| State: | Massachusetts |
| District Number: | 11 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1795 1850 1870 |
| Eliminated: | 1840 1860 1990 |
| Years: | 1795–1843 1853–1863 1873–1993 |
| Population Year: | 1830 1850 1870 |
Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during three periods: 1795–1843, 1853–1863, and 1873–1993. The district was located in several different areas of the state. It was most recently eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. census. Its last congressman was Brian J. Donnelly.
Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th congressional district include John Quincy Adams following his term as president, John F. Kennedy prior to his term as president, and Tip O'Neill prior to his selection as Speaker of the House.
1893: Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21, 22. 23, 25. "Middlesex County: City of Newton, towns of Belmont, Holliston, Sherborn, and Water-town. Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, and Wrentham. Bristol County: Town of North Attleboro. Worcester County: Towns of Hopedale and Milford."[1]
1916: Suffolk County: Boston Wards 10, 11 (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23.[2]
1921: Boston (Wards 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23).
1941: Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 22), Cambridge, Somerville (Wards 1, 2, 3).
1968: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Ward 18."
1977: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Stoughton. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, 18."
1985: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, and 18."[3]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1795 | ||||||||
| align=left | Theophilus Bradbury | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797 | Elected in 1795 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1796. Resigned to become a Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice. | 1795 – 1803 "4th Middle district" | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | July 25, 1797 – November 26, 1797 | ||||||
| align=left | Bailey Bartlett | Federalist | nowrap | November 27, 1797 – March 3, 1801 | Elected August 4, 1797, to finish Bradbury's term and seated November 27, 1797.[4] Re-elected in 1798. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Manasseh Cutler | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | William Stedman | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – July 16, 1810 | Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned to become Clerk of Courts for Worcester County. | 1803 – 1815 "Worcester North district" | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | July 16, 1810 – October 8, 1810 | ||||||
| align=left | Abijah Bigelow | Federalist | nowrap | October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1815 | Elected to finish Stedman's term. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the and retired. | |||
| align=left | Elijah Brigham | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – February 22, 1816 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1814. Died. | 1815 – 1823 "Worcester South district" | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 22, 1816 – December 1, 1816 | ||||||
| align=left | Benjamin Adams | Federalist | nowrap | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1821 | Elected August 26, 1816, to finish Brigham's term and seated December 2, 1816.[5] Re-elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Johnathan Russell | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the and retired. | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Aaron Hobart | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. | 1823 – 1833 | ||
| Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||||
| align=left | Joseph Richardson | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Retired. | ||||
| align=left | John Quincy Adams | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. Redistricted to the . | |||
| John Reed Jr. | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. | 1833 – 1843 | |||
| Anti- Masonic | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||||
| Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | ||||||
| align=left | Barker Burnell | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1840. Redistricted to the . | |||
| District eliminated March 3, 1843 | ||||||||
| District re-created March 4, 1853 | ||||||||
| align=left | John Z. Goodrich | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852. | 1853–1863 | ||
| align=left | Mark Trafton | Know Nothing | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. | |||
| align=left | Henry L. Dawes[6] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the . | |||
| District eliminated March 3, 1863 | ||||||||
| District re-created March 4, 1873 | ||||||||
| align=left | Henry L. Dawes | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872. | 1873–1883 | ||
| align=left | Chester W. Chapin | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. | |||
| align=left | George D. Robinson[7] [8] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | William Whiting | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. | 1883–1893 | ||
| align=left | Rodney Wallace | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Elected in 1888. | |||
| align=left | Frederick S. Coolidge | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1890. | |||
| align=left | William F. Draper | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. | 1893–1903 | ||
| align=left | Charles F. Sprague[9] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. | |||
| align=left | Samuel L. Powers | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | John Andrew Sullivan | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. | 1903–1913 | ||
Andrew J. Peters[10] | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – August 15, 1914 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned to become Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department. | |||||
| 1913–1923 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 15, 1914 – March 3, 1915 | ||||||
George H. Tinkham | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 | 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. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 1923–1933 | ||||||||
| align=left | John J. Douglass | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932. | 1933–1943 | ||
| align=left | John P. Higgins | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – September 30, 1937 | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Resigned to become chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 30, 1937 – December 14, 1937 | ||||||
| align=left | Thomas A. Flaherty[11] | Democratic | nowrap | December 14, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | Elected to finish Higgins's term. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired. | |||
| align=left | James Michael Curley | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired. | 1943–1953 | ||
| align=left | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
| align=left | Tip O'Neill | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the . | 1953–1963 | ||
James A. Burke[12] | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972 Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. | 1963–1973 | ||||
| 1973–1983 | ||||||||
Brian J. Donnelly[13] | 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. Retired. | |||||
| 1983–1993 | ||||||||
| District eliminated January 3, 1993 | ||||||||