Massachusetts's sixteenth 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 1933 after the 1930 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the fifteenth district.
Massachusetts's 16th congressional district | |
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Obsolete district | |
Created | 1803 1910 |
Eliminated | 1820 1930 |
Years active | 1803-1820 1913-1933 |
"Barnstable County: Towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmonth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth. Bristol County: City of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Scituate, and Wareham. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Dukes and Nantucket Counties."[1]
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District created March 3, 1803 | |||||
![]() Samuel Thatcher |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1802. Lost re-election. |
1803–1813 "Lincoln district," District of Maine |
Orchard Cook | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811 |
9th 10th 11th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired. | |
Peleg Tallman | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1810. Retired. | |
Samuel Davis | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 19th district and lost re-election. |
1813–1821 "3rd Eastern district," District of Maine |
Benjamin Brown | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Elected in 1814. Ran in the 18th district and lost re-election. | |
Benjamin Orr | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Elected in 1816. Lost re-election. | |
Mark Langdon Hill | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th | Elected in 1819 on the third ballot. District moved to Maine. | |
District moved to Maine March 3, 1821 | |||||
District restored in Massachusetts March 3, 1913 | |||||
![]() Thomas Chandler Thacher |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. |
1803–1813 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Joseph Walsh |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – August 21, 1922 |
64th 65th 66th 67th |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Resigned to become a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. | |
Vacant | August 21, 1922 – November 7, 1922 |
67th | |||
![]() Charles L. Gifford |
Republican | November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1933 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected to finish Walsh's term Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 15th district. | |
District eliminated March 3, 1933 |
Massachusetts's congressional districts | |
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