Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that includes parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts, and all of Cape Cod and the islands. The District has existed since 1795, but was removed for the 113th Congress in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 Census.[1] Effective from the elections of 2012, most of the district falls into the new Massachusetts 9th congressional district, with some northern portions falling in the new 8th district.[2]

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

The district from 2003 to 2013

1840s

1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."[3]

1860s

1869: "Berkshire and Hampden counties."[4]

1870s-1880s

1890s-1950s

1893: Boston, Wards 13, 14, 15, 19 (Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8, 9), 20, 22, 24; Milton, Quincy.[5]

1916: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (Precincts 1, 2).[6]

1921: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.[7]

1934: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21.[8]

1941-1953: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21; Brookline, Newton.[9][10]

1960s-1970s

1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."[11]

1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."[12]

1990s

1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."[13]

2003-2013

• All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County,
• The following municipalities in Plymouth County: Abington, Carver, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson Pct. 2, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Scituate, and
• The following municipalities in Norfolk County: Cohasset, Quincy, Weymouth

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Benjamin Goodhue	Federalist	March 4, 1795 — June 11, 1796	4th	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1794. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.	1795–1803 "3rd Middle district"
Vacant		June 11, 1796 — December 7, 1796	4th
Samuel Sewall	Federalist	December 7, 1796 — January 10, 1800	4th 5th 6th	Elected on the second ballot to finish Goodhue's term. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Resigned become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Vacant		January 10, 1800 — November 25, 1800	6th
Nathan Read	Federalist	November 25, 1800 — March 3, 1803	6th 7th	Elected October 20, 1800 on the second ballot to finish Sewall's term. Re-elected November 3, 1800. Retired.
Seth Hastings	Federalist	March 4, 1803 — March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.	1803–1815 "Worcester South district"
Jabez Upham	Federalist	March 4, 1807 — 1810	10th 11th	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned.
Vacant		1810 — October 8, 1810	11th
Joseph Allen	Federalist	October 8, 1810 — March 3, 1811	11th	Elected October 8, 1810 to finish Upham's term. Retired.
Elijah Brigham	Federalist	March 4, 1811 — March 3, 1815	12th 13th	Elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Laban Wheaton	Federalist	March 4, 1815 — March 3, 1817	14th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1815. Retired.	1815–1823 "Bristol district"
Marcus Morton	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 — March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
Francis Baylies	Federalist	March 4, 1821 — March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 12th district.
Vacant		March 3, 1823 — December 13, 1824	18th	William Eustis was redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1822, but declined the election to become Governor of Massachusetts.	1823–1833 "Norfolk district"
John Bailey	Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1824 — March 18, 1824		Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term, but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824 House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat.
Vacant		March 18, 1824 — December 13, 1824
John Bailey	Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1824 — March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Re-elected November 29, 1824 on the third ballot to finish Eustis's term and seated December 13, 1824. Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1826. [data unknown/missing]
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 — March 3, 1831
Henry A. S. Dearborn	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 — March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing]
William Baylies	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 — March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Nathaniel B. Borden	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 — March 3, 1837	24th 25th	[data unknown/missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 — March 3, 1839
Henry Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1839 — March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing]
Nathaniel B. Borden	Whig	March 4, 1841 — March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Barker Burnell	Whig	March 4, 1843 — June 15, 1843	28th	Redistricted from the 11th district. Died.	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		June 15, 1843 — December 7, 1843	28th
Joseph Grinnell	Whig	December 7, 1843 — March 3, 1851	28th 29th 30th 31st	[data unknown/missing]
Zeno Scudder	Whig	March 4, 1851 — March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 1st district.
Edward Dickinson	Whig	March 4, 1853 — March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
Calvin C. Chaffee	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 — March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 — March 3, 1859
Charles Delano[14]	Republican	March 4, 1859 — March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry L. Dawes[4]	Republican	March 3, 1863 — March 3, 1873	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd	Redistricted from the 11th district. Re-elected in 1868.[4] Redistricted to the 11th district.	1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Alvah Crocker	Republican	March 4, 1873 — December 26, 1874	43rd	Redistricted from the 9th district. Died.	1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		December 26, 1874 — January 27, 1875	43rd
Charles A. Stevens	Republican	January 27, 1875 — March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Julius H. Seelye	Independent	March 4, 1875 — March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Amasa Norcross[15][16]	Republican	March 4, 1877 — March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
William W. Rice	Republican	March 4, 1883 — March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Redistricted from the 9th district.	1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
John E. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1887 — March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph H. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1889 — March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Michael J. McEttrick	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1893 — March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
Harrison H. Atwood	Republican	March 4, 1895 — March 3, 1897	54th	Lost renomination
Samuel J. Barrows[17]	Republican	March 4, 1897 — March 3, 1899	55th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry F. Naphen	Democratic	March 4, 1899 — March 3, 1903	56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
William S. McNary	Democratic	March 4, 1903 — March 3, 1907	58th 59th	[data unknown/missing]	1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Joseph F. O'Connell[18]	Democratic	March 4, 1907 — March 3, 1911	60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
James Michael Curley	Democratic	March 4, 1911 — March 3, 1913	62nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
William Francis Murray	Democratic	March 4, 1913 — September 28, 1914	63rd	Redistricted from the 9th district. Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston	1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 28, 1914 — March 3, 1915	63rd
Peter Tague	Democratic	March 4, 1915 — March 3, 1919	64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] Initially lost re-election but regained seat on appeal citing voting irregularities.
John F. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1919 — October 23, 1919	66th	[data unknown/missing] Lost election contest on appeal due to voting irregularities.
Peter Tague	Democratic	October 23, 1919 — March 3, 1925	66th 67th 68th	Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election on appeal due to voting irregularities. Lost re-election.
John J. Douglass	Democratic	March 4, 1925 — March 3, 1933	69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
George H. Tinkham[19]	Republican	March 4, 1933 — January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Redistricted from the 11th district.	1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
Christian Herter	Republican	January 3, 1943 — January 3, 1953	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts.	1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
Laurence Curtis	Republican	January 3, 1953 — January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
Joseph W. Martin Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1963 — January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Redistricted from the 14th district. Lost renomination.	1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
Margaret Heckler[20]	Republican	January 3, 1967 — January 3, 1983	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election.
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
Gerry Studds[21]	Democratic	January 3, 1983 — January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Redistricted from the 12th district. Retired.	1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
					1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Bill Delahunt	Democratic	January 3, 1997 — January 3, 2011	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	[data unknown/missing]. Retired.
					2003–2013 [data unknown/missing]
Bill Keating	Democratic	January 3, 2011 — January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Moved to the redistricted 9th district.
District eliminated[1]		January 3, 2013

References

1. "Table 1. APPORTIONMENT POPULATION AND NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY STATE: 2010 CENSUS" (PDF). December 21, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
2. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 20, 2012.
3. "State Apportionment; districts of the Commonwealth for the choice of one representative to Congress in each district". Massachusetts Register ... for 1843. Boston: Loring.
4. Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
5. Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
6. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
7. 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
8. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 73rd Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1934.
9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477, House No. 2849
10. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 83rd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953.
11. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1963.
12. "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
13. Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997, retrieved November 26, 2013
14. "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
15. Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
16. Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
17. L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
18. A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
19. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
20. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
21. "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

Maps

• Map of Massachusetts's 10th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results

• CNN.com 2004 election results
• CNN.com 2006 election results