Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
Current Representative		Bill Keating (D–Quincy)
Area	934.25 mi²
Distribution	54.22% urban, 45.78% rural
Population (2000)	635,901
Median income	$51,928
Ethnicity	92.2% White, 1.6% Black, 2.7% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 1.9% other
Occupation	18.1% blue collar, 66.7% white collar, 15.3% gray collar
Cook PVI	D+5

Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is a political constituency that includes parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts, and all of Cape Cod and the islands. With a population (as of 2000) of 635,901 and a land area of 934.25 square miles (2,419.7 km²), it is the most populous of Massachusetts's ten congressional districts and the second largest by area. The District has existed since 1795, but will become obsolete for the 113th Congress in 2013 as district lines get redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to apportionment as a result of the 2010 Census.

It is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat William R. Keating. With a Cook PVI of D+5, it is the most conservative district in the heavily Democratic state of Massachusetts. Previous Representative Bill Delahunt announced on March 5, 2010 that he would not run for reelection, setting off a scramble among both Democrats and Republicans to succeed him. On November 2, 2010 Bill Keating won the general election, defeating Republican nominee Jeff Perry by a margin of over 12,700 votes.

Cities and towns in the district

The district includes:

• 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 representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Electoral history
District created		1795
Benjamin Goodhue	Federalist	March 4, 1795 — June 11, 1796		Redistricted from the 1st district Resigned after election to US Senate
Vacant		June 11, 1796 — December 7, 1796
Samuel Sewall	Federalist	December 7, 1796 — January 10, 1800		Resigned
Vacant		January 10, 1800 — November 25, 1800
Nathan Read	Federalist	November 25, 1800 — March 4, 1803
Seth Hastings	Federalist	March 4, 1803 — March 4, 1807		Redistricted from the 4th district
Jabez Upham	Federalist	March 4, 1807 — 1810	Brookfield	Resigned
Vacant		1810 — October 8, 1810
Joseph Allen	Federalist	October 8, 1810 — March 4, 1811	Worcester	Retired
Elijah Brigham	Federalist	March 4, 1811 — March 4, 1815		Redistricted to the 11th district
Laban Wheaton	Federalist	March 4, 1815 — March 4, 1817		Redistricted from the 9th district
Marcus Morton	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 — March 4, 1821	Taunton
Francis Baylies	Federalist	March 4, 1821 — March 4, 1823		Redistricted to the 12th district
Vacant		March 3, 1823 — December 13, 1824
John Bailey	Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1824 — March 4, 1825		Contested election with state, eventually seated
	Adams	March 4, 1825 — March 4, 1829
	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1829 — March 4, 1831
Henry A. S. Dearborn	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1831 — March 4, 1833
William Baylies	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1833 — March 4, 1835
Nathaniel B. Borden	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 — March 4, 1837	Fall River
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 — March 4, 1839
Henry Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1839 — March 4, 1841
Nathaniel B. Borden	Whig	March 4, 1841 — March 4, 1843	Fall River
Barker Burnell	Whig	March 4, 1843 — June 15, 1843		Redistricted from the 11th district Died
Vacant		June 15, 1843 — December 7, 1843
Joseph Grinnell	Whig	December 7, 1843 — March 4, 1851
Zeno Scudder	Whig	March 4, 1851 — March 4, 1853		Redistricted to the 1st district
Edward Dickinson	Whig	March 4, 1853 — March 4, 1855	Amherst
Calvin C. Chaffee	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 — March 4, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 — March 4, 1859
Charles Delano	Republican	March 4, 1859 — March 4, 1863
Henry L. Dawes	Republican	March 3, 1863 — March 4, 1873		Redistricted from the 11th district, Redistricted to the 11th district
Alvah Crocker	Republican	March 4, 1873 — December 26, 1874	Fitchburg	Redistricted from the 9th district, Died
Vacant		December 26, 1874 — January 27, 1875
Charles A. Stevens	Republican	January 27, 1875 — March 4, 1875
Julius H. Seelye	Independent	March 4, 1875 — March 4, 1877
Amasa Norcross	Republican	March 4, 1877 — March 4, 1883
William W. Rice	Republican	March 4, 1883 — March 4, 1887		Redistricted from the 9th district
John E. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1887 — March 4, 1889
Joseph H. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1889 — March 4, 1893		Redistricted to the 3rd district
Michael J. McEttrick	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1893 — March 4, 1895
Harrison H. Atwood	Republican	March 4, 1895 — March 4, 1897	Boston	Lost renomination
Samuel J. Barrows	Republican	March 4, 1897 — March 4, 1899
Henry F. Naphen	Democratic	March 4, 1899 — March 4, 1903	Boston
William S. McNary	Democratic	March 4, 1903 — March 4, 1907	Boston
Joseph F. O'Connell	Democratic	March 4, 1907 — March 4, 1911	Boston
James Michael Curley	Democratic	March 4, 1911 — March 4, 1913	Boston	Redistricted to the 12th district
William Francis Murray	Democratic	March 4, 1913 — September 28, 1914	Boston	Redistricted from the 9th district Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston
Vacant		September 28, 1914 — March 4, 1915
Peter Tague	Democratic	March 4, 1915 — March 4, 1919	Boston
John F. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1919 — October 23, 1919	Boston
Peter Tague	Democratic	October 23, 1919 — March 4, 1925	Boston	Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election
John J. Douglass	Democratic	March 4, 1925 — March 4, 1933	Boston	Redistricted to the 11th district
George H. Tinkham	Republican	March 4, 1933 — January 3, 1943	Boston	Redistricted from the 11th district
Christian Herter	Republican	January 3, 1943 — January 3, 1953	Boston	Retired to become Governor
Laurence Curtis	Republican	January 3, 1953 — January 3, 1963	Boston	Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for U.S. Senate
Joseph William Martin, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1963 — January 3, 1967	North Attleborough	Redistricted from the 14th district Lost renomination
Margaret M. Heckler	Republican	January 3, 1967 — January 3, 1983	Wellesley	Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election there
Gerry E. Studds	Democratic	January 3, 1983 — January 3, 1997	Cohasset	Redistricted from the 12th district Retired
Bill Delahunt	Democratic	January 3, 1997 — January 3, 2011	Quincy	Retired
William R. Keating	Democratic	January 3, 2011 — present	Quincy	Will be redistricted if reelected in 2012
District to be eliminated		January 3, 2013

Electoral history

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010

• Scott Brown (R): 59.94%
• Martha Coakley (D): 40.06%

Source: "MA-Sen: Map of Special Election Results by Town". Swing State Project. http://www.swingstateproject.com/showComment.do?commentId=111731. 

References

• 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