Massachusetts's 12th congressional district

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Massachusetts's twelfth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was eliminated in 1983 after the 1980 U.S. Census. Its last location was in southeastern Massachusetts and its last Congressman was Gerry Studds, who was redistricted into the tenth district.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created		1795
Henry Dearborn	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Gardiner, Maine
Isaac Parker	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Castine, Maine
Silas Lee	Federalist	1799 - 1801	District of Maine
Samuel Thatcher	Federalist	1801 - 1803	Warren, Maine	Redistricted to the 16th district
Thomson J. Skinner	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - August 10, 1804	Berkshire County	Resigned
Vacant		August 11, 1804 – November 4, 1804
Simon Larned	Democratic-Republican	November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805
Barnabas Bidwell	Democratic-Republican	1805 – 1807
Ezekiel Bacon	Democratic-Republican	1807 – 1813
Daniel Dewey	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814	Williamstown	Died
Vacant		February 25, 1814 - September 25, 1814
John W. Hulbert	Federalist	September 26, 1814 – March 3, 1817	Alford	Retired
Solomon Strong	Federalist	1817 – 1819
Jonas Kendall	Federalist	1819 – 1821
Lewis Bigelow	Federalist	1821 – 1823
Francis Baylies	Jacksonian	1823 – 1827		Redistricted from the 10th district
James L. Hodges	Adams	1827 – 1831
	Anti-Jacksonian	1831 – 1833
John Quincy Adams	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	Braintree	Redistricted from the 11th district
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843		Redistricted to the 8th district
District eliminated		1843
District created		1883
George D. Robinson	Republican	1883 – Jan 7, 1884		Redistricted from the 11th district
Francis W. Rockwell	Republican	January 7, 1884 – 1891
John C. Crosby	Democratic	1891 – 1893
Elijah A. Morse	Republican	1893 – 1897		Redistricted from the 2nd district
William C. Lovering	Republican	1893 – 1903		Redistricted to the 14th district
Samuel Leland Powers	Republican	1903 – 1905		Redistricted from the 11th district
John W. Weeks	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1913	Newton	Resigned to become United States Senator
James Michael Curley	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – February 4, 1914	Boston	Resigned to become Mayor of Boston
Vacant		February 5, 1914 – April 6, 1914
James A. Gallivan	Democratic	April 7, 1914 – April 3, 1928		Died
Vacant		April 4, 1928 – November 5, 1928
John W. McCormack	Democratic	November 6, 1928 - January 3, 1963		Redistricted to the 9th district
Hastings Keith	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	Brockton
Gerry Studds	Democratic	January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1983		Redistricted to the 10th district
District eliminated		January 3, 1983

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