Massachusetts's 14th congressional district

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts Congressional District 14 is an obsolete congressional district which was in eastern Massachusetts and the Maine District. It was eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Joseph William Martin, Jr., who was redistricted into the tenth district.

Cities and towns in the district

1910s

"Bristol County: Town of Easton. Norfolk County: City of Quincy; towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Foxboro, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Westwood, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton; towns of Abington, Rockland, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, and Whitman." Suffolk County: Boston (Ward 26).[1]

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 District Residence Electoral history
District created in the District of Maine 1795
George Thatcher Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801		 4
5
6		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Redistricted from the 4th district
Richard Cutts Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1813		 7
8
9
10
11
12		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Lost re-election
Cyrus King Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817		 13
14
John Holmes Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 15, 1820		 15
16		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate from the new state of Maine.
District moved to Maine March 15, 1820
District restored to Massachusetts March 4, 1903
William C. Lovering Republican March 4, 1903 –
February 4, 1910		 58[2]
59
60[3]
61		 Taunton Redistricted from the 12th district

Died
Vacant February 4, 1910 –
March 22, 1910		 61
Eugene Foss Democratic March 22, 1910 –
January 4, 1911		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Resigned to become Governor
Vacant January 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1911
Robert O. Harris Republican March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913		 62 East Bridgewater Retired
Edward Gilmore Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 63 Brockton [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard Olney Democratic March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1921		 64
65
66		 Dedham [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Louis Frothingham Republican March 4, 1921 –
August 23, 1928		 67
68
69
70		 Easton Died
Vacant August 24, 1928 –
November 5, 1928		 70
Richard Wigglesworth Republican November 6, 1928 –
March 3, 1933		 70
71
72		 Milton Redistricted to the 13th district
Joseph Martin Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1963		 73
74
75[4]
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87		 North Attleborough Redistricted from the 15th district

Redistricted to the 10th district
District eliminated January 3, 1963

References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
  2. ↑ A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  3. ↑ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  4. ↑ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Texas's 4th congressional district		 Home district of the Speaker of the House
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 		Succeeded by
Texas's 4th congressional district
Preceded by
Texas's 4th congressional district		 Home district of the Speaker of the House
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 		Succeeded by
Texas's 4th congressional district
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