Massachusetts's 14th congressional district

Massachusetts's 14th congressional district is an obsolete 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 10th district.

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

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 members representing the district

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created in the District of Maine – March 4, 1795

George Thatcher
Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801
4th
5th
6th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1795 on the second ballot.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800, but declined to serve.
1795–1803
"3rd Eastern district," District of Maine
Vacant March 3, 1801 –
December 7, 1801
7th

Richard Cutts
Democratic-Republican December 7, 1801 –
March 3, 1813
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
Elected to finish Thatcher's term.[2]
Re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Lost re-election.
1803–1813
"York district," District of Maine
Cyrus King
(Saco)
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817
13th
14th
Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.
1813–1820
"1st Eastern district," District of Maine

John Holmes
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 15, 1820
15th
16th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Redistricted to Maine's at-large district but resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
District moved to Maine March 15, 1820
District restored in Massachusetts March 4, 1903

William C. Lovering
(Taunton)
Republican March 4, 1903 –
February 4, 1910
58th[3]
59th
60th
61st
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Died.
1903–1913
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant February 4, 1910 –
March 22, 1910
61st

Eugene Foss
Democratic March 22, 1910 –
January 4, 1911
Elected to finish Lovering's term.
Resigned to become Governor.
Vacant January 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1911

Robert O. Harris
(East Bridgewater)
Republican March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
Retired.

Edward Gilmore
(Brockton)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915
63rd Elected in 1912.
Retired.
1913–1923
[data unknown/missing]

Richard Olney II
(Dedham)
Democratic March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1921
64th
65th
66th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost re-election.

Louis A. Frothingham
(Easton)
Republican March 4, 1921 –
August 23, 1928
67th
68th
69th
70th
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Died.
1923–1933
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant August 24, 1928 –
November 5, 1928
70th

Richard B. Wigglesworth
(Milton)
Republican November 6, 1928 –
March 3, 1933
70th
71st
72nd
Elected to finish Frothingham's term.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the 13th district.

Joseph W. Martin Jr.
(North Attleborough)
Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1963
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
1933–1943
[data unknown/missing]
1943–1953
[data unknown/missing]
1953–1963
[data unknown/missing]
District eliminated January 3, 1963

References

  1. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
  2. "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.
  3. A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.


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