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United States Congressional Delegations from Massachusetts
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These are incomplete tables of congressional delegations from Massachusetts to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Currently, all twelve members of the delegations are Democrats; no Republican has been elected to Congress from Massachusetts since 1994.
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
|---|---|---|
| Tristram Dalton (Pro-Admin) |
1st (1789–1791) | Caleb Strong (Pro-Admin) |
| George Cabot (Pro-Admin) |
2nd (1791–1793) | |
| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||
| 4th (1795–1797) | ||
| Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theodore Sedgwick (F) | |
| 5th (1797–1799) | ||
| 6th (1799–1801) | Samuel Dexter (F) | |
| Jonathan Mason (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | |
| 7th (1801–1803) | ||
| John Quincy Adams (F) | 8th (1803–1805) | Timothy Pickering (F) |
| 9th (1805–1807) | ||
| 10th (1807–1809) | ||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||
| 11th (1809–1811) | ||
| 12th (1811–1813) | Joseph B. Varnum (D-R) | |
| 13th (1813–1815) | ||
| Christopher Gore (F) | ||
| 14th (1815–1817) | ||
| Eli P. Ashmun (F) | ||
| 15th (1817–1819) | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | |
| Prentiss Mellen (F) | ||
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||
| Elijah H. Mills (F) | ||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||
| 19th (1825–1827) | ||
| Nathaniel Silsbee (Adams) |
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| Daniel Webster | 20th (1827–1829) | |
| 21st (1829–1831) | ||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||
| 23rd (1833–1835) | ||
| 24th (1835–1837) | John Davis (W) | |
| 25th (1837–1839) | ||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||
| Isaac C. Bates (W) | ||
| Rufus Choate (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |
| 28th (1843–1845) | ||
| Daniel Webster (W) | 29th (1845–1847) | |
| John Davis (W) | ||
| 30th (1847–1849) | ||
| 31st (1849–1851) | ||
| Robert C. Winthrop (W) | ||
| Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D) | ||
| Charles Sumner (R) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |
| 33rd (1853–1855) | Edward Everett (W) | |
| Julius Rockwell (W) | ||
| Henry Wilson (R) | ||
| 34th (1855–1857) | ||
| 35th (1857–1859) | ||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||
| 37th (1861–1863) | ||
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | ||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | George S. Boutwell (R) | |
| William B. Washburn (R) | ||
| Henry L. Dawes (R) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
| 45th (1877–1879) | George F. Hoar (R) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||
| 47th (1881–1883) | ||
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||
| Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||
| 56th (1899–1901) | ||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||
| Winthrop Murray Crane (R) | ||
| 59th (1905–1907) | ||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | John W. Weeks (R) | |
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||
| 66th (1919–1921) | David I. Walsh (D) | |
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||
| William M. Butler (R) | ||
| 69th (1925–1927) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | |
| David I. Walsh (D) | ||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | Marcus A. Coolidge (D) | |
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||
| 75th (1937–1939) | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | |
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||
| Sinclair Weeks (R) | ||
| 79th (1945–1947) | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | 80th (1947–1949) | |
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||
| John F. Kennedy (D) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||
| Benjamin A. Smith II (D) | ||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||
| Edward Kennedy (D) | ||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||
| 90th (1967–1969) | Edward W. Brooke III (R) | |
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||
| 96th (1979–1981) | Paul Tsongas (D) | |
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||
| 99th (1985–1987) | John Kerry (D) | |
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||
| 110th (2007–2009) |
Article I of the United States Constitution allocated 8 seats to Massachusetts.
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 1st 1789–1791 |
Fisher Ames (Pro-Admin) | Benjamin Goodhue (Pro-Admin) | Elbridge Gerry (Anti-Admin) | Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) | George Partridge (Pro-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) (Maine district) | George Leonard (Pro-Admin) | Jonathan Grout (Anti-Admin) |
| 2nd 1791–1793 |
Shearjashub Bourne (Pro-Admin) | George Leonard (Pro-Admin) | Artemas Ward (Pro-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) (Maine district) | ||||
After the 1790 Census, Massachusetts had 14 seats. From 1793 to 1795, Massachusetts apportioned its 14 seats into 4 districts, and selected its Representatives on a General ticket. In 1795, however, it returned to single-Representative districts.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (General ticket) |
2nd (General ticket) |
3rd (General ticket) |
Maine district | |||||||||||
| 4th (General ticket) |
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| 3rd 1793–1795 |
Fisher Ames (Pro-Admin) | Samuel Dexter (Pro-Admin) | Benjamin Goodhue (Pro-Admin) | Samuel Holten (Anti-Admin) | Dwight Foster (Pro-Admin) | William Lyman (Anti-Admin) | Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) | Artemas Ward (Pro-Admin) | Shearjashub Bourne (Pro-Admin) | Peleg Coffin, Jr. (Pro-Admin) | David Cobb (Pro-Admin) | Henry Dearborn (Anti-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) | Peleg Wadsworth (Pro-Admin) |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | Maine district | |||
| 12th | 13th | 14th | ||||||||||||
| 4th 1795–1797 |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) | William Lyman (D-R) | Samuel Lyman (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (D-R) | John Reed, Sr. (F) | George Leonard (F) | Fisher Ames (F) | Joseph Bradley Varnum (D-R) | Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theophilus Bradbury (F) | Henry Dearborn (D-R) | Peleg Wadsworth (F) | George Thatcher (F) |
| Thomson J. Skinner (D-R) | Samuel Sewall (F) | |||||||||||||
| 5th 1797–1799 |
William Shepard (F) | Stephen Bullock (F) | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | Isaac Parker (F) | ||||||||||
| Bailey Bartlett (F) | ||||||||||||||
| 6th 1799–1801 |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) | Lemuel Williams (F) | Phanuel Bishop (D-R) | Silas Lee (F) | ||||||||||
| Ebenezer Mattoon (F) | Levi Lincoln, Sr. (D-R) | Nathan Read (F) | ||||||||||||
| 7th 1801–1803 |
John Bacon (D-R) | Seth Hastings (F) | Josiah Smith (D-R) | William Eustis (D-R) | Menasseh Cutler (F) | Richard Cutts (D-R) | ||||||||
| Samuel Thatcher (F) | ||||||||||||||
After the 1800 Census, Massachusetts had 17 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | Maine district | ||||
| 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | ||||||||||||||
| 8th 1803–1805 |
William Eustis (D-R) | Jacob Crowninshield (D-R) | Manasseh Cutler (F) | Joseph Bradley Varnum (D-R) | Thomas Dwight (F) | Samuel Taggart (F) | Nathum Mitchell (F) | Lemuel Williams (F) | Phanuel Bishop (D-R) | Seth Hastings (F) | William Stedman (F) | Thomson Skinner (D-R) | Ebenezer Seaver (D-R) | Richard Cutts (D-R) | Peleg Wadsworth (F) | Samuel Thatcher (F) | Phineas Bruce (F) |
| Simon Larned (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||
| 9th 1805–1807 |
Josiah Quincy III (F) | Jeremiah Nelson (F) | William Ely (F) | Joseph Barker (D-R) | Isaiah L. Green (D-R) | Barnabas Bidwell (D-R) | Orchard Cook (D-R) | John Chandler (D-R) | |||||||||
| 10th 1807–1809 |
Edward St. Loe Livermore (F) | Josiah Dean (D-R) | Jabez Upham (F) | Ezekiel Bacon (D-R) | Daniel Ilsley (D-R) | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Story (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||
| 11th 1809–1811 |
Benjamin Pickman, Jr. (F) | Charles Turner, Jr. (D-R) | Gideon Gardner (D-R) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | Barzillai Gannett (D-R) | |||||||||||
| William Baylies (F) | Joseph Allen (F) | Abijah Bigelow (F) | |||||||||||||||
| 12th 1811–1813 |
William Reed (F) | Leonard White (F) | William M. Richardson (D-R) | Charles Turner, Jr. (D-R) | Isaiah L. Green (D-R) | Elijah Brigham (F) | William Widgery (D-R) | Peleg Tallman (D-R) | Francis Carr (D-R) | ||||||||
After the 1810 Census, Massachusetts had 20 seats. The three new seats were all added in the Maine district. On March 15, 1820, Maine became a state and was allocated 7 of Massachusetts's seats, so Massachusetts was left with 13 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | Maine district | |||||||
| 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | ||||||||||||||
| 13th 1813–1815 |
Artemas Ward, Jr. (F) | William Reed (F) | Timothy Pickering (F) | William M. Richardson (D-R) | William Ely (F) | Samuel Taggart (F) | William Baylies (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Elijah Brigham (F) | Abijah Bigelow (F) | Daniel Dewey (F) | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) | Cyrus King (F) | George Bradbury (F) | Samuel Davis (F) | Abiel Wood (D-R) | John Wilson (F) | James Parker (D-R) | Levi Hubbard (D-R) |
| Samuel Dana (D-R) | John W. Hulbert (F) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14th 1815–1817 |
Timothy Pickering (F) | Jeremiah Nelson (F) | Asahel Stearns (F) | Elijah H. Mills (F) | John W. Hurlbert (F) | William Baylies (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Elijah Brigham (F) | Solomon Strong (F) | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) | Benjamin Brown (F) | James Carr (F) | Thomas Rice (F) | Samuel S. Conner (D-R) | Albion K. Parris (D-R) | ||||
| Benjamin Adams (F) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th 1817–1819 |
Jonathan Mason (F) | Nathaniel Silsbee (D-R) | Timothy Fuller (D-R) | Samuel C. Allen (F) | Henry Shaw (D-R) | Zabdiel Sampson (D-R) | Walter Folger, Jr. (D-R) | Marcus Morton (D-R) | John Holmes (D-R) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | Benjamin Orr (F) | John Wilson (F) | Joshua Gage (D-R) | |||||||
| Enoch Lincoln (D-R) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16th 1819–1821 |
Samuel Lathrop (F) | Jonas Kendall (F) | Edward Dowse (D-R) | Mark Langdon Hill (D-R) | Martin Kinsley (D-R) | James Parker (D-R) | Joshua Cushman (D-R) | |||||||||||||
| Benjamin Gorham (D-R) | Aaron Hobart (D-R) | William Eustis (D-R) | vacant | |||||||||||||||||
| Maine District split | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17th 1821–1823 |
Gideon Barstow (D-R) | Henry W. Dwight (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Francis Baylies (F) | Johnathan Russell (D-R) | Lewis Bigelow (F) | ||||||||||||||
The 1820 census kept the apportionment at 13.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
| 18th 1823–1825 |
Daniel Webster (Ad-Clay F) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Ad-Clay F) | Jeremiah Nelson (Ad-Clay F) | Timothy Fuller (Ad-Clay D-R) | Jonas Sibley (Ad-Clay D-R) | John Locke (Ad-Clay D-R) | Samuel C. Allen (Ad-Clay F) | Samuel Lathrop (Ad-Clay F) | Henry W. Dwight (Ad-Clay F) | John Bailey (Ad-Clay D-R) | Aaron Hobart (Ad-Clay D-R) | Francis Baylies (J) | John Reed, Jr. (Ad-Clay F) |
| 19th 1825–1827 |
Daniel Webster (Adams) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Adams) | John Varnum (Adams) | Edward Everett (Adams) | John Davis (Adams) | John Locke (Adams) | Samuel C. Allen (Adams) | Samuel Lathrop (Adams) | Henry W. Dwight (Adams) | John Bailey (Adams) | Aaron Hobart (Adams) | John Reed, Jr. (Adams) | |
| 20th 1827–1829 |
Isaac C. Bates (Adams) | Joseph Richardson (Adams) | James L. Hodges (Adams) | ||||||||||
| 21st 1829–1831 |
Benjamin Gorham (Anti-J) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Anti-J) | John Varnum (Anti-J) | Edward Everett (Anti-J) | John Davis (Anti-J) | Joseph G. Kendall (Anti-J) | George Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J) | Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J) | Henry W. Dwight (Anti-J) | John Bailey (Anti-J) | Joseph Richardson (Anti-J) | James L. Hodges (Anti-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J) |
| 22nd 1831–1833 |
Nathan Appleton (Anti-J) | Rufus Choate (Anti-J) | Jeremiah Nelson (Anti-J) | George Briggs (Anti-J) | Henry A. S. Dearborn (Anti-J) | John Quincy Adams (Anti-J) | |||||||
After the 1830 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| 23rd 1833–1835 |
Benjamin Gorham (Anti-J) | Rufus Choate (Anti-J) | Gayton P. Osgood (Pro-J) | Edward Everett (Anti-J) | John Davis (Anti-J) | George Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J) | George N. Briggs (Anti-J) | Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J) | William Jackson (Anti-M) | William Baylies (Anti-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J) | John Quincy Adams (Anti-M) |
| Stephen C. Phillips (Anti-J) | Levi Lincoln, Jr. (Anti-J) | |||||||||||
| 24th 1835–1837 |
Abbott Lawrence (Anti-J) | Caleb Cushing (Anti-J) | Samuel Hoar (Anti-J) | William B. Calhoun (Anti-J) | Nathaniel B. Borden (Pro-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-M) | ||||||
| 25th 1837–1839 |
Richard Fletcher (W) | Stephen C. Phillips (W) | Caleb Cushing (W) | William Parmenter (D) | Levi Lincoln, Jr. (W) | George Grennell, Jr. (W) | George N. Briggs (W) | William B. Calhoun (W) | William S. Hastings (W) | Nathaniel B. Borden (D) | John Reed, Jr. (W) | John Quincy Adams (W) |
| Leverett Saltonstall I (W) | ||||||||||||
| 26th 1839–1841 |
James Alvord (W) | Henry Williams (D) | ||||||||||
| Abbott Lawrence (W) | Osmyn Baker (W) | |||||||||||
| Robert C. Winthrop (W) | ||||||||||||
| 27th 1841–1843 |
Nathaniel B. Borden (D) | Barker Burnell (W) | ||||||||||
| Nathan Appleton (W) | Charles Hudson (W) | |||||||||||
After the 1840 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 28th 1843–1845 |
Robert C. Winthrop (W) | Daniel P. King (W) | Amos Abbott (W) | William Parmenter (D) | Charles Hudson (W) | Osmyn Baker (W) | Julius Rockwell (W) | John Quincy Adams (W) | Henry Williams (D) | Barker Burnell (W) |
| Joseph Grinnell (W) | ||||||||||
| 29th 1845–1847 |
Benjamin Thompson (W) | George Ashmun (W) | Artemas Hale (W) | |||||||
| 30th 1847–1849 |
John G. Palfrey (W) | |||||||||
| Horace Mann (W) | ||||||||||
| 31st 1849–1851 |
James H. Duncan (W) | Vacant | Charles Allen (Free Soil) | Orin Fowler (W) | ||||||
| Samuel A. Eliot (W) | ||||||||||
| 32nd 1851–1853 |
William Appleton (W) | Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D) | Benjamin Thompson (W) | George T. Davis (W) | John Z. Goodrich (W) | Zeno Scudder (W) | ||||
| Francis B. Fay (W) | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Edward P. Little (D) | ||||||||
After the 1850 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 33rd 1853–1855 |
Zeno Scudder (W) | Samuel L. Crocker (W) | J. Wiley Edmands (W) | Samuel H. Walley (W) | William Appleton (W) | Charles W. Upham (W) | Nathaniel P. Banks (D) | Tappan Wentworth (W) | Charles Allen (Free Soil) | Edward Dickinson (W) | John Z. Goodrich (W) |
| Thomas D. Eliot (W) | |||||||||||
| 34th 1855–1857 |
Robert B. Hall (Amer.) | James Buffinton (Amer.) | William S. Damrell (Amer.) | Linus B. Comins (Amer.) | Anson Burlingame (Amer.) | Timothy Davis (Amer.) | Nathaniel P. Banks (Amer.) | Chauncey L. Knapp (Amer.) | Alexander DeWitt (Amer.) | Henry Morris (Amer.) | Mark Trafton (Amer.) |
| Calvin C. Chaffee (Amer.) | |||||||||||
| 35th 1857–1859 |
Robert B. Hall (R) | ||||||||||