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Members of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts

Current congressional districts: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th.

Obsolete congressional districts: 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th.


1st Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District
Fisher Ames

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1758; d. July 4 1808.

Pro-Administration Party

1789 – 1795

Samuel Dexter

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1761; d. May 4 1816.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Benjamin Goodhue

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1748; d. July 28 1814.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Samuel Holten

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1738; d. January 2 1816.

Anti-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Theodore Sedgwick

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1746; d. January 24 1813.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1796

Thomson Joseph Skinner

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1752; d. January 20 1809.

Federalist Party

1797 – 1799

Theodore Sedgwick

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1746; d. January 24 1813.

Federalist Party

1799 – 1801

John Bacon

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1738; d. October 25 1820.

Democratic-Republican Party

1801 – 1803

William Eustis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1805

Jonathan Mason

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1756; d. November 1 1831.

Federalist Party

1817 – 1820

Daniel Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1782; d. October 24 1852.

Federalist Party (1823 – 1825); National Republican Party (1825 – 1827)

1823 – 1827

Abbott Lawrence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1792; d. August 18 1855.

Whig Party

1835 – 1837

Abbott Lawrence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1792; d. August 18 1855.

Whig Party

1839 – 1840

Robert Charles Winthrop

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1809; d. November 16 1894.

Whig Party

1840 – 1842

Robert Charles Winthrop

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1809; d. November 16 1894.

Whig Party

1842 – 1850

Thomas Dawes Eliot

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1808; d. June 14 1870.

Whig Party

1854 – 1855

Thomas Dawes Eliot

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1808; d. June 14 1870.

Republican Party

1859 – 1869

William Wallace Crapo

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1830; d. February 28 1926.

Republican Party

1875 – 1883

Allen Towner Treadway

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1867; d. February 16 1947.

Republican Party

1913 – 1945


2nd Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 2nd Congressional District
Benjamin Goodhue

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1748; d. July 28 1814.

Pro-Administration Party

1789 – 1793

Dwight Foster

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1757; d. April 29 1823.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

William Lyman

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1755; d. September 22 1811.

Anti-Administration Party (1793 – 1795); Democratic-Republican Party (1795 – 1797)

1793 – 1797

Theodore Sedgwick

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1746; d. January 24 1813.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Artemas Ward

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1727; d. October 28 1800.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Jacob Crowninshield

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1770; d. April 15 1808.

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1808

Joseph Story

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1779; d. September 10 1845.

Democratic-Republican Party

1808 – 1809

Timothy Pickering

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1745; d. January 29 1829.

Federalist Party

1815 – 1817

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1772; d. February 3 1851.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); National Republican Party (1825 – 1831)

1823 – 1831

Oakes Ames

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1804; d. May 8 1873.

Republican Party

1863 – 1873

John Davis Long

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1838; d. August 28 1915.

Republican Party

1883 – 1889

Frederick Huntington Gillett

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1851; d. July 31 1935.

Republican Party

1893 – 1925

James Patrick “Jim” McGovern

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1959.

Democratic Party

2013 – present


3rd Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 3rd Congressional District
Elbridge Gerry

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1744; d. November 23 1814.

Anti-Administration Party

1789 – 1793

Shearjashub Bourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1746; d. March 11 1806.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Peleg Coffin, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1756; d. March 6 1805.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Edward St. Loe Livermore

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1762; d. September 15 1832.

Federalist Party

1807 – 1811

Timothy Pickering

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1745; d. January 29 1829.

Federalist Party

1813 – 1815

Caleb Cushing

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1800; d. January 2 1879.

Whig Party

1835 – 1843

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1807; d. November 21 1886.

Republican Party

1859 – 1861

Joseph Henry Walker

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1829; d. April 3 1907.

Republican Party

1893 – 1899

Philip Joseph Philbin

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1898; d. June 14 1972.

Democratic Party

1943 – 1971

James Patrick “Jim” McGovern

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1959.

Democratic Party

1997 – 2013


4th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District
Theodore Sedgwick

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1746; d. January 24 1813.

Pro-Administration Party

1789 – 1793

Henry Dearborn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1751; d. June 6 1829.

Anti-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

George Thatcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1754; d. April 6 1824.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Peleg Wadsworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1748; d. November 12 1829.

Pro-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Dwight Foster

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1757; d. April 29 1823.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1799

Levi Lincoln, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1749; d. April 14 1820.

Democratic-Republican Party

1800 – 1801

Joseph Bradley Varnum

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1750/51; d. September 21 1821.

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1811

Edward Everett

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1794; d. January 15 1865.

National Republican Party

1825 – 1835

Samuel Hooper

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1808; d. February 14 1875.

Republican Party

1863 – 1875

Josiah Gardner Abbott

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1814; d. June 2 1891.

Democratic Party

1876 – 1877

Samuel Ellsworth Winslow

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1862; d. July 11 1940.

Republican Party

1913 – 1925

Barnett “Barney” Frank

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1940.

Democratic Party

1981 – 2013


5th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 5th Congressional District
Shearjashub Bourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1746; d. March 11 1806.

Pro-Administration Party

1791 – 1793

Samuel Lathrop

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1772; d. July 11 1846.

Federalist Party

1819 – 1823

Charles Allen

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 9 1797; d. August 6 1869.

Free Soil Party

1849 – 1853

Anson Burlingame

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1820; d. February 23 1870.

Know Nothing Party (1855 – 1857); Republican Party (1857 – 1861)

1855 – 1861

Samuel Hooper

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1808; d. February 14 1875.

Republican Party

1861 – 1863

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1818; d. January 11 1893.

Republican Party

1867 – 1873

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1816; d. September 1 1894.

Republican Party

1875 – 1879

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1816; d. September 1 1894.

Republican Party

1889 – 1891

Paul Efthemios Tsongas

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1941; d. January 18 1997.

Democratic Party

1975 – 1979

Edward John “Ed” Markey

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1946.

Democratic Party

2013

Katherine Marlea Clark

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1963.

Democratic Party

2013 – present


6th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District
George Thatcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1754; d. April 6 1824.

Pro-Administration Party

1789 – 1791

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1816; d. September 1 1894.

Republican Party (1865 – 1872); Liberal Republican Party (1872 – 1873)

1865 – 1873

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1818; d. January 11 1893.

Republican Party (1873 – 1874); Greenback Party (1874 – 1875)

1873 – 1875

Henry Cabot Lodge

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1850; d. November 9 1924.

Republican Party

1887 – 1893

Seth Wilbur Moulton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1978.

Democratic Party

2015 – present


7th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District
Artemas Ward

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1727; d. October 28 1800.

Pro-Administration Party

1791 – 1793

Julius Rockwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1805; d. May 19 1888.

Whig Party

1843 – 1851

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1816; d. September 1 1894.

American Party

1853 – 1857

George Sewall Boutwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1818; d. February 27 1905.

Republican Party

1863 – 1869

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1816; d. January 31 1895.

Republican Party

1873 – 1875

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1818; d. January 11 1893.

Greenback Party

1877 – 1879

Michael Francis Phelan

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1875; d. October 12 1941.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1921

William Patrick Connery, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1888; d. June 15 1937.

Democratic Party

1923 – 1937

Edward John “Ed” Markey

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1946.

Democratic Party

1976 – 2013


8th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 8th Congressional District
George Thatcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1754; d. April 6 1824.

Pro-Administration Party

1791 – 1793

Fisher Ames

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1758; d. July 4 1808.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1797

Harrison Gray Otis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1765; d. October 28 1848.

Federalist Party

1797 – 1801

William Eustis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1801 – 1803

John Reed, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1781; d. November 25 1860.

Federalist Party

1813 – 1815

Samuel Lathrop

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1772; d. July 11 1846.

Federalist Party (1823 – 1825); National Republican Party (1825 – 1827)

1823 – 1827

William Barron Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1796; d. November 8 1865.

Whig Party

1835 – 1843

John Quincy Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.

Whig Party

1843 – 1848

Horace Mann

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1796; d. August 2 1859.

Whig Party

1848 – 1853

Theodore Trapplan Michael “Tappan” Wentworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1802; d. June 12 1875.

Whig Party

1853 – 1855

George Frisbie Hoar

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1826; d. September 30 1904.

Republican Party

1869 – 1873

Charles Herbert Allen

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1848; d. April 20 1934.

Republican Party

1885 – 1889

Samuel Walker McCall

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1851; d. November 4 1923.

Republican Party

1893 – 1913

Frederick William Dallinger

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1871; d. September 5 1955.

Republican Party

1915 – 1925

Frederick William Dallinger

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1871; d. September 5 1955.

Republican Party

1926 – 1932

Thomas Phillip “Tip” O’Neill, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1912; d. January 5 1994.

Democratic Party

1963 – 1987


9th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 9th Congressional District
Joseph Bradley Varnum

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1750/51; d. September 21 1821.

Democratic-Republican Party

1795 – 1803

John Reed, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1781; d. November 25 1860.

Federalist Party

1815 – 1817

John Reed, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1781; d. November 25 1860.

Federalist Party

1821 – 1823

Eli Thayer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1819; d. April 15 1899.

Republican Party

1857 – 1861

George Frisbie Hoar

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1826; d. September 30 1904.

Republican Party

1873 – 1877

John Francis “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1863; d. October 2 1950.

Democratic Party

1895 – 1901


10th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 10th Congressional District
Benjamin Goodhue

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1748; d. July 28 1814.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1796

John Bailey

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1786; d. June 26 1835.

National Republican Party

1824 – 1831

Henry Laurens Dawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1816; d. February 5 1903.

Republican Party

1863 – 1873

Joseph Henry Walker

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1829; d. April 3 1907.

Republican Party

1889 – 1893

James Michael Curley

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1874; d. November 12 1958.

Democratic Party

1911 – 1913

John Francis “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1863; d. October 2 1950.

Democratic Party

1919

John Joseph Douglass

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1873; d. April 5 1939.

Democratic Party

1925 – 1933

Joseph William Martin, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1884; d. March 6 1968.

Republican Party

1963 – 1967

William David “Bill” Delahunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1941; d. March 30 2024.

Democratic Party

1997 – 2011


11th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 11th Congressional District
Jonathan Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1771; d. February 17 1832.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

Joseph Richardson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1778; d. September 28 1871.

National Republican Party

1827 – 1831

John Quincy Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.

Anti-Masonic Party

1831 – 1833

John Reed, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1781; d. November 25 1860.

Anti-Masonic Party (1833 – 1837); Whig Party (1837 – 1841)

1833 – 1841

Henry Laurens Dawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1816; d. February 5 1903.

Republican Party

1857 – 1863

Henry Laurens Dawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1816; d. February 5 1903.

Republican Party

1873 – 1875

George Dexter Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1834; d. February 22 1896.

Republican Party

1877 – 1883

Andrew James Peters

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1872; d. June 26 1938.

Democratic Party

1907 – 1914

John Joseph Douglass

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1873; d. April 5 1939.

Democratic Party

1933 – 1935

James Michael Curley

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1874; d. November 12 1958.

Democratic Party

1943 – 1947

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1917; d. November 22 1963

Democratic Party

1947 – 1953

Thomas Phillip “Tip” O’Neill, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1912; d. January 5 1994.

Democratic Party

1953 – 1963


12th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 12th Congressional District
Henry Dearborn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1751; d. June 6 1829.

Democratic-Republican Party

1795 – 1797

Thomson Joseph Skinner

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1752; d. January 20 1809.

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1804

Barnabas Bidwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1763; d. July 27 1833.

Democratic-Republican Party

1805 – 1807

James Leonard Hodges

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1790; d. March 8 1846.

National Republican Party

1827 – 1833

John Quincy Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.

Whig Party

1833 – 1843

George Dexter Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1834; d. February 22 1896.

Republican Party

1883 – 1884

John Wingate Weeks

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1860; d. July 12 1926.

Republican Party

1905 – 1913

James Michael Curley

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1874; d. November 12 1958.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1914

John William McCormack

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1891; d. November 22 1980.

Democratic Party

1928 – 1963


13th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 13th Congressional District
Peleg Wadsworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1748; d. November 12 1829.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1803

William Eustis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.

Democratic-Republican Party

1820 – 1823

John Reed, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1781; d. November 25 1860.

Federalist Party (1823 – 1825); National Republican Party (1825 – 1833)

1823 – 1833

John Wingate Weeks

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1860; d. July 12 1926.

Republican Party

1913


14th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 14th Congressional District
George Thatcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1754; d. April 6 1824.

Federalist Party

1795 – 1801

Joseph William Martin, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1884; d. March 6 1968.

Republican Party

1933 – 1963


15th Congressional District of Massachusetts

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts’ 15th Congressional District
Peleg Wadsworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1748; d. November 12 1829.

Federalist Party

1803 – 1807

Joseph William Martin, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1884; d. March 6 1968.

Republican Party

1925 – 1933