Massachusetts's 16th congressional district

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's sixteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 19th century a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1933 after the 1930 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the fifteenth 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."[1]

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created March 3, 1803
Samuel Thatcher Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805		 8 Redistricted from the 12th district
Lost re-election
Orchard Cook Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1811		 9
10
11		 Retired.
Peleg Tallman Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813		 12 Retired.
Samuel Davis Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815		 13 [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin Brown Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817		 14 [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin Orr Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819		 15 Retired.
Mark Langdon Hill Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821		 16 District moved to Maine.
District moved to Maine March 3, 1821
District restored in Massachusetts March 3, 1913
Thomas Chandler Thacher Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 63 Lost re-election.
Joseph Walsh Republican
March 4, 1915 –
August 21, 1922


 64
65
66
67		 Resigned to become a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Vacant August 21, 1922 –
November 7, 1922		 67
Charles L. Gifford Republican November 7, 1922 –
March 3, 1933		 67
68
69
70
71
72		 First elected to finish Walsh's term and to the next term.
Redistricted to the 15th district.
District eliminated March 3, 1933

References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
  • 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


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