Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
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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 former President John Quincy Adams, future president John F. Kennedy and Speaker Tip O'Neill.
[edit] List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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| District created | 1795 | |||
| Theophilus Bradbury | Federalist | March 4, 1795 - July 24, 1797 | Newburyport | Resigned to become a State justice |
| Vacant | July 25, 1797 - November 26, 1797 | |||
| Bailey Bartlett | Federalist | November 27, 1797 - March 3, 1801 | ||
| Menasseh Cutler | Federalist | March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803 | Redistricted to the 3rd district | |
| William Stedman | Federalist | March 4, 1803 - July 16, 1810 | 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 | ||
| Elijah Brigham | Federalist | March 4, 1815 - February 22, 1816 | Redistricted from the 10th district, Died |
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| 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 | ||
| Aaron Hobart | Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the 8th district | |
| Adams | March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827 | |||
| Joseph Richardson | Adams | March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829 | ||
| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Anti-Masonic | March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 | |||
| Whig | March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841 | |||
| Barker Burnell | Whig | March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 | Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| District eliminated | 1843 | |||
| District recreated | 1853 | |||
| John Z. Goodrich | Whig | March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 | Redistricted from the 7th district | |
| Mark Trafton | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 | ||
| Henry L. Dawes | Republican | March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1863 | Redistricted to the 10th district | |
| District eliminated | 1863 | |||
| District recreated | 1873 | |||
| Henry L. Dawes | Republican | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 | Redistricted from the 10th district | |
| Chester W. Chapin | Democratic | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 | ||
| George D. Robinson | Republican | March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 | Redistricted to the 12th district | |
| William Whiting | Republican | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1889 | ||
| Rodney Wallace | Republican | March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 | ||
| Frederick S. Coolidge | Democratic | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 | ||
| William F. Draper | Republican | March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897 | ||
| Charles F. Sprague | Republican | March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901 | ||
| 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 | |
| Andrew J. Peters | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Thomas A. Flaherty | 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 | Democratic | January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1979 | Milton | Redistricted from the 13th district |
| Brian J. Donnelly | Democratic | January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1993 | Boston | Retired |
| District eliminated | January 3, 1993 | |||
[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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