| State: | Massachusetts |
| District Number: | 4 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Jake Auchincloss |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Newton |
| Population: | 782,122 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $110,374[1] |
| Percent White: | 77.9 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6.1 |
| Percent Black: | 3.3 |
| Percent Asian: | 6.7 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.8 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.2 |
| Cpvi: | D+12[2] |
Massachusetts's 4th congressional district is located mostly in southern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat Jake Auchincloss. Auchincloss was first elected in 2020.
The district covers much of the area included in the before the 1992 redistricting. In prior years, the district stretched from Brookline to Fitchburg. The shape of the district underwent some changes effective from the elections of 2012, after Massachusetts congressional redistricting to reflect the 2010 census.[3] Most of Plymouth County and the South Coast are included in the new 9th district. The new 4th district has expanded westward to include towns along the Rhode Island border that had been in the old 3rd district.
For a very brief time (1793–95) it represented part of the District of Maine.
There are 35 municipalities in the 4th district, as of the 2021 redistricting.[4] This list is sorted by county.
| Year | Office | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 65–29% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 65–33% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 60.4–38% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 57.2–41.3% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 59.2–35% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 64.8–32.8% |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1789 | ||||||||
| align=left | Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 | Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Redistricted to the . | 1789–1793 Berkshire County | ||
| align=left | Henry Dearborn | Anti-Administration | nowrap rowspan=3 | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 (General ticket) | Elected in 1793 on the second ballot as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington Counties. Redistricted to the . | 1793–1795 District of Maine | ||
| align=left | Peleg Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Elected in 1793 on the third ballot as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from Cumberland County. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| align=left | George Thatcher | Pro-Administration | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1792 as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from York County. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| align=left | Dwight Foster | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – June 6, 1800 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. | 1795–1803 "4th Western district" | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 6, 1800 – December 15, 1800 | ||||||
| align=left | Levi Lincoln Sr. | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 15, 1800 – March 5, 1801 | Elected in 1800. Later elected to finish Foster's term. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 5, 1801 – August 24, 1801 | ||||||
| align=left | Seth Hastings | Federalist | nowrap | August 24, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected to finish Lincoln's term and seated January 11, 1802.[5] Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – June 29, 1811 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Resigned on election to U.S. Senate. | 1803–1823 "Middlesex district" | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | June 29, 1811 – November 4, 1811 | ||||||
| align=left | William M. Richardson | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | November 4, 1811 – April 18, 1814 | Elected to finish Varnum's term. Re-elected in 1812. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 18, 1814 – September 22, 1814 | ||||||
| align=left | Samuel Dana | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | September 22, 1814 – March 3, 1815 | Elected May 23, 1814, to finish Richardson's term. (Seated September 22, 1814.[6]) Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Asahel Stearns | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1814. Lost re-election. | |||
Timothy Fuller | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. | |||||
| 1823–1833 "Middlesex district" | ||||||||
Edward Everett | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1833. Retired. | |||||
| 1833–1843 | ||||||||
| align=left | Samuel Hoar | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1834. Lost re-election. | |||
William Parmenter | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1845 | Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Re-elected in 1842. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1843–1853 | ||||||||
| align=left | Benjamin Thompson | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Elected on the second ballot in 1844. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John G. Palfrey | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1846. Lost re-election. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | No candidate received the needed majority of votes in twelve runnings of the 1848 election. | |||||
| align=left | Benjamin Thompson | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – September 24, 1852 | Elected in 1850. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 25, 1852 – December 12, 1852 | ||||||
| align=left | Lorenzo Sabine | Whig | nowrap | December 13, 1852 – March 3, 1853 | Elected to finish Thompson's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Samuel H. Walley | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. Lost re-election. | 1853–1863 | ||
Linus B. Comins | 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 | Alexander H. Rice[7] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the . | |||
Samuel Hooper[8] | Republican | March 4, 1863 – February 14, 1875 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired, but died before retirement. | 1863–1873 | ||||
| 1873–1883 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 14, 1875 – March 3, 1875 | ||||||
| align=left | Rufus S. Frost | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – July 28, 1876 | Elected in 1874. Election challenged by successor. | |||
| align=left | Josiah G. Abbott | Democratic | nowrap | July 28, 1876 – March 3, 1877 | Successfully challenged predecessor. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Leopold Morse[9] [10] | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Patrick A. Collins | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. | 1883–1893 | ||
| align=left | Joseph H. O'Neil | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Lewis D. Apsley | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired. | 1893–1903 | ||
| align=left | George W. Weymouth[11] | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired. | |||
Charles Q. Tirrell[12] | Republican | March 4, 1901 – July 31, 1910 | Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Died. | |||||
| 1903–1913 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 1, 1910 – November 8, 1910 | ||||||
| align=left | John Joseph Mitchell | Democratic | nowrap | November 8, 1910 – March 3, 1911 | Elected to finish Tirrell's term. Lost election to the next term. | |||
| align=left | William H. Wilder | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1910. Redistricted to the . | |||
Samuel Winslow | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 | Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Retired. | 1913–1923 | ||||
| 1923–1933 | ||||||||
| align=left | George R. Stobbs | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired. | |||
Pehr G. Holmes[13] | Republican | March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1947 | 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. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1933–1943 | ||||||||
| 1943–1953 | ||||||||
Harold Donohue[14] | Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1973 | 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. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 1953–1963 | ||||||||
| 1963–1973 | ||||||||
| align=left | Robert Drinan | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Retired after Pope John Paul II ordered all priests to withdraw from electoral politics. | 1973–1983 | ||
Barney Frank[15] | Democratic | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 1980. 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. Re-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. Retired. | |||||
| 1983–1993 | ||||||||
| 1993–2003 | ||||||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| align=left | Joe Kennedy III | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | 2013–2023 | ||
| Jake Auchincloss | Democratic | January 3, 2021 – present | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||
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