Massachusetts's at-large congressional seat is an obsolete construct only used during the 1792–1793 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts. In that election, one of the state's then-14 representatives to the

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was elected statewide

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. At that time, the

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Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

included the

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. Elected at-large was David Cobb, who served in the

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(March 1793–March 1795). Other than Cobb, Massachusetts has never elected a member of the U.S. House at-large.

Sole member

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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At-large At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather tha ...

Former congressional districts of the United States At-large United States congressional districts Constituencies established in 1793 Constituencies disestablished in 1795 1793 establishments in Massachusetts 1795 disestablishments in Massachusetts