Massachusetts's 17th congressional district

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's seventeenth congressional district is an obsolete district. Its short tenure (1803-1821) was dedicated to the Maine District until Maine achieved statehood.

List of representatives

Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Electoral history
District created			March 4, 1803
8th	Phineas Bruce	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – ?	Machias, Maine	Elected in 1802. Prevented by illness from qualifying
	Vacant		? – March 3, 1805
9th	John Chandler	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	Monmouth, Maine	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.
10th
11th	Barzillai Gannett	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1809 – 1812	Gardiner, Maine	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Resigned.
12th
	Vacant		1812 – April 6, 1812
	Francis Carr	Democratic- Republican	April 6, 1812 – March 3, 1813	Bangor, Maine	Elected to finish Gannett's term. Lost re-election.
13th	Abiel Wood	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Wiscasset, Maine	Elected in 1812. Lost re-election.
14th	James Carr	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Bangor, Maine	Elected in 1814. [Data unknown/missing.]
15th	John Wilson	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Belfast, Maine	Elected in 1816. Lost renomination.
16th	Martin Kinsley	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Hampden, Maine	Elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
District moved to Maine			March 3, 1821

References

• 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