| State: | Massachusetts |
| District Number: | 10 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1795 |
| Eliminated: | 2010 |
| Years: | 1795–2013 |
| Population Year: | 2000 |
| Image Name: | Ma10 109.gif |
Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during 1795–2013. It was first located in the District of Maine during 1795–1803, then located in several different areas of Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 census.[1]
At the time the district was eliminated, it included parts of the South Shore and all of the Cape and Islands. Effective with the 2012 House elections, most of the former district was placed in the, with some northern portions placed in the .[2]
Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 10th congressional district include James Michael Curley, four-time Mayor of Boston, and John F. Fitzgerald, maternal grandfather of John F. Kennedy.
1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."[3]
1869: "Berkshire and Hampden counties."
1893: Boston, Wards 13, 14, 15, 19 (Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8, 9), 20, 22, 24; Milton, Quincy.[4]
1916: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (Precincts 1, 2).[5]
1921: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
1934: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21.[6]
1941–1953: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21; Brookline, Newton.[7]
1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."[8]
1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."
1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1795 | ||||||||
| align=left | Benjamin Goodhue | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – June 11, 1796 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1794. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. | 1795–1803 "3rd Middle district" | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 11, 1796 – December 7, 1796 | ||||||
| align=left | Samuel Sewall | Federalist | nowrap | December 7, 1796 – January 10, 1800 | Elected on the second ballot to finish Goodhue's term. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Resigned to become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 10, 1800 – November 25, 1800 | ||||||
| align=left | Nathan Read | Federalist | nowrap | November 25, 1800 – March 3, 1803 | Elected October 20, 1800, on the second ballot to finish Sewall's term. Re-elected November 3, 1800. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Seth Hastings | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. | 1803–1815 "Worcester South district" | ||
| align=left | Jabez Upham | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1807 – 1810 | Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | 1810 – October 8, 1810 | ||||||
| align=left | Joseph Allen | Federalist | October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1811 | Elected October 8, 1810, to finish Upham's term. Retired. | ||||
| align=left | Elijah Brigham | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Laban Wheaton | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1815. Retired. | 1815–1823 "Bristol district" | ||
| align=left | Marcus Morton | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Francis Baylies | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the . | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 3, 1823 – December 13, 1823 | William Eustis was redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822, but declined the election to become Governor of Massachusetts. | 1823–1833 "Norfolk district" | ||||
| align=left | John Bailey | Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 13, 1823 – March 18, 1824 | Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term, but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824, House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 18, 1824 – December 13, 1824 | ||||||
| John Bailey | Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 13, 1824 – March 3, 1825 | Re-elected November 29, 1824, on the third ballot to finish Eustis's term and seated December 13, 1824. Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Retired. | ||||
| Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | ||||||
| align=left | Henry A. S. Dearborn | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | William Baylies | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. | 1833–1843 | ||
Nathaniel B. Borden | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1836. Lost re-election as a Whig. | ||||
| Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||||||
| align=left | Henry Williams | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1838. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Nathaniel B. Borden | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected on the second ballot in 1841. | |||
| align=left | Barker Burnell | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – June 15, 1843 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1842. Died. | 1843–1853 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 15, 1843 – December 7, 1843 | ||||||
| align=left | Joseph Grinnell | Whig | nowrap | December 7, 1843 – March 3, 1851 | Elected to finish Burnell's term. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. | |||
| align=left | Zeno Scudder | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Edward Dickinson | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. | 1853–1863 | ||
Calvin C. Chaffee | 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 | Charles Delano[9] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. | |||
| align=left | Henry L. Dawes[10] | Republican | nowrap | March 3, 1863 – March 3, 1873 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the . | 1863–1873 | ||
| align=left | Alvah Crocker | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – December 26, 1874 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Died. | 1873–1883 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 26, 1874 – January 27, 1875 | ||||||
| align=left | Charles A. Stevens | Republican | January 27, 1875 – March 3, 1875 | Elected to finish Crocker's term. | ||||
| align=left | Julius H. Seelye | Independent | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. | |||
| align=left | Amasa Norcross[11] [12] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. | |||
| align=left | William W. Rice | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. | 1883–1893 | ||
| align=left | John E. Russell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1886. | |||
| align=left | Joseph H. Walker | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Michael J. McEttrick | Independent Democrat | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1892. | 1893–1903 | ||
| align=left | Harrison H. Atwood | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1894. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Samuel J. Barrows[13] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1896. | |||
| align=left | Henry F. Naphen | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. | |||
| align=left | William S. McNary | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. | 1903–1913 | ||
| align=left | Joseph F. O'Connell[14] | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. | |||
| align=left | James Michael Curley | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1910. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | William Francis Murray | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – September 28, 1914 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912. Resigned to become Postmaster of Boston. | 1913–1933 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 28, 1914 – March 3, 1915 | ||||||
| align=left | Peter Tague | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | Elected in 1914. Initially lost re-election but regained seat on appeal citing voting irregularities. Re-elected in 1916. | |||
| align=left | John F. Fitzgerald | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – October 23, 1919 | Lost election contest on appeal due to voting irregularities. | |||
| align=left | Peter Tague | Democratic | nowrap | October 23, 1919 – March 3, 1925 | Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election on appeal due to voting irregularities. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John J. Douglass | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | George H. Tinkham[15] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. . | 1933–1943 | ||
| align=left | Christian Herter | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired to run for Governor of Massachusetts. | 1943–1953 | ||
| align=left | Laurence Curtis | Republican | 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. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | 1953–1963 | ||
| align=left | Joseph W. Martin Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost renomination. | 1963–1973 | ||
Margaret Heckler[16] | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972 Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||||
| 1973–1983 | ||||||||
Gerry Studds[17] | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired. | 1983–1993 | ||||
| 1993–2003 | ||||||||
Bill Delahunt | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 | 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. Retired. | |||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| align=left | Bill Keating | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | |||
| District eliminated January 3, 2013 | ||||||||