Massachusetts's 9th congressional district

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		William R. Keating (D–Bourne)
Cook PVI	D+5

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat William R. Keating.

Redistricting after the 2010 census eliminated Massachusetts's 10th congressional district and moved many of the district's communities here. The district also added some Plymouth County communities from the old 4th district, and some Bristol County communities from the old 3rd and 4th districts. It eliminated a few easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth county communities.

Cities and towns in the district

All of Barnstable County, Dukes County, and Nantucket County.

The following municipalities in Bristol County:

Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Fall River: Wards 1-3, Ward 6, Precincts A and B in Ward 4, Precincts A and B in Ward 5, New Bedford, and Westport.

The following municipalities in Plymouth County:

Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, and Wareham.

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

The district from 2003 to 2013

1840s

1849: "The towns in the County of Plymouth, excepting Abington, Hingham, Hull, North Bridgewater, Rochester, and Wareham; and all the towns in the County of Bristol, excepting Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford."^[1]

1860s

1862: "The towns of Ashburnham, Auburn, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Fitchburg, Gardner, Grafton, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Millbury, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Sutton, Templeton, Webster, West Boylston, Westminster, and Winchendon, and the city of Worcester, in the county of Worcester."^[2]

1890s

1893: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Precincts 2, 3, 4, 6); Winthrop.^[3]

1910s

1916: In Middlesex County: Everett, Malden, Somerville. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.^[4][5]

1950s

1953: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket. Bristol County: City of Fall River, ward 6, and city of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Westport. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Plymouth County: Towns of Abington, Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham, West Bridgewater, and Whitman."^[6]

1960s

1963: Boston (Wards 4- 17, 19, 20).^[7]

1970s

1977: "Norfolk County: Towns of Canton, Dedham, Dover, Needham, Norwood, Walpole, and Westwood. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 3, 4, 6—14, 19, and 20."^[8]

1980s

1985: "Bristol County: City of Taunton. Towns of Dighton, Easton, and Raynham. Norfolk County: Towns of Canton, Dedham, Needham, Norwood, Stoughton, and Westwood. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Halifax, Lakeville, and Middleborough. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 3, 6-14, 19, and 20."^[9]

2003-2013

In Bristol County:

Easton.

In Norfolk County:

Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood.

In Plymouth County:

Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Precincts 1 and 3, West Bridgewater, Whitman.

In Suffolk County:

Boston, Ward 3, Precincts 5 and 6; Ward 5, Precincts 3-5, 11; Ward 6; Ward 7, Precincts 1-9; Ward 13, Precincts 3, 7-10; Ward 15, Precinct 6; Ward 16, Precincts 2, 4-12; Ward 17, Precincts 4, 13, 14; Ward 18, Precincts 9-12, 16-20, 22, 23; Ward 19, Precincts 2, 7, 10-13; Ward 20.

Maps

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  Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 1901

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  Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 1891

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Joseph B. Varnum	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Phanuel Bishop	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Josiah Dean	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Laban Wheaton	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815	Redistricted into the 10th district.
John Reed, Jr.	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Walter Folger, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Reed, Jr.	Federalist	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry W. Dwight	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George N. Briggs	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Redistricted to the 7th district.
William Jackson	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Hastings	Whig	March 4, 1837 – June 17, 1842	Died
Vacant		June 17, 1842 – March 3, 1843
Henry Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Artemas Hale	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Orin Fowler	Whig	March 4, 1849 – September 3, 1852	Died
Vacant		September 3, 1852 – December 13, 1852
Edward P. Little	Democratic	December 13, 1852 – March 3, 1853	Retired
Alexander Dewitt	Free Soil	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Lost re-election.
	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Eli Thayer	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Goldsmith Bailey[10]	Republican	March 4, 1861 – May 8, 1862	Died
Vacant		May 8, 1862 – December 1, 1862
Amasa Walker	Republican	December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William B. Washburn[11]	Republican	March 4, 1863 – December 5, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		December 5, 1871 – January 2, 1872
Alvah Crocker	Republican	January 2, 1872 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Frisbie Hoar	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William W. Rice[12]	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Theodore Lyman	Independent Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frederick D. Ely	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Lost re-election
Edward Burnett	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John W. Candler	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George F. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph H. O'Neil	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Lost renomination
John F. Fitzgerald[13]	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph A. Conry	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John A. Keliher[14]	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William F. Murray	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ernest W. Roberts	Republican	March 3, 1913 – March 3, 1917	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Alvan T. Fuller	Republican	March 4, 1917 – January 5, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		January 5, 1921 – March 3, 1921
Charles L. Underhill	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	Retired
Robert Luce	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard M. Russell	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert Luce[15]	Republican	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas H. Eliot	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Lost renomination to James M. Curley (who then lost the general election).
Charles L. Gifford	Republican	January 3, 1943 – August 23, 1947	Died
Vacant		August 23, 1947 – November 18, 1947
Donald W. Nicholson	Republican	November 18, 1947 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hastings Keith	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to 12th district
John McCormack[16]	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971	Redistricted from the 12th District Retired
Louise Day Hicks	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Elected in 1970 Lost re-election
Joe Moakley[17]	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – May 28, 2001	First elected in 1972 as an Independent, but became a Democrat at beginning of the term Re-elected in 1974 Re-elected in 1976 Re-elected in 1978 Re-elected in 1980 Re-elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1984 Re-elected in 1986 Re-elected in 1988 Re-elected in 1990 Re-elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1996 Re-elected in 1998 Re-elected in 2000 Died
Vacant		May 28, 2001 – October 15, 2001
Stephen Lynch	Democratic	October 16, 2001 – January 3, 2013	First elected to finish Moakley's term Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Redistricted to the 8th district
William R. Keating	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from the 10th district and elected here in 2012 Re-elected in 2014

References

1. John Hayward (1849). "Congressional Districts". Gazetteer of Massachusetts. Boston: J.P. Jewett & Co.
2. "Congressional Districts". Massachusetts Register 1862. Boston: Adams, Sampson, & Co.
3. Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
4. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
5. 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
6. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 83rd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953.
7. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1963.
8. "Massachusetts", 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
9. "Massachusetts". 1985-1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985.
10. "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
11. Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
12. Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
13. L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
14. A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
15. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
16. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
17. "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.

• 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

External links

Maps

• Map of Massachusetts's 9th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results

• CNN.com 2004 election results
• CNN.com 2006 election results

Coordinates: 41°41′42″N 70°29′07″W / 41.69500°N 70.48528°W