Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Seth Moulton
D–Salem
Area480.31 sq mi (1,244.0 km2)
Distribution
  • 73.15% urban
  • 26.85% rural
Population (2022)771,813
Median household
income		$106,226[1]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVID+11[2]

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann, as well as part of Middlesex County. It is represented by Seth Moulton, who has represented the district since January 2015. The shape of the district went through minor changes effective from the elections of 2012 after Massachusetts congressional redistricting to reflect the 2010 census. The towns of Tewksbury and Billerica were added, along with a small portion of the town of Andover.[3]

Election results from presidential races

Year Office Result
2000 President Gore 57–36%
2004 President Kerry 58–41%
2008 President Obama 57–41.4%
2012 President Obama 54.7–44%
2016 President Clinton 56–38.2%
2020 President Biden 63–36%

Cities and towns in the district

In Essex County:

The cities of: Amesbury, Beverly, Gloucester, Lynn, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem
The towns of: Andover: Precincts 1, 7A and, 8[4] Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, 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, Tewksbury, Wakefield and 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."[5]

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."[6]

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."[7]

1910s

"Essex County: Cities of Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Salem; towns of Amesbury, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfleld, Wenham, and West Newbury."[8]

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."[9]

2003 to 2013

The district from 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, 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 Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1789

George Thatcher
(Biddeford)		 Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791		 1st Elected in 1788.
Redistricted to the 8th district.		 1789–1793
Cumberland County and Lincoln County, District of Maine

George Leonard
(Raynham)		 Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793		 2nd Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected late in 1792.
Lost re-election that same year.
District inactive March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795		 3rd
John Reed Sr.
(West Bridgewater)		 Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801		 4th
5th
6th		 Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.		 1795–1803
"2nd Southern district"
Josiah Smith
(Pembroke)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803		 7th Elected in 1800.
Retired.
Samuel Taggart
(Colerain)		 Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1817		 8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th		 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
(Greenfield)		 Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1823		 15th
16th
17th		 Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 7th district.

John Locke
(Ashby)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 18th
19th
20th		 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
(Leominster)		 Anti-Jackson March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833		 21st
22nd		 Elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Retired.
George Grennell Jr.
(Greenfield)		 Anti-Jackson March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837		 23rd
24th
25th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Retired.		 1833–1843
[data missing]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

James Alvord
(Greenfield)		 Whig March 4, 1839 –
September 27, 1839		 26th Elected in 1838.
Died.
Vacant September 27, 1839 –
January 14, 1840

Osmyn Baker
(Amherst)		 Whig December 23, 1839 –
March 3, 1845		 26th
27th
28th		 Elected to finish Alvord's term and seated January 14, 1840.
Re-elected later in 1840.
Re-elected in 1842.
Retired.
1843–1853
[data missing]

George Ashmun
(Springfield)		 Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851		 29th
30th
31st		 Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Retired.
George T. Davis
(Greenfield)		 Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd Elected in 1850.
Retired.

Charles W. Upham
(Salem)		 Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33rd Elected in 1852.
Lost re-election.		 1853–1863
[data missing]

Timothy Davis
(Gloucester)		 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

John B. Alley[10]
(Lynn)		 Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863		 36th
37th		 Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 5th district.

Daniel W. Gooch
(Melrose)		 Republican March 4, 1863 –
September 1, 1865		 38th
39th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Resigned to become Navy agent of the port of Boston.		 1863–1873
[data missing]
Vacant September 2, 1865 –
December 3, 1865		 39th

Nathaniel P. Banks[11]
(Waltham)		 Republican December 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1873		 39th
40th
41st
42nd		 Elected to finish Gooch's term.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Switched parties in 1872.
Redistricted to the 5th district and lost re-election.
Liberal Republican

Benjamin F. Butler
(Lowell)		 Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 43rd Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1872.
Lost re-election.		 1873–1883
[data missing]

Charles Perkins Thompson
(Gloucester)		 Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 44th Elected in 1874.
Lost re-election.

George B. Loring[12](Salem)		 Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881		 45th
46th		 Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost renomination.

Eben F. Stone[13]
(Newburyport)		 Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 47th Elected in 1880.
Retired.

Henry B. Lovering
(Lynn)		 Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887		 48th
49th		 Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.		 1883–1893
[data missing]

Henry Cabot Lodge
(Nahant)		 Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1893		 50th
51st
52nd		 Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 7th district.

William Cogswell
(Salem)		 Republican March 4, 1893 –
May 22, 1895		 53rd
54th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Died.		 1893–1903
[data missing]
Vacant May 22, 1895 –
November 4, 1895		 54th

William H. Moody[14]
(Haverhill)		 Republican November 5, 1895 –
May 1, 1902		 54th
55th
56th
57th		 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		 57th

Augustus P. Gardner[15]
(Hamilton)		 Republican November 4, 1902 –
May 15, 1917		 57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th		 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
[data missing]
1913–1933
[data missing]
Vacant May 15, 1917 –
November 6, 1917		 65th

Willfred W. Lufkin
(Essex)		 Republican November 6, 1917 –
June 30, 1921		 65th
66th
67th		 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		 67th

Abram Andrew
(Gloucester)		 Republican September 27, 1921 –
June 3, 1936		 67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th		 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
[data missing]
Vacant June 3, 1936 –
January 3, 1937		 74th

George J. Bates[16]
(Salem)		 Republican January 3, 1937 –
November 1, 1949		 75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st		 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
[data missing]
Vacant November 1, 1949 –
February 14, 1950		 81st

William H. Bates[17]
(Salem)		 Republican February 14, 1950 –
June 22, 1969		 81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st		 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
[data missing]
1963–1973
[data missing]
Vacant June 22, 1969 –
September 30, 1969		 91st

Michael J. Harrington
(Beverly)		 Democratic September 30, 1969 –
January 3, 1979		 91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th		 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
[data missing]

Nicholas Mavroules[18]
(Peabody)		 Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1993		 96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd		 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
[data missing]

Peter G. Torkildsen
(Danvers)		 Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1997		 103rd
104th		 Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Lost re-election.		 1993–2003
[data missing]

John F. Tierney
(Salem)		 Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2015		 105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th		 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
[data missing]
2013–2023

Seth Moulton
(Salem)		 Democratic January 3, 2015 –
present		 114th
115th
116th
117th
118th		 Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
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:

Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Tierney (incumbent) 179,603 48.3%
Republican Richard Tisei 175,953 47.3%
Libertarian Daniel Fishman 16,668 4.4%
Total votes 372,224 100%
Democratic hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2014[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Seth Moulton 149,449 54.7%
Republican Richard Tisei 111,848 40.9%
Independent Chris Stockwell 12,175 4.5%
Total votes 273,472 100%
Democratic hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2016[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Seth Moulton (incumbent) 308,923 98.4%
No party All Others 5,132 1.6%
Total votes 314,055 100%
Democratic hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2018[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Seth Moulton (incumbent) 216,282 65.2%
Republican Joseph Schneider 104,379 31.4%
Independent Mary Jean Charbonneau 11,244 3.4%
Total votes 331,905 100%
Democratic hold
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election, 2020[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Seth Moulton (incumbent) 286,377 65.4%
Republican John Paul Moran 150,695 34.4%
Write-in 605 0.2%
Total votes 437,677 100%
Democratic hold

References

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