Member (District home) | Party | Years ↑ | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location |
District created March 4, 1789 |
George Partridge (Duxbury) | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 | 1st | Elected in 1788. Resigned. | 1789–1793 Barnstable County and Plymouth County |
Vacant | August 15, 1790 – March 3, 1791 | |
Shearjashub Bourne (Boston) | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | 2nd | Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
District inactive | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd | |
Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (Sandwich) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | 4th 5th | Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Retired. | 1795–1803 "1st Southern district" |
Lemuel Williams (New Bedford) | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 | 6th 7th | Elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Thomas Dwight (Springfield) | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | 8th | Elected in 1802. Retired. | 1803–1823 "Hampshire South district" |
William Ely (Springfield) | Federalist | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1815 | 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th | Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired. |
Elijah H. Mills (Northampton) | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 | 14th 15th | Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election. |
Samuel Lathrop (West Springfield) | Federalist | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | 16th 17th | Elected in 1819 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Jonas Sibley (Worcester) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th | Elected in 1823 on the second ballot. Lost re-election. | 1823–1833 "Worcester South district" |
John Davis (Worcester) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – January 14, 1834 | 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd | Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1833. Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts. |
1833–1843 [data missing] |
Vacant | January 15, 1834 – February 16, 1834 | 23rd | |
Levi Lincoln Jr. (Worcester) | Anti-Jacksonian | February 17, 1834 – March 3, 1837 | 23rd 24th 25th 26th | Elected to finish Davis's term. Re-elected later in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Resigned to become Collector of the Port of Boston. |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 16, 1841 |
Vacant | March 17, 1841 – May 2, 1841 | 27th | |
Charles Hudson (Westminster) | Whig | May 3, 1841 – March 3, 1849 | 27th 28th 29th 30th | Elected to finish Lincoln's term. Re-elected late in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Lost re-election. |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
Charles Allen (Worcester) | Free Soil | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | 31st 32nd | Elected late in 1849.[13] Re-elected late in 1851.[14] Retired. |
William Appleton (Boston) | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1852. Lost re-election. | 1853–1863 [data missing] |
Anson Burlingame (Cambridge) | American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th 35th 36th | Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Lost re-election. |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
William Appleton (Boston) | Constitutional Unionist | March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861 | 37th | Elected in 1860. Resigned because of failing health. |
Vacant | September 28, 1861 – December 1, 1861 | |
Samuel Hooper[15] (Boston) | Republican | December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected to finish Appleton's term. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
John B. Alley (Lynn) | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | 38th 39th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data missing] | 1863–1873 [data missing] |
Benjamin F. Butler[16] (Lowell) | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | 40th 41st 42nd | Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
Daniel W. Gooch (Melrose) | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 43rd | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. | 1873–1883 [data missing] |
Nathaniel P. Banks[17] (Waltham) | Independent | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th 45th | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost renomination. |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
Selwyn Z. Bowman[18] (Somerville) | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | 46th 47th | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election. |
Leopold Morse (Boston) | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | 48th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1882. Retired. | 1883–1893 [data missing] |
Edward D. Hayden (Woburn) | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | 49th 50th | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. |
Nathaniel P. Banks (Waltham) | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | 51st | Elected in 1888. Retired. |
Sherman Hoar (Waltham) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Elected in 1890. Declined renomination. |
Moses T. Stevens (North Andover) | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing] | 1893–1903 [data missing] |
William S. Knox[19] (Lawrence) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | 54th 55th 56th 57th | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired. |
Butler Ames[20] (Lowell) | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired. | 1903–1913 [data missing] |
John Jacob Rogers (Lowell) | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 28, 1925 | 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th | Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Died. | 1913–1933 [data missing] |
Vacant | March 28, 1925 – June 30, 1925 | 69th | |
Edith Nourse Rogers[21] (Lowell) | Republican | June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 | 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th | Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-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. Re-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. Died. |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
1953–1963 [data missing] |
Vacant | September 10, 1960 – January 3, 1961 | 86th | |
F. Bradford Morse[22] (Lowell) | Republican | January 3, 1961 – May 1, 1972 | 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd | Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Resigned to become U.N. Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs. |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
Vacant | May 1, 1972 – January 3, 1973 | 92nd | |
Paul W. Cronin (Andover) | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | 93rd | Elected in 1972. Lost re-election. | 1973–1983 [data missing] |
Paul Tsongas (Lowell) | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 | 94th 95th | Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
James Shannon (Lawrence) | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 | 96th 97th 98th | Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | 1983–1993 [data missing] |
Chester G. Atkins[23] (Concord) | Democratic | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 | 99th 100th 101st 102nd | Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination. |
Marty Meehan (Lowell) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – July 1, 2007 | 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th | 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. Resigned to become Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Lowell. | 1993–2003 [data missing] |
2003–2013 [data missing] |
Vacant | July 1, 2007 – October 16, 2007 | 110th | |
Niki Tsongas (Lowell) | Democratic | October 16, 2007 – January 3, 2013 | 110th 111th 112th | Elected to finish Meehan's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
Ed Markey (Malden) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – July 15, 2013 | 113th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2012. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. | 2013–2023 |
Vacant | July 15, 2013 – December 10, 2013 | |
Katherine Clark (Revere) | Democratic | December 10, 2013 – present | 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th | Elected to finish Markey's term. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2023–present |
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