Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during 1795–2013. It was first located in the District of Maine during 1795–1803, then located in several different areas of Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 census.
At the time the district was eliminated, it included parts of the South Shore and all of the Cape and Islands. Effective with the 2012 House elections, most of the former district was placed in the , with some northern portions placed in the .http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 20, 2012.
Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 10th congressional district include James Michael Curley, four-time mayor of Boston, and John F. Fitzgerald, maternal grandfather of John F. Kennedy.
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013
1840s 1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."
1860s 1869: "Berkshire and Hampden counties."
1870s–1880s
1890s–1950s 1893: Boston, Wards 13, 14, 15, 19 (Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8, 9), 20, 22, 24; Milton, Quincy.
1916: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (Precincts 1, 2).
1921: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
1934: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21.
1941–1953: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21; Brookline, Newton.
1960s–1970s 1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."
1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."
1990s 1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."
2003–2013 All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, The following municipalities in Plymouth County: Abington, Carver, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson Pct. 2, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Scituate, and The following municipalities in Norfolk County: Cohasset, Quincy, Weymouth
List of members representing the district Representative Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1795 Benjamin Goodhue Federalist March 4, 1795 –June 11, 1796 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1794.Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. 1795–1803"3rd Middle district" Vacant June 11, 1796 –December 7, 1796 Samuel Sewall Federalist December 7, 1796 –January 10, 1800 Elected on the second ballot to finish Goodhue's term.Re-elected in 1796.Re-elected in 1798.Resigned to become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Vacant January 10, 1800 –November 25, 1800 Nathan Read Federalist November 25, 1800 –March 3, 1803 Elected October 20, 1800, on the second ballot to finish Sewall's term.Re-elected November 3, 1800.Retired. Seth Hastings Federalist March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1807 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.Re-elected in 1804.Retired. 1803–1815"Worcester South district" Jabez Upham Federalist March 4, 1807 –1810 Elected in 1806.Re-elected in 1808.Resigned. Vacant 1810 –October 8, 1810 Joseph Allen Federalist October 8, 1810 –March 3, 1811 Elected October 8, 1810, to finish Upham's term.Retired. Elijah Brigham Federalist March 4, 1811 –March 3, 1815 Elected in 1810.Re-elected in 1812.Redistricted to the . Laban Wheaton Federalist March 4, 1815 –March 3, 1817 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1815.Retired. 1815–1823"Bristol district" Marcus Morton Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1821 Elected in 1816.Re-elected in 1818.Lost re-election. Francis Baylies Federalist March 4, 1821 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1820.Redistricted to the . Vacant March 3, 1823 –December 13, 1823 William Eustis was redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822, but declined the election to become Governor of Massachusetts. 1823–1833"Norfolk district" John Bailey Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican December 13, 1823 –March 18, 1824 Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term, but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824, House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat. Vacant March 18, 1824 –December 13, 1824 John Bailey Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican December 13, 1824 –March 3, 1825 Re-elected November 29, 1824, on the third ballot to finish Eustis's term and seated December 13, 1824.Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot.Re-elected in 1826.Re-elected in 1828.Retired. Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1831 Henry A. S. Dearborn Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1830.Lost re-election. William Baylies Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1833.Lost re-election. 1833–1843 Nathaniel B. Borden Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1835.Re-elected in 1836.Lost re-election as a Whig. Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Henry Williams Democratic March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1841 Elected in 1838.Lost re-election. Nathaniel B. Borden Whig March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 Elected on the second ballot in 1841. Barker Burnell Whig March 4, 1843 –June 15, 1843 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1842.Died. 1843–1853 Vacant June 15, 1843 –December 7, 1843 Joseph Grinnell Whig December 7, 1843 –March 3, 1851 Elected to finish Burnell's term.Re-elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848. Zeno Scudder Whig March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850.Redistricted to the . Edward Dickinson Whig March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852. 1853–1863 Calvin C. Chaffee Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856. Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Charles Delano Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860. Henry L. Dawes Republican March 3, 1863 –March 3, 1873 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870.Redistricted to the . 1863–1873 Alvah Crocker Republican March 4, 1873 –December 26, 1874 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872.Re-elected in 1874.Died. 1873–1883 Vacant December 26, 1874 –January 27, 1875 Charles A. Stevens Republican January 27, 1875 –March 3, 1875 Elected to finish Crocker's term. Julius H. Seelye Independent March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874. Amasa Norcross Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880. William W. Rice Republican March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1887 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884. 1883–1893 John E. Russell Democratic March 4, 1887 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1886. Joseph H. Walker Republican March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Redistricted to the . Michael J. McEttrick Independent Democrat March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892. 1893–1903 Harrison H. Atwood Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1897 Elected in 1894.Lost renomination. Samuel J. Barrows Republican March 4, 1897 –March 3, 1899 Elected in 1896. Henry F. Naphen Democratic March 4, 1899 –March 3, 1903 Elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900. William S. McNary Democratic March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1907 Elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904. 1903–1913 Joseph F. O'Connell Democratic March 4, 1907 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908. James Michael Curley Democratic March 4, 1911 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1910.Redistricted to the . William Francis Murray Democratic March 4, 1913 –September 28, 1914 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912.Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston. 1913–1933 Vacant September 28, 1914 –March 3, 1915 Peter Tague Democratic March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1919 Elected in 1914.Initially lost re-election but regained seat on appeal citing voting irregularities.Re-elected in 1916. John F. Fitzgerald Democratic March 4, 1919 –October 23, 1919 Lost election contest on appeal due to voting irregularities. Peter Tague Democratic October 23, 1919 –March 3, 1925 Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election on appeal due to voting irregularities.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Lost re-election. John J. Douglass Democratic March 4, 1925 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Redistricted to the . George H. Tinkham Republican March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1943 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.. 1933–1943 Christian Herter Republican January 3, 1943 –January 3, 1953 Elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts. 1943–1953 Laurence Curtis Republican January 3, 1953 –January 3, 1963 Elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 1953–1963 Joseph W. Martin Jr. Republican January 3, 1963 –January 3, 1967 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Lost renomination. 1963–1973 Margaret Heckler Republican January 3, 1967 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. 1973–1983 Gerry Studds Democratic January 3, 1983 –January 3, 1997 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Retired. 1983–1993 1993–2003 Bill Delahunt Democratic January 3, 1997 –January 3, 2011 Elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Retired. 2003–2013 Bill Keating Democratic January 3, 2011 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 2010.Redistricted to the . District eliminated January 3, 2013
References General
Specific
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links
Maps Map of Massachusetts's 10th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Election results CNN.com 2004 election results CNN.com 2006 election results