Massachusetts's 16th congressional district

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's sixteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 19th century a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1933 after the 1930 Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts at Cape Cod. Its last Congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the fifteenth district.

Cities and towns in the district

1910s

"Barnstable County: Towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmonth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth. Bristol County: City of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Scituate, and Wareham. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Dukes and Nantucket Counties."^[1]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 3, 1803
Samuel Thatcher	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8	Redistricted from the 12th district Lost re-election
Orchard Cook	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811	9 10 11	Retired.
Peleg Tallman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12	Retired.
Samuel Davis	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Brown	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Orr	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15	Retired.
Mark Langdon Hill	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16	District moved to Maine.
District moved to Maine		March 3, 1821
District restored in Massachusetts		March 3, 1913
Thomas Chandler Thacher	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63	Lost re-election.
Joseph Walsh	Republican	March 4, 1915 – August 21, 1922	64 65 66	Resigned to become a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
	67
Vacant		August 21, 1922 – November 7, 1922	67
Charles L. Gifford	Republican	November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1933	67	Redistricted to the 15th district.
	68 69 70 71 72
District eliminated		March 3, 1933

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