Massachusetts's 16th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 16th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1803 1910
Eliminated	1820 1930
Years active	1803–1821 1913–1933

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's 16th congressional district is an obsolete district. It was first active 1803–1821 in the District of Maine and again active 1913–1933 in the Cape Cod region. It was eliminated in 1933 after the 1930 census. Its last congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the 15th district.

Cities and towns in the district

1910s

"Barnstable County: Towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmonth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth. Bristol County: City of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Scituate, and Wareham. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Dukes and Nantucket Counties."

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 3, 1803
Samuel Thatcher (Warren)	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1802. Lost re-election.	1803–1813 "Lincoln district," District of Maine
Orchard Cook (Wiscasset)	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811	9th 10th 11th	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
Peleg Tallman (Bath)	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. Retired.
Samuel Davis (Bath)	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 19th district and lost re-election.	1813–1821 "3rd Eastern district," District of Maine
Benjamin Brown (Waldoborough)	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. Ran in the 18th district and lost re-election.
Benjamin Orr (Brunswick)	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. Lost re-election.
Mark Langdon Hill (Phippsburg)	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1819 on the third ballot. District moved to Maine.
District moved to Maine March 3, 1821
District restored in Massachusetts March 3, 1913
Thomas Chandler Thacher (Yarmouth)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	1803–1813 [data missing]
Joseph Walsh (New Bedford)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – August 21, 1922	64th 65th 66th 67th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Resigned to become a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Vacant		August 21, 1922 – November 7, 1922	67th
Charles L. Gifford (Cotuit)	Republican	November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected to finish Walsh's term Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 15th district.
District eliminated March 3, 1933

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
• "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 16". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.