Massachusetts's 17th congressional district
Massachusetts's seventeenth congressional district is an obsolete district. Its short tenure (1803-1821) was dedicated to the Maine District until Maine achieved statehood.
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013
List of members representing the district
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
District home | Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | March 4, 1803 | |||||
| Phineas Bruce | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – ? |
8th | Machias, Maine | Elected in 1802, but prevented by illness from qualifying. | "Kennebec district," District of Maine |
| Vacant | ? – March 3, 1805 | |||||
 John Chandler |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 |
9th 10th |
Monmouth, Maine | Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired. | |
| Barzillai Gannett | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1809 – 1812 |
11th | 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. | ||
| Abiel Wood | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Wiscasset, Maine | Elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 16th district and lost re-election. |
"4th Eastern district," District of Maine |
| James Carr | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Bangor, Maine | Elected in 1815 on the second ballot. Retired. | |
| John Wilson | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Belfast, Maine | Elected in 1816. Lost re-election. | |
| Martin Kinsley | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th | Hampden, Maine | Elected in 1819 on the third ballot. Redistricted to Maine's 4th district and lost re-election. | |
| District moved to Maine's 4th district. | 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
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