Massachusetts's 15th congressional district

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Massachusetts's current districts since 2003

Massachusetts's fifteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 1800s a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1943 after the 1940 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the ninth district.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Years	Party	District home	Notes
District created	1803
Peleg Wadsworth	1803 – 1807	Federalist	District of Maine
Daniel Ilsley	1807 – 1809	Democratic-Republican	District of Maine
Ezekiel Whitman	1809 – 1811	Federalist	District of Maine
William Widgery	1811 – 1813	Democratic-Republican	District of Maine
George Bradbury	1813 – 1817	Federalist	District of Maine
Ezekiel Whitman	1817 – 1821	Federalist	District of Maine
District moved to Maine	1821
District restored in Massachusetts	1913
William S. Greene	1913 – 1923	Republican
Robert Leach	1923 – 1925	Republican
Joseph William Martin, Jr.	1925 – 1933	Republican		Redistricted to the fourteenth district.
Charles L. Gifford	1933 – 1943	Republican		Redistricted from the fourteenth district. Redistricted to the ninth district.
District eliminated	1943

[edit] References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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