Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1901

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts Congressional District 11 is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Brian Donnelly; its most notable were former President John Quincy Adams, future president John F. Kennedy and Speaker Tip O'Neill.

Cities and towns in the district

1790s-1880s

1890s

1893: Suffolk County: Boston, Wards 21, 22. 23, 25. "Middlesex County: City of Newton, towns of Belmont, Holliston, Sherborn, and Water- town. Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Hyde Park, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, and Wrentham. Bristol County: Town of North Attleboro. Worcester County: Towns of Hopedale and Milford."^[1]

1910s-1940s

1916: Suffolk County: Boston Wards 10, 11 (Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23.^[2]

1921: Boston (Wards 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23).^[3]

1941: Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 22), Cambridge, Somerville (Wards 1, 2, 3).^[4]

1960s-1980s

1968: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Ward 18."^[5]

1977: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Stoughton. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, 18."^[6]

1985: "Norfolk County: City of Quincy. Towns of Avon, Braintree, Holbrook, Milton, Randolph, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton. Towns of Abington, East Bridgewater, Rockland, West Bridgewater, and Whitman. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 15, 16, 17, and 18."^[7]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Electoral history
Theophilus Bradbury	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797	Newburyport	Resigned to become a state Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice
Vacant		July 25, 1797 – November 26, 1797
Bailey Bartlett	Federalist	November 27, 1797 – March 3, 1801	Essex County	Retired
Menasseh Cutler	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Hamilton	Redistricted to the 3rd district
William Stedman	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – July 16, 1810		Resigned to serve as Clerk of Courts for Worcester County
Vacant		July 16, 1810 – October 8, 1810
Abijah Bigelow	Federalist	October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1815	Leominster	Retired
Elijah Brigham	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – February 22, 1816	Westborough (now Northborough)	Redistricted from the 10th district, Died
Vacant		February 22, 1816 – December 1, 1816
Benjamin Adams	Federalist	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1821	Uxbridge	Lost re-election
Johnathan Russell	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Aaron Hobart	Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Redistricted from the 8th district
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Joseph Richardson	Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
John Quincy Adams	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Braintree	Redistricted to the 12th district
John Reed, Jr.	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
	Anti- Masonic	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Barker Burnell	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Redistricted to the 10th district
District eliminated		1843
District recreated		1853
John Z. Goodrich	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		Redistricted from the 7th district
Mark Trafton	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Henry L. Dawes[8]	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863		Redistricted to the 10th district
District eliminated		1863
District recreated		1873
Henry L. Dawes	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875		Redistricted from the 10th district
Chester W. Chapin	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
[10]	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883		Redistricted to the 12th district
William Whiting	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889
Rodney Wallace	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Frederick S. Coolidge	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
William F. Draper	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
Charles F. Sprague[11]	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
Samuel L. Powers	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Newton	Redistricted to the 12th district
John Andrew Sullivan	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	Boston
Andrew J. Peters[12]	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – August 15, 1914	Boston	Resigned after being appointed Asst. Secretary to the US Treasury Department
Vacant		August 15, 1914 – March 4, 1915
George H. Tinkham	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	Boston	Redistricted to the 10th district
John J. Douglass	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Boston	Redistricted from the 10th district
John P. Higgins	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – September 30, 1937	Boston	Resigned after being appointed as chief justice of Superior Court of Massachusetts
Vacant		September 30, 1937 – December 14, 1937
Thomas A. Flaherty[13]	Democratic	December 14, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Boston	Retired
James Michael Curley	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947	Boston	Retired
John F. Kennedy	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	Boston	Elected to US Senate
Tip O'Neill	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Cambridge	Redistricted to the 8th district
James A. Burke[5]	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979	Milton	Redistricted from the 13th district
Brian J. Donnelly[14]	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993	Boston	Retired
District eliminated		January 3, 1993

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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