MASSACHUSETTS'S 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

'Massachusetts Congressional District 5' is a congressional district in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains the city of Lowell. It was most recently represented by Martin T. Meehan, who has served the district since 1993. The district is currently vacant, with a special electon called to fill it on October 162007.

Contents

Cities and towns in the district

Recent election results

Representatives

See also

External Links

Cities and towns in the district

The district currently contains the following municipalities:
In Essex County:
:Andover, Haverhill, Lawrence, Methuen.
In Middlesex County
:Acton, Ayer, Billerica, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Hudson, Littleton, Lowell, Maynard, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Wayland (Precincts 1, 3, and 4), Westford.
In Worcester County:
:Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster.

Recent election results

This District is considered moderate to safely Democratic, because no Republican has been elected since 1972.

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years ↑	District home	Note
George Partridge	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790	Duxbury	Resigned
Vacant		August 15, 1790 - March 3, 1791
Shearjashub Bourne	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1793	Boston	District eliminated
District eliminated		March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1799	Sandwich
Lemuel Williams	Federalist	March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1803	New Bedford	Redistricted to
Thomas Dwight	Federalist	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1805	Springfield
William Ely	Federalist	March 4, 1805 - March 3, 1815	Springfield
Elijah H. Mills	Federalist	March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1819	Northampton
Samuel Lathrop	Federalist	March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823	West Springfield	Redistricted to the
Jonas Sibley	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825	Sutton	Lost re-election
John Davis	Adams	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829	Worcester
	National Republican	March 4, 1829 - January 14, 1834	Worcester	Resigned after election to Governor
Vacant		January 15, 1834 - February 16, 1834
Levi Lincoln, Jr.	National Republican	1834-02-17 - 1837-03-03	Worcester
	Whig	1837-03-04 - 1841-03-16		Resigned after appointment to Collector of the Port of Boston
Vacant		March 17, 1841 - May 2, 1841
Charles Hudson	Whig	May 3, 1841 - March 3, 1849	Westminster
Charles Allen	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853	Worcester	Redistricted to the
William Appleton	Whig	May 3, 1853 - March 3, 1855	Boston	Redistricted from the Lost re-election
Anson Burlingame	American	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857	Boston
	Republican	March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861	Boston
William Appleton	Constitutional Unionist	March 4, 1861 - September 27, 1861	Boston	Resigned because of failing health
Vacant		September 28, 1861 - December 1, 1861
Samuel Hooper	Republican	December 2, 1861 - March 3, 1863	Boston	Redistricted to the
John B. Alley	Republican	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867	Lynn	Redistricted from
Benjamin F. Butler	Republican	March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1873	Lowell	Redistricted to the
Daniel W. Gooch	Republican	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	Melrose	Lost re-election
Nathaniel P. Banks	American	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877	Waltham
	Republican	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879
Selwyn Z. Bowman	Republican	March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883	Somerville
Leopold Morse	Democratic	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885	Boston	Redistricted from the
Edward D. Hayden	Republican	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	Woburn
Nathaniel P. Banks	Republican	March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891	Waltham	Redistricted from the Retired
Sherman Hoar	Democratic	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893	Concord
Moses T. Stephens	Democratic	March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895	North Andover	Redistricted from the
William S. Knox	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1903	Lawrence
Butler Ames	Republican	March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1913	Lowell
John Jacob Rogers	Republican	March 4, 1913 - March 28, 1925	Lowell	Died
vacant		March 28, 1925 - June 30, 1925
Edith Nourse Rogers	Republican	June 30, 1925 - September 10, 1960	Lowell	Died
vacant		September 10, 1960 - January 3, 1961
Frank Bradford Morse	Republican	January 3, 1961 - May 1, 1972	Lowell	Resigned after appointment to Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations
vacant		May 1, 1972 - January 3, 1973
Paul W. Cronin	Republican	January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1975	Andover
Paul Tsongas	Democratic	January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1979	Lowell
James Shannon	Democratic	January 3, 1979 - January 3, 1985	Lawrence
Chester G. Atkins	Democratic	January 3 1985 - January 3, 1993	Concord	Lost renomination to Marty Meehan
Marty Meehan	Democratic	January 3, 1993 - July 1, 2007	Lowell	Resigned after appointment to Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Lowell
vacant		July 1, 2007 - Present
Representative	Party	Years ↑	District home	Note

See also

★ Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, 2007

External Links

★ CNN.com 2004 election results

★ CNN.com 2006 election results