Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
Current Representative		Mike Capuano (D–Somerville)
Cook PVI	D+29

Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It is currently represented by Mike Capuano. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district. Most of the old 8th district now comprise the new 7th district.

Cities and towns currently in the district

• Boston:
  • Wards 1, 2
  • Ward 3: Precincts 7, 8
  • Ward 4
  • Ward 5: Precincts 1, 2, 2A, 6-10
  • Ward 7: Precinct 10
  • Wards 8-10
  • Ward 11: Precincts 1-8
  • Ward 12
  • Ward 13: Precincts 1, 2, 4-6, 8 and 9
  • Ward 14
  • Ward 15
  • Ward 16: Precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11
  • Ward 17
  • Ward 18
  • Ward 19: Precincts 7, 10-13
  • Ward 20: Precinct 3
  • Wards 21 and 22

(the remainder of Boston will be in the 8th district)

• Cambridge:
  • Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 11
  • Ward 4: Precinct 1
  • Ward 10: Precinct 3
• Chelsea
• Everett
• Milton:
  • Precincts 1, 5 and 10
• Randolph
• Somerville
  

Cities and towns in the district from 2003 to 2013

The district from 2003 to 2013

In Middlesex County:

• Arlington
• Belmont
• Everett
• Framingham
• Lexington
• Lincoln
• Malden
• Medford
• Melrose
• Natick
• Stoneham
• Waltham
• Watertown
• Wayland: Precinct 2
• Weston
• Winchester
• Woburn

In Suffolk County:

• Revere
• Winthrop

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
George Leonard	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791	Redistricted to 6th district
Artemas Ward	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793	Redistricted to the 2nd district
District discontinued		March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795
George Leonard	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stephen Bullock	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Phanuel Bishop	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1803	Redistricted to 9th district
Nahum Mitchell	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Barker	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Baylies	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – June 28, 1809	Lost election challenge
Charles Turner, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	June 28, 1809 – March 4, 1813	Won election challenge
William Baylies	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John W. Hulbert	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817	Redistricted from the 12th district
Henry Shaw	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry W. Dwight	Federalist	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823	Redistricted to the 9th district
Samuel C. Allen	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Redistricted from the 6th district
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
George Grennell, Jr.	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1833	Redistricted to the 6th district
George N. Briggs	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837	Redistricted from the 9th district Retired
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843
Julius Rockwell	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Z. Goodrich	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853	Redistricted to the 11th district
Nathaniel P. Banks	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Resigned to become Governor
	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – December 24, 1857
Vacant		December 24, 1857 – January 31, 1858
Daniel W. Gooch	Republican	January 31, 1858 – March 4, 1863	Redistricted to the 6th district
George S. Boutwell	Republican	March 3, 1863 – March 12, 1869	Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Treasury
Vacant		March 12, 1869 – November 2, 1869
George M. Brooks	Republican	November 2, 1869 – May 13, 1872	Resigned
Vacant		May 13, 1872 – December 2, 1872
Constantine C. Esty	Republican	December 2, 1872 – March 4, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ebenezer R. Hoar	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John K. Tarbox	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin F. Butler	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William A. Russell	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883	Redistricted to the 8th district
Eben F. Stone	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887	Redistricted from the 6th district
William Cogswell	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893	Redistricted from the 6th district
Vacant		March 4, 1893 – April 25, 1893	Redistricted from the 6th district Rep.-elect Henry Cabot Lodge resigned before beginning of term to become United States Senate
William Everett	Democratic	April 25, 1893 – March 4, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Emerson Barrett	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ernest W. Roberts	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1913	Redistricted to the 9th district
Michael Francis Phelan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921	Lost re-election
Robert S. Maloney	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William P. Connery, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – June 15, 1937	Died
Vacant		June 16, 1937 – September 27, 1937
Lawrence J. Connery	Democratic	September 28, 1937 – October 19, 1941	Died
Vacant		October 20, 1941 – December 29, 1941
Thomas J. Lane	Democratic	December 30, 1941 – January 3, 1963	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Torbert H. Macdonald	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – May 21, 1976	Redistricted from the 8th district Died
Vacant		May 22, 1976 – November 1, 1976
Ed Markey	Democratic	November 2, 1976 – January 3, 2013	First elected to finish Macdonald's term, Redistricted to the 5th district
Michael Capuano	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –	Redistricted from the 8th district
Representative	Party	Years	Note

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 7th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results

• CNN.com 2004 election results
• CNN.com 2006 election results