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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.
List of representatives [edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Notes |
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| District created | 1795 | |||
| Henry Dearborn | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
Gardiner, Maine | Redistricted from the 4th district |
| Isaac Parker | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 |
Castine, Maine | |
| Silas Lee | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – August 20, 1801 |
Wiscasset, Maine | Resigned |
| Vacant | August 20, 1801 – December 6, 1802 |
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| 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 |
Berkshire County | Resigned |
| Vacant | August 10, 1804 – November 5, 1804 |
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| Simon Larned | Democratic-Republican | November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805 |
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| Barnabas Bidwell | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – July 13, 1807 |
Monterey | Resigned to become Massachusetts Attorney General |
| Vacant | July 13, 1807 – November 2, 1807 |
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| Ezekiel Bacon | Democratic-Republican | November 2, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
Stockbridge | |
| Daniel Dewey | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814 |
Williamstown | Appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court |
| Vacant | February 24, 1814 – September 26, 1814 |
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| 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 |
Northampton | Retired |
| Jonas Kendall | Federalist | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
Leominster | Lost re-election |
| Lewis Bigelow | Federalist | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Petersham | |
| Francis Baylies | Jackson Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
Taunton | Redistricted from the 10th district |
| Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
Lost re-election | ||
| James L. Hodges | Adams | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
Taunton | |
| Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
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| John Quincy Adams | Anti-Masonic | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
Braintree | Redistricted from the 11th district |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
Redistricted to the 8th district | ||
| District eliminated | 1843 | |||
| District created | 1883 | |||
| George D. Robinson | Republican | March 4, 1883 – January 7, 1884 |
Chicopee | Redistricted from the 11th district; Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts |
| Vacant | January 7, 1884 – January 17, 1884 |
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| Francis W. Rockwell | Republican | January 17, 1884 – March 3, 1891 |
Pittsfield | Lost re-election |
| John C. Crosby | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
Pittsfield | |
| Elijah A. Morse | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
Canton | Redistricted from the 2nd district; Retired |
| William C. Lovering | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
Taunton | Redistricted to the 14th district |
| Samuel Leland Powers | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
Newton | Redistricted from the 11th district; Retired |
| John W. Weeks | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913 |
Newton | Redistricted to the 13th district |
| James Michael Curley | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – February 4, 1914 |
Boston | Redistricted from the 10th district; Resigned to become Mayor of Boston |
| Vacant | February 4, 1914 – April 7, 1914 |
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| James A. Gallivan | Democratic | April 7, 1914 – April 3, 1928 |
Boston | Died |
| Vacant | April 3, 1928 – November 6, 1928 |
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| John W. McCormack | Democratic | November 6, 1928 – January 3, 1963 |
Boston | Redistricted to the 9th district |
| Hastings Keith | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 |
West Bridgewater | Redistricted from the 9th district |
| Gerry Studds | Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
Cohasset | Redistricted to the 10th district |
| District eliminated | January 3, 1983 | |||
References [edit]
- 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
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