Massachusetts's 12th congressional district

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's twelfth 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.

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 representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	District home	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1795
Henry Dearborn	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4	Gardiner, Maine	Redistricted from the 4th district
Isaac Parker	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	5	Castine, Maine	Retired
Silas Lee	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – August 20, 1801	6	Wiscasset, Maine	Resigned
	7
Vacant		August 20, 1801 – December 6, 1802
Samuel Thatcher	Federalist	December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803	Warren, Maine	Redistricted to the 16th district
Thomson J. Skinner	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – August 10, 1804	8	Berkshire County	Resigned
Vacant		August 10, 1804 – November 5, 1804
Simon Larned	Democratic- Republican	November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805		Pittsfield	Retired
Barnabas Bidwell	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – July 13, 1807	9	Monterey	Resigned to become Massachusetts Attorney General
	10
Vacant		July 13, 1807 – November 2, 1807
Ezekiel Bacon	Democratic- Republican	November 2, 1807 – March 3, 1813	Stockbridge	Retired
	11
	12
Daniel Dewey	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814	13	Williamstown	Appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Vacant		February 24, 1814 – September 26, 1814
John W. Hulbert	Federalist	September 26, 1814 – March 3, 1815		Alford	Redistricted to the 7th district
Solomon Strong	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819	14	Northampton	Retired
	15
Jonas Kendall	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16	Leominster	Lost re-election
Lewis Bigelow	Federalist	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17	Petersham	Lost re-election
Francis Baylies	Jackson Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18	Taunton	Redistricted from the 10th district
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19		Lost re-election
James L. Hodges	Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831	20	Taunton	Retired
	21
	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22
John Quincy Adams	Anti- Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23	Braintree	Redistricted from the 11th district
	24
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843			25
	26
	27		Redistricted to the 8th district
District eliminated		March 3, 1843
District recreated		March 4, 1883
George D. Robinson	Republican	March 4, 1883 – January 7, 1884	48	Chicopee	Redistricted from the 11th district Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts
Vacant		January 7, 1884 – January 17, 1884
Francis W. Rockwell	Republican	January 17, 1884 – March 3, 1891		Pittsfield
	49
	50
	51		Lost re-election
John C. Crosby	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52	Pittsfield	Lost re-election
Elijah A. Morse	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53	Canton	Redistricted from the 2nd district
	54		Retired
William C. Lovering	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55[4]	Taunton
	56
	57		Redistricted to the 14th district
Samuel Leland Powers	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58[5]	Newton	Redistricted from the 11th district Retired
John W. Weeks	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913	59	Newton
	60[6]
	61
	62		Redistricted to the 13th district
James Michael Curley	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – February 4, 1914	63	Boston	Redistricted from the 10th district Resigned to become Mayor of Boston
Vacant		February 4, 1914 – April 7, 1914
James A. Gallivan	Democratic	April 7, 1914 – April 3, 1928		Boston
	64 65 66 67 68 69
	70		Died
Vacant		April 3, 1928 – November 6, 1928
John W. McCormack	Democratic	November 6, 1928 – January 3, 1963	70 71 72 73 74 75[7] 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87	Boston	Redistricted to the 9th district
Hastings Keith	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	88 89 90[8] 91 92	West Bridgewater	Redistricted from the 9th district
Gerry Studds	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93 94 95 96 97	Cohasset	Redistricted to the 10th district
District eliminated		January 3, 1983

References

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2. 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
3. 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
4. L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
5. A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
6. A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
7. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
8. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.

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• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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