Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district.[3] Most of the old 8th district now comprise the new 7th district. The seat is currently held by Ayanna Pressley.
| Massachusetts's 7th congressional district | |||
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 Massachusetts's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
| Representative |
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| Median income | $64,310[1] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+34[2] | ||
Contents
Election results from presidential racesEdit
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 64 - 29% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 66 - 33% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 81.9 - 16.7% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 82.5 - 15.6% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 84.1 - 11.9% |
Cities and towns in the districtEdit
- Boston:
- Wards 1, 2
- Ward 3: Precincts 7, 8
- Ward 4
- Ward 5: Precincts 1, 2, 2A, 6-10
- Ward 7: Precinct 10
- Wards 8-10
- Ward 11: Precincts 1-8
- Ward 12
- Ward 13: Precincts 1, 2, 4-6, 8 and 9
- Ward 14
- Ward 15
- Ward 16: Precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11
- Ward 17
- Ward 18
- Ward 19: Precincts 7, 10-13
- Ward 20: Precinct 3
- Wards 21 and 22
(the remainder of Boston is in the 8th district)
- Cambridge:
- Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 11
- Ward 4: Precinct 1
- Ward 10: Precinct 3
(the remainder of Cambridge is in the 5th district)
(the remainder of Milton is in the 8th district)
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013Edit
1790s-1830sEdit
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1840sEdit
1849: "The whole of Berkshire County; Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Coleraine, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, and Shelburne, in Franklin County; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Norwich, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington, in Hampshire County; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, and Tolland, in the County of Hampden."[4]
1850s-1880sEdit
An act of the legislature passed April 22, 1852 divided the 7th district of Massachusetts as such: "The towns of Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Methuen, Middleton, Saugus, and Topsfield in the county of Essex; and the city of Charlestown, and the towns of Burlington, Lexington, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Somerville, South Reading, Stoneham, Waltham, and Woburn, in the county of Middlesex."[5]
1890sEdit
1893: "Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, and Saugus. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, and Wakefield. Suffolk County: 4th and 5th wards of the city of Boston, and the towns of Chelsea and Revere."[6]
1910sEdit
1916: In Essex County: Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody, Saugus. In Middlesex County: North Reading.[7][8]
1940sEdit
1941: In Essex County: Lawrence, Lynn (part), Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.[9]
1950s-2002Edit
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2003-2013Edit
In Middlesex County:
- Arlington
- Belmont
- Everett
- Framingham
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Malden
- Medford
- Melrose
- Natick
- Stoneham
- Waltham
- Watertown
- Wayland: Precinct 2
- Weston
- Winchester
- Woburn
In Suffolk County:
List of members representing the districtEdit
| Member | Party | Years | Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 George Leonard |
Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
Elected in 1788. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
Bristol County, Dukes County, and Nantucket County |
 Artemas Ward |
Pro-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | |
| District discontinued | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | |||
| George Leonard |
Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
Elected in 1795. on the fourth ballot]]. Retired. |
"3rd Southern district" |
| Stephen Bullock | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 |
Elected in 1797. on the third ballot]]. Lost re-election. | |
| Phanuel Bishop | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 |
Elected in 1799. on the fourth ballot]]. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
 Nahum Mitchell |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
Elected in 1802. Lost re-election. |
"Plymouth district" |
| Joseph Barker | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired. | |
| William Baylies | Federalist | March 4, 1809 – June 28, 1809 |
Elected in 1808. Lost election challenge.[a] | |
| Charles Turner Jr. | Democratic-Republican | June 28, 1809 – March 3, 1813 |
Won election challenge.[a] Re-elected in 1810. Lost re-election. | |
| William Baylies | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected in 1812. Redistricted to the 8th district. | |
| John W. Hulbert | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
"Berkshire district" |
| Henry Shaw | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1819 on the second ballot. Retired. | |
 Henry W. Dwight |
Federalist | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
| Samuel C. Allen | Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829 |
Redistricted from the 6th district. Re-elected in 1825. [Data unknown/missing.] |
"Franklin district" |
| George Grennell Jr. | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 6th district. | |
 George N. Briggs |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
Redistricted from the 9th district. Retired. |
[Data unknown/missing.] |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | |||
 Julius Rockwell |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 John Z. Goodrich |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
 Nathaniel P. Banks |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts. |
[Data unknown/missing.] |
| Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |||
| Republican | March 4, 1857 – December 24, 1857 | |||
| Vacant | December 24, 1857 – January 31, 1858 | |||
 Daniel W. Gooch[11] |
Republican | January 31, 1858 – March 3, 1863 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 6th district. | |
 George S. Boutwell |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 12, 1869 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Treasury | |
| Vacant | March 12, 1869 – November 2, 1869 | |||
.jpg) George M. Brooks |
Republican | November 2, 1869 – May 13, 1872 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned. | |
| Vacant | May 13, 1872 – December 2, 1872 | |||
 Constantine C. Esty |
Republican | December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1873 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Ebenezer R. Hoar |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 John K. Tarbox |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Benjamin F. Butler[12] |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 William A. Russell[13] |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 8th district. | |
 Eben F. Stone |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
Redistricted from the 6th district. [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 William Cogswell |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 6th district. | |
| Vacant | March 4, 1893 – April 25, 1893 |
Representative Henry Cabot Lodge had been Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected, but resigned to become a U.S. Senator. | ||
 William Everett |
Democratic | April 25, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 William Emerson Barrett[14] |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Ernest W. Roberts[15] |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1913 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
 Michael Francis Phelan |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election. | |
 Robert S. Maloney |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 William P. Connery Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – June 15, 1937 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Died. | |
| Vacant | June 16, 1937 – September 27, 1937 | |||
.jpg) Lawrence J. Connery[16] |
Democratic | September 28, 1937 – October 19, 1941 |
[Data unknown/missing.] Died. | |
| Vacant | October 20, 1941 – December 29, 1941 | |||
.jpg) Thomas J. Lane |
Democratic | December 30, 1941 – January 3, 1963 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Torbert H. Macdonald[17] |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – May 21, 1976 |
Redistricted from the 8th district. Died. | |
| Vacant | May 22, 1976 – November 1, 1976 | |||
 Ed Markey[18] |
Democratic | November 2, 1976 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected to finish Macdonald's term. Redistricted to the 5th district. | |
 Michael Capuano |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 |
Redistricted from the 8th district. Lost renomination. | |
 Ayanna Pressley |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – Present |
Elected in 2018. | |
NotesEdit
- ^ a b In the 1808 election, there were 430 votes for "Charles Turner," which were counted separately from Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican). This caused the vote tally to be William Baylies (Federalist) 1,828 (49.4%), Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 1,443 (39.0%), "Charles Turner" 430 (11.6%).[citation needed] As no candidate had a majority, a second election was held on January 19, 1809 which elected Baylies with 54.3% of the vote.• Turner successfully contested this election, and Turner successfully contested this election was subsequently declared the winner based on the first ballot, with the second invalidated. He was seated June 8, 1809[10]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=25&cd=07
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 21, 2012.
- ^ John Hayward (1849). "Congressional Districts". Gazetteer of Massachusetts. Boston: J.P. Jewett & Co.
- ^ "Congressional Districts". Massachusetts Register (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Sampson Adams & Co. 1862.
- ^ Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ "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,
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- ^ "Eleventh Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
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- ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
- ^ "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 linksEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. |
- "Geographical History of the 7th District". U.S. Congressman Michael E. Capuano. Washington DC: U.S. House of Representatives. (Includes geographical history of Massachusetts's 8th congressional district, pre-2013)
MapsEdit
- Map of Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Election resultsEdit
Coordinates: 42°19′00″N 71°00′34″W / 42.31667°N 71.00944°W