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Massachusetts's
current districts since 2003
Massachusetts's thirteenth congressional district is an obsolete district. It was also for a short time in the early 1800's a Massachusetts District of Maine. It was eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. Census. Its last location was in eastern Massachusetts. Its last Congressman was James A. Burke, who was redistricted into the eleventh district.
[edit] Representatives
| Representative |
Party |
Years |
District home |
Notes |
| District created |
March 4, 1795 |
| Peleg Wadsworth |
Federalist |
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803 |
Portland, Maine |
Redistricted from the 4th district;
Redistricted to the 15th district. |
| Ebenezer Seaver |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1803 – 1813 |
| Nathaniel Ruggles |
Federalist |
1813 – 1819 |
| Edward Dowse |
Democratic-Republican |
1819 – 1821 |
|
Died |
| Vacant |
| William Eustis |
Democratic-Republican |
August 21, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
Roxbury |
Elected Governor. |
| John Reed, Jr. |
Adams-Clay Federalist |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
|
Redistricted from the 9th district.
Retired. |
| Adams |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
| Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
| District eliminated |
1833 |
| District restored |
1893 |
| Charles S. Randall |
Republican |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
New Bedford |
Lost renomination |
| John Simpkins |
Republican |
1895 – 1897 |
|
Died |
| Vacant |
| William S. Greene |
Republican |
May 31, 1898 – March 3, 1913 |
Fall River |
Redistricted to the 15th district. |
| John W. Weeks |
Republican |
March 3, 1913 - March 4, 1913 |
|
Redistricted from the 12th district.
Resigned to become U.S. Senator. |
| Vacant |
March 4, 1913 - April 14, 1913 |
| John J. Mitchell |
Democratic |
April 15, 1913 - March 3, 1915 |
| William Henry Carter |
Republican |
1915 - 1919 |
| Robert Luce |
Republican |
March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1933 |
|
Redistricted to the 9th district. |
| Richard B. Wigglesworth |
Republican |
March 4, 1933 - November 13, 1958 |
|
Redistricted from the 14th district.
Became United States Ambassador to Canada |
| Vacant |
November 14, 1958 - January 2, 1959 |
| James A. Burke |
Democratic |
January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1963 |
Milton |
Redistricted to the 11th district. |
| District eliminated |
1963 |
