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<html> <head> <title>US Congressman, Massachusetts</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> US Congressman, Massachusetts US GOVERNMENT OFFICE Members of the <a href="/gov/661/000042535/">US House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/geo/804/000062618/">Massachusetts</a>. See also <a href="/gov/233/000052077/">Senators from Massachusetts</a>. Location: <a href="/geo/804/000062618/" class=proflink>Massachusetts</a> REPRESENTING THE GREAT STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS<table class="bordered" border=1><tr><th>District</th><th>Representative</th><th>Since</th><th>Party</th></tr><tr><td><center>1st</center></td><td><a href="/people/084/000039964/">John Olver</a></td><td align="right"><tt>1991</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>2nd</center></td><td><a href="/people/072/000039952/">Richard Neal</a></td><td align="right"><tt>3-Jan-1989</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>3rd</center></td><td><a href="/people/705/000039588/">James McGovern</a></td><td align="right"><tt>1997</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>4th</center></td><td><a href="/people/065/000396871/">Joseph P. Kennedy III</a></td><td align="right"><tt>1981</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>5th</center></td><td><a href="/people/293/000163801/">Niki Tsongas</a></td><td align="right"><tt>2007</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>6th</center></td><td><a href="/people/775/000040655/">John Tierney</a></td><td align="right"><tt>1997</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>7th</center></td><td><a href="/people/038/000039918/">Ed Markey</a></td><td align="right"><tt>1977</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>8th</center></td><td><a href="/people/093/000035985/">Michael E. Capuano</a></td><td align="right"><tt>1999</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>9th</center></td><td><a href="/people/637/000039520/">Stephen Lynch</a></td><td align="right"><tt>2001</tt></td><td>Democratic </td></tr><tr><td><center>10th</center></td><td><a href="/people/993/000265198/">William R. Keating</a></td><td align="right"><tt>2011</tt></td><td>Democratic</td></tr></table>PAST AND PRESENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM MASSACHUSETTS<table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000082241/">Charles Francis Adams</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1807</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1886</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000026292/">John Quincy Adams</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1767</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1848</tt></td> <td>6th US President, 1825-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000129900/">Chester G. Atkins</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1985-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000100777/">Nathaniel P. Banks</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1816</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1894</tt></td> <td>House Speaker, Governor of Massachusetts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000141329/">Peter Blute</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000123320/">Edward Boland</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-2001</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1953-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000209832/">George S. Boutwell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1905</tt></td> <td>Senator, Governor, US Treasury Secretary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000102922/">Anson Burlingame</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1820</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1870</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to China, 1861-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/171/000102862/">Benjamin Franklin Butler</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1893</tt></td> <td>Criminal lawyer, Civil War general</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000035985/">Michael E. Capuano</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 8th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/498/000050348/">Rufus Choate</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1799</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1859</tt></td> <td>Attorney and Senator from Massachusetts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/882/000129495/">Silvio O. Conte</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1991</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/077/000055909/">Paul Cronin</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1997</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000208466/">James M. Curley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1958</tt></td> <td>Four-time Mayor of Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000050399/">Caleb Cushing</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1800</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1879</tt></td> <td>US Attorney General, 1853-57</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/116/000096825/">Henry Laurens Dawes</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1816</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1903</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Massachusetts, 1875-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000036781/">Bill Delahunt</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1997-2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000209880/">Samuel Dexter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1761</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-1816</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of War, Treasury</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/356/000129966/">Brian J. Donnelly</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/427/000093148/">Robert Drinan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-2007</tt></td> <td>Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/491/000357417/">Joseph D. Early</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-2012</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1975-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000168087/">Edward Everett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1794</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1865</tt></td> <td>Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/140/000024068/">Barney Frank</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1981-2013</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000167772/">Foster Furcolo</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1995</tt></td> <td>Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000050490/">Elbridge Gerry</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1744</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1814</tt></td> <td>Patron saint of Gerrymandering</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/460/000172941/">Frederick H. Gillett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1851</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1935</tt></td> <td>Speaker of the House, 1919-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/396/000121033/">Margaret Heckler</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of HHS, 1983-85</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/366/000059189/">Christian Herter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1966</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1959-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/466/000172947/">George F. Hoar</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1826</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1904</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Massachusetts, 1877-1904</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/993/000265198/">William R. Keating</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 10th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/113/000024041/">John F. Kennedy</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1963</tt></td> <td>35th US President, 1961-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/065/000396871/">Joseph P. Kennedy III</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 4th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000207061/">Joseph Patrick Kennedy II</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1987-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/417/000173895/">Thomas J. Lane</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1994</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1941-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/766/000118412/">George P. Lawrence</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1917</tt></td> <td>Congressman, committed suicide</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/970/000047829/">Henry Cabot Lodge</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1924</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/637/000039520/">Stephen Lynch</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 9th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000173892/">Torbert H. Macdonald</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1976</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1955-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000050428/">Horace Mann</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-1796</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1859</tt></td> <td>Massachusetts education reformer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/038/000039918/">Ed Markey</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Massachusetts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/083/000119723/">Joseph W. Martin, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1925-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000141226/">Nicholas Mavroules</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-2003</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000119733/">John W. McCormack</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1980</tt></td> <td>Speaker of the House, 1962-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000039588/">James McGovern</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 3rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/045/000039925/">Marty Meehan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/866/000129479/">Joseph Moakley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-2001</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000167882/">William H. Moody</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1917</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1906-10</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000166674/">F. Bradford Morse</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1994</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000039952/">Richard Neal</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 2nd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/428/000024356/">Tip O'Neill</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1994</tt></td> <td>Speaker of the House, 1977-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000039964/">John Olver</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 1st</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/607/000168103/">Timothy Pickering</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1745</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1829</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1795-1800</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/423/000115078/">Josiah Quincy</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1772</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1864</tt></td> <td>President of Harvard, 1829-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000166675/">Edith Nourse Rogers</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1960</tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Massachusetts, 1925-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/401/000163909/">James M. Shannon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-85</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000050345/">Joseph Story</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1779</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1845</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1812-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000101979/">Gerry Studds</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-2006</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/775/000040655/">John Tierney</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Massachusetts 6th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000141039/">Peter G. 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