Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)744,098
Median household
income		$88,518[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+35[2]

Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The seat is currently held by Democrat Ayanna Pressley.

Due to redistricting after the 2010 census, the borders of the district were changed, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district,[3] and most of the old 8th district comprising the new 7th district. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+35, it is the most Democratic district in Massachusetts, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.[2]

According to The Boston Globe and the latest census data, approximately 33 percent of the population of the district were born outside of the United States, with approximately 34 percent of the population white, 26 percent African American, and 21 percent Latino.[4]

In 2019, Ayanna Pressley became the first female and person of color to represent the district as well as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Congress.[5]

Election results from presidential races

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Year Office Result
2000 President Gore 64 - 29%
2004 President Kerry 66 - 33%
2008 President Obama 65 - 33%
2012 President Obama 82.5 - 15.6%
2016 President Clinton 84.1 - 11.9%
2020 President Biden 85 - 13%

Cities and towns in the district

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Middlesex County (3)

Cambridge (part, also 5th), Everett, Somerville

Norfolk County (2)

Milton (part, also 8th), Randolph

Suffolk County (2)

Boston (part, also 8th), Chelsea

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

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1790s-1830s

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1840s

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1849: "The whole of Berkshire County; Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Coleraine, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, and Shelburne, in Franklin County; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Norwich, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington, in Hampshire County; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, and Tolland, in the County of Hampden."[6]

1850s–1880s

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An act of the legislature passed April 22, 1852, divided the 7th district of Massachusetts as such: "The towns of Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Methuen, Middleton, Saugus, and Topsfield in the county of Essex; and the city of Charlestown, and the towns of Burlington, Lexington, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Somerville, South Reading, Stoneham, Waltham, and Woburn, in the county of Middlesex."[7]

1890s

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, 1891

1893: "Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, and Saugus. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, and Wakefield. Suffolk County: 4th and 5th wards of the city of Boston, and the towns of Chelsea and Revere."[8]

1910s

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1916: In Essex County: Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody, Saugus. In Middlesex County: North Reading.[9][10]

1940s

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1941: In Essex County: Lawrence, Lynn (part), Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.[11]

1950s-2002

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2003-2013

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The district from 2003 to 2013

In Middlesex County:

In Suffolk County:

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1789

George Leonard
(Raynham) 		Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791 		1st Elected in 1788.
Redistricted to the 6th district. 		1789–1793
Bristol County, Dukes County, and Nantucket County

Artemas Ward
(Shrewsbury) 		Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793 		2nd Elected in 1790.
Redistricted to the 2nd district.
District inactive March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795 		3rd

George Leonard
(Raynham) 		Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797 		4th Elected in 1795 on the fourth ballot.
Retired. 		1795–1803
"3rd Southern district"
Stephen Bullock
(Rehoboth) 		Federalist March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799 		5th Elected in 1797 on the third ballot.
Lost re-election.
Phanuel Bishop
(Rehoboth) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1803 		6th
7th 		Elected in 1799 on the fourth ballot.
Re-elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Nahum Mitchell
(East Bridgewater) 		Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805 		8th Elected in 1802.
Lost re-election. 		1803–1815
"Plymouth district"
Joseph Barker
(Middleboro) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1809 		9th
10th 		Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Retired.
William Baylies
(Bridgewater) 		Federalist March 4, 1809 –
June 28, 1809 		11th Elected in 1808.
Lost election challenge.[a]
Charles Turner Jr.
(Scituate) 		Democratic-Republican June 28, 1809 –
March 3, 1813 		11th
12th 		Won election challenge.[a]
Re-elected in 1810.
Lost re-election.
William Baylies
(Bridgewater) 		Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815 		13th Elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the 8th district.
John W. Hulbert
(Pittsfield) 		Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817 		14th Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1814.
Retired. 		1815–1823
"Berkshire district"
Henry Shaw
(Lanesboro) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821 		15th
16th 		Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1819 on the second ballot.
Retired.

Henry W. Dwight
(Stockbridge) 		Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 		17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
Samuel C. Allen
(Greenfield) 		Federalist March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th
19th
20th 		Redistricted from the 6th district.
Re-elected in 1825.
Re-elected in 1826.
[data missing] 		1823–1833
"Franklin district"
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
George Grennell Jr.
(Greenfield) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833 		21st
22nd 		Elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the 6th district.

George N. Briggs
(Lanesboro) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837 		23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th 		Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Retired. 		1833–1843
[data missing]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843

Julius Rockwell
(Pittsfield) 		Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1851 		28th
29th
30th
31st 		Elected late on the sixth ballot in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing] 		1843–1853
[data missing]

John Z. Goodrich
(Glendale) 		Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 		32nd Elected in 1851.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

Nathaniel P. Banks
(Waltham) 		Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd
34th
35th 		Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Resigned to become Governor of Massachusetts. 		1853–1863
[data missing]
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Republican March 4, 1857 –
December 24, 1857
Vacant December 24, 1857 –
January 31, 1858 		35th

Daniel W. Gooch[13]
(Melrose) 		Republican January 31, 1858 –
March 3, 1863 		35th
36th
37th 		Elected to finish Banks's term.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 6th district.

George S. Boutwell
(Groton) 		Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 12, 1869 		38th
39th
40th
41st 		Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Treasury. 		1863–1873
[data missing]
Vacant March 12, 1869 –
November 2, 1869 		41st

George M. Brooks
(Concord) 		Republican November 2, 1869 –
May 13, 1872 		41st
42nd 		Elected to finish Boutwell's term.
Re-elected in 1870.
Resigned.
Vacant May 13, 1872 –
December 2, 1872 		42nd

Constantine C. Esty
(Framingham) 		Republican December 2, 1872 –
March 3, 1873 		Elected to finish Brooks's term.
[data missing]

Ebenezer R. Hoar
(Concord) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875 		43rd Elected in 1872.
[data missing] 		1873–1883
[data missing]

John K. Tarbox
(Lawrence) 		Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 		44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Benjamin F. Butler[14]
(Lowell) 		Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879 		45th Elected in 1876.
[data missing]

William A. Russell[15]
(Lawrence) 		Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883 		46th
47th 		Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 8th district.

Eben F. Stone
(Newburyport) 		Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887 		48th
49th 		Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
[data missing] 		1883–1893
[data missing]

William Cogswell
(Salem) 		Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1893 		50th
51st
52nd 		Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 6th district.
Vacant March 4, 1893 –
April 25, 1893 		53rd Member Henry Cabot Lodge had been redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1892, but resigned to become a U.S. senator. 1893–1903
[data missing]

William Everett
(Quincy) 		Democratic April 25, 1893 –
March 3, 1895 		Elected to finish Cabot Lodge's term.
[data missing]

William Emerson Barrett[16]
(Melrose) 		Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899 		54th
55th 		Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
[data missing]

Ernest W. Roberts[17]
(Chelsea) 		Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1913 		56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd 		Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
1903–1913
[data missing]

Michael Francis Phelan
(Lynn) 		Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1921 		63rd
64th
65th
66th 		Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost re-election. 		1913–1923
[data missing]

Robert S. Maloney
(Lawrence) 		Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923 		67th Elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.

William P. Connery Jr.
(Lynn) 		Democratic March 4, 1923 –
June 15, 1937 		68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th 		Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died. 		1923–1933
[data missing]
1933–1943
[data missing]
Vacant June 16, 1937 –
September 27, 1937 		75th

Lawrence J. Connery[18]
(Lynn) 		Democratic September 28, 1937 –
October 19, 1941 		75th
76th
77th 		Elected to finish his brother's term.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Died.
Vacant October 20, 1941 –
December 29, 1941 		77th

Thomas J. Lane
(Lawrence) 		Democratic December 30, 1941 –
January 3, 1963 		77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th 		Elected to finish Connery's term.
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.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 5th district and lost re-election.
1943–1953
[data missing]
1953–1963
[data missing]

Torbert H. Macdonald[19]
(Malden) 		Democratic January 3, 1963 –
May 21, 1976 		88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th 		Redistricted from the 8th district.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Died. 		1963–1973
[data missing]
1973–1983
[data missing]
Vacant May 22, 1976 –
November 1, 1976 		94th

Ed Markey[20]
(Malden) 		Democratic November 2, 1976 –
January 3, 2013 		94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Elected to finish Macdonald's term.
Simultaneously elected to a full term in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-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.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
1983–1993
[data missing]
1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013
[data missing]

Michael Capuano
(Somerville) 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2019 		113th
114th
115th 		Redistricted from the 8th district.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Lost renomination. 		2013–2023

Ayanna Pressley
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 2019 –
present 		116th
117th
118th 		Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present

Recent election results

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2012

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, 2012[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Capuano (incumbent) 210,794 83.4
Independent Karla Romero 41,199 16.3
n/a Write-ins 843 0.2
Total votes 252,836 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, 2014[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Capuano (incumbent) 142,133 98.3
n/a Write-ins 2,413 1.7
Total votes 144,546 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, 2016 [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Capuano (incumbent) 253,354 98.6
n/a Write-ins 3,557 1.4
Total votes 256,911 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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Massachusetts' 7th congressional district, 2018[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ayanna Pressley 216,557 98.2
Write-in 3,852 1.8
Total votes 220,409 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, 2020[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ayanna Pressley (incumbent) 267,362 86.6
Independent Roy A. Owens, Sr. 38,675 12.5
Write-in 2,613 0.9
Total votes 308,650 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, 2022[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ayanna Pressley (incumbent) 151,825 84.6
Republican Donnie Palmer 27,129 15.1
Write-in 557 0.3
Total votes 179,511 100.0
Democratic hold

Notes

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  1. ^ a b In the 1808 election, there were 430 votes for "Charles Turner," which were counted separately from Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican). This caused the vote tally to be William Baylies (Federalist) 1,828 (49.4%), Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 1,443 (39.0%), "Charles Turner" 430 (11.6%).[citation needed] As no candidate had a majority, a second election was held on January 19, 1809, which elected Baylies with 54.3% of the vote.Turner successfully contested this election and was subsequently declared the winner based on the first ballot, with the second invalidated. He was seated June 8, 1809[12]

References

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Citations

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  23. ^ "Massachusetts Secretary of State General Election Results 2016". Massachusetts Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
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  26. ^ "2022 U.S. House General Election 7th Congressional District". Massachusetts Election Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2023.

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