Member (District home) |
Party |
Years ↑ |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
District location |
District created March 4, 1789 |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/George_Partridge.jpg/100px-George_Partridge.jpg) George Partridge (Duxbury) |
Pro-Administration |
March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 |
1st |
Elected in 1788. Resigned. |
1789–1793 Barnstable County and Plymouth County |
Vacant |
August 15, 1790 – March 3, 1791 |
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Shearjashub Bourne (Boston) |
Pro-Administration |
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
2nd |
Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
District inactive |
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd |
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Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (Sandwich) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 |
4th 5th |
Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Retired. |
1795–1803 "1st Southern district" |
Lemuel Williams (New Bedford) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 |
6th 7th |
Elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Thomas Dwight (Springfield) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th |
Elected in 1802. Retired. |
1803–1823 "Hampshire South district" |
William Ely (Springfield) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1815 |
9th 10th 11th 12th 13th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/ElijahMills.jpg/100px-ElijahMills.jpg) Elijah H. Mills (Northampton) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 |
14th 15th |
Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election. |
Samuel Lathrop (West Springfield) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected in 1819 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Jonas Sibley (Worcester) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th |
Elected in 1823 on the second ballot. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 "Worcester South district" |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/John_Davis_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg/100px-John_Davis_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg) John Davis (Worcester) |
Anti-Jacksonian |
March 4, 1825 – January 14, 1834 |
19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd |
Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1833. Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts. |
1833–1843 [data missing] |
Vacant |
January 15, 1834 – February 16, 1834 |
23rd |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/LLincolnJr.jpg/100px-LLincolnJr.jpg) Levi Lincoln Jr. (Worcester) |
Anti-Jacksonian |
February 17, 1834 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th |
Elected to finish Davis's term. Re-elected later in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Resigned to become Collector of the Port of Boston. |
Whig |
March 4, 1837 – March 16, 1841 |
Vacant |
March 17, 1841 – May 2, 1841 |
27th |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Charles_Hudson_%28Massachusetts%29.png/100px-Charles_Hudson_%28Massachusetts%29.png) Charles Hudson (Westminster) |
Whig |
May 3, 1841 – March 3, 1849 |
27th 28th 29th 30th |
Elected to finish Lincoln's term. Re-elected late in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Lost re-election. |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Charles_Allen_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg/100px-Charles_Allen_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg) Charles Allen (Worcester) |
Free Soil |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
Elected late in 1849.[13] Re-elected late in 1851.[14] Retired. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/William_Appleton_by_Southworth_%26_Hawes_c1852_%28cropped%29.png/100px-William_Appleton_by_Southworth_%26_Hawes_c1852_%28cropped%29.png) William Appleton (Boston) |
Whig |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd |
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1852. Lost re-election. |
1853–1863 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Burlingame.gif/100px-Burlingame.gif) Anson Burlingame (Cambridge) |
American |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Lost re-election. |
Republican |
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/William_Appleton_by_Southworth_%26_Hawes_c1852_%28cropped%29.png/100px-William_Appleton_by_Southworth_%26_Hawes_c1852_%28cropped%29.png) William Appleton (Boston) |
Constitutional Unionist |
March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861 |
37th |
Elected in 1860. Resigned because of failing health. |
Vacant |
September 28, 1861 – December 1, 1861 |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Samuel_Hooper_from_Mass.gif/100px-Samuel_Hooper_from_Mass.gif) Samuel Hooper[15] (Boston) |
Republican |
December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Elected to finish Appleton's term. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/JohnBAlley.jpg/100px-JohnBAlley.jpg) John B. Alley (Lynn) |
Republican |
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
38th 39th |
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data missing] |
1863–1873 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_Brady-Handy.jpg/100px-Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_Brady-Handy.jpg) Benjamin F. Butler[16] (Lowell) |
Republican |
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
40th 41st 42nd |
Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Daniel_W_Gooch.png/100px-Daniel_W_Gooch.png) Daniel W. Gooch (Melrose) |
Republican |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd |
Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nathaniel_Prentice_Banks.jpg/100px-Nathaniel_Prentice_Banks.jpg) Nathaniel P. Banks[17] (Waltham) |
Independent |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th 45th |
Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost renomination. |
Republican |
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Selwyn_Zadock_Bowman.png/100px-Selwyn_Zadock_Bowman.png) Selwyn Z. Bowman[18] (Somerville) |
Republican |
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
46th 47th |
Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Leopold_Morse.png) Leopold Morse (Boston) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1882. Retired. |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Edward_Daniel_Hayden.png/100px-Edward_Daniel_Hayden.png) Edward D. Hayden (Woburn) |
Republican |
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nathaniel_Prentice_Banks.jpg/100px-Nathaniel_Prentice_Banks.jpg) Nathaniel P. Banks (Waltham) |
Republican |
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st |
Elected in 1888. Retired. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sherman_Hoar.png/100px-Sherman_Hoar.png) Sherman Hoar (Waltham) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd |
Elected in 1890. Declined renomination. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Moses_T._Stevens.png/100px-Moses_T._Stevens.png) Moses T. Stevens (North Andover) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing] |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/William_S._Knox_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg/100px-William_S._Knox_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg) William S. Knox[19] (Lawrence) |
Republican |
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Butler_Ames_Massachusetts_Congressman.png/100px-Butler_Ames_Massachusetts_Congressman.png) Butler Ames[20] (Lowell) |
Republican |
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd |
Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired. |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/John_Jacob_Rogers.png/100px-John_Jacob_Rogers.png) John Jacob Rogers (Lowell) |
Republican |
March 4, 1913 – March 28, 1925 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th |
Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Died. |
1913–1933 [data missing] |
Vacant |
March 28, 1925 – June 30, 1925 |
69th |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Edith_nourse_rogers.jpg/100px-Edith_nourse_rogers.jpg) Edith Nourse Rogers[21] (Lowell) |
Republican |
June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Died. |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
1953–1963 [data missing] |
Vacant |
September 10, 1960 – January 3, 1961 |
86th |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Frank_B._Morse.jpg/100px-Frank_B._Morse.jpg) F. Bradford Morse[22] (Lowell) |
Republican |
January 3, 1961 – May 1, 1972 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Resigned to become U.N. Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs. |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
Vacant |
May 1, 1972 – January 3, 1973 |
92nd |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Paul_W._Cronin.jpg/100px-Paul_W._Cronin.jpg) Paul W. Cronin (Andover) |
Republican |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
93rd |
Elected in 1972. Lost re-election. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Senator_Paul_Tsongas.jpg/100px-Senator_Paul_Tsongas.jpg) Paul Tsongas (Lowell) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
94th 95th |
Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/James_Shannon.jpg/100px-James_Shannon.jpg) James Shannon (Lawrence) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
96th 97th 98th |
Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
1983–1993 [data missing] |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/ChesterGAtkins.jpg/100px-ChesterGAtkins.jpg) Chester G. Atkins[23] (Concord) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 |
99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Marty_Meehan_official_portrait.jpg/100px-Marty_Meehan_official_portrait.jpg) Marty Meehan (Lowell) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1993 – July 1, 2007 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th |
Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Resigned to become Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Lowell. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
2003–2013 [data missing] |
Vacant |
July 1, 2007 – October 16, 2007 |
110th |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Niki_Tsongas%2C_official_110th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg/100px-Niki_Tsongas%2C_official_110th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg) Niki Tsongas (Lowell) |
Democratic |
October 16, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
110th 111th 112th |
Elected to finish Meehan's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ed_Markey%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg/100px-Ed_Markey%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg) Ed Markey (Malden) |
Democratic |
January 3, 2013 – July 15, 2013 |
113th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2012. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
2013–2023
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Massachusetts_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif/lossless-page1-300px-Massachusetts_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif.png) |
Vacant |
July 15, 2013 – December 10, 2013 |
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![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Katherine_Clark_114th.jpg/100px-Katherine_Clark_114th.jpg) Katherine Clark (Revere) |
Democratic |
December 10, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected to finish Markey's term. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2023–present
![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Massachusetts%27s_5th_congressional_district_%28since_2023%29.svg/250px-Massachusetts%27s_5th_congressional_district_%28since_2023%29.svg.png) |
Member (District home) |
Party |
Years ↑ |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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