Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
Area 934.25 mi²
Distribution 54.22% urban, 45.78% rural
Population (2000) 635,901
Median income $51,928
Ethnic composition 92.2% White, 1.6% Black, 2.7% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 1.9% other
Occupation 18.1% blue collar, 66.7% white collar, 15.3% gray collar
Cook PVI D + 8

The Massachusetts 10th District is a political constituency that includes parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts, and includes all of Cape Cod and the islands. The tenth district has existed since 1795. It is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Bill Delahunt.

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[edit] Cities and Towns in the District

The district includes:

Abington, Carver, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson, Pct. 1, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Scituate, and

Cohasset, Quincy, Weymouth


[edit] Representatives

Representative Party Years District home Notes
District created 1795
Benjamin Goodhue Federalist 1795 – 1796 Redistricted from the 1st district
Samuel Sewall Federalist 1796 – 1799
Nathan Read Federalist 1799 – 1803
Seth Hastings Federalist 1803 – 1807
Jabez Upham Federalist 1807-03-04 - 1810 Brookfield Resigned
Vacant 1810 - 1810-10-08
Joseph Allen Federalist October 8, 1810 - March 3, 1811 Worcester Retired
Elijah Brigham Federalist 1811 – 1815
Laban Wheaton Federalist 1815 – 1817
Marcus Morton Democratic-Republican 1817-03-04 – 1821-03-03 Taunton
Francis Baylies Federalist 1821 – 1823
John Bailey Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1825
Adams 1825 – 1829
Anti-Jackson 1829 – 1831
Henry A. S. Dearborn Anti-Jackson 1831 – 1833
William Baylies Anti-Jackson 1833 – 1835
Nathaniel B. Borden Jacksonian 1835 – 1837
Democratic 1837 – 1839
Henry Williams Democratic 1839 – 1841
Nathaniel B. Borden Democratic 1841 – 1843
Barker Burnell Whig 1843 – 1845 Redistricted from the 11th district
Joseph Grinnell Whig 1845 – 1851
Zeno Scudder Whig March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 Redistricted to the 1st district
Edward Dickinson Whig March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 Amherst
Calvin C. Chaffee Know Nothing 1855 – 1857
Republican 1857 – 1859
Charles Delano Republican 1859 – 1863
Henry L. Dawes Republican 1863 – 1873
Alvah Crocker Republican March 4, 1873 - December 26, 1874 Fitchburg Redistricted from the 9th district
Died
Vacant December 27, 1874 - January 26, 1875
Charles Stevens Republican January 27, 1875 - March 3, 1875
Julius H. Seelye Independent 1875 – 1877
Amasa Norcross Republican 1877 – 1879
William W. Rice Republican 1883 – 1887
John E. Russell Democratic 1887 – 1889
Joseph H. Walker Republican 1889 - March 3, 1893 Redistricted to the 3rd district
Michael J. McEttrick Independent – Democratic 1893 – 1895
Harrison H. Atwood Republican 1895-03-04-1897-03-03 Boston Lost Renomination
Samuel J. Barrows Republican 1897 – 1899
Henry F. Naphen Democratic 1899 – 1903
William S. McNary Democratic 1921 – 1925
Joseph F. O'Connell Democratic 1907 – 1913
William Francis Murray Democratic 1913 – 1915 Redistricted from the 9th district
Peter Tague Democratic March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919
John F. Fitzgerald Democratic March 4, 1919 – October 23, 1919 Tague successfully contested Fitzgerald's election
Peter Tague Democratic October 23, 1919 – March 3, 1925
John J. Douglass Democratic March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 Redistricted to the 11th district
George H. Tinkham Republican March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 Redistricted from the 11th district
Christian Herter Republican January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 Retired to become Governor
Laurence Curtis Republican January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 Boston Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for U.S. Senate
Joseph William Martin, Jr. Republican January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 North Attleborough Redistricted from the 14th district
Lost renomination
Margaret M. Heckler Republican January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 Wellesley Redistricted to the 4th district and lost reelection to the 4th's incumbent
Gerry E. Studds Democratic January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 Redistricted from the 12th district
Retired
Bill Delahunt Democratic January 3, 1997 – present Quincy Incumbent

Prior to the 1992 remapping, the district covered areas southwest of Boston which are now in the 3rd and 4th districts.

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The At-large and 11th–20th districts are obsolete. Some moved to Maine in 1820.
See also: Massachusetts's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations
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