Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District location
District created March 4, 1789
Benjamin Goodhue (Salem )
Pro-Administration
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793
1st 2nd
Elected January 29, 1789, on the second ballot .Re-elected October 4, 1790 .Redistricted to the 1st district .
1789–1793 Essex County
Dwight Foster (Brookfield )
Pro-Administration
General ticket : March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
3rd
Elected April 1, 1793, on the third ballot as part of the four-seat general ticket, representing the district at-large.Redistricted to the 4th district .
1793–1795 Berkshire County , Worcester County , and Hampshire County
Theodore Sedgwick (Great Barrington )
Pro-Administration
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected November 2, 1792 , as part of the four-seat general ticket, representing the district from Berkshire County .Redistricted to the 1st district .
Artemas Ward (Shrewsbury )
Pro-Administration
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected November 2, 1792 , as part of the four-seat general ticket, representing the district from Worcester County .[data missing ]
William Lyman (Northampton )
Anti-Administration
Elected April 1, 1793, on the third ballot as part of the four-seat general ticket, representing the district from Hampshire County .Re-elected November 3, 1794 , as the sole representative from the district. Lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
4th
1795–1803 "2nd Western district"
William Shepard (Westfield )
Federalist
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803
5th 6th 7th
Elected January 16, 1797, on the second ballot .Re-elected in 1798 .Re-elected in 1800 . Retired.
Jacob Crowninshield (Salem )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1803 – April 15, 1808
8th 9th 10th
Elected in 1802 .Re-elected in 1804 .Re-elected in 1806 . Died.
1803–1823 "Essex South district"
Vacant
April 15, 1808 – May 23, 1808
10th
Joseph Story (Salem )
Democratic-Republican
May 23, 1808 – March 3, 1809
Elected to finish Crowninshield's term . Retired.
Benjamin Pickman Jr. (Salem )
Federalist
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
11th
Elected in 1808 . Retired.
William Reed (Marblehead )
Federalist
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815
12th 13th
Elected in 1810 .Re-elected in 1812 . Retired.
Timothy Pickering (Wendham )
Federalist
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
14th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1814 . Lost re-election.
Nathaniel Silsbee (Salem )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
15th 16th
Elected in 1816 .Re-elected in 1818 . Retired.
Gideon Barstow (Salem )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
17th
Elected in 1821 on the third ballot . Retired.
Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Salem )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
18th 19th 20th 21st
Elected in 1823 on the second ballot .Re-elected in 1824 .Re-elected in 1826 .Re-elected in 1828 . Lost re-election.
1823–1833 "Essex South district"
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
Rufus Choate (Salem )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1831 – June 30, 1834
22nd 23rd
Elected in 1830 .Re-elected in 1833 . Resigned.
1833–1843 [data missing ]
Vacant
June 30, 1834 – December 1, 1834
23rd
Stephen C. Phillips (Salem )
Anti-Jacksonian
December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1837
23rd 24th 25th
Elected to finish Choate's term .Also elected to the full term in 1834 .Re-elected in 1836 . Resigned to become Mayor of Salem.
Whig
March 4, 1837 – September 28, 1838
Vacant
September 28, 1838 – December 5, 1838
25th
Leverett Saltonstall (Salem )
Whig
December 5, 1838 – March 3, 1843
25th 26th 27th
Elected to finish Phillips's term in 1838 and seated December 5, 1838.Also elected to the full term in 1838 .Re-elected in 1840 . Lost re-election.
Daniel P. King (South Danvers )
Whig
March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1850
28th 29th 30th 31st
Elected in 1843 on the fourth ballot .Re-elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 .Re-elected in 1848 . Died.
1843–1853 [data missing ]
Vacant
July 25, 1850 – March 3, 1851
31st
Robert Rantoul Jr. (Beverly )
Democratic
March 4, 1851 – August 7, 1852
32nd
Elected in 1850 . Died.
Vacant
August 7, 1852 – December 13, 1852
Francis B. Fay (Chelsea )
Whig
December 13, 1852 – March 3, 1853
Elected to finish Rantoul's term . Retired.
Samuel L. Crocker (Taunton )
Whig
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1852 . Lost re-election.
1853–1863 [data missing ]
James Buffington [ 12] (Fall River )
Know Nothing
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th 35th 36th 37th
Elected in 1854 .Re-elected in 1856 .Re-elected in 1858 .Re-elected in 1860 . Retired.
Republican
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
Oakes Ames [ 8] (North Easton )
Republican
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1873
38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd
Elected in 1862 .Re-elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 .Re-elected in 1870 . Retired.
1863–1873 [data missing ]
Benjamin W. Harris [ 13] [ 14] (East Bridgewater )
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883
43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th
Elected in 1872 .Re-elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 . Retired.
1873–1883 [data missing ]
John D. Long (Hingham )
Republican
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889
48th 49th 50th
Elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 . Retired.
1883–1893 [data missing ]
Elijah A. Morse (Canton )
Republican
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
51st 52nd
Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Redistricted to the 12th district .
Frederick H. Gillett [ 15] [ 16] (Springfield )
Republican
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1925
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th
Elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 . Retired to run for U.S. senator .
1893–1903 [data missing ]
1903–1913 [data missing ]
1913–1933 [data missing ]
George B. Churchill (Amherst )
Republican
March 4, 1925 – July 1, 1925
69th
Elected in 1924 . Died.
Vacant
July 1, 1925 – September 29, 1925
Henry L. Bowles (Springfield )
Republican
September 29, 1925 – March 3, 1929
69th 70th
Elected to finish Churchill's term .Re-elected in 1926 . Retired.
Will Kirk Kaynor (Springfield )
Republican
March 4, 1929 – December 20, 1929
71st
Elected in 1928 . Died.
Vacant
December 20, 1929 – February 11, 1930
William J. Granfield (Springfield )
Democratic
February 11, 1930 – January 3, 1937
71st 72nd 73rd 74th
Elected to finish Kaynor's term .Also elected to full term in 1930 .Re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 . Retired.
1933–1943 [data missing ]
Charles R. Clason [ 17] (Springfield )
Republican
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949
75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th
Elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 . Lost re-election.
1943–1953 [data missing ]
Foster Furcolo (Longmeadow )
Democratic
January 3, 1949 – September 30, 1952
81st 82nd
Elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 . Retired and then resigned early when appointed State Treasurer .
Vacant
September 30, 1952 – January 3, 1953
82nd
Edward Boland [ 18] (Springfield )
Democratic
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1989
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th
Elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 . Retired.
1953–1963 [data missing ]
1963–1973 [data missing ]
1973–1983 [data missing ]
1983–1993 [data missing ]
Richard Neal [ 19] (Springfield )
Democratic
January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013
101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th
Elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Redistricted to the 1st district .
1993–2003 [data missing ]
2003–2013
Jim McGovern (Worcester )
Democratic
January 3, 2013 – present
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
2013–2023
2023–present