Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Niki Tsongas (D–Lowell)
Ethnicity	66.63% White 3.68% Black 8.40% Asian 18.77% Hispanic 0.21% Native American 2.31% other
Cook PVI	D+9[1]

Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is located in northeastern and central Massachusetts.

Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census has greatly changed the borders of this congressional district, largely dividing it between the new 2nd and 4th districts, with the new 3rd district covering only a few towns from the old district.^[2] Effective with the elections of 2012, Worcester is in the new 2nd district and the new 3rd district is similar to the old 5th district, largely covering the Merrimack valley including Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill.

The district is represented by Democrat Niki Tsongas.

Cities and towns in the district

In Essex County: Precincts 2 through 7 and Precinct 9 in Andover, Haverhill, Lawrence, and Methuen.

In Middlesex County: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Hudson, Littleton, Lowell, Marlborough, Maynard, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Westford, and Precinct 1 in Sudbury.

In Worcester County: Ashburnham, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Harvard, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Westminster, and Precincts 1A, 2 and 3 in Winchendon.

Cities and towns in the district 2003-2013

In Bristol County: Attleboro, Fall River (Wards 1-3; Ward 4, Precincts A and B; Ward 5, Precincts A and B; Ward 6, Precincts B and C; and Ward 8, Precinct D), North Attleborough, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea.

In Middlesex County: Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Marlborough.

In Norfolk County: Franklin, Medway, Plainville, Wrentham.

In Worcester County: Auburn, Boylston, Clinton, Holden, Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southborough, West Boylston, Westborough, Worcester.

Maps

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  Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district, 1842
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  Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district, 1891
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  The district from 2003 to 2013

List of representatives

Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	District area
1st 2nd	Elbridge Gerry	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	First elected in 1788. Re-elected in 1790. Retired.	Middlesex County: All
3rd	Shearjashub Bourne	Pro-Administration	General ticket: March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected here in 1792	Barnstable County: All Plymouth County: All
	Peleg Coffin, Jr.	Pro-Administration		Elected in 1792. [Data unknown/missing.]	Bristol County: All Dukes County: All Nantucket County: All
4th 5th 6th	Samuel Lyman	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – November 6, 1800	Resigned.	Hampshire County: Amherst, Belchertown, Brimfield, Granby, Greenwich, Holland, Leverett, Longmeadow, Ludlow, New Salem, Orange, Palmer, Pelham, Shutesbury, South Brimfield, South Hadley, Springfield, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, Wilbraham Worcester County: Athol, Barre, Gardner, Gerry, Hardwick, New Braintree, Petersham, Royalston, Sturbridge, Templeton, Western, Winchendon
6th
	Vacant		November 7, 1800 – February 1, 1801
6th	Ebenezer Mattoon	Federalist	February 2, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Elected December 15, 1800 to finish Lyman's term. Retired.
7th
8th	Manasseh Cutler	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected here in 1802. Retired.	Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield
9th	Jeremiah Nelson	Federalist	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	Retired.
10th 11th	Edward St. Loe Livermore	Federalist	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811	Retired.
12th	Leonard White	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
13th	Timothy Pickering	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Redistricted to the 2nd district	Essex County: Beverly, Boxford, Bradford, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham
14th	Jeremiah Nelson	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Retired.	Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Topsfield Middlesex County: South Reading
15th 16th 17th			March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823		Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Topsfield, West Newbury Middlesex County: Dracut
18th		Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Essex, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury Middlesex County: Billerica, Dracut, Tewksbury, Wilmington
19th 20th	John Varnum	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing.]
21st		National Republican	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
22nd	Jeremiah Nelson	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Retired.
23rd	Gayton P. Osgood	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Lost re-nomination.	Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Haverhill, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, West Newbury Middlesex County: Dracut, Lowell, Reading, Tewksbury, South Reading, Wilmington
24th	Caleb Cushing	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Retired.
25th 26th 27th		Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
28th 29th 30th	Amos Abbott	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Retired.	Essex County: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Georgetown, Haverhill, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury Middlesex County: Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Littleton, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford, Wilmington[3]
31st 32nd	James H. Duncan	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing.]
33rd	J. Wiley Edmands	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Retired.	Norfolk County: Bellingam, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Dorchester, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Milton, Needham, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, West Roxbury, Weymouth, Wrentham Middlesex County: Brighton, Holliston, Newton, Sherborn, Watertown Worcester County: Blackstone, Mendon, Milford, Northbridge, Upton, Uxbridge
34th	William S. Damrell	American/Know-Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Retired due to failing health
35th		Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
36th	Charles Adams	Republican	March 4, 1859 – May 1, 1861	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to England
37th
	Vacant		May 1, 1861 – June 11, 1861
	Benjamin Thomas[4]	Union	June 11, 1861 – March 3, 1863	First elected to finish Adams's term Retired.
38th 39th	Alexander H. Rice	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected here in 1862. Retired.	Norfolk County: Roxbury, Brookline Suffolk County: Boston (wards 4, 7, 8, 10 thru 12)
40th 41st 42nd	Ginery Twichell	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	Retired.	Norfolk County: Roxbury, Brookline Suffolk County: Boston (wards 5, 7, 8, 10 thru 12)[5]
43rd	William Whiting	Republican	March 4, 1873 – June 29, 1873	Died.	Suffolk County: Boston (wards 7, 8, 10 thru 16)
	Vacant		June 29, 1873 – December 1, 1873
	Henry L. Pierce	Republican	December 1, 1873 – March 3, 1877	First elected to finish Whiting's term Retired.
44th
45th	Walbridge A. Field	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 28, 1878	Dean successfully challenged Field's election	Suffolk County: Boston (wards 13 thru 21, 24)[6]
	Benjamin Dean[7]	Democratic	March 28, 1878 – March 3, 1879	Retired.
46th	Walbridge A. Field	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Retired.
47th[8]	Ambrose Ranney	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Lost re-election.
48th 49th			March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887		Norfolk County: Milton Suffolk County: Boston (ward 11, ward 15 (Pct. 3 & 4), wards 17-24)[9]
50th	Leopold Morse	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Retired.
51st 52nd	John F. Andrew	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Lost re-election.
53rd 54th 55th[10]	Joseph H. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected here in 1892. Lost re-election.	Middlesex County: Hopkinton Worcester County: Auburn, Blackstone, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Mendon, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
56th 57th	John R. Thayer	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	Retired.
58th[11]			March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905		Worcester County: Auburn, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
59th	Rockwood Hoar	Republican	March 4, 1905 – November 1, 1906	Died.
	Vacant		November 1, 1906 – December 18, 1906
	Charles G. Washburn	Republican	December 18, 1906 – March 3, 1911	First elected to finish Hoar's term Lost re-election.
60th[12]
61st
62nd	John A. Thayer	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Lost re-election.
63rd	William H. Wilder	Republican	March 4, 1913 – September 11, 1913	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected here in 1912. Died.	Franklin County: New Salem, Orange Hampshire County: Greenwich, Prescott Middlesex County: Ashby, Townsend Hampden County: Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, Wales Worcester County: Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon[13]
	Vacant		September 11, 1913 – November 4, 1913
63rd	Calvin Paige	Republican	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	First elected to finish Wilder's term Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Retired.
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th
69th	Frank H. Foss	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	Lost re-election.
70th 71st 72nd			March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933		Franklin County: Erving, New Salem, Orange, Shutesbury, Warwick, Wendell Hampden County: Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, Wales Hampshire County: Belchertown, Enfield, Greenwich, Pelham, Prescott, Ware Worcester County: Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon
73rd			March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935		Hampden County: Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, Wales Hampshire County: Ware Middlesex County: Ashby, Boxborough, Framingham, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Wayland Worcester County: Ashburnham, Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Templeton, Warren, Webster, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon
74th 75th 76th 77th	Joseph E. Casey	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Philip J. Philbin	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963	Lost re-nomination.	Hampden County: Palmer Hampshire County: Ware Middlesex County: Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Shirley, Stow Worcester County: Ashburnham, Barre, Blackstone, Bolton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren, Webster, West Brookfield, Westminster, Winchendon
88th 89th 90th[14]			January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969		Worcester County: Ashburnham, Barre, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Harvard, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Southbrige, Spencer, Sterling, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westminster, Winchendon Middlesex County: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Boxborough, Dunstable, Groton, Holliston, Hudson, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Natick, Pepperell, Sherborn, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Westford Norfolk County: Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, Millis
91st			January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971		Middlesex County: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Boxborough, Concord, Hudson, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Newton, Shirley, Stow, Townsend, Waltham, Watertown, Westford, Weston Worcester County: Ashburnham, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Harvard, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Sterling, Westminster, Winchendon
92nd	Robert Drinan	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to the 4th district
93rd	Harold Donohue	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected here in 1972. Retired, and resigned early.	Middlesex County: Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough Norfolk County: Bellingham, Franklin, Medway Worcester County: Auburn, Berlin, Blackstone, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Hopedale, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northborough, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester[15]
	Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975
94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	Joseph D. Early	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Lost re-election.
99th 100th 101st 102nd[16]			January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993		Middlesex County: Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Sherborn, Stow Norfolk County: Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, Millis, Norfolk[17] Worcester County: Auburn, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Lancaster, Leicester, Lunenburg, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northborough, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester
103rd 104th	Peter I. Blute	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	First elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	Bristol County: Attleboro, Dartmouth, Fall River (all of wards 1, 2 & 3, ward 6 pcts. A & B, ward 4 pct. A, parts of B & C), Mansfield (pcts. 1, 2 & parts of 3 & 4), North Attleboro, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Westport.[17] Middlesex County: Holliston, Hopkinton Norfolk County: Foxborough (pct. 5, parts of pcts. 1, 3, 4), Franklin, Medway, Plainville, Wrentham Worcester County: Auburn (parts of pcts. 1, 3 & 4), Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Holden, Lancaster (parts of pcts. 1 & 2), Northborough, Northbridge, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Upton, Westborough, West Boylston, Worcester[18]
105th 106th 107th	Jim McGovern	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	First 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. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 2nd district
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th			January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013		Bristol County: Attleboro, Fall River (wards 1-3; ward 4, Precincts A & B; ward 5, Precincts A & B; ward 6, Precincts B & C; & ward 8, Precinct D), North Attleborough, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea Middlesex County: Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Marlborough Norfolk County: Franklin, Medway, Plainville, Wrentham. Worcester County: Auburn, Boylston, Clinton, Holden, Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southborough, West Boylston, Westborough, Worcester.
113th 114th 115th	Niki Tsongas	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected here in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retiring in 2018.	See Cities and towns in the district, above
116	TBD		January 3, 2019 –	To be determined in the 2018 elections.
Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	District area

Recent election results

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
• National atlas congressional maps

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district.

• 2004 election results, via CNN.com
• 2006 election results, via CNN.com
• Benson, Brent (August 31, 2018). "An overview of Massachusetts 3rd Congressional district and primary candidates". Retrieved September 4, 2018 – via Mass. Numbers.

Coordinates: 42°35′22″N 71°34′22″W / 42.58944°N 71.57278°W / 42.58944; -71.57278