United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts

These are incomplete tables of congressional delegations from Massachusetts to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Since 1789, Massachusetts has had 411 members of the House of Representatives, and 48 Senators [1]. Since 1997, Massachusetts has had the largest one-party delegation in Congress: 12 Democrats.

United States Senate

Class 1 Senators	Congress	Class 2 Senators
Tristram Dalton (Pro-Administration)	1st (1789-1791)	Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration)
George Cabot (Pro-Administration)	2nd (1791-1793)
	3rd (1793-1795)
	4th (1795-1797)
Benjamin Goodhue (F)		Theodore Sedgwick (F)
	5th (1797-1799)
	6th (1799-1801)	Samuel Dexter (F)
Jonathan Mason (F)		Dwight Foster (F)
	7th (1801-1803)
John Quincy Adams (F)	8th (1803-1805)	Timothy Pickering (F)
	9th (1805-1807)
	10th (1807-1809)
James Lloyd (F)
	11th (1809-1811)
	12th (1811-1813)	Joseph B. Varnum (D-R)
	13th (1813-1815)
Christopher Gore (F)
	14th (1815-1817)
Eli P. Ashmun (F)
	15th (1817-1819)	Harrison Gray Otis (F)
Prentiss Mellen (F)
	16th (1819-1821)
Elijah H. Mills (F)
	17th (1821-1823)
		James Lloyd (F)
	18th (1823-1825)
	19th (1825-1827)
		Nathaniel Silsbee (Adams)
Daniel Webster	20th (1827-1829)
	21st (1829-1831)
	22nd (1831-1833)
	23rd (1833-1835)
	24th (1835-1837)	John Davis (W)
	25th (1837-1839)
	26th (1839-1841)
		Isaac C. Bates (W)
Rufus Choate (W)	27th (1841-1843)
	28th (1843-1845)
Daniel Webster (W)	29th (1845-1847)
		John Davis (W)
	30th (1847-1849)
	31st (1849-1851)
Robert C. Winthrop (W)
Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D)
Charles Sumner (R)	32nd (1851-1853)
	33rd (1853-1855)	Edward Everett (W)
		Julius Rockwell (W)
		Henry Wilson (R)
	34th (1855-1857)
	35th (1857-1859)
	36th (1859-1861)
	37th (1861-1863)
	38th (1863-1865)
	39th (1865-1867)
	40th (1867-1869)
	41st (1869-1871)
	42nd (1871-1873)
	43rd (1873-1875)	George S. Boutwell (R)
William B. Washburn (R)
Henry L. Dawes (R)	44th (1875-1877)
	45th (1877-1879)	George F. Hoar (R)
	46th (1879-1881)
	47th (1881-1883)
	48th (1883-1885)
	49th (1885-1887)
	50th (1887-1889)
	51st (1889-1891)
	52nd (1891-1893)
Henry Cabot Lodge (R)	53rd (1893-1895)
	54th (1895-1897)
	55th (1897-1899)
	56th (1899-1901)
	57th (1901-1903)
	58th (1903-1905)
		Winthrop Murray Crane (R)
	59th (1905-1907)
	60th (1907-1909)
	61st (1909-1911)
	62nd (1911-1913)
	63rd (1913-1915)	John W. Weeks (R)
	64th (1915-1917)
	65th (1917-1919)
	66th (1919-1921)	David I. Walsh (D)
	67th (1921-1923)
	68th (1923-1925)
William M. Butler (R)
	69th (1925-1927)	Frederick H. Gillett (R)
David I. Walsh (D)
	70th (1927-1929)
	71st (1929-1931)
	72nd (1931-1933)	Marcus A. Coolidge (D)
	73rd (1933-1935)
	74th (1935-1937)
	75th (1937-1939)	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
	76th (1939-1941)
	77th (1941-1943)
	78th (1943-1945)
		Sinclair Weeks (R)
	79th (1945-1947)	Leverett Saltonstall (R)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)	80th (1947-1949)
	81st (1949-1951)
	82nd (1951-1953)
John F. Kennedy (D)	83rd (1953-1955)
	84th (1955-1957)
	85th (1957-1959)
	86th (1959-1961)
Benjamin A. Smith II (D)
	87th (1961-1963)
Edward Kennedy (D)
	88th (1963-1965)
	89th (1965-1967)
	90th (1967-1969)	Edward W. Brooke III (R)
	91st (1969-1971)
	92nd (1971-1973)
	93rd (1973-1975)
	94th (1975-1977)
	95th (1977-1979)
	96th (1979-1981)	Paul Tsongas (D)
	97th (1981-1983)
	98th (1983-1985)
	99th (1985-1987)	John Kerry (D)
	100th (1987-1989)
	101st (1989-1991)
	102nd (1991-1993)
	103rd (1993-1995)
	104th (1995-1997)
	105th (1997-1999)
	106th (1999-2001)
	107th (2001-2003)
	108th (2003-2005)
	Current: 109th (2005-2007)

United States House of Representatives

1789-1793: 8 seats

Article I of the United States Constitution allocated 8 seats to Massachusetts.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1st 1789-1791	Fisher Ames	Benjamin Goodhue	Elbridge Gerry	Theodore Sedgwick	George Partridge	George Thatcher (Maine district)	George Leonard	Jonathan Grout
2nd 1791-1793					Shearjashub Bourne	George Leonard	Artemas Ward	George Thatcher (Maine district)

1793-1803: 14 seats

After the 1790 Census, Massachusetts had 14 seats.

Congress	District
	1st (General ticket)				2nd (General ticket)				3rd (General ticket)			4th (Maine district) (General ticket)
	1a	1b	1c	1d	2a	2b	2c	2d	3a	3b	3c	4a	4b	4c
3rd 1793-1795	Fisher Ames	Samuel Dexter	Benjamin Goodhue	Samuel Holten	Dwight Foster	William Lyman	Theodore Sedgwick	Artemas Ward	Shearjashub Bourne	Peleg Coffin, Jr.	David Cobb	Henry Dearborn	George Thatcher	Peleg Wadsworth
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Maine district
												12th	13th	14th
4th 1795-1797	Theodore Sedgwick, Thomson J. Skinner	William Lyman	Samual Lyman	Dwight Foster	Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.	John Reed	George Leonard	Fisher Ames	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Benjamin Goodhue, Samuel Sewall	Theophilus Bradbury	Henry Dearborn	Peleg Wadsworth	George Thatcher
5th 1797-1799
6th 1799-1801
7th 1801-1803

1803-1813: 17 seats

After the 1800 Census, Massachusetts had 17 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
8th 1803-1805
9th 1805-1807
10th 1807-1809
11th 1809-1811
12th 1811-1813

1813-1821: 20 seats

After the 1810 Census, Massachusetts had 20 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
13th 1813-1815
14th 1815-1817
15th 1817-1819
16th 1819-1821

1820-1833: 13 seats

On March 15, 1820, Maine became a state and was allocated 7 of Massachusetts's seats, so Massachusetts was left with 13 seats.
The 1820 census kept that apportionment at 13.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th
16th 1819-1821
17th 1821-1823
18th 1823-1825
19th 1825-1827
20th 1827-1829
21st 1829-1831
22nd 1831-1833

1833-1843: 12 seats

After the 1830 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
23rd 1833-1835
24th 1835-1837
25th 1837-1839
26th 1839-1841
27th 1841-1843

1843-1853: 10 seats

After the 1840 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
28th 1843-1845	Julius Rockwell
29th 1845-1847
30th 1847-1849
31st 1849-1851
32nd 1851-1853

1853-1863: 11 seats

After the 1850 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
33rd 1853-1855
34th 1855-1857
35th 1857-1859
36th 1859-1861
37th 1861-1863

1863-1873: 10 seats

After the 1860 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
38th 1863-1865
39th 1865-1867
40th 1867-1869
41st 1869-1871
42nd 1871-1873

1873-1883: 11 seats

After the 1870 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
43rd 1873-1875
44th 1875-1877
45th 1877-1879
46th 1879-1881
47th 1881-1883

1883-1893: 12 seats

After the 1880 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
48th 1883-1885	Robert T. Davis	John D. Long	Ambrose Ranney	Patrick A. Collins	Leopold Morse	Henry B. Lovering	Eban F. Stone	William A. Russell	Theodore Lyman (Independant Republican)	William W. Rice	William Whiting	George D. Robinson
49th 1885-1887					Edward D. Hayden			Charles H. Allen	Fredrick D. Ely			Francis W. Rockwell
50th 1887-1889			Leopold Morse			Henry Cabot Lodge	William Cogswell		Edward Burnett	John E. Russell
51st 1889-1891	Charles S. Randall	Elijah A. Morse	John F. Andrew	Joseph H. O'Neil	Nathaniel P. Banks			Frederic T. Greenhalge	John W. Candler	Joseph H. Walker	Rodney Wallace
52nd 1891-1893					Sherman Hoar			Moses T. Stevens	George F. Williams	Joseph H. Walker	Frederick S. Coolidge	John C. Crosby

1893-1903: 13 seats

After the 1890 Census, Massachusetts had 13 districts. Starting with this redistricting, the districts' numbers ran west to east: with District 1 in the west (Berkshire County) and the highest numbered district at Cape Cod. Before then, the district numeration was not as consistent; sometimes running east to west, other times going counter-clockwise around Boston.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th
53rd 1893-1895	Ashley B. Wright
54th 1895-1897
55th 1897-1899
56th 1899-1901	George P. Lawrence
57th 1901-1903

1903-1913: 14 seats

After the 1900 Census, Massachusetts had 14 districts.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
58th 1903-1905	George P. Lawrence
59th 1905-1907
60th 1907-1909
61st 1909-1911
62nd 1911-1913

1913-1923: 16 seats

After the 1910 Census, Massachusetts had 16 districts.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th
63rd 1913-1915	Allen T. Treadway	John Jacob Rogers
64th 1915-1917
65th 1917-1919
66th 1919-1921
67th 1921-1923

1923-1933: 16 seats

After the 1920 Census, Massachusetts had 16 districts.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th
68th 1923-1925	Allen T. Treadway	John Jacob Rogers
69th 1925-1927						Edith Nourse Rogers
70th 1927-1929
71st 1929-1931
72nd 1931-1933

1933-1943: 15 seats

After the 1930 Census, Massachusetts had 15 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
73rd 1933-1935	Allen T. Treadway	William J. Granfield	Frank H. Foss	Pehr G. Holmes	A. Piatt Andrew, Jr.	Edith Nourse Rogers	William P. Connery, Jr.	Arthur D. Healey	Robert Luce	George H. Tinkham	John J. Douglass	John W. McCormack	Richard B. Wigglesworth	Joseph William Martin, Jr.	Charles L. Gifford
74th 1935-1937			Joseph E. Casey						Richard M. Russell		John P. Higgins
75th 1937-1939		Charles R. Clason			George J. Bates				Robert Luce
76th 1939-1941							Lawrence J. Connery				Thomas A. Flaherty
77th 1941-1943									Thomas H. Eliot

1943-1963: 14 seats

After the 1940 Census, Massachusetts had 14 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
78th 1943-1945	Allen T. Treadway	Charles R. Clason	Philip J. Philbin	Pehr G. Holmes	George J. Bates	Edith Nourse Rogers	Thomas J. Lane	Angier L. Goodwin	Charles L. Gifford	Christian Herter	James Michael Curley	John W. McCormack	Richard B. Wigglesworth	Joseph William Martin, Jr.
79th 1945-1947	John W. Heselton
80th 1947-1949				Harold Donohue					Donald W. Nicholson		John F. Kennedy
81st 1949-1951		Foster Furcolo
82nd 1951-1953					William H. Bates
83rd 1953-1955		Edward P. Boland								Laurence Curtis	Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
84th 1955-1957								Torbert H. Macdonald
85th 1957-1959
86th 1959-1961	Silvio O. Conte								Hastings Keith				James A. Burke
87th 1961-1963						F. Bradford Morse

1963-1983: 12 seats

After the 1960 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
88th 1963-1965	Silvio O. Conte	Edward P. Boland	Philip J. Philbin	Harold Donohue	Frank Bradford Morse	William H. Bates	Torbert H. Macdonald	Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.	John W. McCormack	Joseph William Martin, Jr.	James A. Burke	Hastings Keith
89th 1965-1967
90th 1967-1969										Margaret M. Heckler
91st 1969-1971						Michael J. Harrington
92nd 1971-1973			Robert Drinan						Louise Day Hicks
93rd 1973-1975			Harold Donohue	Robert Drinan	Paul W. Cronin				J. Joseph Moakley			Gerry E. Studds
94th 1975-1977			Joseph D. Early		Paul E. Tsongas
95th 1977-1979							Edward J. Markey
96th 1979-1981					James Michael Shannon	Nicholas Mavroules					Brian Donnelly
97th 1981-1983				Barney Frank

1983-1993: 11 seats

After the 1980 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
98th 1983-1985	Silvio O. Conte	Edward Boland	Joseph D. Early	Barney Frank	James Michael Shannon	Nicholas Mavroules	Edward J. Markey	Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.	John Joseph Moakley	Gerry E. Studds	Brian Donnelly
99th 1985-1987					Chester G. Atkins
100th 1987-1989								Joseph P. Kennedy II
101st 1989-1991		Richard E. Neal
102nd 1991-1993

1993-2007: 10 seats

Since the 1990 Census, Massachusetts has had 10 seats.

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
103rd 1993-1995	John W. Olver	Richard E. Neal	Peter I. Blute	Barney Frank	Martin T. Meehan	Peter G. Torkildsen	Ed Markey	Joseph P. Kennedy II	J. Joseph Moakley	Gerry E. Studds
104th 1995-1997
105th 1997-1999			James P. McGovern			John F. Tierney				William D. Delahunt
106th 1999-2001								Michael E. Capuano
107th 2001-2003									Stephen F. Lynch
108th 2003-2005
Current: 109th 2005-2007

See also

• List of United States Senators from Massachusetts

Sources

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-920170-5.