Massachusetts's 17th congressional district
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Massachusetts's seventeenth congressional district is an obsolete district. Its short tenure (1803-1821) was dedicated to the Maine District until Maine achieved statehood.
[edit] Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Notes |
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| District created | 1803-03-04 | |||
| Phineas Bruce | Federalist | 1803-03-04 – 1805-03-03 | Machias, Maine | Prevented by illness from qualifying |
| John Chandler | Democratic-Republican | 1805-03-04 – 1809-03-03 | District of Maine | Retired |
| Barzillai Gannett | Democratic-Republican | 1809 – 1811 | District of Maine | |
| Francis Carr | Democratic-Republican | 1811 – 1813 | District of Maine | |
| Abiel Wood | Democratic-Republican | 1813 – 1815 | District of Maine | |
| James Carr | Federalist | 1815 – 1817 | District of Maine | |
| John Wilson | Federalist | 1817 – 1819 | District of Maine | Lost renomination |
| Martin Kinsley | Democratic-Republican | 1819 – 1821 | Lost re-election | |
| District moved to Maine | 1821 | |||
[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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