Massachusetts's 15th congressional district

Massachusetts's fifteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 19th century a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1943 after the 1940 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the ninth district.

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Cities and towns in the district

1910s

"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]

List of members representing the district

District created in 1803.

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

References

1. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
2. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.

• 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