| State: | Massachusetts |
| District Number: | 16 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1803 1910 |
| Eliminated: | 1820 1930 |
| Years: | 1803–1821 1913–1933 |
| Population Year: | 1810 1920 |
Massachusetts's 16th congressional district is an obsolete district. It was first active 1803–1821 in the District of Maine and again active 1913–1933 in the Cape Cod region. It was eliminated in 1933 after the 1930 census. Its last congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the .
"Barnstable County: Towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmonth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth. Bristol County: City of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, andFairhaven. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover,Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Scituate, and Wareham. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Dukes and Nantucket Counties."[1]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 3, 1803 | ||||||||
| align=left | Samuel Thatcher | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802. Lost re-election. | 1803–1813 "Lincoln district," District of Maine | ||
| align=left | Orchard Cook | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811 | Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Peleg Tallman | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1810. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Samuel Davis | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1812. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | 1813–1821 "3rd Eastern district," District of Maine | ||
| align=left | Benjamin Brown | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1814. Ran in the and lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Benjamin Orr | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Mark Langdon Hill | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1819 on the third ballot. District . | |||
| District moved to Maine March 3, 1821 | ||||||||
| District restored in Massachusetts March 3, 1913 | ||||||||
| align=left | Thomas Chandler Thacher | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | 1803–1813 | ||
| align=left | Joseph Walsh | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – August 21, 1922 | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Resigned to become a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 21, 1922 – November 7, 1922 | ||||||
| align=left | Charles L. Gifford | Republican | nowrap | November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1933 | Elected to finish Walsh's term Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the . | |||
| District eliminated March 3, 1933 | ||||||||