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Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

44 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1795. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
44
30 R · 7 F · 3 W · 2 A · 2 D
Longest tenure
16 years
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth
Current
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nobody
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Peleg Wadsworth · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistPeleg Wadsworth · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistPeleg Wadsworth · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistPeleg Wadsworth · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistEbenezer Seaver · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Seaver · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Seaver · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Seaver · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Seaver · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Ruggles · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistNathaniel Ruggles · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistNathaniel Ruggles · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistEdward Dowse · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Eustis · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Reed · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · WhigJohn Reed · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJohn Reed · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJohn Reed · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · WhigJohn Reed · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · WhigCharles Sturtevant Randall · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Simpkins · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Simpkins · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stedman Greene · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stedman Greene · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Croad Lovering · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stedman Greene · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stedman Greene · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stedman Greene · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stedman Greene · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Joseph Mitchell · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Carter · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Carter · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Luce · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Luce · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Luce · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Luce · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRobert Luce · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Luce · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Luce · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Bowditch Wigglesworth · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Bowditch Wigglesworth · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJames Anthony Burke · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Eustis · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stedman Greene · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · Republican
James Anthony Burke D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Robert Luce R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Robert Luce R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Robert Luce R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Robert Luce R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Robert Luce R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Robert Luce R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Robert Luce R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Henry Carter R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Henry Carter R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Joseph Mitchell D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Stedman Greene R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Stedman Greene R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Stedman Greene R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Stedman Greene R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Croad Lovering R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Stedman Greene R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Stedman Greene R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Simpkins R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Stedman Greene R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Simpkins R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Sturtevant Randall R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Reed W
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Reed W
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Reed A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Reed A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Reed W
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
William Eustis R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Edward Dowse R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
William Eustis R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Nathaniel Ruggles F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Nathaniel Ruggles F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Nathaniel Ruggles F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Ebenezer Seaver R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Ebenezer Seaver R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Ebenezer Seaver R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Ebenezer Seaver R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Ebenezer Seaver R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Peleg Wadsworth F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Peleg Wadsworth F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Peleg Wadsworth F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Peleg Wadsworth F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.