Massachusetts's 12th congressional district
Massachusetts's 12th congressional district is an obsolete district. It was eliminated in 1983 after the 1980 U.S. Census. Its last location was in southeastern Massachusetts and its last Congressman was Gerry Studds, who was redistricted into the tenth district.
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013
Cities and towns in the district
1910s
Suffolk County: Boston Wards 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24.[1]
1920s
Boston (Wards 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21).[2]
1940s
Boston (Wards 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17).[3]
List of members representing the district
| Representative (District home) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1795 | |||||
 Henry Dearborn (Gardiner, Maine) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
4th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election. |
1795–1803 "1st Eastern district," District of Maine |
 Isaac Parker (Castine, Maine) |
Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 |
5th | Elected in 1797 on the third ballot. Retired. | |
.jpg.webp) Silas Lee (Wiscasset, Maine) |
Federalist | March 4, 1799 – August 20, 1801 |
6th 7th |
Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Resigned. | |
| Vacant | August 20, 1801 – December 6, 1802 |
7th | |||
 Samuel Thatcher (Warren, Maine) |
Federalist | December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803 |
Elected July 29, 1802 on the fifth ballot to finish Lee's term and seated December 6, 1802.[4] Redistricted to the 16th district. | ||
.jpg.webp) Thomson J. Skinner (Williamstown) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – August 10, 1804 |
8th | Elected in 1802. Resigned. |
1803–1815 "Berkshire district" |
| Vacant | August 10, 1804 – November 5, 1804 | ||||
| Simon Larned (Pittsfield) |
Democratic-Republican | November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805 |
Elected September 17, 1804 to finish Skinner's term and seated November 5, 1804.[5] Retired. | ||
 Barnabas Bidwell (Monterey) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – July 13, 1807 |
9th 10th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Resigned to become Massachusetts Attorney General. | |
| Vacant | July 13, 1807 – November 2, 1807 |
10th | |||
| Ezekiel Bacon (Stockbridge) |
Democratic-Republican | November 2, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
10th 11th 12th |
Elected sometime in 1807 to finish Bidwell's term and seated November 2, 1807.[6] Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired. | |
 Daniel Dewey (Williamstown) |
Federalist | March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814 |
13th | Elected in 1812. Resigned to become Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. | |
| Vacant | February 24, 1814 – September 26, 1814 | ||||
| John W. Hulbert (Alford) |
Federalist | September 26, 1814 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected August 4, 1814 to finish Dewey's term and seated September 26, 1814.[7] Redistricted to the 7th district. | ||
| Solomon Strong (Northampton) |
Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 |
14th 15th |
Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Retired. |
1815–1823 "Worcester North district" |
| Jonas Kendall (Leominster) |
Federalist | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th | Elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |
| Lewis Bigelow (Petersham) |
Federalist | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1820. Lost re-election. | |
 Francis Baylies (Taunton) |
Jackson Federalist |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 "Bristol district" |
| Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||
| James L. Hodges (Taunton) |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 |
20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1827 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1832. Retired. | |
 John Quincy Adams (Braintree) |
Anti-Masonic | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th |
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | ||||
| District not used | March 3, 1843 – March 4, 1883 |
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 George D. Robinson (Chicopee) |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – January 7, 1884 |
48th | Redistricted from the 11th district. Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts. |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
| Vacant | January 7, 1884 – January 17, 1884 | ||||
 Francis W. Rockwell (Pittsfield) |
Republican | January 17, 1884 – March 3, 1891 |
48th 49th 50th 51st |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
 John C. Crosby (Pittsfield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
 Elijah A. Morse (Canton) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
Redistricted from the 2nd district. Retired. |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
 William C. Lovering (Taunton) |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
55th 56th 57th[8] |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 14th district. | |
 Samuel Leland Powers (Newton) |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
58th[9] | Redistricted from the 11th district. Retired. |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] |
 John W. Weeks (Newton) |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913 |
59th 60th 61st 62nd[10] |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district. | |
 James Michael Curley (Boston) |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – February 4, 1914 |
63rd | Redistricted from the 10th district. Resigned to become Mayor of Boston. |
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
| Vacant | February 4, 1914 – April 7, 1914 | ||||
 James A. Gallivan (Boston) |
Democratic | April 7, 1914 – April 3, 1928 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th |
[data unknown/missing] Died. | |
| Vacant | April 3, 1928 – November 6, 1928 |
70th | |||
.jpg.webp) John W. McCormack (Boston) |
Democratic | November 6, 1928 – January 3, 1963 |
70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
| 1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
| 1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
| 1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
 Hastings Keith (West Bridgewater) |
Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Redistricted from the 9th district. [data unknown/missing] |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
 Gerry Studds (Cohasset) |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 10th district. |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] |
| District eliminated January 3, 1983 | |||||
Notes
- "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1921), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the fourteenth census of the United States 1920, Boston: Wright & Potter
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477,
House No. 2849
- "Seventh Congress March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- "Eighth Congress March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1805". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- "Tenth Congress March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- "Thirteenth Congress March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
- L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
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
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 12". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Texas's 4th congressional district |
Home district of the Speaker of the House January 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded by Massachusetts's 9th congressional district |
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