Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Mike Capuano (D–Somerville)
Cook PVI D+29[1]

Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Mike Capuano. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district.[2] Most of the old 8th district now comprise the new 7th district.

Cities and towns in the district

  • Boston:
    • Wards 1, 2
    • Ward 3: Precincts 7, 8
    • Ward 4
    • Ward 5: Precincts 1, 2, 2A, 6-10
    • Ward 7: Precinct 10
    • Wards 8-10
    • Ward 11: Precincts 1-8
    • Ward 12
    • Ward 13: Precincts 1, 2, 4-6, 8 and 9
    • Ward 14
    • Ward 15
    • Ward 16: Precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11
    • Ward 17
    • Ward 18
    • Ward 19: Precincts 7, 10-13
    • Ward 20: Precinct 3
    • Wards 21 and 22

(the remainder of Boston will be in the 8th district)

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, 1891
The district from 2003 to 2013

1790s-1830s

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1840s

1849: "The whole of Berkshire County; Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Coleraine, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, and Shelburne, in Franklin County; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Norwich, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington, in Hampshire County; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, and Tolland, in the County of Hampden."[3]

1850s-1880s

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1890s

1893: "Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, and Saugus. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, and Wakefield. Suffolk County: 4th and 5th wards of the city of Boston, and the towns of Chelsea and Revere."[4]

1910s

1916: In Essex County: Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody, Saugus. In Middlesex County: North Reading.[5][6]

1940s

1941: In Essex County: Lawrence, Lynn (part), Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.[7]

1950s-2002

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2003-2013

In Middlesex County:

In Suffolk County:

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Note
George Leonard of Congress.jpg George Leonard Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791		 Redistricted to 6th district.
Artemas Ward.jpg Artemas Ward Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793		 Redistricted to the 2nd district.
District discontinued March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795
George Leonard of Congress.jpg George Leonard Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
No image.svg Stephen Bullock Federalist March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
No image.svg Phanuel Bishop Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1803		 Redistricted to 9th district.
No image.svg Nahum Mitchell Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
No image.svg Joseph Barker Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 4, 1809		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
No image.svg William Baylies Federalist March 4, 1809 –
June 28, 1809		 Lost election challenge
No image.svg Charles Turner, Jr. Democratic-Republican June 28, 1809 –
March 3, 1813		 Won election challenge
No image.svg William Baylies Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815		 Redistricted to the 8th district.
No image.svg John W. Hulbert Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817		 Redistricted from the 12th district.
No image.svg Henry Shaw Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Williams Dwight by John Trumbull 1827.jpeg Henry W. Dwight Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823		 Redistricted to the 9th district.
No image.svg Samuel C. Allen Adams-Clay Federalist March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 Redistricted from the 6th district.
Adams March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
No image.svg George Grennell, Jr. Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833		 Redistricted to the 6th district.
George Nixon Briggs-Southworth and Hawes.jpg George N. Briggs Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837		 Redistricted from the 9th district

Retired.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843
JuliusRockwell.jpg Julius Rockwell Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1851		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
JohnZGoodrich.jpg John Z. Goodrich Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 Redistricted to the 11th district.
100px Nathaniel P. Banks Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 Resigned to become Governor
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Republican March 4, 1857 –
December 24, 1857
Vacant December 24, 1857 –
January 31, 1858
Daniel W Gooch.png Daniel W. Gooch[8] Republican January 31, 1858 –
March 4, 1863		 Redistricted to the 6th district.
George Boutwell, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg George S. Boutwell Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 12, 1869		 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Treasury
Vacant March 12, 1869 –
November 2, 1869
George Merrick Brooks (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg George M. Brooks Republican November 2, 1869 –
May 13, 1872		 Resigned
Vacant May 13, 1872 –
December 2, 1872
Constantine C. Esty.png Constantine C. Esty Republican December 2, 1872 –
March 3, 1873		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
EbenezerRHoar.jpg Ebenezer R. Hoar Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John K. Tarbox.jpg John K. Tarbox Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Franklin Butler Brady-Handy.jpg Benjamin F. Butler[9] Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
WilliamARussell.jpg William A. Russell[10] Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883		 Redistricted to the 8th district.
Eben Francis Stone CDV by John Adams Whipple, 1862.jpg Eben F. Stone Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887		 Redistricted from the 6th district.
William Cogswell2.jpg William Cogswell Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1893		 Redistricted from the 6th district.
Vacant March 4, 1893 –
April 25, 1893		 Representative Henry Cabot Lodge had been redistricted from the 6th district, but resigned before beginning of term to become a U.S. Senator.
100px William Everett Democratic April 25, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Emerson Barrett.png William Emerson Barrett[11] Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ernest W Roberts Massachusetts Congressman.png Ernest W. Roberts[12] Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1913		 Redistricted to the 9th district.
Michael Francis Phelan.png Michael Francis Phelan Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1921		 Lost re-election
Robert S. Maloney.png Robert S. Maloney Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William P. Connery Jr. cph.3a01362.jpg William P. Connery, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1923 –
June 15, 1937		 Died
Vacant June 16, 1937 –
September 27, 1937
Lawrence J. Connery (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg Lawrence J. Connery[13] Democratic September 28, 1937 –
October 19, 1941		 Died
Vacant October 20, 1941 –
December 29, 1941
Thomas J. Lane (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg Thomas J. Lane Democratic December 30, 1941 –
January 3, 1963		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Torbert Macdonald.jpg Torbert H. Macdonald[14] Democratic January 3, 1963 –
May 21, 1976		 Redistricted from the 8th district

Died.
Vacant May 22, 1976 –
November 1, 1976
Ed Markey, Official Portrait, 112th Congress 2.jpg Ed Markey[15] Democratic November 2, 1976 –
January 3, 2013		 First elected to finish Macdonald's term.

Redistricted to the 5th district.
Michaelcapuano.jpeg Michael Capuano Democratic January 3, 2013 – Present Redistricted from the 8th district.
Representative Party Years Note

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 21, 2012.
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External links

Maps

Election results

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