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| Massachusetts's 7th congressional district |
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| 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.
[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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