Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

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Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's 13th congressional district is an obsolete district that was first active 1793–1803 in the District of Maine, then active 1803–1833 and 1893–1963 in Eastern Massachusetts. It was most recently eliminated in 1963 after the 1960 U.S. census. Its last congressman was James A. Burke, who was redistricted into the Template:Ushr.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1795
File:PelegWadsworth.png Peleg Wadsworth (Portland)	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1795 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.	1795 – 1803 "2nd eastern district," District of Maine
File:Ebenezer Seaver.png Ebenezer Seaver (Roxbury)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Lost re-election.	1803 – 1823 "Norfolk district"
Nathaniel Ruggles (Boston)	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election.
Edward Dowse (Dedham)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – May 26, 1820	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1818. Resigned.
Vacant		May 26, 1820 – August 21, 1820
File:William Eustis.jpg William Eustis (Boston)	Democratic-Republican	August 21, 1820 – March 3, 1823	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected May 26, 1820 to finish Dowse's term. Re-elected later in 1820. Seated November 13, 1820. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1822 but declined the seat when elected Governor of Massachusetts.
John Reed Jr. (Yarmouth)	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.	1823 – 1833 "Barnstable district"
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833
District eliminated March 3, 1833
District re-created March 4, 1893
File:Charles Sturtevant Randall.png Charles S. Randall (New Bedford)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1892. Lost renomination.	1893–1903
File:John Simpkins.png John Simpkins (Yarmouth)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 27, 1898	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Died.
Vacant		March 27, 1898 – May 31, 1898	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:William Stedman Greene.png William S. Greene (Fall River)	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	May 31, 1898 – March 3, 1913	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Simpkins's term. Re-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 Template:Ushr.
	1903–1913
File:John Wingate Weeks, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg John W. Weeks (Newton)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1913	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1912, but resigned on the same day to become U.S. Senator.	1913 – 1933 Suffolk County: Boston (Ward 25). "Norfolk County: Towns of Bellingham, Brookline, Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Middlesex County: Cities of Marlboro, Newton, and Waltham; towns of Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Natick, Sherborn, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston. Worcester County: Town of Southboro."
Vacant		March 4, 1913 – April 14, 1913
File:John J. Mitchell (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg John J. Mitchell (Marlborough)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	April 15, 1913 – March 3, 1915		Elected to finish Weeks's term. Lost re-election.
File:William Henry Carter.jpeg William Henry Carter (Needham Heights)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Retired.
File:Robert Luce.png Robert Luce (Waltham)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:Wigglesworth, Richard Bowditch.jpg Richard B. Wigglesworth (Milton)	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1958	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and 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. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Canada.	1933 – 1943
	1943 – 1953
	1953 – 1963
Vacant		November 14, 1958 – January 3, 1959	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:James A. Burke.jpg James A. Burke (Milton)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
District eliminated January 3, 1963