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Massachusetts's seventeenth congressional district is an obsolete district. Its short tenure (1803-1821) was dedicated to the Maine District until Maine achieved statehood.
List of representatives [edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | Congress(es) | District home | Notes |
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| District created | March 4, 1803 | ||||
| Phineas Bruce | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – ? |
8th | Machias, Maine | Prevented by illness from qualifying |
| Vacant | ? – March 3, 1805 |
8th (Continued) |
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| John Chandler | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 |
9th 10th |
Monmouth, Maine | Retired |
| Barzillai Gannett | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1809 – 1812 |
11th | Gardiner, Maine | Resigned |
| 12th | |||||
| Vacant | 1812 – April 6, 1812 |
12th (Continued) |
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| Francis Carr | Democratic- Republican |
April 6, 1812 – March 3, 1813 |
Bangor, Maine | Elected to finish Gannett's term Lost re-election |
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| Abiel Wood | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Wiscasset, Maine | |
| James Carr | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Bangor, Maine | |
| John Wilson | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Belfast, Maine | Lost renomination |
| Martin Kinsley | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th | Lost re-election | |
| District moved to Maine | 1821 | ||||
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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