Massachusetts's 15th congressional district
Massachusetts's fifteenth 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 1943 after the 1940 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the ninth district.
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013
Cities and towns in the district
1910s
"Bristol County: Cities of Fall River, Taunton, and Attleboro, and towns of Berkley, Dighton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Plymouth County: Town of Lakeville."[1]
List of members representing the district
District created in 1803.
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peleg Wadsworth |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. |
"Cumberland district," District of Maine |
| Daniel Ilsley | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10th | Elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |
.jpg) Ezekiel Whitman |
Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Elected in 1808. Lost re-election. | |
| William Widgery | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected April 1, 1811 on the second ballot. Lost re-election. | |
| George Bradbury | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
"2nd Eastern district," District of Maine |
Ezekiel Whitman |
Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1816. District moved to Maine's 2nd district. | |
| District moved to Maine | 1821 | ||||
| District restored in Massachusetts | 1913 | ||||
 William S. Greene |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – September 22, 1924 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
Redistricted from the 13th district. Died. | |
| Vacant | September 22, 1924 – November 4, 1924 |
68th | |||
 Robert M. Leach |
Republican | November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925 |
68th | Elected to finish Greene's term. Retired. | |
 Joseph W. Martin Jr. |
Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 14th district. | |
.jpg) Charles L. Gifford |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th[2] |
Redistricted from the 14th district. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
| District eliminated | 1943 | ||||
References
- "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
- "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
- 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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