Representative |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
District location |
District created March 4, 1795 |
Peleg Wadsworth (Portland) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803 |
4th 5th 6th 7th |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1795 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 15th district. |
1795 – 1803 "2nd eastern district," District of Maine |
Ebenezer Seaver (Roxbury) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 |
8th 9th 10th 11th 12th |
Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Lost re-election. |
1803 – 1823 "Norfolk district" |
Nathaniel Ruggles (Boston) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
13th 14th 15th |
Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election. |
Edward Dowse (Dedham) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1819 – May 26, 1820 |
16th |
Elected in 1818. Resigned. |
Vacant |
May 26, 1820 – August 21, 1820 |
William Eustis (Boston) |
Democratic-Republican |
August 21, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected May 26, 1820 to finish Dowse's term. Re-elected later in 1820. Seated November 13, 1820. Redistricted to the 10th district and re-elected in 1822 but declined the seat when elected Governor of Massachusetts. |
John Reed Jr. (Yarmouth) |
Adams-Clay Federalist |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Redistricted to the 11th district. |
1823 – 1833 "Barnstable district" |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
District eliminated March 3, 1833 |
District re-created March 4, 1893 |
Charles S. Randall (New Bedford) |
Republican |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd |
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1892. Lost renomination. |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
John Simpkins (Yarmouth) |
Republican |
March 4, 1895 – March 27, 1898 |
54th 55th[1] |
Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Died. |
Vacant |
March 27, 1898 – May 31, 1898 |
55th |
William S. Greene (Fall River) |
Republican |
May 31, 1898 – March 3, 1913 |
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd |
Elected to finish Simpkins's term. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 15th district. |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
John W. Weeks (Newton) |
Republican |
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1913 |
63rd |
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1912, but resigned on the same day to become U.S. Senator. |
1913 – 1933 Suffolk County: Boston (Ward 25). "Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Middlesex County: Cities of Marlboro, Newton, and Waltham; towns of Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Natick, Sherborn, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston. Worcester County: Town of Southboro."[2] |
Vacant |
March 4, 1913 – April 14, 1913 |
John J. Mitchell (Marlborough) |
Democratic |
April 15, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
Elected to finish Weeks's term. Lost re-election. |
William Henry Carter (Needham Heights) |
Republican |
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 |
64th 65th |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Retired. |
Robert Luce (Waltham) |
Republican |
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 |
66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 9th district. |
Richard B. Wigglesworth (Milton) |
Republican |
March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1958 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Canada. |
1933 – 1943 [data missing] |
1943 – 1953 [data missing] |
1953 – 1963 [data missing] |
Vacant |
November 14, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
85th |
James A. Burke (Milton) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
86th 87th |
Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 11th district. |
District eliminated January 3, 1963 |