Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

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Massachusetts's current districts since 2003

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.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress(es)	District Residence	Notes
District created		March 4, 1795
Peleg Wadsworth	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803	4th 5th 6th 7th		Redistricted from the 4th district; Redistricted to the 15th district
Ebenezer Seaver	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813	8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Nathaniel Ruggles	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	13th 14th 15th
Edward Dowse	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – May 26, 1820	16th		Resigned
Vacant		May 26, 1820 – August 21, 1820
William Eustis	Democratic-Republican	August 21, 1820 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th		Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts
John Reed, Jr.	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th		Redistricted from the 9th district; Redistricted to the 11th district
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd
District eliminated		1833
District restored		1893
Charles S. Randall	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd		Lost renomination
John Simpkins	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 27, 1898	54th 55th		Died
Vacant		March 27, 1898 – May 31, 1898	55th
William S. Greene	Republican	May 31, 1898 – March 3, 1913	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Fall River	Redistricted to the 15th district
John W. Weeks	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1913	63rd	Newton	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		Marlborough	Lost re-election
William Henry Carter	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Needham	Retired
Robert Luce	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Waltham	Redistricted to the 9th district
Richard B. Wigglesworth	Republican	March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1958	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Milton	Redistricted from the 14th district; Resigned to become United States Ambassador to Canada
Vacant		November 14, 1958 – January 3, 1959	85th
James A. Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Milton	Redistricted to the 11th district
District eliminated		1963

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