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Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013
Massachusetts's 14th congressional district is an obsolete district which was in eastern Massachusetts and the Maine District . It was eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census . Its last Congressman was Joseph William Martin, Jr. , who was redistricted into the 10th district .
Cities and towns in the district
1790s-1810s
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1910s
"Bristol County: Town of Easton. Norfolk County: City of Quincy; towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Foxboro, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon,
Stoughton, Westwood, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton; towns of Abington, Rockland, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, and Whitman." Suffolk County: Boston (Ward 26).[1]
1920s-1960s
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List of members representing the district
Representative
Party
Years
Cong ress
District Residence
Electoral history
District location
District created in the District of Maine – March 4, 1795
George Thatcher
Federalist
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801
4th 5th 6th
[data missing ]
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1795 on the second ballot .Re-elected in 1796 .Re-elected in 1798 .Re-elected in 1800 , but declined to serve.
1795–1803 "3rd Eastern district," District of Maine
Vacant
March 3, 1801 – December 7, 1801
7th
Richard Cutts
Democratic-Republican
December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1813
7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
[data missing ]
Elected June 22, 1801 to finish Thatcher's term and seated December 7, 1801 with the rest of the House.[2] Re-elected in 1802 .Re-elected in 1804 .Re-elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 .Re-elected in 1810 . Lost re-election.
1803–1813 "York district," District of Maine
Cyrus King
Federalist
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817
13th 14th
Saco, Maine
Elected in 1812 .Re-elected in 1814 . Lost re-election.
1813–1820 "1st Eastern district," District of Maine
John Holmes
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1817 – March 15, 1820
15th 16th
[data missing ]
Elected in 1816 .Re-elected in 1818 . Redistricted to Maine's at-large district but resigned when elected U.S. Senator .
District moved to Maine March 15, 1820
District restored in Massachusetts March 4, 1903
William C. Lovering
Republican
March 4, 1903 – February 4, 1910
58th [3] 59th 60th 61st
Taunton
Redistricted from the 12th district . Died.
1903–1913 [data missing ]
Vacant
February 4, 1910 – March 22, 1910
61st
Eugene Foss
Democratic
March 22, 1910 – January 4, 1911
[data missing ]
Resigned to become Governor
Vacant
January 4, 1911 – March 3, 1911
Robert O. Harris
Republican
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
62nd
East Bridgewater
Retired.
Edward Gilmore
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
63rd
Brockton
[data missing ]
1913–1923 [data missing ]
Richard Olney II
Democratic
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921
64th 65th 66th
Dedham
[data missing ]
Louis A. Frothingham
Republican
March 4, 1921 – August 23, 1928
67th 68th 69th 70th
Easton
Died.
1923–1933 [data missing ]
Vacant
August 24, 1928 – November 5, 1928
70th
Richard B. Wigglesworth
Republican
November 6, 1928 – March 3, 1933
70th 71st 72nd
Milton
[data missing ] Redistricted to the 13th district .
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Republican
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1963
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
North Attleborough
Redistricted from the 15th district .Redistricted to the 10th district .
1933–1943 [data missing ]
1943–1953 [data missing ]
1953–1963 [data missing ]
District eliminated January 3, 1963
References
^ "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
^ "Seventh Congress March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803" . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
^ A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress . Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
The at-large and 10th–20th districts are obsolete. The 14th–20th districts moved to Maine in 1820, and the 14th–16th districts were later restored in Massachusetts.
See also
Massachusetts's past and present representatives , senators , and delegations