Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District

Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The seat is currently held by Democrat Ayanna Pressley.

Due to redistricting after the 2010 census, the borders of the district were changed, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district, and most of the old 8th district comprising the new 7th district. With a partisan lean of D+35 according to the Cook Political Report, the 7th is the most Democratic district in Massachusetts, and one of the most Democratic districts in the United States.

According to ''The Boston Globe'' and the latest census data, approximately 33 percent of the population of the district were born outside of the United States, with approximately 34 percent of the population white, 26 percent African American, and 21 percent Latino.

In 2019, Ayanna Presley became the first female and person of color to represent the district as well as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Congress.

Election results from presidential races

Cities and towns in the district

* Boston:
** Wards 1, 2
** Ward 3: Precincts 7, 8
** Ward 4
** Ward 5: Precincts 1, 2, 2A, 6-10
** Ward 7: Precinct 10
** Wards 8-10
** Ward 11: Precincts 1-8
** Ward 12
** Ward 13: Precincts 1, 2, 4-6, 8 and 9
** Ward 14
** Ward 15
** Ward 16: Precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11
** Ward 17
** Ward 18
** Ward 19: Precincts 7, 10-13
** Ward 20: Precinct 3
** Wards 21 and 22
(the remainder of Boston is in the 8th district)
* Cambridge:
** Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 11
** Ward 4: Precinct 1
** Ward 10: Precinct 3
(the remainder of Cambridge is in the 5th district)
* Chelsea
* Everett
* Milton:
** Precincts 1, 5 and 10
(the remainder of Milton is in the 8th district)
* Randolph
* Somerville

Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013

1790s-1830s

1840s

1849: "The whole of Berkshire County; Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Coleraine, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, and Shelburne, in Franklin County; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Norwich, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington, in Hampshire County; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, and Tolland, in the County of Hampden."

1850s-1880s

An act of the legislature passed April 22, 1852 divided the 7th district of Massachusetts as such: "The towns of Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Methuen, Middleton, Saugus, and Topsfield in the county of Essex; and the city of Charlestown, and the towns of Burlington, Lexington, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Somerville, South Reading, Stoneham, Waltham, and Woburn, in the county of Middlesex."

1890s

1893: "Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, and Saugus. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, and Wakefield.
Suffolk County: 4th and 5th wards of the city of Boston, and the towns of Chelsea and Revere."

1910s

1916: In Essex County: Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody, Saugus. In Middlesex County: North Reading.

1940s

1941: In Essex County: Lawrence, Lynn (part), Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.

1950s-2002

2003-2013

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

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

Notes

References

Citations

General sources

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

Map of Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District
via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Election results

CNN.com 2004 election results

CNN.com 2006 election results

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Government of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Government of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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Constituencies established in 1789
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