Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

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Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
Area 170.29 mi²
Distribution 93.31% urban, 6.69% rural
Population (2000) 634,287
Median income $69,501
Ethnic composition 83.5% White, 3.5% Black, 5.7% Asian, 4.8% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 2.3% other
Occupation 14.3% blue collar, 72.9% white collar, 12.8% gray collar
Cook PVI D + 18

Massachusetts Congressional District 7 is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts, including several suburbs north and west of Boston. It is currently represented by Edward J. Markey, who has served the district since 1976.

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[edit] Cities and towns in the district

District 7 contains the following towns:

In Middlesex County:

Arlington, Belmont, Everett, Framingham, Lexington, Lincoln, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Stoneham, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Precinct 2, Weston, Winchester, Woburn.

In Suffolk County:

Revere, Winthrop.


[edit] Representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
District created 1795
George Leonard Federalist 1795-1797
Stephen Bullock Federalist 1797-1799
Phanuel Bishop Democratic-Republican 1799-1803
Nahum Mitchell Federalist 1795-1797
Joseph Barker Democratic-Republican 1805-1809
Charles Turner, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1809-1810
William Baylies Federalist 1810-1811
Charles Turner, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1811-1813
William Baylies Federalist 1813-1815
John W. Hulbert Federalist 1815-1817
Henry Shaw Democratic-Republican 1817-1821
Henry W. Dwight Federalist 1821-1823
Samuel C. Allen Adams-Clay Federalist 1823-1825
Adams 1825-1829
George Grennell, Jr. Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833 Redistricted to the 6th district
George N. Briggs Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837 Lanesboro
Whig March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1843 Retired
Julius Rockwell Whig March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1851
John Z. Goodrich Whig March 4, 1851 - 1853
Nathaniel P. Banks Democratic 1853-1855
Know Nothing 1855-1857
Republican 1857-1859
Daniel W. Gooch Republican 1859-1863
George S. Boutwell Republican 1863-1869
George M. Brooks Republican 1869-1871
Constantine C. Esty Republican 1871-1873
Ebenezer R. Hoar Republican 1873-1875
John K. Tarbox Democratic 1875-1877
Benjamin F. Butler Republican March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 Lowell
William A. Russell Republican March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885 Lawrence
Eben F. Stone Republican 1883-1887
William Cogswell Republican 1887-1893
William Everett Democratic August 7, 1893 - March 3, 1895
William E. Barrett Republican 1895-1899
Ernest W. Roberts Republican 1899-1913
Michael Francis Phelan Democratic 1913-03-04 - 1921-03-03 Lynn Lost re-election
Robert S. Maloney Republican March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1923 Lawrence
William P. Connery, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1923 - June 15, 1937 Lynn Died
Vacant June 16, 1937 - September 27, 1937
Lawrence J. Connery Democratic September 28, 1937 - October 19, 1941 Lynn Died
Vacant October 20, 1941 - December 29, 1941
Thomas J. Lane Democratic December 30, 1941 - January 3, 1963
Torbert H. Macdonald Democratic January 3, 1963 - May 21, 1976 Redistricted from the 8th district,
Died
Vacant May 22, 1976 - November 1, 1976
Edward J. Markey Democratic November 2, 1976 - present Malden Incumbent
Representative Party Years District home Note

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