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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 tenth 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
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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
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 ]
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.
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 .
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