| State: | Massachusetts |
| District Number: | 6 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Seth Moulton |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Salem |
| English Area: | 480.31 |
| Percent Urban: | 73.15 |
| Percent Rural: | 26.85 |
| Population: | 771,813 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $106,226[1] |
| Percent White: | 76.7 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 10.9 |
| Percent Black: | 3.1 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.9 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.6 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.9 |
| Percent Blue Collar: | 17.2 |
| Percent White Collar: | 69.7 |
| Percent Gray Collar: | 13.1 |
| Cpvi: | D+11[2] |
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann, as well as part of Middlesex County. It is represented by Seth Moulton, who has represented the district since January 2015. The shape of the district went through minor changes effective from the elections of 2012 after Massachusetts congressional redistricting to reflect the 2010 census. The towns of Tewksbury and Billerica were added, along with a small portion of the town of Andover.[3]
| Year | Office | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 57–36% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 58–41% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 57–41.4% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 54.7–44% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 56–38.2% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 63–36% |
In Essex County:
The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem
The towns of: Andover: Precincts 1, 7A and, 8[4] Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, NorthAndover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.
In Middlesex County:
The towns of: Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Wakefield and Wilmington.
"Amherst, Belchertown, East-Hampton, Enfield, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley, and Ware, in the County of Hampshire; Brimfield, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Southwick, Springfield, Wales, Westfield, West Springfield, and Wilbraham, in the County of Hampden; Bernardston, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately in the County of Franklin; and Athol and Royalston, in the County of Worcester."[5]
"The cities of Lynn, Newburyport, and Salem, and the towns of Amesbury, Beverly, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Wenham, and West Newbury, in the county of Essex."[6]
"Suffolk County: City of Boston, wards 3, 4, and 5, and the towns of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester. Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott."[7]
"Essex County: Cities of Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Salem; towns of Amesbury, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfleld, Wenham, and West Newbury."[8]
"Counties: Essex, Middlesex. Cities and townships: Amesbury, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Burlington, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester by the Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Reading (part), Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury, and Wilmington."
In Essex County:
The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem
The towns of: Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, NorthAndover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.
In Middlesex County:
The towns of: Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Wakefield and Wilmington.
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1789 | ||||||||
| align=left | George Thatcher | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 | Elected in 1788. Redistricted to the . | 1789–1793 Cumberland County and Lincoln County, District of Maine | ||
| align=left | George Leonard | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Redistricted from the and re-elected late in 1792. Lost re-election that same year. | |||
| District inactive | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | ||||||
| align=left | John Reed Sr. | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 | Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired. | 1795–1803 "2nd Southern district" | ||
| align=left | Josiah Smith | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1800. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Samuel Taggart | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. | 1803–1823 "Hampshire North district" | ||
| align=left | Samuel C. Allen | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the . | |||
John Locke | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1823 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired. | 1823–1833 "Worcester North district" | |||
| Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | ||||||
| align=left | Joseph G. Kendall | Anti-Jackson | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Retired. | |||
| George Grennell Jr. | Anti-Jackson | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Retired. | 1833–1843 | |||
| Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||||||
| align=left | James Alvord | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – September 27, 1839 | Elected in 1838. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 27, 1839 – January 14, 1840 | ||||||
Osmyn Baker | Whig | December 23, 1839 – March 3, 1845 | Elected to finish Alvord's term and seated January 14, 1840. Re-elected later in 1840. Re-elected in 1842. Retired. | |||||
| 1843–1853 | ||||||||
| align=left | George Ashmun | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Retired. | |||
| align=left | George T. Davis | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Charles W. Upham | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. Lost re-election. | 1853–1863 | ||
Timothy Davis | Know Nothing | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. | ||||
| Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||||||
| align=left | John B. Alley[9] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Daniel W. Gooch | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – September 1, 1865 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Resigned to become Navy agent of the port of Boston. | 1863–1873 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 2, 1865 – December 3, 1865 | ||||||
Nathaniel P. Banks[10] | Republican | December 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873 | Elected to finish Gooch's term. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Switched parties in 1872. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||||
| Liberal Republican | ||||||||
| align=left | Benjamin F. Butler | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election. | 1873–1883 | ||
| align=left | Charles Perkins Thompson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | George B. Loring[11] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Eben F. Stone[12] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1880. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Henry B. Lovering | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election. | 1883–1893 | ||
| align=left | Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | William Cogswell | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – May 22, 1895 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Died. | 1893–1903 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 22, 1895 – November 4, 1895 | ||||||
| align=left | William H. Moody[13] | Republican | nowrap | November 5, 1895 – May 1, 1902 | Elected to finish Cogswell's term. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Resigned to become Secretary of the Navy | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 2, 1902 – November 3, 1902 | ||||||
Augustus P. Gardner[14] | Republican | November 4, 1902 – May 15, 1917 | Elected to finish Moody's term and re-elected to next term in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Resigned to enter the army. | |||||
| 1903–1913 | ||||||||
| 1913–1933 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 15, 1917 – November 6, 1917 | ||||||
| align=left | Willfred W. Lufkin | Republican | nowrap | November 6, 1917 – June 30, 1921 | Elected to finish Gardner's term. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Resigned to become Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 30, 1921 – September 27, 1921 | ||||||
Abram Andrew | Republican | September 27, 1921 – June 3, 1936 | Elected to finish Lufkin's term. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Died. | |||||
| 1933–1943 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 3, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | ||||||
George J. Bates[15] | Republican | January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949 | 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. Died in a plane crash. | |||||
| 1943–1953 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 1, 1949 – February 14, 1950 | ||||||
William H. Bates[16] | Republican | February 14, 1950 – June 22, 1969 | Elected to finish his father's term. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Died. | |||||
| 1953–1963 | ||||||||
| 1963–1973 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 22, 1969 – September 30, 1969 | ||||||
Michael J. Harrington | Democratic | September 30, 1969 – January 3, 1979 | Elected to finish Bates's term. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired. | |||||
| 1973–1983 | ||||||||
Nicholas Mavroules[17] | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1983–1993 | ||||||||
| align=left | Peter G. Torkildsen | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election. | 1993–2003 | ||
John F. Tierney | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015 | 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. Re-elected in 2012. Lost renomination. | |||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| 2013–2023 | ||||||||
Seth Moulton | Democratic | January 3, 2015 – present | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||
The following are the results from the last four general elections for U.S. House of Representatives to represent the Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District: