Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1901
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013
Massachusetts Congressional District 11 is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Brian Donnelly; its most notable were John Quincy Adams following his term as president, eventual president John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill.
Contents
1 Cities and towns in the district
1.1 1790s-1880s
1.2 1890s
1.3 1910s-1940s
1.4 1960s-1980s
2 List of members representing the district
3 References
4 External links
Cities and towns in the district
1790s-1880s
1890s
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
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
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
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theophilus Bradbury | Federalist | March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797 | Newburyport | Elected in 1795 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1796. Resigned to become a Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice. | "4th Middle district" |
Vacant | July 25, 1797 – November 26, 1797 | ||||
Bailey Bartlett | Federalist | November 27, 1797 – March 3, 1801 | Essex County | Elected August 4, 1797 to finish Bradbury's term and seated November 27, 1797.[8] Re-elected in 1798. Retired. | |
 Menasseh Cutler | Federalist | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Hamilton | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 3rd district. | |
William Stedman | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – July 16, 1810 | [Data unknown/missing.] | Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned to become Clerk of Courts for Worcester County. | "Worcester North district" |
Vacant | July 16, 1810 – October 8, 1810 | ||||
 Abijah Bigelow | Federalist | October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1815 | Leominster | Elected to finish Stedman's term. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 12th district and retired. | |
 Elijah Brigham | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – February 22, 1816 | Westborough (now Northborough) | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1814. Died. | "Worcester South district" |
Vacant | February 22, 1816 – December 1, 1816 | ||||
Benjamin Adams | Federalist | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1821 | Uxbridge | Elected August 26, 1816 to finish Brigham's term and seated December 2, 1816.[9] Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election. | |
Johnathan Russell | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Aaron Hobart | Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | [Data unknown/missing.] | Redistricted from the 8th district. [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||
Joseph Richardson | Adams | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | ||||
 John Quincy Adams | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Braintree | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
John Reed Jr. | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Anti- Masonic | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | ||||
Barker Burnell | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
| District eliminated | March 3, 1843 | ||||
| District recreated | March 4, 1853 | ||||
 John Z. Goodrich | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | [Data unknown/missing.] | Redistricted from the 7th district. [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Mark Trafton | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Henry L. Dawes[10] | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
| District eliminated | 1863 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||
| District recreated | 1873 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||
Henry L. Dawes | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | [Data unknown/missing.] | Redistricted from the 10th district. [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Chester W. Chapin | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 George D. Robinson[11][12] | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
 William Whiting | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Rodney Wallace | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Frederick S. Coolidge | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 William F. Draper | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Charles F. Sprague[13] | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Samuel L. Powers | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Newton | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
 John Andrew Sullivan | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Andrew J. Peters[14] | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – August 15, 1914 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department. | |
Vacant | August 15, 1914 – March 3, 1915 | ||||
 George H. Tinkham | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
 John J. Douglass | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Boston | Redistricted from the 10th district. [Data unknown/missing.] | |
John P. Higgins | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – September 30, 1937 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts. | |
Vacant | September 30, 1937 – December 14, 1937 | ||||
 Thomas A. Flaherty[15] | Democratic | December 14, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] Retired. | |
 James Michael Curley | Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] Retired. | |
 John F. Kennedy | Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
 Tip O'Neill | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Cambridge | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 8th district. | |
 James A. Burke[5] | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 | Milton | Redistricted from the 13th district. [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Brian J. Donnelly[16] | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 | Boston | [Data unknown/missing.] Retired. | |
| District eliminated | January 3, 1993 | ||||
References
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