Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

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Massachusetts's thirteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 1800's a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts. Its last Congressman was James A. Burke, who was redistricted into the eleventh district.

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Representative	Years	District home	Party	Notes
District created		1795
Peleg Wadsworth	Federalist	1795 – 1803	District of Maine
Ebenezer Seaver	Democratic-Republican	1803 – 1813
Nathaniel Ruggles	Federalist	1813 – 1819
Edward Dowse	Democratic-Republican	1819 – 1821
William Eustis	Democratic-Republican	1821 – 1823
John Reed, Jr.	Adams-Clay Federalist	1823 – 1825
	Adams	1825 – 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	1829 – 1833
District eliminated		1833
District restored		1893
Charles S. Randall	Republican	1893 – 1895
John Simpkins	Republican	1895 – 1897
William S. Greene	Republican	1897 – 1913
Vacant		March 4, 1913 - April 14, 1913	Due to the resignation of John W. Weeks who was moved into this district from the 12th
John J. Mitchell	Democratic	April 15, 1913 - March 3, 1915
William Henry Carter	Republican	1915 - 1919
Robert Luce	Republican	March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1933		Redistricted to the 9th district.
Richard B. Wigglesworth	Republican	March 4, 1933 - November 13, 1958		Redistricted from the 14th district. Became United States Ambassador to Canada
Vacant		November 14, 1958 - January 2, 1959
James A. Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1963	Milton	Redistricted to the 11th district.
District eliminated		1963

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