Massachusetts's 6th congressional district

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Seth Moulton (D)
Area	480.31 sq mi (1,244.0 km^2)
Distribution	63.15% urban 36.85% rural
Population (2000)	636,554
Median income	76,942[1]
Ethnicity	89.8% White 2.2% Black 2.5% Asian 4.4% Hispanic 0.2% Native American 0.9% other
Occupation	17.2% Blue-collar 69.7% White-collar 13.1% Grey-collar
Cook PVI	D+4[2]

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann. It is represented by Seth Moulton, who has represented the district since January 2015. The shape of the district went through minor changes effective from the elections of 2012 after Massachusetts congressional redistricting to reflect the 2010 census. The towns of Tewksbury and Billerica were added, along with a small portion of the town of Andover.^[3]

Cities and towns in the district

In Essex County:

The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem

The towns of: Andover: Precincts 1, 7A, 8, and 9A, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, North Andover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.

In Middlesex County:

The towns of: Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Wakefield and Wilmington.

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

1840s

"Amherst, Belchertown, East-Hampton, Enfield, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley, and Ware, in the County of Hampshire; Brimfield, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Southwick, Springfield, Wales, Westfield, West Springfield, and Wilbraham, in the County of Hampden; Bernardston, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately in the County of Franklin; and Athol and Royalston, in the County of Worcester."^[4]

1850s

"The cities of Lynn, Newburyport, and Salem, and the towns of Amesbury, Beverly, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Wenham, and West Newbury, in the county of Essex."^[5]

1890s

"Suffolk County: City of Boston, wards 3, 4, and 5, and the towns of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester. Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott."^[6]

1910s

"Essex County: Cities of Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Salem; towns of Amesbury, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfleld, Wenham, and West Newbury."^[7]

1990s

"Counties: Essex, Middlesex. Cities and townships: Amesbury, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Burlington, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester by the Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Reading (part), Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury, and Wilmington."^[8]

2003 to 2013

The district from 2003 to 2013

In Essex County:

The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem

The towns of: Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, North Andover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.

In Middlesex County:

The towns of: Bedford, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Wakefield and Wilmington.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
George Thatcher	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	Elected in 1788 Redistricted to 8th district
George Leonard	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	Redistricted from the 7th district and elected here in 1790 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District discontinued		March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
John Reed, Sr.	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	First elected in 1794 Re-elected in 1796 Re-elected in 1798 Retired
Josiah Smith	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Elected in 1800 Retired
Samuel Taggart	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1817	First elected in 1802 Re-elected in 1804 Re-elected in 1806 Re-elected in 1808 Re-elected in 1810 Re-elected in 1812 Re-elected in 1814 Retired
Samuel C. Allen	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	First elected in 1816 Re-elected in 1818 Re-elected in 1820 Redistricted to 7th district
John Locke	Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	First elected in 1822 Re-elected in 1824 Re-elected in 1826 Retired
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Joseph G. Kendall	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	First elected in 1828 Re-elected in 1830 Retired
George Grennell, Jr.	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	Redistricted from the 7th district and elected here in 1832 Re-elected in 1834 Re-elected in 1836 Retired
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
James Alvord	Whig	March 4, 1839 – September 27, 1839	Elected in 1838 Died
Vacant		September 27, 1839 – January 14, 1840
Osmyn Baker	Whig	January 14, 1840 – March 3, 1845	First elected to finish Alvord's term Re-elected to the full term in 1840 Re-elected in 1842 Retired
George Ashmun	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	First elected in 1844 Re-elected in 1846 Re-elected in 1848 Retired
George T. Davis	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Elected in 1850 Retired
Charles W. Upham	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Elected in 1852 Lost re-election
Timothy Davis	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	First elected in 1854 Re-elected in 1856 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John B. Alley[9]	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	First elected in 1858 Re-elected in 1860 Redistricted to the 5th district
Daniel W. Gooch	Republican	March 4, 1863 – September 1, 1865	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected here in 1862 Re-elected in 1864 Resigned to become Navy agent of the port of Boston
Vacant		September 2, 1865 – December 3, 1865
Nathaniel P. Banks[10]	Republican	December 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873	First elected to finish Gooch's term Re-elected in 1866 Re-elected in 1868 Re-elected in 1870 Lost re-election
Benjamin F. Butler	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 5th district and elected here in 1872 Lost re-election
Charles Perkins Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	First elected in 1874 Lost re-election
George B. Loring[11]	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	First elected in 1876 Re-elected in 1878 Lost renomination
Eben F. Stone[12]	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Elected in 1880 Retired
Henry B. Lovering	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	First elected in 1882 Re-elected in 1884 Lost re-election
Henry Cabot Lodge	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	First elected in 1886 Re-elected in 1888 Re-elected in 1890 Re-elected in 1892, but resigned when elected U.S. Senator
William Cogswell	Republican	March 4, 1893 – May 22, 1895	Redistricted from the 7th district and elected here in 1892 Re-elected in 1894 Died
Vacant		May 22, 1895 – November 4, 1895
William H. Moody[13]	Republican	November 5, 1895 – May 1, 1902	First elected to finish Cogswell's term Re-elected in 1896 Re-elected in 1898 Re-elected in 1900 Resigned to become Secretary of the Navy
Vacant		May 2, 1902 – November 3, 1902
Augustus P. Gardner[14]	Republican	November 4, 1902 – May 15, 1917	First elected to finish Moody's term and elected to next full term in 1902 Re-elected in 1904 Re-elected in 1906 Re-elected in 1908 Re-elected in 1910 Re-elected in 1912 Re-elected in 1914 Re-elected in 1916 Resigned to enter the army
Vacant		May 15, 1917 – November 6, 1917
Willfred W. Lufkin	Republican	November 6, 1917 – June 30, 1921	First elected to finish Gardner's term Re-elected in 1918 Re-elected in 1920 Resigned to become Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston
Vacant		June 30, 1921 – September 27, 1921
Abram Andrew	Republican	September 27, 1921 – June 3, 1936	First elected to finish Lufkin's term Died
Vacant		June 3, 1936 – January 3, 1937
George J. Bates[15]	Republican	January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949	Died in a plane crash
Vacant		November 1, 1949 – February 14, 1950
William H. Bates[16]	Republican	February 14, 1950 – June 22, 1969	First elected to finish his father's term Died
Vacant		June 22, 1969 – September 30, 1969
Michael J. Harrington	Democratic	September 30, 1969 – January 3, 1979	First elected to finish Bates's term Retired
Nicholas Mavroules[17]	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993	First elected in 1978 Lost re-election
Peter G. Torkildsen	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	First elected in 1992 Lost re-election
John F. Tierney	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	First elected in 1996 Lost renomination
Seth Moulton	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – Present	First elected in 2014

Recent election results

The following are the results from the last two house races:

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Tierney (incumbent)	179,603	48.3
	Republican	Richard Tisei	175,953	47.3
	Libertarian	Daniel Fishman	16,668	4.4
Total votes			372,224	100
Voter turnout			%

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2014^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Seth Moulton	149,449	54.7
	Republican	Richard Tisei	111,848	40.9
	Independent	Chris Stockwell	12,175	4.5
Total votes			273,472	100
Voter turnout			%

References

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• 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 links

Maps

• Map of Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results

• CNN.com 2004 election results
• CNN.com 2006 election results

Coordinates: 42°37′02″N 70°53′07″W / 42.61722°N 70.88528°W