Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
Massachusetts Congressional District 11 is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Brian Donnelly; its most notable were John Quincy Adams following his term as president, eventual president John F. Kennedy and Speaker Tip O'Neill.
Cities and towns in the district
1790s-1880s
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1890s
1893: Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21, 22. 23, 25. "Middlesex County: City of Newton, towns of Belmont, Holliston, Sherborn, and Water- town. Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, and Wrentham. Bristol County: Town of North Attleboro. Worcester County: Towns of Hopedale and Milford."[1]
1910s-1940s
1916: Suffolk County: Boston Wards 10, 11 (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23.[2]
1921: Boston (Wards 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23).[3]
1941: Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 22), Cambridge, Somerville (Wards 1, 2, 3).[4]
1960s-1980s
1968: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Ward 18."[5]
1977: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Stoughton. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, 18."[6]
1985: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, and 18."[7]
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Theophilus Bradbury
|
Federalist | March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797 |
Newburyport | Resigned to become a state Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice |
| Vacant | July 25, 1797 – November 26, 1797 | |||
| Bailey Bartlett
|
Federalist | November 27, 1797 – March 3, 1801 |
Essex County | Retired |
 Menasseh Cutler
|
Federalist | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
Hamilton | Redistricted to the 3rd district |
| William Stedman
|
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – July 16, 1810 |
[data missing] | Resigned to serve as Clerk of Courts for Worcester County |
| Vacant | July 16, 1810 – October 8, 1810 | |||
| Abijah Bigelow
|
Federalist | October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1815 |
Leominster | Retired |
 Elijah Brigham
|
Federalist | March 4, 1815 – February 22, 1816 |
Westborough (now Northborough) |
Redistricted from the 10th district, Died |
| Vacant | February 22, 1816 – December 1, 1816 | |||
| Benjamin Adams
|
Federalist | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1821 |
Uxbridge | Lost re-election |
| Johnathan Russell
|
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
| Aaron Hobart
|
Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
[data missing] | Redistricted from the 8th district |
| Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
[data missing] | ||
| Joseph Richardson
|
Adams | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
| Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
[data missing] | ||
 John Quincy Adams
|
Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Braintree | Redistricted to the 12th district |
| John Reed, Jr.
|
Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
| Anti- Masonic |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
[data missing] | ||
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
[data missing] | ||
| Barker Burnell
|
Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
[data missing] | Redistricted to the 10th district |
| District eliminated | 1843 | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
| District recreated | 1853 | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
 John Z. Goodrich
|
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[data missing] | Redistricted from the 7th district |
 Mark Trafton
|
Know Nothing |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
 Henry L. Dawes[8]
|
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 |
[data missing] | Redistricted to the 10th district |
| District eliminated | 1863 | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
| District recreated | 1873 | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
| Henry L. Dawes
|
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
[data missing] | Redistricted from the 10th district |
 Chester W. Chapin
|
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
 George D. Robinson[9][10]
|
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
[data missing] | Redistricted to the 12th district |
 William Whiting
|
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
_picture.png) Rodney Wallace
|
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
 Frederick S. Coolidge
|
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
.png) William F. Draper
|
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
 Charles F. Sprague[11]
|
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
[data missing] | [data missing] |
 Samuel L. Powers
|
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
Newton | Redistricted to the 12th district |
 John Andrew Sullivan
|
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 |
Boston | [data missing] |
 Andrew J. Peters[12]
|
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – August 15, 1914 |
Boston | Resigned after being appointed Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department |
| Vacant | August 15, 1914 – March 4, 1915 |
[data missing] | [data missing] | |
 George H. Tinkham
|
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 |
Boston | Redistricted to the 10th district |
 John J. Douglass
|
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Boston | Redistricted from the 10th district |
| John P. Higgins | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – September 30, 1937 |
Boston | Resigned after being appointed as chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts |
| Vacant | September 30, 1937 – December 14, 1937 |
[data missing] | [data missing] | |
 Thomas A. Flaherty[13]
|
Democratic | December 14, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
Boston | Retired |
 James Michael Curley
|
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
Boston | Retired |
 John F. Kennedy
|
Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
Boston | Elected to US Senate |
 Tip O'Neill
|
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
Cambridge | Redistricted to the 8th district |
 James A. Burke[5]
|
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 |
Milton | Redistricted from the 13th district |
 Brian J. Donnelly[14]
|
Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
Boston | Retired |
| District eliminated | January 3, 1993 | [data missing] | ||
References
- ^ Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
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{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts". 1985-1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
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- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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