Massachusetts's 16th congressional district
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Massachusetts's sixteenth 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 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.
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Representative | Years | Party | District home | Notes |
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District created | 1803 | |||
Samuel Thatcher | 1803 – 1805 | Federalist | District of Maine | |
Orchard Cook | 1805 – 1811 | Democratic-Republican | District of Maine | |
Peleg Tallman | 1811 – 1813 | Democratic-Republican | District of Maine | |
Samuel Davis | 1813 – 1815 | Federalist | District of Maine | |
Benjamin Brown | 1815 – 1817 | Federalist | District of Maine | |
Benjamin Orr | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Federalist | Topsham, Maine | |
Mark Langdon Hill | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Democratic-Republican | Phippsburg, Maine | |
District moved to Maine | 1821 | |||
District restored in Massachusetts | 1913 | |||
Thomas Chandler Thacher | 1913 – 1915 | Democratic | ||
Joseph Walsh | 1915 – 1921 | Republican | New Bedford | |
Charles L. Gifford | 1921 – 1933 | Republican | Cotuit | Redistricted to the fifteenth district. |
District eliminated | 1933 |
Massachusetts's congressional districts |
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