Massachusetts's 15th congressional district
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Massachusetts's fifteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 19th century a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1943 after the 1940 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the ninth district.
Cities and towns in the district
1910s
"Bristol County: Cities of Fall River, Taunton, and Attleboro, and towns of Berkley, Dighton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Plymouth County: Town of Lakeville."[1]
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | 1803 | |||
 Peleg Wadsworth |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Redistricted from the 13th district Retired |
 Daniel Ilsley |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10th | Lost re-election |
.jpg) Ezekiel Whitman |
Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| William Widgery |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Lost re-election |
| George Bradbury |
Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Lost renomination |
| Ezekiel Whitman |
Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
District moved to Maine's 2nd district |
| District moved to Maine | 1821 | |||
| District restored in Massachusetts | 1913 | |||
 William S. Greene |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – September 22, 1924 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
Redistricted from the 13th district Died |
| Vacant | September 22, 1924 – November 4, 1924 |
68th | ||
| 75px Robert M. Leach | Republican | November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925 |
68th | Elected to finish Greene's term Retired |
 Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Redistricted to the 14th district |
| 75px Charles L. Gifford | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 |
73rd 74th 75th[2] 76th 77th |
Redistricted from the 14th district Redistricted to the 9th district |
| District eliminated | 1943 | |||
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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