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Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1795
1850
1870
Eliminated1840
1860
1990
Years active1795–1843
1853–1863
1873–1993
Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1901
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during three periods: 1795–1843, 1853–1863, and 1873–1993. The district was located in several different areas of the state. It was most recently eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Brian J. Donnelly.

Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th congressional district include John Quincy Adams following his term as president, John F. Kennedy prior to his term as president, and Tip O'Neill prior to his selection as Speaker of the House.

Cities and towns in the district

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1790s–1880s

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1890s

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1893: Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21, 22. 23, 25. "Middlesex County: City of Newton, towns of Belmont, Holliston, Sherborn, and Water- town. Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, and Wrentham. Bristol County: Town of North Attleboro. Worcester County: Towns of Hopedale and Milford."[1]

1910s–1940s

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1916: Suffolk County: Boston Wards 10, 11 (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23.[2]

1921: Boston (Wards 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23).[3]

1941: Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 22), Cambridge, Somerville (Wards 1, 2, 3).[4]

1960s–1980s

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1968: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Ward 18."[5]

1977: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Stoughton. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, 18."[6]

1985: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, and 18."[7]

List of members representing the district

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Representative
(District home) 		Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1795
Theophilus Bradbury
(Newburyport) 		Federalist March 4, 1795 –
July 24, 1797 		4th
5th 		Elected in 1795 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1796.
Resigned to become a Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice. 		1795 – 1803
"4th Middle district"
Vacant July 25, 1797 –
November 26, 1797 		5th
Bailey Bartlett
(Haverhill) 		Federalist November 27, 1797 –
March 3, 1801 		5th
6th 		Elected August 4, 1797, to finish Bradbury's term and seated November 27, 1797.[8]
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.

Manasseh Cutler
(Hamilton) 		Federalist March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803 		7th Elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.
William Stedman
(Worcester) 		Federalist March 4, 1803 –
July 16, 1810 		8th
9th
10th
11th 		Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Resigned to become Clerk of Courts for Worcester County. 		1803 – 1815
"Worcester North district"
Vacant July 16, 1810 –
October 8, 1810 		11th

Abijah Bigelow
(Leominster) 		Federalist October 8, 1810 –
March 3, 1815 		11th
12th
13th 		Elected to finish Stedman's term.
Re-elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the 12th district and retired.

Elijah Brigham
(Westborough
(now Northborough)) 		Federalist March 4, 1815 –
February 22, 1816 		14th Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1814.
Died. 		1815 – 1823
"Worcester South district"
Vacant February 22, 1816 –
December 1, 1816
Benjamin Adams
(Uxbridge) 		Federalist December 2, 1816 –
March 3, 1821 		14th
15th
16th 		Elected August 26, 1816, to finish Brigham's term and seated December 2, 1816.[9]
Re-elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Lost re-election.
Johnathan Russell
(Mendon) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 		17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 5th district and retired.
Aaron Hobart
(East Bridgewater) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th
19th 		Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
[data missing] 		1823 – 1833
[data missing]
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
Joseph Richardson
(Hingham) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831 		20th
21st 		Elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.

John Quincy Adams
(Quincy) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 		22nd Elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
John Reed Jr.
(Yarmouth) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835 		23rd
24th
25th
26th 		Elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
[data missing] 		1833 – 1843
[data missing]
Anti-
Masonic 		March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
Barker Burnell
(Nantucket) 		Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843 		27th Elected in 1840.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
District eliminated March 3, 1843
District re-created March 4, 1853

John Z. Goodrich
(Glendale) 		Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1852.
[data missing] 		1853–1863
[data missing]

Mark Trafton
(Westfield) 		Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 		34th Elected in 1854.
[data missing]

Henry L. Dawes[10]
(North Adams) 		Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1863 		35th
36th
37th 		Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
District eliminated March 3, 1863
District re-created March 4, 1873

Henry L. Dawes
(Pittsfield) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875 		43rd Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1872.
[data missing] 		1873–1883
[data missing]

Chester W. Chapin
(Springfield) 		Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 		44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

George D. Robinson[11][12]
(Chicopee) 		Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883 		45th
46th
47th 		Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

William Whiting
(Holyoke) 		Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1889 		48th
49th
50th 		Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
[data missing] 		1883–1893
[data missing]

Rodney Wallace
(Fitchburg) 		Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891 		51st Elected in 1888.
[data missing]

Frederick S. Coolidge
(Ashburnham) 		Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893 		52nd Elected in 1890.
[data missing]

William F. Draper
(Hopedale) 		Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897 		53rd
54th 		Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[data missing] 		1893–1903
[data missing]

Charles F. Sprague[13]
(Brookline) 		Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901 		55th
56th 		Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Samuel L. Powers
(Newton) 		Republican March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903 		57th Elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

John Andrew Sullivan
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907 		58th
59th 		Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing] 		1903–1913
[data missing]

Andrew J. Peters[14]
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1907 –
August 15, 1914 		60th
61st
62nd
63rd 		Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Resigned to become Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department.
1913–1923
[data missing]
Vacant August 15, 1914 –
March 3, 1915 		63rd

George H. Tinkham
(Boston) 		Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1933 		64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd 		Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
1923–1933
[data missing]

John J. Douglass
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935 		73rd Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1932.
[data missing] 		1933–1943
[data missing]

John P. Higgins
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 1935 –
September 30, 1937 		74th
75th 		Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Resigned to become chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts.
Vacant September 30, 1937 –
December 14, 1937 		75th

Thomas A. Flaherty[15]
(Boston) 		Democratic December 14, 1937 –
January 3, 1943 		75th
76th
77th 		Elected to finish Higgins's term.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Retired.

James Michael Curley
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1947 		78th
79th 		Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Retired. 		1943–1953
[data missing]

John F. Kennedy
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1953 		80th
81st
82nd 		Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Tip O'Neill
(Cambridge) 		Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963 		83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th 		Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 8th district. 		1953–1963
[data missing]

James A. Burke[5]
(Milton) 		Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1979 		88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th 		Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
[data missing] 		1963–1973
[data missing]
1973–1983
[data missing]

Brian J. Donnelly[16]
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1993 		96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Retired.
1983–1993
[data missing]
District eliminated January 3, 1993

References

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  4. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477, House No. 2849
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  6. ^ "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977, hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372
  7. ^ "Massachusetts". 1985-1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985. hdl:2027/uc1.31158013115752.
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  9. ^ "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
  10. ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
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  13. ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  14. ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
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  16. ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
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