Massachusetts's 9th congressional district

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)787,631
Median household
income		$95,667[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6[2]

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat William R. Keating. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+6, it is the least Democratic district in Massachusetts, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.[2]

Redistricting after the 2010 census eliminated Massachusetts's 10th congressional district; the 9th covers much of the old 10th's eastern portion. The district also added some Plymouth County communities from the old 4th district, and some Bristol County communities from the old 3rd and 4th districts. It eliminated a few easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth County communities.

From 1963 to 2013, the 9th covered most of southern Boston, and in its latter years, it included many of Boston's southern suburbs. Most of that territory is now the 8th district.

Election results from presidential races

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Year Office Result
2000 President Gore 62 – 31%
2004 President Kerry 63 – 36%
2008 President Obama 58 – 41%
2012 President Obama 56 – 43%
2016 President Clinton 53 – 42%
2020 President Biden 58 – 40%

Cities and towns in the district

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Barnstable County (15)

All 15 municipalities

Bristol County (6)

Acushnet (includes Acushnet Center), Dartmouth (includes Bliss Corner and Smith Mills), Fairhaven, New Bedford, Raynham (includes Raynham Center; part, also 4th) Westport (includes North Westport)

Dukes County (7)

All 7 municipalities

Nantucket County (1)

Nantucket

Norfolk County (1)

Cohasset

Plymouth County (19)

Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury (includes Duxbury CDP, South Duxbury, and part of Green Harbor), Halifax, Hanover, Hanson (includes Hanson CDP), Kingston (includes Kingston CDP), Marion (includes Marion Center), Marshfield (includes Cedar Crest, Marshfield CDP, Marshfield Hills, Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, and part of Green Harbor), Mattapoisett (includes Mattapoisett Center), Middleborough (includes Middleborough Center), Norwell, Pembroke (includes North Pembroke), Plymouth (includes North Plymouth, The Pinehills, and Plymouth CDP), Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate (includes North Scituate and Scituate CDP), Wareham (includes Onset, Wareham Center, West Wareham, Weweantic, and White Island Shores)

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

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The district from 2003 to 2013

1840s

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1849: "The towns in the County of Plymouth, excepting Abington, Hingham, Hull, North Bridgewater, Rochester, and Wareham; and all the towns in the County of Bristol, excepting Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford."[3]

1860s

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1862: "The towns of Ashburnham, Auburn, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, Fitchburg, Gardner, Grafton, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Millbury, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Sutton, Templeton, Webster, West Boylston, Westminster, and Winchendon, and the city of Worcester, in the county of Worcester."[4]

1870s–1880s

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1890s

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 1891

1893: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Precincts 2, 3, 4, 6); Winthrop.[5]

1900s

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 1901

1910s

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1916: In Middlesex County: Everett, Malden, Somerville. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.[6][7]

1920s–1940s

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1950s

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1953: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket. Bristol County: City of Fall River, ward 6, and city of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Westport. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Plymouth County: Towns of Abington, Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham, West Bridgewater, and Whitman."[8]

1960s

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1963: Boston (Wards 4- 17, 19, 20).[9]

1970s

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1977: "Norfolk County: Towns of Canton, Dedham, Dover, Needham, Norwood, Walpole, and Westwood. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 3, 4, 6—14, 19, and 20."[10]

1980s

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1985: "Bristol County: City of Taunton. Towns of Dighton, Easton, and Raynham. Norfolk County: Towns of Canton, Dedham, Needham, Norwood, Stoughton, and Westwood. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Halifax, Lakeville, and Middleborough. Suffolk County: City of Boston: Wards 3, 6–14, 19, and 20."[11]

2003–2013

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In Bristol County:

Easton.

In Norfolk County:

Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood.

In Plymouth County:

Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hanson, Precincts 1 and 3, West Bridgewater, Whitman.

In Suffolk County:

Boston, Ward 3, Precincts 5 and 6; Ward 5, Precincts 3–5, 11; Ward 6; Ward 7, Precincts 1–9; Ward 13, Precincts 3, 7–10; Ward 15, Precinct 6; Ward 16, Precincts 2, 4–12; Ward 17, Precincts 4, 13, 14; Ward 18, Precincts 9–12, 16–20, 22, 23; Ward 19, Precincts 2, 7, 10–13; Ward 20.

List of members representing the district

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Representative Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1795

Joseph B. Varnum
(Dracut) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1803 		4th
5th
6th
7th 		Elected in 1795.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the 4th district. 		1795 – 1803
"2nd Middle district"
Phanuel Bishop
(Rehoboth) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1807 		8th
9th 		Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Retired. 		1803 – 1815
"Bristol district"
Josiah Dean
(Raynham) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809 		10th Elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.

Laban Wheaton
(Easton) 		Federalist March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1815 		11th
12th
13th 		Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
John Reed, Jr.
(Yarmouth) 		Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817 		14th Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1814.
Lost re-election. 		1815 – 1823
"Barnstable district"
Walter Folger, Jr.
(Nantucket) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821 		15th
16th 		Elected May 1, 1817 on the third ballot.
Lost re-election.
John Reed Jr.
(Yarmouth) 		Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 		17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 13th district.

Henry W. Dwight
(Stockbridge) 		Adams-Clay Federalist March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th
19th
20th
21st 		Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1827 on the second ballot.
Re-elected in 1828.
[data missing] 		1823 – 1833
"Berkshire district"
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831

George N. Briggs
(Lanesboro) 		Anti-Jackson March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 		22nd Elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the 7th district.
William Jackson
(Newton) 		Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837 		23rd
24th 		Elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Retired. 		1833–1843
[data missing]
William S. Hastings
(Mendon) 		Whig March 4, 1837 –
June 17, 1842 		25th
26th
27th 		Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Died.
Vacant June 17, 1842 –
March 3, 1843 		27th
Henry Williams
(Taunton) 		Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845 		28th Elected in 1842.
Retired. 		1843–1853
[data missing]
Artemas Hale
(Bridgewater) 		Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1849 		29th
30th 		Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Retired.
Orin Fowler
(Fall River) 		Whig March 4, 1849 –
September 3, 1852 		31st
32nd 		Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Died.
Vacant September 3, 1852 –
December 13, 1852 		32nd
Edward P. Little
(Marshfield) 		Democratic December 13, 1852 –
March 3, 1853 		Elected to finish Fowler's term.
Retired.

Alexander Dewitt
(Oxford) 		Free Soil March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd
34th 		Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Lost re-election. 		1853–1863
[data missing]
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857

Eli Thayer
(Worcester) 		Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861 		35th
36th 		Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing]

Goldsmith Bailey[12]
(Fitchburg) 		Republican March 4, 1861 –
May 8, 1862 		37th Elected in 1860.
Died.
Vacant May 8, 1862 –
December 1, 1862

Amasa Walker
(North Brookfield) 		Republican December 1, 1862 –
March 3, 1863 		Elected to finish Bailey's term.
[data missing]

William B. Washburn[13]
(Greenfield) 		Republican March 4, 1863 –
December 5, 1871 		38th
39th
40th
41st
42nd 		Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Resigned to become governor of Massachusetts. 		1863–1873
[data missing]
Vacant December 5, 1871 –
January 2, 1872 		42nd

Alvah Crocker
(Fitchburg) 		Republican January 2, 1872 –
March 3, 1873 		Elected to finish Washburn's term.
Redistricted to the 10th district.

George Frisbie Hoar
(Worcester) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877 		43rd
44th 		Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
[data missing] 		1873–1883
[data missing]

William W. Rice[14]
(Worcester) 		Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883 		45th
46th
47th 		Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[data missing]

Theodore Lyman
(Brookline) 		Independent
Republican 		March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885 		48th Elected in 1882.
[data missing] 		1883–1893
[data missing]

Frederick D. Ely
(Dedham) 		Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887 		49th Elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.

Edward Burnett
(Southborough) 		Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889 		50th Elected in 1886.
[data missing]

John W. Candler
(Worcester) 		Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891 		51st Elected in 1888.
[data missing]

George F. Williams
(Dedham) 		Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893 		52nd Elected in 1890.
[data missing]

Joseph H. O'Neil
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895 		53rd Elected in 1892.
Lost renomination. 		1893–1903
[data missing]

John F. Fitzgerald[15]
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1901 		54th
55th
56th 		Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Joseph A. Conry
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903 		57th Elected in 1900.
[data missing]

John A. Keliher[16]
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911 		58th
59th
60th
61st 		Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[data missing] 		1903–1913
[data missing]

William F. Murray
(Boston) 		Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913 		62nd Elected in 1910.
[data missing]

Ernest W. Roberts
(Chelsea) 		Republican March 3, 1913 –
March 3, 1917 		63rd
64th 		Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
[data missing] 		1913–1933
[data missing]

Alvan T. Fuller
(Malden) 		Republican March 4, 1917 –
January 5, 1921 		65th
66th 		Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Resigned after being elected Lieutenant Governor.
Vacant January 5, 1921 –
March 3, 1921 		66th

Charles L. Underhill
(Somerville) 		Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1933 		67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd 		Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Retired.

Robert Luce
(Waltham) 		Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935 		73rd Elected in 1932.
[data missing] 		1933–1943
[data missing]

Richard M. Russell
(Cambridge) 		Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937 		74th Elected in 1934.
[data missing]

Robert Luce[17]
(Waltham) 		Republican January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1941 		75th
76th 		Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
[data missing]

Thomas H. Eliot
(Cambridge) 		Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943 		77th Elected in 1940.
Lost renomination.

Charles L. Gifford
(Cotuit) 		Republican January 3, 1943 –
August 23, 1947 		78th
79th
80th 		Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Died. 		1943–1953
[data missing]
Vacant August 23, 1947 –
November 18, 1947 		80th

Donald W. Nicholson
(Wareham) 		Republican November 18, 1947 –
January 3, 1959 		80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th 		Elected to finish Gifford's term.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
[data missing]
1953–1963
[data missing]

Hastings Keith
(West Bridgewater) 		Republican January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963 		86th
87th 		Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to 12th district.

John W. McCormack[18]
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1971 		88th
89th
90th
91st 		Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Retired. 		1963–1973
[data missing]

Louise Day Hicks
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973 		92nd Elected in 1970.
Lost re-election.

Joe Moakley[19]
(Boston) 		Democratic January 3, 1973 –
May 28, 2001 		93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Elected in 1972 as an Independent, but became a Democrat at beginning of the term
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected 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.
Announced retirement, then died. 		1973–1983
[data missing]
1983–1993
[data missing]
1993–2003
[data missing]
Vacant May 28, 2001 –
October 15, 2001 		107th

Stephen F. Lynch
(Boston) 		Democratic October 16, 2001 –
January 3, 2013 		107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Elected to finish Moakley's term.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 8th district.
2003–2013

Bill Keating
(Bourne) 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present 		113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th 		Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022. 		2013–2023
2023–present

Election results

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2012

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 2012[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 212,754 58.7
Republican Christopher Sheldon 116,531 32.2
Independent Daniel Botelho 32,655 9.0
n/a Write-ins 465 0.1
Total votes 359,060 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 2014[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 140,413 54.9
Republican John Chapman 114,971 45.0
n/a Write-ins 157 0.1
Total votes 255,541 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 2016 [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 211,790 55.8
Republican Mark C. Alliegro 127,803 33.6
Independent Paul J. Harrington 26,233 6.9
Independent Christopher D. Cataldo 8,338 2.2
Independent Anna Grace Raduc 5,320 1.4
n/a Write-ins 411 0.1
Total votes 379,895 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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Massachusetts' 9th congressional district, 2018[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 192,347 59.4
Republican Peter Tedeschi 131,463 40.6
Write-in 118 0.0
Total votes 323,928 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 2020[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 260,262 61.3
Republican Helen Brady 154,261 36.3
Independent Michael Manley 9,717 2.3
Write-in 361 0.1
Total votes 424,601 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 2022[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 197,823 59.1
Republican Jesse G. Brown 136,347 40.9
Write-in 150 0.0
Total votes 424,240 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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Preceded by Home district of the speaker
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 		Succeeded by

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