Cambridge, Medford, Somerville, Winchester.[12] |
1903–1913 Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Medford, Somerville, Winchester, Woburn.[13] | |||||
Frederick Simpson Deitrick (Cambridge) |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | Elected in 1912. ]
[data missing |
1913–1933 Middlesex County: Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Lexington, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Watertown, Winchester.[14][15] |
Frederick W. Dallinger (Cambridge) |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925 |
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
Re-elected in 1922. ]
[data missing | |
Harry I. Thayer )
(Wakefield |
Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 10, 1926 |
69th | Elected in 1924 .Died. | |
Vacant | March 10, 1926 – November 2, 1926 | ||||
Frederick W. Dallinger (Cambridge) |
Republican | November 2, 1926 – October 1, 1932 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
United States Customs Court .
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Vacant | October 1, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd | |||
Arthur D. Healey[16] (Somerville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – August 3, 1942 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th |
Re-elected in 1940. .
Resigned to become judge of US District Court for Massachusetts |
1933–1943 Cambridge (Wards 2, 3), Everett, Malden, Medford, Somerville.[13] |
Vacant | August 3, 1942 – January 3, 1943 |
77th | |||
Angier Goodwin (Melrose) |
Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd |
Re-elected in 1952 .Lost re-election. |
1943–1953 Everett, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, N. Reading, Reading, Saugus, Somerville (Wards 4, 5, 6, 7), Stoneham, Wakefield.[13][17] |
1953–1963 [data missing] | |||||
Torbert H. Macdonald )
(Malden |
Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
84th 85th 86th 87th |
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Tip O'Neill[18] (Cambridge) |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1987 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
Re-elected in 1984 .Retired. |
1963–1973 Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 21, 22), Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville.[13][19] |
1973–1983 Arlington, Belmont, Boston (Wards 1, 2, 5, 21, 22), Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown.[13][20] | |||||
1983–1993 Arlington, Belmont, Boston (Wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 21, 22), Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown.[13][21] | |||||
Boston )
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Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1999 |
100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th |
Re-elected in 1996 .Retired. | |
1993–2003 Belmont, Boston (Wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22), Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville, Watertown.[13] | |||||
Mike Capuano (Somerville) |
Democratic | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 |
106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Re-elected in 2002. .
Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 7th district | |
2003–2013 9th district), and Chelsea .
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Stephen Lynch )
(Boston |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2013–2023 In Bristol County: Precincts 1 and 2 in Raynham. In Norfolk County: Avon, Braintree, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton:Precincts 2–4, and 6–9, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, and Weymouth. In Plymouth County: Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, Scituate, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. In Boston , Ward 3: Precincts 1–6; Ward 5: Precincts 3–5, 11; Ward 6, Ward 7: Precincts 1–9, Ward 11: Precincts 9 and 10, Ward 13: Precincts 3, 7, and 10, Ward 16: Precincts 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, and 12, Ward 19: Precincts 1–6, 8, and 9, and Ward 20: Precincts 1, 2, and 4–20.
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2023–present |
Recent election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Mike Capuano | 125,167 | 90.65% | |
Socialist Workers
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Laura Garza | 12,390 | 8.99% | |
Majority | 113,066 | 81.66% | ||
Turnout | 137,557 | 21.81% | ||
Democratic hold
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Capuano (inc.) | 185,530 | 98.55 | |
Write-ins | 2,722 | 1.45 | ||
Total votes | 188,252 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephen Lynch (incumbent) | 263,999 | 76.1 | |
Republican | Joe Selvaggi | 82,242 | 23.7 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 570 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 346,811 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephen Lynch (incumbent) | 200,644 | 98.7 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 2,707 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 203,351 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephen Lynch (incumbent) | 271,019 | 72.4 | |
Republican | William Burke | 102,744 | 27.5 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 502 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 374,265 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephen Lynch (incumbent)
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259,159 | 98.4 | |
Write-in | 4,148 | 1.6 | ||
Total votes | 263,307 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephen F. Lynch (incumbent)
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310,940 | 80.7 | |
Independent
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Jonathan D. Lott | 72,060 | 18.7 | |
Write-in | 2,401 | 0.6 | ||
Total votes | 385,401 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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External links
- Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Massachusetts: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Eighth District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 08". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
Maps
- Map of Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth