Massachusetts's 17th congressional district

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Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013

Massachusetts's seventeenth congressional district is an obsolete district. Its short tenure (1803-1821) was dedicated to the Maine District until Maine achieved statehood.

List of representatives

Cong
ress
Representative Party Years District home Electoral history
District created March 4, 1803
8th Phineas Bruce Federalist March 4, 1803 –
?
Machias, Maine Elected in 1802.
Prevented by illness from qualifying
Vacant ? –
March 3, 1805
9th John Chandler Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1809
Monmouth, Maine Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Retired.
10th
11th Barzillai Gannett Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1809 –
1812
Gardiner, Maine Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Resigned.
12th
Vacant 1812 –
April 6, 1812
Francis Carr Democratic-
Republican
April 6, 1812 –
March 3, 1813
Bangor, Maine Elected to finish Gannett's term.
Lost re-election.
13th Abiel Wood Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815
Wiscasset, Maine Elected in 1812.
Lost re-election.
14th James Carr Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
Bangor, Maine Elected in 1814.
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15th John Wilson Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
Belfast, Maine Elected in 1816.
Lost renomination.
16th Martin Kinsley Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
Hampden, Maine Elected in 1818.
Lost re-election.
District moved to Maine March 3, 1821

References

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