Massachusetts's 9th congressional district

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat Bill 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.

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 56% - 42% SenateKerry 61% - 39%2010 Senate (Spec.)Brown 59% - 41% GovernorBaker 47% - 44%2012 PresidentObama 55% - 45% SenateBrown 53% - 47%2014 SenateMarkey 55% - 45% GovernorBaker 54% - 41%2016 PresidentClinton 51% - 41%2018 SenateWarren 51% - 46% GovernorBaker 74% - 26% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 65% - 32% Attorney GeneralHealey 61% - 39% Treasurer and Receiver-GeneralGoldberg 59% - 38% AuditorBump 56% - 39%2020 PresidentBiden 58% - 40% SenateMarkey 58% - 41%2022 GovernorHealey 56% - 42% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 62% - 36% Attorney GeneralCampbell 54% - 46% AuditorDiZoglio 48% - 44%2024 PresidentHarris 54% - 44% SenateWarren 51% - 49%

Cities and towns in the district

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of six counties and 49 municipalities:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST25/CD118_MA09.pdf

Barnstable County (15) All 15 municipalities Bristol County (6) Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Raynham (part; also 4th), Westport Dukes County (7) All 7 municipalities Nantucket County (1) Nantucket Norfolk County (1) Cohasset Plymouth County (19) Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham

Cities and towns in the district prior 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

1890s

1893: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Precincts 2, 3, 4, 6); Winthrop.

1900s

1910s

1916: In Middlesex County: Everett, Malden, Somerville. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.

1920s–1940s

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 Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1795 Joseph B. Varnum Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1795.Re-elected in 1796.Re-elected in 1798.Re-elected in 1800.Redistricted to the . 1795 – 1803"2nd Middle district" Phanuel Bishop Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1807 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.Re-elected in 1804.Retired. 1803 – 1815"Bristol district" Josiah Dean Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –March 3, 1809 Elected in 1806.Lost re-election. Laban Wheaton Federalist March 4, 1809 –March 3, 1815 Elected in 1808.Re-elected in 1810.Re-elected in 1812.Redistricted to the . John Reed, Jr. Federalist March 4, 1815 –March 3, 1817 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1814.Lost re-election. 1815 – 1823"Barnstable district" Walter Folger, Jr. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1821 Elected May 1, 1817 on the third ballot.Lost re-election. John Reed Jr. Federalist March 4, 1821 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1820.Redistricted to the . Henry W. Dwight Adams-Clay Federalist March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822.Re-elected in 1824.Re-elected in 1827 on the second ballot.Re-elected in 1828. 1823 – 1833"Berkshire district" Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1831 George N. Briggs Anti-Jackson March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1830.Redistricted to the . William Jackson Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1833.Re-elected in 1834.Retired. 1833–1843 William S. Hastings Whig March 4, 1837 –June 17, 1842 Elected in 1836.Re-elected in 1838.Re-elected in 1840.Died. Vacant June 17, 1842 –March 3, 1843 Henry Williams Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1842.Retired. 1843–1853 Artemas Hale Whig March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Retired. Orin Fowler Whig March 4, 1849 –September 3, 1852 Elected in 1848.Re-elected in 1850.Died. Vacant September 3, 1852 –December 13, 1852 Edward P. Little Democratic December 13, 1852 –March 3, 1853 Elected to finish Fowler's term.Retired. Alexander Dewitt Free Soil March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852.Re-elected in 1854.Lost re-election. 1853–1863 Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Eli Thayer Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1856.Re-elected in 1858. Goldsmith Bailey Republican March 4, 1861 –May 8, 1862 Elected in 1860.Died. Vacant May 8, 1862 –December 1, 1862 Amasa Walker Republican December 1, 1862 –March 3, 1863 Elected to finish Bailey's term. William B. Washburn Republican March 4, 1863 –December 5, 1871 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 Vacant December 5, 1871 –January 2, 1872 Alvah Crocker Republican January 2, 1872 –March 3, 1873 Elected to finish Washburn's term.Redistricted to the . George Frisbie Hoar Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1877 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872.Re-elected in 1874. 1873–1883 William W. Rice Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880. Theodore Lyman IndependentRepublican March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1885 Elected in 1882. 1883–1893 Frederick D. Ely Republican March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1887 Elected in 1884.Lost re-election. Edward Burnett Democratic March 4, 1887 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1886. John W. Candler Republican March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1891 Elected in 1888. George F. Williams Democratic March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1890. Joseph H. O'Neil Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892.Lost renomination. 1893–1903 John F. Fitzgerald Democratic March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1901 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898. Joseph A. Conry Democratic March 4, 1901 –March 3, 1903 Elected in 1900. John A. Keliher Democratic March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908. 1903–1913 William F. Murray Democratic March 4, 1911 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1910. Ernest W. Roberts Republican March 3, 1913 –March 3, 1917 Elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914. 1913–1933 Alvan T. Fuller Republican March 4, 1917 –January 5, 1921 Elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Resigned after being elected Lieutenant Governor. Vacant January 5, 1921 –March 3, 1921 Charles L. Underhill Republican March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1933 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 Republican March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1935 Elected in 1932. 1933–1943 Richard M. Russell Democratic January 3, 1935 –January 3, 1937 Elected in 1934. Robert Luce Republican January 3, 1937 –January 3, 1941 Elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938. Thomas H. Eliot Democratic January 3, 1941 –January 3, 1943 Elected in 1940.Lost renomination. Charles L. Gifford Republican January 3, 1943 –August 23, 1947 Elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Died. 1943–1953 Vacant August 23, 1947 –November 18, 1947 Donald W. Nicholson Republican November 18, 1947 –January 3, 1959 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. 1953–1963 Hastings Keith Republican January 3, 1959 –January 3, 1963 Elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Redistricted to . John W. McCormack Democratic January 3, 1963 –January 3, 1971 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968. Retired. 1963–1973 Louise Day Hicks Democratic January 3, 1971 –January 3, 1973 Elected in 1970.Lost re-election. Joe Moakley Democratic January 3, 1973 –May 28, 2001 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 1983–1993 1993–2003 Vacant May 28, 2001 –October 15, 2001 Stephen Lynch Democratic October 16, 2001 –January 3, 2013 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 . 2003–2013 Bill Keating Democratic January 3, 2013 –present Redistricted from the 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.Re-elected in 2024. 2013–2023 2023–present

Election results

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2018

2020

2022

2024

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Further reading

External links

Maps Map of Massachusetts's 9th Congressional District, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Election results