Massachusetts's 14th congressional district

Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts Congressional District 14 is an obsolete congressional district which was in eastern Massachusetts and the Maine District. It was eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Joseph William Martin, Jr., who was redistricted into the tenth district.

Cities and towns in the district

1910s

"Bristol County: Town of Easton. Norfolk County: City of Quincy; towns of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Foxboro, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Westwood, and Weymouth. Plymouth County: City of Brockton; towns of Abington, Rockland, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, and Whitman." Suffolk County: Boston (Ward 26).^[1]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	District Residence	Electoral history
District created in the District of Maine		1795
George Thatcher	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	4 5 6	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Redistricted from the 4th district
Richard Cutts	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1813	7 8 9 10 11 12	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Lost re-election
Cyrus King	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13 14
John Holmes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 15, 1820	15 16	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate from the new state of Maine.
District moved to Maine		March 15, 1820
District restored to Massachusetts		March 4, 1903
William C. Lovering	Republican	March 4, 1903 – February 4, 1910	58[2] 59 60[3] 61	Taunton	Redistricted from the 12th district Died
Vacant		February 4, 1910 – March 22, 1910	61
Eugene Foss	Democratic	March 22, 1910 – January 4, 1911		[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Resigned to become Governor
Vacant		January 4, 1911 – March 4, 1911
Robert O. Harris	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62	East Bridgewater	Retired
Edward Gilmore	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63	Brockton	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard Olney	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64 65 66	Dedham	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Louis Frothingham	Republican	March 4, 1921 – August 23, 1928	67 68 69 70	Easton	Died
Vacant		August 24, 1928 – November 5, 1928	70
Richard Wigglesworth	Republican	November 6, 1928 – March 3, 1933	70 71 72	Milton	Redistricted to the 13th district
Joseph Martin	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1963	73 74 75[4] 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87	North Attleborough	Redistricted from the 15th district Redistricted to the 10th district
District eliminated		January 3, 1963

References

1. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
2. A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
3. A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
4. "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.

• 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