Colonel William A. Phillips

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 10th district 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.[3] 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

As of 2010.[4] This list is sorted by county, then roughly from north to south.

Norfolk County

  • Brookline (county exclave)
  • Wellesley
  • Dover
  • Millis
  • Norfolk
  • Sharon
  • Foxborough

Middlesex County

Bristol County

Plymouth County

  • Halifax
  • Middleborough
  • Lakeville
  • Rochester
  • Wareham
  • Marion
  • Mattapoisett

Recent election results from statewide races

Year Office Result
2000 President Gore 65–29%
2004 President Kerry 65–33%
2008 President Obama 60.4–38%
2012 President Obama 57.2–41.3%
2016 President Clinton 59.2–35%
2020 President Biden 64.8–32.8%

List of members representing the district

Member
(District home)
Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1789

Theodore Sedgwick
(Stockbridge)
Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1793
1st
2nd
Elected in 1789.
Re-elected in 1790.
Redistricted to the 2nd district.
1789–1793
Berkshire County

Henry Dearborn
(Gardiner)
Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795
(General ticket)
3rd 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 12th district.
1793–1795
District of Maine

Peleg Wadsworth
(Portland)
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 13th district.

George Thatcher
(Biddeford)
Pro-Administration Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1792 as part of a three-seat general ticket, representing the district from York County.
Redistricted to the 14th district.

Dwight Foster
(Brookfield)
Federalist March 4, 1795 –
June 6, 1800
4th
5th
6th
Redistricted from the 2nd district 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
6th

Levi Lincoln Sr.
(Worcester)
Democratic-Republican December 15, 1800 –
March 5, 1801
6th
7th
Elected in 1800.
Later elected to finish Foster's term.
Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.
Vacant March 5, 1801 –
August 24, 1801
7th

Seth Hastings
(Mendon)
Federalist August 24, 1801 –
March 3, 1803
Elected to finish Lincoln's term and seated January 11, 1802.[5]
Redistricted to the 10th district.

Joseph Bradley Varnum
(Dracut)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
June 29, 1811
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
Redistricted from the 9th district 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
12th

William M. Richardson
(Groton)
Democratic-Republican November 4, 1811 –
April 18, 1814
12th
13th
Elected to finish Varnum's term.
Re-elected in 1812.
Resigned to become U.S. Attorney.
Vacant April 18, 1814 –
September 22, 1814
13th
Samuel Dana
(Groton)
Democratic-Republican September 22, 1814 –
March 3, 1815
Elected May 23, 1814, to finish Richardson's term.
(Seated September 22, 1814.[6])
Lost re-election.

Asahel Stearns
(Charlestown)
Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
14th Elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.

Timothy Fuller
(Boston)
Democratic-Republican[a] March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1825
15th
16th
17th
18th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Re-elected in 1822.
[data missing]
1823–1833
"Middlesex district"

Edward Everett
(Charlestown)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1835
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1833.
Retired.
1833–1843
[data missing]

Samuel Hoar
(Concord)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th Elected in 1834.
Lost re-election.

William Parmenter
(Cambridge)
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1845
25th
26th
27th
28th
Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Re-elected in 1842.
Lost re-election.
1843–1853
[data missing]
Benjamin Thompson
(Charlestown)
Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected on the second ballot in 1844.
Retired.

John G. Palfrey
(Cambridge)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
Lost re-election.
Vacant March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st No candidate received the needed majority of votes in twelve runnings of the 1848 election.
Benjamin Thompson
(Charlestown)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
September 24, 1852
32nd Elected in 1850.
Died.
Vacant September 25, 1852 –
December 12, 1852
Lorenzo Sabine
(Framingham)
Whig December 13, 1852 –
March 3, 1853
Elected to finish Thompson's term.
Retired.
Samuel H. Walley
(Roxbury)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1852.
Lost re-election.
1853–1863
[data missing]

Linus B. Comins
(Boston)
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th
35th
Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
[data missing]
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

Alexander H. Rice[7]
(Boston)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Samuel Hooper[8]
(Boston)
Republican March 4, 1863 –
February 14, 1875
38th
39th
40th
41st
42nd
43rd
Redistricted from the 5th district 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
[data missing]
1873–1883
[data missing]
Vacant February 14, 1875 –
March 3, 1875
43rd

Rufus S. Frost
(Chelsea)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
July 28, 1876
44th Elected in 1874.
Election challenged by successor.

Josiah G. Abbott
(Boston)
Democratic July 28, 1876 –
March 3, 1877
Successfully challenged predecessor.
Lost re-election.

Leopold Morse[9][10]
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
45th
46th
47th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 5th district.

Patrick A. Collins
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1889
48th
49th
50th
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Retired.
1883–1893
[data missing]

Joseph H. O'Neil
(Boston)
Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893
51st
52nd
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Lewis D. Apsley
(Hudson)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897
53rd
54th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Retired.
1893–1903
[data missing]

George W. Weymouth[11]
(Fitchburg)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901
55th
56th
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Retired.

Charles Q. Tirrell[12]
(Natick)
Republican March 4, 1901 –
July 31, 1910
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Died.
1903–1913
[data missing]
Vacant August 1, 1910 –
November 8, 1910
61st

John Joseph Mitchell
(Marlborough)
Democratic November 8, 1910 –
March 3, 1911
Elected to finish Tirrell's term.
Lost election to the next term.

William H. Wilder
(Gardner)
Republican March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Samuel Winslow
(Worcester)
Republican March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1925
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
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
[data missing]
1923–1933
[data missing]

George R. Stobbs
(Worcester)
Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1931
69th
70th
71st
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Retired.

Pehr G. Holmes[13]
(Worcester)
Republican March 4, 1931 –
January 3, 1947
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
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
[data missing]
1943–1953
[data missing]

Harold Donohue[14]
(Worcester)
Democratic January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1973
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
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 3rd district.
1953–1963
[data missing]
1963–1973
[data missing]

Robert Drinan
(Newton)
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Redistricted from the 3rd district 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
[data missing]

Barney Frank[15]
(Newton)
Democratic January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 2013
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
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
[data missing]
1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013

Joe Kennedy III
(Newton)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2021
113th
114th
115th
116th
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
(Newton)
Democratic January 3, 2021 –
present
117th
118th
Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present

Recent election results

2002

U.S. House election, 2002: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barney Frank (incumbent) 166,125 98.99 +24.09
Write-in 1,691 1.01 +0.96
Turnout 167,816 100 -

2004

U.S. House election, 2004: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barney Frank (incumbent) 219,260 77.74 −21.25
Independent Chuck Morse 62,293 22.09 +22.09
Write-in 486 0.17 −0.84
Turnout 282,039 100 -

2006

U.S. House election, 2006: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barney Frank (incumbent) 176,513 98.48 +20.74
Write-in 2,730 1.52 +1.35
Turnout 179,243 100 -

2008

U.S. House election, 2008: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barney Frank (incumbent) 203,032 64.3 −34.18
Republican Earl Henry Sholley 75,571 23.9 +23.9
Independent Susan Allen 19,848 6.29 +6.29
Write-in 337 0.11 −1.41
Blank/Scattering 16,946 5.37 +5.37
Turnout 315,734 100 -

2010

U.S. House election, 2010: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barney Frank (incumbent) 126,194 53.9 −10.4
Republican Sean Bielat 101,517 43.4 +19.5
Independent Susan Allen 3,445 1.5 −4.79
Independent Donald Jordan 2,873 1.2 +1.2
Turnout 234,029 100 -

2012

U.S. House election, 2012: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Kennedy III 219,499 61.1 +7.2
Republican Sean Bielat 129,243 36.0 −7.4
Independent David Rosa 10,674 2.9 +0.2
Turnout 356,416 100 -

2014

Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District, 2014[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Kennedy III (incumbent) 184,158 97.91
No party All Others 3,940 2.09
Total votes 188,098 100
Democratic hold

2016

U.S. House election, 2016: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Kennedy III (incumbent) 265,823 70.1 +9
Republican David Rosa 113,055 29.8 −6.2
Write-in 335 0.1
Turnout 379,213 100 -

2018

U.S. House election, 2018: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Kennedy III (Incumbent) 245,289 97.7
n/a Write-ins 5,727 2.3
Total votes 251,016 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

U.S. House election, 2020: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jake Auchincloss 251,102 60.8
Republican Julie Hall 160,474 38.9
Write-in 1,247 0.3
Total votes 412,823 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

U.S. House election, 2022: Massachusetts, District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jake Auchincloss 201,882 96.9
Write-in 6,397 3.1
Total votes 291,569 100.0
Democratic hold

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.

References

  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS" (PDF). www.sec.state.ma.us. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 26, 2010.
  5. ^ House official membership roster for the 7th Congress Archived December 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (footnote 18)
  6. ^ 13th Congress membership roster Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
  8. ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081796686.
  9. ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  10. ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  11. ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  12. ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  13. ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
  14. ^ "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
  15. ^ "Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
  16. ^ "Massachusetts Secretary of State Election Results 2014" (PDF). Massachusetts Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.

External links

Election results

41°59′50″N 71°13′39″W / 41.99722°N 71.22750°W / 41.99722; -71.22750