Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during 1795–2013. It was first located in the
District of Maine during 1795–1803, then located in several different areas of
Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to
reapportionment as a result of the
2010 census.[1]
1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."[3]
1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."[11]
1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."[12]
1990s
1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."[13]
Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term, but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824, House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat.
^
abBen. Perley Poore (1869).
"Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
hdl:
2027/nyp.33433081796686.
^Francis M. Cox (1893).
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
hdl:
2027/mdp.39015022758133.
^Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941),
"Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter,
OCLC10056477, House No. 2849
The at-large and 10th–20th districts are obsolete. The 14th–20th districts moved to
Maine in 1820, and the 14th–16th districts were later restored in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during 1795–2013. It was first located in the
District of Maine during 1795–1803, then located in several different areas of
Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to
reapportionment as a result of the
2010 census.[1]
1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."[3]
1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."[11]
1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."[12]
1990s
1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."[13]
Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term, but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824, House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat.
^
abBen. Perley Poore (1869).
"Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
hdl:
2027/nyp.33433081796686.
^Francis M. Cox (1893).
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
hdl:
2027/mdp.39015022758133.
^Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941),
"Population of Congressional Districts", Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940, Boston: Wright & Potter,
OCLC10056477, House No. 2849
The at-large and 10th–20th districts are obsolete. The 14th–20th districts moved to
Maine in 1820, and the 14th–16th districts were later restored in Massachusetts.