Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
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| Massachusetts's 9th congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Stephen Lynch (D) | |
| Area | 313.08 mi² | |
| Distribution | 81.58% urban, 18.42% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 634,062 | |
| Median income | $67,090 | |
| Ethnicity | 79.3% White, 8.5% Black, 3.7% Asian, 4.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 37% other | |
| Occupation | 17.3% blue collar, 69.0% white collar, 13.8% gray collar | |
| Cook PVI | D + 11 | |
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is in eastern Massachusetts, including part of Boston and some of its southern suburbs. It is currently represented by Stephen Lynch, who has served the district since 2001. It has subsumed much of the former 11th District in the south suburbs of Boston.
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[edit] Cities and Towns in the District
In Bristol County:
In Norfolk County:
- Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood.
In Plymouth County:
- Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Precincts 1 and 3, West Bridgewater, Whitman.
In Suffolk County:
- Boston, Ward 3, Precincts 5 and 6; Ward 5, Precincts 3-5, 11; Ward 6; Ward 7, Precincts 1-9; Ward 13, Precincts 3, 7-10; Ward 15, Precinct 6; Ward 16, Precincts 2, 4-12; Ward 17, Precincts 4, 13, 14; Ward 18, Precincts 9-12, 16-20, 22, 23; Ward 19, Precincts 2, 7, 10-13; Ward 20.
[edit] List of Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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| District created | 1795 | |||
| Joseph B. Varnum | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1803 |
Redistricted to the 4th district | |
| Phanuel Bishop | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807 |
Redistricted from the 7th district | |
| Josiah Dean | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1809 |
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| Laban Wheaton | Federalist | March 4, 1809 - March 3, 1815 |
Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| John Reed, Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817 |
Redistricted from the 8th district | |
| Walter Folger, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1821 |
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| John Reed, Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 |
Redistricted to the 13th district | |
| Henry W. Dwight | Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 |
Redistricted from the 7th district | |
| Adams | March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 |
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| Anti-Jackson | March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831 |
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| George N. Briggs | Anti-Jackson | March 4, 1831 - March 4, 1833 |
Redistricted to the 7th district | |
| William Jackson | Anti-Masonic | |||
| William S. Hastings | Whig | March 4, 1837 - June 17, 1842 |
Died | |
| Vacant | June 17, 1842 - March 4, 1843 |
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| Henry Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 |
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| Artemas Hale | Whig | March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 |
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| Orin Fowler | Whig | March 4, 1849 - September 3, 1852 |
Died | |
| Vacant | September 3, 1852 - December 13, 1852 |
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| Edward P. Little | Democratic | December 13, 1852 - March 3, 1853 |
Marshfield | Retired |
| Alexander Dewitt | Free Soil | March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857 |
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| Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 |
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| Eli Thayer | Republican | March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861 |
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| Goldsmith Bailey | Republican | March 4, 1861 - May 8, 1862 |
Died | |
| Vacant | May 8, 1862 - December 1, 1862 |
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| Amasa Walker | Republican | December 1, 1862 - March 3, 1863 |
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| William B. Washburn | Republican | March 4, 1863 - December 5, 1871 |
Resigned after being elected as Governor | |
| Vacant | December 5, 1871 - January 2, 1872 |
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| Alvah Crocker | Republican | January 2, 1872 - March 3, 1873 |
Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| George Frisbie Hoar | Republican | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 |
Redistricted from the 8th district | |
| William W. Rice | Republican | March 4, 1877- March 3, 1883 | Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| Theodore Lyman | Independent Republican | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 |
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| Frederick D. Ely | Republican | March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 |
Dedham | Lost re-election |
| Edward Burnett | Democratic | March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 |
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| John W. Candler | Republican | March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 |
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| George F. Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 |
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| Joseph H. O'Neil | Democratic | March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 |
Redistricted from the 4th district | |
| John F. Fitzgerald | Democratic | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1901 |
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| Joseph A. Conry | Democratic | March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 |
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| John A. Keliher | Democratic | March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1911 |
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| William F. Murray | Democratic | March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913 |
Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| Ernest W. Roberts | Republican | March 3, 1913 - March 3, 1917 |
Redistricted from the 7th district | |
| Alvan T. Fuller | Republican | March 4, 1917 - January 5, 1921 |
Resigned after being elected Lieutenant Governor | |
| Vacant | January 5, 1921 - March 4, 1921 |
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| Charles L. Underhill | Republican | March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1933 |
Somerville | Retired |
| Robert Luce | Republican | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 |
Redistricted from the 13th district | |
| Richard M. Russell | Democratic | January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937 |
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| Robert Luce | Republican | January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1941 |
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| Thomas H. Eliot | Democratic | January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 |
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| Charles L. Gifford | Republican | January 3, 1943 - August 23, 1947 |
Died | |
| Vacant | August 23, 1947 - January 18, 1947 |
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| Donald W. Nicholson | Republican | November 18, 1947 - January 3, 1959 |
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| Hastings Keith | Republican | January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted to the 12th district | |
| John McCormack | Democratic | January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1971 |
Redistricted from the 12th district, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1962-1971 | |
| Louise Day Hicks | Democratic | January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1973 |
South Boston | |
| Joe Moakley | Democratic | January 3, 1973 - May 31, 2001 |
South Boston | Died |
| Vacant | June 1, 2001 - October 15, 2001 |
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| Stephen Lynch | Democratic | October 16, 2001 - Present | South Boston | Incumbent |
[edit] 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
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