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The term may also refer to <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_16" title="Massachusetts Route 16">Massachusetts Route 16</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard; width=200px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Massachusetts's 16th congressional district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_obsolete_United_States_congressional_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of obsolete United States congressional districts">Obsolete district</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">1803<br />1910</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Eliminated</th><td class="infobox-data">1820<br />1930</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1803–1821<br />1913–1933</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Massachusetts_congressional_districts_large.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Massachusetts_congressional_districts_large.pdf/page1-220px-Massachusetts_congressional_districts_large.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Massachusetts_congressional_districts_large.pdf/page1-330px-Massachusetts_congressional_districts_large.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Massachusetts_congressional_districts_large.pdf/page1-440px-Massachusetts_congressional_districts_large.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1650" data-file-height="1275" /></a><figcaption>Massachusetts's <b>current</b> districts, since 2013</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Massachusetts's 16th congressional district</b> is an obsolete district. It was first active 1803–1821 in the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Maine" title="District of Maine">District of Maine</a> and again active 1913–1933 in the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a> region. It was eliminated in 1933 after the <a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930 census</a>. Its last <a href="/wiki/Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="Congressman">congressman</a> was <a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Gifford" title="Charles L. Gifford">Charles L. Gifford</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">redistricted</a> into the <span data-sort-value="Massachusetts15 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 15th congressional district">15th district</a></span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_and_towns_in_the_district">Cities and towns in the district</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts%27s_16th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cities and towns in the district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1910s">1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts%27s_16th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Barnstable County: Towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmonth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth. Bristol County: City of New Bedford; towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Scituate, and Wareham. Norfolk County: Town of Cohasset. Dukes and Nantucket Counties."<sup id="cite_ref-directory1916_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directory1916-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_members_representing_the_district">List of members representing the district</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts%27s_16th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of members representing the district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Representative </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Cong<br />ress </th> <th>Electoral history </th> <th>District location </th></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="6">District created March 3, 1803 </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Samuel_Thatcher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Portrait_of_Samuel_Thatcher.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_Samuel_Thatcher.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Portrait_of_Samuel_Thatcher.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_Samuel_Thatcher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Portrait_of_Samuel_Thatcher.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_Samuel_Thatcher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="585" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Thatcher" title="Samuel Thatcher">Samuel Thatcher</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Warren,_Maine" title="Warren, Maine">Warren</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1803 –<br />March 3, 1805 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_United_States_Congress" title="8th United States Congress">8th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">Redistricted</a> from the <span data-sort-value="Massachusetts12 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 12th congressional district">12th district</a></span> and <a href="/wiki/1802%E2%80%931803_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1802–1803 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">re-elected in 1802</a>.<br />Lost re-election. </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>1803–1813</b><br />"Lincoln district," <a href="/wiki/District_of_Maine" title="District of Maine">District of Maine</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Orchard_Cook" title="Orchard Cook">Orchard Cook</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Wiscasset,_Maine" title="Wiscasset, Maine">Wiscasset</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican Party (United States)">Democratic-<br />Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1805 –<br />March 3, 1811 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_United_States_Congress" title="9th United States Congress">9th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/10th_United_States_Congress" title="10th United States Congress">10th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/11th_United_States_Congress" title="11th United States Congress">11th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1804_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1804 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1804</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1806_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1806 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1806</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1808_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1808</a>.<br />Retired. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Peleg_Tallman" title="Peleg Tallman">Peleg Tallman</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bath,_Maine" title="Bath, Maine">Bath</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican Party (United States)">Democratic-<br />Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1811 –<br />March 3, 1813 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_United_States_Congress" title="12th United States Congress">12th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1810%E2%80%931811_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1810–1811 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1810</a>.<br />Retired. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Davis_(American_politician)" title="Samuel Davis (American politician)">Samuel Davis</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bath,_Maine" title="Bath, Maine">Bath</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1813 –<br />March 3, 1815 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_United_States_Congress" title="13th United States Congress">13th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1812%E2%80%931813_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1812–1813 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1812</a>.<br />Redistricted to the <span data-sort-value="Massachusetts19 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 19th congressional district">19th district</a></span> and lost re-election. </td> <td rowspan="4"><b>1813–1821</b><br />"3rd Eastern district," <a href="/wiki/District_of_Maine" title="District of Maine">District of Maine</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Brown_(politician)" title="Benjamin Brown (politician)">Benjamin Brown</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Waldoborough,_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Waldoborough, Maine">Waldoborough</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1815 –<br />March 3, 1817 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_United_States_Congress" title="14th United States Congress">14th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1814%E2%80%931815_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1814–1815 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1814</a>.<br />Ran in the <span data-sort-value="Massachusetts18 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 18th congressional district">18th district</a></span> and lost re-election. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Orr_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Benjamin Orr (Massachusetts politician)">Benjamin Orr</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Maine" title="Brunswick, Maine">Brunswick</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1817 –<br />March 3, 1819 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_United_States_Congress" title="15th United States Congress">15th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1816%E2%80%931817_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1816–1817 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1816</a>.<br />Lost re-election. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Langdon_Hill" title="Mark Langdon Hill">Mark Langdon Hill</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Phippsburg,_Maine" title="Phippsburg, Maine">Phippsburg</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican Party (United States)">Democratic-<br />Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1819 –<br />March 3, 1821 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_United_States_Congress" title="16th United States Congress">16th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1818%E2%80%931819_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1818–1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1819 on the third ballot</a>.<br />District <span data-sort-value="Maine03 !"><a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Maine's 3rd congressional district">moved to Maine</a></span>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="6">District moved to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Maine" title="List of United States representatives from Maine">Maine</a> March 3, 1821 </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="6">District restored in Massachusetts March 3, 1913 </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thacher_3120291463_fda290f83d_o.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Thacher_3120291463_fda290f83d_o.jpg/100px-Thacher_3120291463_fda290f83d_o.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Thacher_3120291463_fda290f83d_o.jpg/150px-Thacher_3120291463_fda290f83d_o.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Thacher_3120291463_fda290f83d_o.jpg/200px-Thacher_3120291463_fda290f83d_o.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chandler_Thacher" title="Thomas Chandler Thacher">Thomas Chandler Thacher</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Yarmouth,_Massachusetts" title="Yarmouth, Massachusetts">Yarmouth</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1913 –<br />March 3, 1915 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress" title="63rd United States Congress">63rd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1912</a>.<br />Lost re-election. </td> <td rowspan="4"><b>1803–1813</b><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (January 2021)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Walsh_(Massachusetts).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Joseph_Walsh_%28Massachusetts%29.jpg/100px-Joseph_Walsh_%28Massachusetts%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Joseph_Walsh_%28Massachusetts%29.jpg/150px-Joseph_Walsh_%28Massachusetts%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Joseph_Walsh_%28Massachusetts%29.jpg/200px-Joseph_Walsh_%28Massachusetts%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3760" data-file-height="4472" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Walsh_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Joseph Walsh (Massachusetts politician)">Joseph Walsh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><br />March 4, 1915 –<br />August 21, 1922<br /><br /> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">64th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/65th_United_States_Congress" title="65th United States Congress">65th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/66th_United_States_Congress" title="66th United States Congress">66th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/67th_United_States_Congress" title="67th United States Congress">67th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Elected in 1914</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1916</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1918</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1920</a>.<br />Resigned to become a justice of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Superior_Court" title="Massachusetts Superior Court">Massachusetts Superior Court</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">August 21, 1922 –<br />November 7, 1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/67th_United_States_Congress" title="67th United States Congress">67th</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_L._Gifford_(Massachusetts_Congressman).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Charles_L._Gifford_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg/100px-Charles_L._Gifford_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Charles_L._Gifford_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg/150px-Charles_L._Gifford_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Charles_L._Gifford_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg/200px-Charles_L._Gifford_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="537" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Gifford" title="Charles L. Gifford">Charles L. Gifford</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Cotuit,_Massachusetts" title="Cotuit, Massachusetts">Cotuit</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">November 7, 1922 –<br />March 3, 1933 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/67th_United_States_Congress" title="67th United States Congress">67th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/68th_United_States_Congress" title="68th United States Congress">68th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/69th_United_States_Congress" title="69th United States Congress">69th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/70th_United_States_Congress" title="70th United States Congress">70th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/71st_United_States_Congress" title="71st United States Congress">71st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/72nd_United_States_Congress" title="72nd United States Congress">72nd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_16th_congressional_district_special_election,_1922" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts's 16th congressional district special election, 1922">Elected to finish Walsh's term</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1922</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1924</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1926</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1928</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Re-elected in 1930</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">Redistricted</a> to the <span data-sort-value="Massachusetts15 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 15th congressional district">15th district</a></span>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="6">District eliminated March 3, 1933 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts%27s_16th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts02 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts03 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts04 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 4th congressional district">4th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts05 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 5th congressional district">5th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts06 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 6th congressional district">6th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts07 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 7th congressional district">7th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts08 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 8th congressional district">8th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts09 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 9th congressional district">9th</a></span></dd></dl> </div> <div class="wrap"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">All districts</span></dt> <dd><span data-sort-value="MassachusettsAL !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_at-large_congressional_seat" title="Massachusetts's at-large congressional seat">At-large</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts01 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts02 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts03 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts04 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 4th congressional district">4th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts05 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 5th congressional district">5th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts06 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 6th congressional district">6th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts07 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 7th congressional district">7th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts08 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 8th congressional district">8th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts09 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 9th congressional district">9th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts10 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 10th congressional district">10th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts11 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 11th congressional district">11th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts12 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 12th congressional district">12th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts13 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 13th congressional district">13th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts14 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 14th congressional district">14th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts15 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 15th congressional district">15th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts16 !"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">16th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts17 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 17th congressional district">17th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts18 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 18th congressional district">18th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts19 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 19th congressional district">19th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts20 !"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts's 20th congressional district">20th</a></span></dd></dl> </div> <ul><li><i>The at-large and 10th–20th districts are obsolete. The 14th–20th districts moved to <a href="/wiki/District_of_Maine" title="District of Maine">Maine</a> in 1820, and the 14th–16th districts were later restored in Massachusetts.</i></li></ul> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd>Massachusetts's past and present <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Massachusetts" title="List of United States representatives from Massachusetts">representatives</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Massachusetts" title="List of United States senators from Massachusetts">senators</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Massachusetts" title="United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts">delegations</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>Recent U.S. House elections in Massachusetts: <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2022</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">2024</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts" title="List of United States congressional districts">All U.S. districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment" title="United States congressional apportionment">Apportionment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">Redistricting </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_States" title="Gerrymandering in the United States">Gerrymandering</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1012311289">.mw-parser-output .asbox{position:relative;overflow:hidden}.mw-parser-output .asbox table{background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .asbox p{margin:0}.mw-parser-output .asbox p+p{margin-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .asbox-body{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .asbox-note{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .asbox .navbar{position:absolute;top:-0.75em;right:1em;display:none}</style><div role="note" class="metadata plainlinks asbox stub"><table role="presentation"><tbody><tr class="noresize"><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Congress_stub.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stub icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US_Congress_stub.PNG/30px-US_Congress_stub.PNG" decoding="async" width="30" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/US_Congress_stub.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="43" data-file-height="45" /></a></span></td><td><p class="asbox-body">This <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>–related article is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">stub</a>. 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