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.
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
Cities and towns in the district
All of Barnstable County , Dukes County , and Nantucket County .
The Town of Cohasset , in Norfolk County .
The following municipalities in Bristol County :
The City of New Bedford , and the Towns of Acushnet , Dartmouth , Fairhaven , Raynham (portions), and Westport .
The following municipalities in Plymouth County :
The City of Bridgewater , and the Towns of Carver , Duxbury , Halifax , Hanover , Hanson , Kingston , Marion , Marshfield , Mattapoisett , Middleborough , Norwell , Pembroke , Plymouth , Plympton , Rochester , Rockland , Scituate , and Wareham .
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013
The district from 2003 to 2013
1840s
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."
1860s
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."
1870s–1880s
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1890s
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.
1900s
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, 1901
1910s
1916: In Middlesex County: Everett, Malden, Somerville. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.
1920s–1940s
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1950s
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."
1960s
1963: Boston (Wards 4- 17, 19, 20).
1970s
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."
1980s
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."
2003–2013
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
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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 termRe-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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2014
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