Massachusetts's 13th congressional district
Massachusetts's thirteenth 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 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts. Its last Congressman was James A. Burke, who was redistricted into the eleventh district.
Cities and towns in the district
1790s-1820s
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1890s-1900s
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1910s
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."[1]
1920s-1960s
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List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created | March 4, 1795 | |||
Peleg Wadsworth | Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803 |
4 5 6 7 |
Redistricted from the 4th district Redistricted to the 15th district |
Ebenezer Seaver | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 |
8 9 10 11 12 |
[data missing] |
Nathaniel Ruggles | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
13 14 15 |
[data missing] |
Edward Dowse | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – May 26, 1820 |
16 | Resigned |
Vacant | May 26, 1820 – August 21, 1820 | |||
William Eustis | Democratic-Republican | August 21, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
16 17 |
Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts |
John Reed, Jr. | Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18 | Redistricted from the 9th district Redistricted to the 11th district |
Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
19 20 | ||
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
21 22 | ||
District eliminated | 1833 | |||
District restored | 1893 | |||
Charles S. Randall | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53 | Lost renomination |
John Simpkins | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 27, 1898 |
54 55[2] |
Died |
Vacant | March 27, 1898 – May 31, 1898 |
55 | ||
William S. Greene | Republican | May 31, 1898 – March 3, 1913 |
55 56 57 58[3] 59 60[4] 61 62 |
Redistricted to the 15th district |
John W. Weeks | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1913 |
63 | Redistricted from the 12th district, but resigned on the same day to become US Senator |
Vacant | March 4, 1913 – April 14, 1913 | |||
John J. Mitchell | Democratic | April 15, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
Elected to finish Weeks's term Lost re-election | |
William Henry Carter | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 |
64 65 |
Retired |
Robert Luce | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 |
66 67 68 69 70 71 72 |
Redistricted to the 9th district |
Richard B. Wigglesworth | Republican | March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1958 |
73 74 75[5] 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 |
Redistricted from the 14th district Resigned to become United States Ambassador to Canada |
Vacant | November 14, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
85 | ||
James A. Burke | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
86 87 |
Redistricted to the 11th district |
District eliminated | 1963 |
References
- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
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(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present