Massachusetts's 16th congressional district

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Massachusetts's current districts since 2003

Massachusetts's sixteenth 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 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.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Years	Party	District home	Notes
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

[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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