Massachusetts's 15th congressional district
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Massachusetts's 15th congressional district is an obsolete district that was first active 1803–1821 in the District of Maine, and again active 1913–1943 in Southeastern Massachusetts. It was last eliminated in 1943 after the 1940 census. Its last congressman was Charles L. Gifford, who was redistricted into the Template:Ushr.
Cities and towns in the district
1910s
"Bristol County: Cities of Fall River, Taunton, and Attleboro, and towns of Berkley, Dighton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Plymouth County: Town of Lakeville."[1]
List of members representing the district
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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| District created March 4, 1803 | |||||
| File:PelegWadsworth.png Peleg Wadsworth (Portland)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. |
1803–1813 "Cumberland district," District of Maine |
| Daniel Ilsley (Falmouth)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |
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Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Elected in 1808. Lost re-election. | |
| William Widgery (Portland)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Elected April 1, 1811 on the second ballot. Lost re-election. | |
| George Bradbury (Portland)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
1813–1821 "2nd Eastern district," District of Maine |
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Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. District moved to Template:Ushr. | |
| District moved to Maine – March 3, 1821 | |||||
| District restored in Massachusetts – March 4, 1913 | |||||
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rowspan=2; style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | March 4, 1913 – September 22, 1924 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Died. |
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| Vacant | September 22, 1924 – November 4, 1924 |
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| File:RobertMLeach.jpg Robert M. Leach (Taunton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Elected to finish Greene's term. Retired. | |
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style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr. | |
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style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 |
Template:USCongressOrdinal[2] | 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. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr. |
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| District eliminated January 3, 1943 | |||||
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References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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