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 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.http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 28, 2012. 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. 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 Results2008 PresidentObama 61% – 37% SenateKerry 69% – 31%2010 Senate (Spec.)Brown 54% – 46% GovernorPatrick 47% – 45%2012 PresidentObama 59% – 41% SenateWarren 51% – 49%2014 SenateMarkey 60% – 40% GovernorBaker 51% – 45%2016 PresidentClinton 58% – 35%2018 SenateWarren 58% – 39% GovernorBaker 69% – 31% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 69% – 28% Attorney GeneralHealey 68% – 32% Treasurer and Receiver-GeneralGoldberg 65% – 32% AuditorBump 61% – 32%2020 PresidentBiden 63% – 35% SenateMarkey 63% – 36%2022 GovernorHealey 62% – 37% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 66% – 32% Attorney GeneralCampbell 61% – 39% AuditorDiZoglio 53% – 40%2024 PresidentHarris 58% – 39% SenateWarren 56% – 44%

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1789 Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –March 3, 1793 Elected in 1789.Re-elected in 1790.Redistricted to the . 1789–1793Berkshire County Henry Dearborn Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795(General ticket) 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 . 1793–1795District of Maine Peleg Wadsworth 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 . George Thatcher Pro-Administration Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1792 as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from York County.Redistricted to the . Dwight Foster Federalist March 4, 1795 –June 6, 1800 Redistricted from the 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 Levi Lincoln Sr. Democratic-Republican December 15, 1800 –March 5, 1801 Elected in 1800.Later elected to finish Foster's term.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. Vacant March 5, 1801 –August 24, 1801 Seth Hastings Federalist August 24, 1801 –March 3, 1803 Elected to finish Lincoln's term and seated January 11, 1802.House official membership roster for the 7th Congress (footnote 18)Redistricted to the . Joseph Bradley Varnum Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –June 29, 1811 Redistricted from the 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 William M. Richardson Democratic-Republican November 4, 1811 –April 18, 1814 Elected to finish Varnum's term.Re-elected in 1812.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney. Vacant April 18, 1814 –September 22, 1814 Samuel Dana Democratic-Republican September 22, 1814 –March 3, 1815 Elected May 23, 1814, to finish Richardson's term.(Seated September 22, 1814.13th Congress membership roster )Lost re-election. Asahel Stearns Federalist March 4, 1815 –March 3, 1817 Elected in 1814.Lost re-election. Timothy Fuller Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1816.Re-elected in 1818.Re-elected in 1820.Re-elected in 1822. 1823–1833"Middlesex district" Edward Everett Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1824.Re-elected in 1826.Re-elected in 1828.Re-elected in 1830.Re-elected in 1833.Retired. 1833–1843 Samuel Hoar Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1834.Lost re-election. William Parmenter Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1836.Re-elected in 1838.Re-elected in 1840.Re-elected in 1842.Lost re-election. 1843–1853 Benjamin Thompson Whig March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected on the second ballot in 1844.Retired. John G. Palfrey Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1846.Lost re-election. Vacant March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1851 No candidate received the needed majority of votes in twelve runnings of the 1848 election. Benjamin Thompson Whig March 4, 1851 –September 24, 1852 Elected in 1850.Died. Vacant September 25, 1852 –December 12, 1852 Lorenzo Sabine Whig December 13, 1852 –March 3, 1853 Elected to finish Thompson's term.Retired. Samuel H. Walley Whig March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852.Lost re-election. 1853–1863 Linus B. Comins Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856. Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Alexander H. Rice Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860.Redistricted to the . Samuel Hooper Republican March 4, 1863 –February 14, 1875 Redistricted from the 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 1873–1883 Vacant February 14, 1875 –March 3, 1875 Rufus S. Frost Republican March 4, 1875 –July 28, 1876 Elected in 1874.Election challenged by successor. Josiah G. Abbott Democratic July 28, 1876 –March 3, 1877 Successfully challenged predecessor.Lost re-election. Leopold Morse Democratic March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Redistricted to the . Patrick A. Collins Democratic March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Retired. 1883–1893 Joseph H. O'Neil Democratic March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Redistricted to the . Lewis D. Apsley Republican March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1897 Elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Retired. 1893–1903 George W. Weymouth Republican March 4, 1897 –March 3, 1901 Elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Retired. Charles Q. Tirrell Republican March 4, 1901 –July 31, 1910 Elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Died. 1903–1913 Vacant August 1, 1910 –November 8, 1910 John Joseph Mitchell Democratic November 8, 1910 –March 3, 1911 Elected to finish Tirrell's term.Lost election to the next term. William H. Wilder Republican March 4, 1911 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1910.Redistricted to the . Samuel Winslow Republican March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1925 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 1923–1933 George R. Stobbs Republican March 4, 1925 –March 3, 1931 Elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Retired. Pehr G. Holmes Republican March 4, 1931 –January 3, 1947 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 1943–1953 Harold Donohue Democratic January 3, 1947 –January 3, 1973 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 . 1953–1963 1963–1973 Robert Drinan Democratic January 3, 1973 –January 3, 1981 Redistricted from the 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 Barney Frank Democratic January 3, 1981 –January 3, 2013 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. 1983–1993 1993–2003 2003–2013 Joe Kennedy III Democratic January 3, 2013 –January 3, 2021 Elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Retired to run for U.S. senator. 2013–2023 Jake Auchincloss Democratic January 3, 2021 –present Elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. 2023–present

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Explanatory notes

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

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