Massachusetts's 4th congressional district

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Massachusetts's 4th congressional district is located mostly in southern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat Jake Auchincloss. Auchincloss was first elected in 2020.

The district covers much of the area included in the Template:Ushr before the 1992 redistricting. In prior years, the district stretched from Brookline to Fitchburg. The shape of the district underwent some changes effective from the elections of 2012, after Massachusetts congressional redistricting to reflect the 2010 census.^[1] Most of Plymouth County and the South Coast are included in the new 9th district. The new 4th district has expanded westward to include towns along the Rhode Island border that had been in the old 3rd district.

For a very brief time (1793–95) it represented part of the District of Maine.

Geography

There are 35 municipalities in the 4th district, as of the 2021 redistricting.^[2] This list is sorted by county.

Bristol County (14)

Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Fall River, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham (part; also 9th), Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton

Middlesex County (2)

Newton, Sherborn

Norfolk County (13)

Bellingham, Brookline, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Medfield, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley (part; also 5th), Wrentham

Plymouth County (1)

Lakeville

Worcester County (5)

Blackstone, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millville

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[3]
2008	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Obama 61% – 37%
2008	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Kerry 69% – 31%
2010	Senate (Spec.)	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Brown 54% – 46%
2010	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Patrick 47% – 45%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Obama 59% – 41%
2012	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Warren 51% – 49%
2014	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Markey 60% – 40%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Baker 51% – 45%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Clinton 58% – 35%
2018	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Warren 58% – 39%
	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Baker 69% – 31%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Healey 68% – 32%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Biden 63% – 35%
2020	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Markey 63% – 36%
2022	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Healey 62% – 37%
	Secretary of the Commonwealth	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Galvin 66% – 32%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Campbell 61% – 39%
	Auditor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|DiZoglio 53% – 40%
2024	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Harris 58% – 38%
2024	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Warren 56% – 44%

List of members representing the district

Member (District home)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1789
File:TheodoreSedgwick.jpg Theodore Sedgwick (Stockbridge)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.	1789–1793 Berkshire County
File:Gilbert Stuart - Major-General Henry Dearborn - 1913.793 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg Henry Dearborn (Gardiner)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 (General ticket)	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1793 on the second ballot as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington Counties. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.	1793–1795 District of Maine
File:PelegWadsworth.png Peleg Wadsworth (Portland)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Pro-Administration			Elected in 1793 on the third ballot as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from Cumberland County. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:George Thatcher.jpg George Thatcher (Biddeford)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Pro-Administration			Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1792 as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from York County. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:DFoster.jpg Dwight Foster (Brookfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – June 6, 1800	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.	1795–1803 "4th Western district"
Vacant		June 6, 1800 – December 15, 1800	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Levi Lincoln Sr. by William Sullivan.jpg Levi Lincoln Sr. (Worcester)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	December 15, 1800 – March 5, 1801	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1800. Later elected to finish Foster's term. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.
Vacant		March 5, 1801 – August 24, 1801	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Seth Hastings.jpg Seth Hastings (Mendon)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Federalist	August 24, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Lincoln's term and seated January 11, 1802.^[4] Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:JosephBradleyVarnum.jpg Joseph Bradley Varnum (Dracut)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – June 29, 1811	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Resigned on election to U.S. Senate.	1803–1823 "Middlesex district"
Vacant		June 29, 1811 – November 4, 1811	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:WilliamMRichardson.jpg William M. Richardson (Groton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	November 4, 1811 – April 18, 1814	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Varnum's term. Re-elected in 1812. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney.
Vacant		April 18, 1814 – September 22, 1814	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Samuel Dana (Groton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	September 22, 1814 – March 3, 1815	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected May 23, 1814, to finish Richardson's term. (Seated September 22, 1814.^[5]) Lost re-election.
File:Asahel Stearns (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg Asahel Stearns (Charlestown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
File:Timothy Fuller.jpg Timothy Fuller (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican Template:Efn	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	Democratic-Republican Template:Efn	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	Template:USCongressOrdinal		1823–1833 "Middlesex district"
File:Edward Everett daguerreotype.png Edward Everett (Charlestown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1833. Retired.	1823–1833 "Middlesex district"
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835	Template:USCongressOrdinal		1833–1843 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Samuel Hoar (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg Samuel Hoar (Concord)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1834. Lost re-election.
File:William Parmenter (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg William Parmenter (Cambridge)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1845	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Re-elected in 1842. Lost re-election.
1843–1853 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
	Benjamin Thompson (Charlestown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected on the second ballot in 1844. Retired.
	File:John Gorham Palfrey.jpg John G. Palfrey (Cambridge)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1846. Lost re-election.
	Vacant		March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Template:USCongressOrdinal	No candidate received the needed majority of votes in twelve runnings of the 1848 election.
	Benjamin Thompson (Charlestown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1851 – September 24, 1852	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1850. Died.
	Vacant		September 25, 1852 – December 12, 1852
	Lorenzo Sabine (Framingham)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	December 13, 1852 – March 3, 1853		Elected to finish Thompson's term. Retired.
Samuel H. Walley (Roxbury)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1852. Lost re-election.	1853–1863 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Linus B. Comins, Massachusetts Congressman.jpg Linus B. Comins (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:AHRice.jpg Alexander H. Rice^[6] (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:Samuel Hooper from Mass.gif Samuel Hooper^[7] (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1863 – February 14, 1875	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired, but died before retirement.	1863–1873 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1873–1883 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
	Vacant		February 14, 1875 – March 3, 1875	Template:USCongressOrdinal
	File:Rufus S. Frost.png Rufus S. Frost (Chelsea)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1875 – July 28, 1876	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1874. Election challenged by successor.
	File:Josiah Gardner Abbott - Brady-Handy.jpg Josiah G. Abbott (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	July 28, 1876 – March 3, 1877	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Successfully challenged predecessor. Lost re-election.
	File:Leopold Morse.png Leopold Morse^[8]^[9] (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:Mayor PA Collins.png Patrick A. Collins (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired.	1883–1893 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Joseph Henry O'Neil.png Joseph H. O'Neil (Boston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.	1883–1893 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Lewis Dewart Apsley.png Lewis D. Apsley (Hudson)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired.	1893–1903 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Congressman George Warren Weymouth.jpg George W. Weymouth^[10] (Fitchburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
File:Charles Q. Tirrell Massachusetts Congressman circa 1908.png Charles Q. Tirrell^[11] (Natick)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1901 – July 31, 1910	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Died.
1903–1913 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
	Vacant		August 1, 1910 – November 8, 1910	Template:USCongressOrdinal
	File:John J. Mitchell (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg John Joseph Mitchell (Marlborough)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	November 8, 1910 – March 3, 1911	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Tirrell's term. Lost election to the next term.
	File:William Wilder Massachusetts Congressman circa 1912.png William H. Wilder (Gardner)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1910. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:Samuel Ellsworth Winslow.png Samuel Winslow (Worcester)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Retired.	1913–1923 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1923–1933 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
	File:GeorgeRStobbs.jpg George R. Stobbs (Worcester)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired.
	File:Pehr G. Holmes Worcester Mayor.png Pehr G. Holmes^[12] (Worcester)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3; style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1947	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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. Lost re-election.
1933–1943 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1943–1953 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1943–1953 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	File:Harold Donohue image.jpg Harold Donohue^[13] (Worcester)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1973	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
1953–1963 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1963–1973 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Robert Drinan.jpg Robert Drinan (Newton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Retired after Pope John Paul II ordered all priests to withdraw from electoral politics.	1973–1983 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:Barneyfrank.jpg Barney Frank^[14] (Newton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2013	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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. Retired.	1973–1983 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	1983–1993 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	1993–2003 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	2003–2013 File:Massachusetts's 4th congressional district.gif
File:Joe Kennedy III, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg Joe Kennedy III (Newton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	2013–2023 File:Massachusetts US Congressional District 4 (since 2013).tif
File:Jake Auchincloss, 117th Congress portrait.jpg Jake Auchincloss (Newton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 2021 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
	2023–present File:Massachusetts's 4th congressional district (since 2023).svg	January 3, 2021 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.