Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is U.S. congressional district located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains almost all of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann and includes parts of the Merrimack Valley, as well as some towns in Middlesex County. The New Republic has characterized the district as older and more suburban as a congressional district. "[T]he district is a far cry from the progressive urban strongholds of Boston and Cambridge. It’s an older, suburban, more middle-income district, which elected the decidedly moderate Moulton six times."
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 57% - 41% SenateKerry 63% - 37%2010 Senate (Spec.)Brown 59% - 41% GovernorBaker 50% - 41%2012 PresidentObama 55% - 45% SenateBrown 54% - 46%2014 SenateMarkey 58% - 42% GovernorBaker 55% - 41%2016 PresidentClinton 55% - 37%2018 SenateWarren 55% - 41% GovernorBaker 73% - 26% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 68% - 30% Attorney GeneralHealey 67% - 33% Treasurer and Receiver-GeneralGoldberg 65% - 32% AuditorBump 57% - 35%2020 PresidentBiden 63% - 35% SenateMarkey 63% - 36%2022 GovernorHealey 61% - 37% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 66% - 32% Attorney GeneralCampbell 60% - 40% AuditorDiZoglio 53% - 41%2024 PresidentHarris 59% - 38% SenateWarren 57% - 43%
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 two counties and 39 municipalities:
Essex County (31) Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rockport, Peabody, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury
Middlesex County (8) Bedford (part; also 5th), Billerica (part; also 3rd; includes Pinehurst), Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Wakefield, Wilmington
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013
1840s "Amherst, Belchertown, East Hampton, Enfield, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley, and Ware, in the County of Hampshire; Brimfield, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Southwick, Springfield, Wales, Westfield, West Springfield, and Wilbraham, in the County of Hampden; Bernardston, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately in the County of Franklin; and Athol and Royalston, in the County of Worcester."
1850s "The cities of Lynn, Newburyport, and Salem, and the towns of Amesbury, Beverly, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Wenham, and West Newbury, in the county of Essex."
1890s "Suffolk County: City of Boston, wards 3, 4, and 5, and the towns of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester. Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott."
1910s "Essex County: Cities of Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Salem; towns of Amesbury, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfleld, Wenham, and West Newbury."
1920s–1980s
1990s "Counties: Essex, Middlesex. Cities and townships: Amesbury, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Burlington, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Reading (part), Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury, and Wilmington."
2003 to 2013
In Essex County: The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem The towns of: Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, North Andover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.
In Middlesex County: The towns of: Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Wakefield and Wilmington.
List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1789 George Thatcher Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –March 3, 1791 Elected in 1788.Redistricted to the . 1789–1793Cumberland County and Lincoln County, District of Maine George Leonard Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –March 3, 1793 Redistricted from the and re-elected late in 1792.Lost re-election that same year. District inactive March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 John Reed Sr. Federalist March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1801 Elected in 1794.Re-elected in 1796.Re-elected in 1798.Retired. 1795–1803"2nd Southern district" Josiah Smith Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1800.Retired. Samuel Taggart Federalist March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1817 Elected in 1802.Re-elected in 1804.Re-elected in 1806.Re-elected in 1808.Re-elected in 1810.Re-elected in 1812.Re-elected in 1814.Retired. 1803–1823"Hampshire North district" Samuel C. Allen Federalist March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1816.Re-elected in 1818.Re-elected in 1820.Redistricted to the . John Locke Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1823 on the third ballot.Re-elected in 1824.Re-elected in 1826.Retired. 1823–1833"Worcester North district" Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1829 Joseph G. Kendall Anti-Jackson March 4, 1829 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1828.Re-elected in 1830.Retired. George Grennell Jr. Anti-Jackson March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1837 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833.Re-elected in 1834.Re-elected in 1836.Retired. 1833–1843 Whig March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 James Alvord Whig March 4, 1839 –September 27, 1839 Elected in 1838.Died. Vacant September 27, 1839 –January 13, 1840 Osmyn Baker Whig January 14, 1840 –March 3, 1845 Elected to finish Alvord's term and seated January 14, 1840.Re-elected later in 1840.Re-elected in 1842.Retired. 1843–1853 George Ashmun Whig March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1851 Elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848.Retired. George T. Davis Whig March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850.Retired. Charles W. Upham Whig March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852.Lost re-election. 1853–1863 Timothy Davis Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856. Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 John B. Alley Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860.Redistricted to the . Daniel W. Gooch Republican March 4, 1863 –September 1, 1865 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864.Resigned to become Navy agent of the port of Boston. 1863–1873 Vacant September 2, 1865 –December 3, 1865 Nathaniel P. Banks Republican December 4, 1865 –March 3, 1873Elected to finish Gooch's term.Re-elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870.Switched parties in 1872.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. Liberal Republican Benjamin F. Butler Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1872.Lost re-election. 1873–1883 Charles Perkins Thompson Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.Lost re-election. George B. Loring Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1881 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Lost renomination. Eben F. Stone Republican March 4, 1881 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1880.Retired. Henry B. Lovering Democratic March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1887 Elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Lost re-election. 1883–1893 Henry Cabot Lodge Republican March 4, 1887 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Redistricted to the . William Cogswell Republican March 4, 1893 –May 22, 1895 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Died. 1893–1903 Vacant May 22, 1895 –November 4, 1895 William H. Moody Republican November 5, 1895 –May 1, 1902 Elected to finish Cogswell's term.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Resigned to become Secretary of the Navy Vacant May 2, 1902 –November 3, 1902 Augustus P. Gardner Republican November 4, 1902 –May 15, 1917 Elected to finish Moody's term and re-elected to next term in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Resigned to enter the army. 1903–1913 1913–1933 Vacant May 15, 1917 –November 6, 1917 Willfred W. Lufkin Republican November 6, 1917 –June 30, 1921 Elected to finish Gardner's term.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Resigned to become Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston Vacant June 30, 1921 –September 27, 1921 Abram Andrew Republican September 27, 1921 –June 3, 1936 Elected to finish Lufkin's term.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Died. 1933–1943 Vacant June 3, 1936 –January 3, 1937 George J. Bates Republican January 3, 1937 –November 1, 1949 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.Died in a plane crash. 1943–1953 Vacant November 1, 1949 –February 14, 1950 William H. Bates Republican February 14, 1950 –June 22, 1969 Elected to finish his father's term.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.Died. 1953–1963 1963–1973 Vacant June 22, 1969 –September 30, 1969 Michael J. Harrington Democratic September 30, 1969 –January 3, 1979 Elected to finish Bates's term.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Retired. 1973–1983 Nicholas Mavroules Democratic January 3, 1979 –January 3, 1993 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.Lost re-election. 1983–1993 Peter G. Torkildsen Republican January 3, 1993 –January 3, 1997 Elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Lost re-election. 1993–2003 John F. Tierney Democratic January 3, 1997 –January 3, 2015 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.Re-elected in 2012.Lost renomination. 2003–2013 2013–2023 Seth Moulton Democratic January 3, 2015 –present Elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024.Retiring to run for U.S. Senate. 2023–present
Recent election results The following are the results from the last four general elections for U.S. House of Representatives to represent the Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District:
References Specific
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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