Massachusetts's 12th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 12th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1795
1880
Eliminated1840
1980
Years active1795–1843
1883–1983
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's 12th congressional district is an obsolete district that was first active 1795–1803 in the District of Maine and 1803–1843 in Eastern Massachusetts. It was later active 1883–1893 in Western Massachusetts and 1893–1983 in Eastern Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. Its last congressman was Gerry Studds, who was redistricted into the 10th district.

Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 12th congressional district include John Quincy Adams, following his term as president, and James Michael Curley, four-time Mayor of Boston.

Cities and towns in the district[edit]

1790s–1830s[edit]

1880s–1900s[edit]

1910s[edit]

Suffolk County: Boston Wards 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24.[1]

1920s[edit]

Boston (Wards 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21).[2]

1940s[edit]

Boston (Wards 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17).[3]

1950s–1980s[edit]

List of members representing the district[edit]

Representative
(District home)
Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1795

Henry Dearborn
(Gardiner)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797
4th Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1795.
Lost re-election.
1795–1803
"1st Eastern district," District of Maine

Isaac Parker
(Castine)
Federalist March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799
5th Elected in 1797 on the third ballot.
Retired.

Silas Lee
(Wiscasset)
Federalist March 4, 1799 –
August 20, 1801
6th
7th
Elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Resigned.
Vacant August 20, 1801 –
December 6, 1802
7th

Samuel Thatcher
(Warren)
Federalist December 6, 1802 –
March 3, 1803
Elected July 29, 1802 on the fifth ballot to finish Lee's term and seated December 6, 1802.[4]
Redistricted to the 16th district.

Thomson J. Skinner
(Williamstown)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
August 10, 1804
8th Elected in 1802.
Resigned.
1803–1815
"Berkshire district"
Vacant August 10, 1804 –
November 5, 1804
Simon Larned
(Pittsfield)
Democratic-Republican November 5, 1804 –
March 3, 1805
Elected September 17, 1804 to finish Skinner's term and seated November 5, 1804.[5]
Retired.

Barnabas Bidwell
(Stockbridge)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
July 13, 1807
9th
10th
Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Resigned to become Massachusetts Attorney General.
Vacant July 13, 1807 –
November 2, 1807
10th
Ezekiel Bacon
(Pittsfield)
Democratic-Republican November 2, 1807 –
March 3, 1813
10th
11th
12th
Elected sometime in 1807 to finish Bidwell's term and seated November 2, 1807.[6]
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Retired.

Daniel Dewey
(Williamstown)
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
February 24, 1814
13th Elected in 1812.
Resigned to become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Vacant February 24, 1814 –
September 26, 1814
John W. Hulbert
(Pittsfield)
Federalist September 26, 1814 –
March 3, 1815
Elected August 4, 1814 to finish Dewey's term and seated September 26, 1814.[7]
Redistricted to the 7th district.
Solomon Strong
(Westminster)
Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1819
14th
15th
Elected in 1814.
Re-elected in 1816.
Retired.
1815–1823
"Worcester North district"
Jonas Kendall
(Leominster)
Federalist March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
16th Elected in 1818.
Lost re-election.
Lewis Bigelow
(Petersham)
Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
17th Elected in 1820.
Lost re-election.

Francis Baylies
(Taunton)
Jackson
Federalist
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot.
Lost re-election.
1823–1833
"Bristol district"
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
James L. Hodges
(Taunton)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1833
20th
21st
22nd
Elected in 1827 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1832.
Retired.

John Quincy Adams
(Quincy)
Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Redistricted to the 8th district.
1833–1843
[data missing]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843
District eliminated March 3, 1843
District re-created March 4, 1883

George D. Robinson
(Chicopee)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
January 7, 1884
48th Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1882.
Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts.
1883–1893
[data missing]
Vacant January 7, 1884 –
January 17, 1884

Francis W. Rockwell
(Pittsfield)
Republican January 17, 1884 –
March 3, 1891
48th
49th
50th
51st
Elected to finish Robinson's term
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.

John C. Crosby
(Pittsfield)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
Lost re-election.

Elijah A. Morse
(Canton)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897
53rd
54th
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Retired.
1893–1903
[data missing]

William C. Lovering
(Taunton)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1903
55th
56th
57th[8]
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 14th district.

Samuel Leland Powers
(Newton)
Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
58th[9] Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1902.
Retired.
1903–1913
[data missing]

John W. Weeks
(Newton)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1913
59th
60th
61st
62nd[10]
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 13th district.

James Michael Curley
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
February 4, 1914
63rd Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1912.
Resigned to become Mayor of Boston.
1913–1933
[data missing]
Vacant February 4, 1914 –
April 7, 1914

James A. Gallivan
(Boston)
Democratic April 7, 1914 –
April 3, 1928
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
Elected to finish Curley's term.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Died.
Vacant April 3, 1928 –
November 6, 1928
70th

John W. McCormack
(Boston)
Democratic November 6, 1928 –
January 3, 1963
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected to finish Gallivan's term.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
1933–1943
[data missing]
1943–1953
[data missing]
1953–1963
[data missing]

Hastings Keith
(West Bridgewater)
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1973
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
[data missing]
1963–1973
[data missing]

Gerry Studds
(Cohasset)
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1983
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
Elected in 1972
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
1973–1983
[data missing]
District eliminated January 3, 1983

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
  2. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1921), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the fourteenth census of the United States 1920, Boston: Wright & Potter
  3. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477, House No. 2849
  4. ^ "Seventh Congress March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
  5. ^ "Eighth Congress March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1805". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
  6. ^ "Tenth Congress March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
  7. ^ "Thirteenth Congress March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
  8. ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  9. ^ A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  10. ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.

References[edit]

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Home district of the speaker of the House
January 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963
Succeeded by