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DescriptionKnown as the 1st Southern District from 1795 to 1803, the "Hampshire South" district from 1803 to 1823 and the Hampden District from 1823 to 1833

RACES
Date Type Results [Show Primaries]
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Katherine M. Clark(I)
203,994
74.00%
 Caroline Colarusso
71,491
25.93%
  Write-In(W)
186
0.07%
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
 Katherine M. Clark(I)
294,427
74.32%
 Caroline Colarusso
101,351
25.58%
  Write-In(W)
405
0.10%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Katherine M. Clark(I)
236,243
75.88%
 John Hugo
74,856
24.04%
  Write-In(W)
225
0.07%
Nov 08, 2016 General Election
 Katherine M. Clark(I)
285,606
98.55%
  Write-In(W)
4,201
1.45%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Katherine M. Clark(I)
182,100
98.29%
  Others(W)
3,159
1.71%
 William F. Wilt(W)
1
0.00%
Dec 10, 2013 Special Election
 Katherine M. Clark
40,303
65.75%
 Frank John Addivinola, Jr.
19,328
31.53%
 James Aulenti
996
1.62%
 James O. Hall
452
0.74%
  Others(W)
217
0.35%
Nov 06, 2012 General Election
 Edward J. Markey(I)
257,490
75.49%
 Tom Tierney
82,944
24.32%
  Others(W)
675
0.20%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Niki Tsongas(I)
122,858
54.84%
 Jonathan A. Golnik
94,646
42.25%
 Dale E. Brown
4,387
1.96%
 Robert M. Clark
1,991
0.89%
  Others(W)
147
0.07%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
 Niki Tsongas(I)
225,947
98.71%
  Others(W)
2,960
1.29%
Oct 16, 2007 Special Election
 Niki Tsongas
54,359
51.30%
 Jim Ogonowski
47,782
45.09%
 Patrick Murphy
2,175
2.05%
 Kurt Hayes
1,126
1.06%
 Kevin Thompson
391
0.37%
  Write-In(W)
127
0.12%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan(I)
159,120
98.06%
  Write-In
3,152
1.94%
Nov 02, 2004 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan(I)
179,652
67.06%
 Tom Tierney
88,232
32.94%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan(I)
122,562
60.15%
 Chuck McCarthy Jr.
69,337
34.03%
 Ilana Freedman
11,729
5.76%
  Others
149
0.07%
Nov 07, 2000 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan(I)
199,601
98.02%
  Others
4,040
1.98%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan(I)
127,418
70.70%
 David E. Coleman
52,725
29.25%
  Others
87
0.05%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan(I)
183,429
99.08%
  Others
1,708
0.92%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan(I)
140,725
69.83%
 David E. Coleman
60,734
30.14%
  Others
65
0.03%
Nov 03, 1992 General Election
 Martin T. "Marty" Meehan
133,844
52.17%
 Paul W. Cronin
96,206
37.50%
 Mary Jean Charbonneau
19,077
7.44%
 David E. Coleman
7,214
2.81%
  Others(W)
223
0.09%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Chester G. Atkins(I)
110,232
52.16%
 John F. MacGovern
101,017
47.80%
  Others(W)
85
0.04%
Nov 08, 1988 General Election
 Chester G. Atkins(I)
181,850
84.12%
 T. David Hudson
34,339
15.88%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Chester G. Atkins(I)
113,690
99.95%
  Others(W)
57
0.05%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
 Chester G. Atkins
120,008
53.36%
 Gregory S. "Greg" Hyatt
104,912
46.64%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 James M. Shannon(I)
140,177
84.75%
 Angelo L. Laudani
25,224
15.25%
Nov 04, 1980 General Election
 James M. Shannon(I)
136,758
65.97%
 William C. Sawyer
70,547
34.03%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 James M. Shannon
90,156
52.21%
 John J. Buckley
48,685
28.19%
 James J. Gaffney, III
33,835
19.59%
  Write-In(W)
5
0.00%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 Paul Tsongas(I)
144,217
67.31%
 Roger P. Durkin
70,036
32.69%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 Paul Tsongas
99,518
60.64%
 Paul W. Cronin(I)
64,596
39.36%
  Write-In(W)
3
0.00%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 Paul W. Cronin
110,970
53.45%
 John F. Kerry
92,847
44.72%
 Roger P. Durkin
3,803
1.83%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 F. Bradford Morse(I)
116,666
63.30%
 Richard Williams
67,646
36.70%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 F. Bradford Morse(I)
124,930
60.41%
 Robert C. Maguire
81,875
39.59%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 F. Bradford Morse(I)
140,702
74.81%
 Charles N. Tsapatsaris
47,377
25.19%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 F. Bradford Morse(I)
137,735
65.01%
 George W. Arvanitis
74,133
34.99%
  Write-In(W)
1
0.00%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 F. Bradford Morse(I)
112,455
57.39%
 Thomas J. Lane(I)
83,504
42.61%
  Write-In(W)
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 F. Bradford Morse
123,161
54.51%
 William C. Madden
102,765
45.48%
  Write-In(W)
7
0.00%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
116,072
66.02%
 William H. Sullivan
59,746
33.98%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
150,957
73.28%
 Lawrence E. Corcoran
55,038
26.72%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
139,989
100.00%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
146,269
75.87%
 Helen M. Fitzgerald Cullen
45,650
23.68%
 Miriam S. Hall
858
0.45%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
116,474
76.12%
 Clement Joseph McDonough
36,530
23.88%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
139,288
99.99%
  Others
13
0.01%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
98,488
71.60%
 Oliver S. Allen
38,575
28.04%
 Harriet Slade
486
0.35%
  Others
3
0.00%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
109,242
73.24%
 Milton A. Wesson
39,911
26.76%
  Others
5
0.00%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
95,231
99.98%
  Others
18
0.02%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
120,435
76.21%
 Francis J. Roane
37,593
23.79%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
104,912
74.81%
 Francis J. Roane
35,323
25.19%
  Scattering
1
0.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
90,845
62.81%
 Daniel J. Coughlin
48,701
33.67%
  Others(W)
2,989
2.07%
 John T. Kevin, Jr.
2,098
1.45%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
75,754
62.16%
 Jeremiah J. O'Sullivan
46,124
37.84%
  Scattering
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
74,459
59.93%
 James J. Bruin
49,788
40.07%
  Scattering
2
0.00%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
50,541
66.25%
 Joseph M. Halloran
25,742
33.75%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
56,004
61.06%
 Cornelius F. Cronin
35,713
38.94%
  Others(W)
1
0.00%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers(I)
46,464
71.14%
 James M. Hurley
18,846
28.86%
Jun 30, 1925 Special Election
 Edith Nourse Rogers
23,501
71.95%
 Eugene Foss
9,153
28.02%
  Others(W)
7
0.02%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 John Jacob Rogers(I)
46,841
67.37%
 Humphrey O'Sullivan
22,691
32.63%
  Others(W)
1
0.00%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 John Jacob Rogers(I)
33,673
64.01%
 Andrew E. Barrett
18,936
35.99%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 John Jacob Rogers(I)
41,861
70.09%
 Jackson Palmer
17,861
29.91%
 Unidentified Scattering
1
0.00%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 John Jacob Rogers(I)
20,496
99.23%
  Others
159
0.77%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 John Jacob Rogers(I)
20,345
64.71%
 Roger S. Hoar
11,097
35.29%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 John Jacob Rogers(I)
17,249
62.07%
 J. Joseph O'Connor
9,136
32.88%
 William N. Osgood
1,404
5.05%
  Others
1
0.00%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 John Jacob Rogers
12,827
44.76%
 Humphrey O'Sullivan
11,037
38.51%
 William N. Osgood
4,200
14.66%
 William J. Carroll
593
2.07%
  Others(W)
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 Butler Ames(I)
13,760
51.10%
 James H. Carmichael
13,163
48.88%
  Others
4
0.01%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 Butler Ames(I)
16,251
56.02%
 Joseph J. Flynn
11,910
41.06%
 George Conley
845
2.91%
  Others
2
0.01%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 Butler Ames(I)
15,778
54.17%
 Joseph J. Flynn
12,881
44.22%
 Fred P. Folsom
470
1.61%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Butler Ames(I)
16,287
54.63%
 Alexander B. Bruce
12,657
42.46%
 Winfield F. Parker
867
2.91%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 Butler Ames
13,648
48.40%
 John T. Sparks
12,765
45.27%
 James A. Wilkenson
1,193
4.23%
 William S. Searle
338
1.20%
 Joseph Youngjohns
253
0.90%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 William S. Knox(I)
15,887
49.37%
 Joseph J. Flynn
15,466
48.06%
 Orion L. Woodbury
402
1.25%
 William S. Searle
310
0.96%
 Charles Franklin Jackman
115
0.36%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 William S. Knox(I)
14,737
51.79%
 Joseph J. Flynn
13,716
48.20%
  Others
1
0.00%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 William S. Knox(I)
17,835
60.73%
 John H. Harrington
11,531
39.27%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 William S. Knox(I)
14,372
51.71%
 George W. Fifield
12,341
44.40%
 Hiram W. Eastman
763
2.75%
 Warren F. Taylor
316
1.14%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 Moses T. Stevens(I)
14,423
52.28%
 William S. Knox
12,645
45.84%
 Walter A. Dutton
520
1.88%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 Sherman Hoar
13,081
53.00%
 James A. Fox
10,807
43.79%
 James H. Roberts
793
3.21%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 Nathaniel P. Banks
14,929
51.80%
 Thomas Wentworth Higginson
13,465
46.72%
 Edward Kendall
424
1.47%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Edward D. Hayden(I)
11,364
57.35%
 Charles L. Randall
8,006
40.41%
 Edward Kendall
444
2.24%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 Edward D. Hayden
13,290
52.01%
 Robert Treat Paine
11,018
43.11%
 Douglas Frazar
930
3.64%
 D. Gilbert Dexter
317
1.24%
Nov 07, 1882 General Election
 Leopold Morse(I)
11,301
56.01%
 Selwyn Z. Bowman(I)
8,792
43.58%
 Amos Cummings
82
0.41%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
 Selwyn Z. Bowman(I)
16,688
55.98%
 Lucius Beebe
11,729
39.34%
 James N. Buffum
1,395
4.68%
Nov 05, 1878 General Election
 Selwyn Z. Bowman
15,308
58.37%
 Nathan Clark
10,918
41.63%
Nov 07, 1876 General Election
 Nathaniel P. Banks(I)
13,325
51.97%
 Richard Frothingham
12,317
48.03%
Nov 03, 1874 General Election
 Nathaniel P. Banks
13,438
64.91%
 Daniel W. Gooch(I)
7,263
35.09%
Nov 05, 1872 General Election
 Daniel W. Gooch
12,462
60.79%
 Nathaniel P. Banks(I)
8,039
39.21%
Nov 08, 1870 General Election
 Benjamin F. Butler(I)
8,333
60.34%
 William C. Endicott
4,297
31.11%
 Jonathan Horne
1,076
7.79%
  Scattering
105
0.76%
Nov 03, 1868 General Election
 Benjamin F. Butler(I)
13,109
65.61%
 Otis P. Lord
5,061
25.33%
 Richard H. Dana
1,811
9.06%
Nov 06, 1866 General Election
 Benjamin F. Butler
9,021
76.07%
 William D. Northend
2,838
23.93%
Nov 08, 1864 General Election
 John Bassett Alley(I)
13,086
75.89%
 Joseph B. Morss
4,158
24.11%
Nov 04, 1862 General Election
 John Bassett Alley(I)
8,505
61.17%
 Benjamin Poole
5,398
38.83%
Nov 05, 1861 Special Election
 Samuel Hooper
4,886
56.14%
 George B. Upton
3,818
43.86%
Nov 06, 1860 General Election
 William Appleton
8,014
50.82%
 Anson Burlingame(I)
7,756
49.18%
Nov 02, 1858 General Election
 Anson Burlingame(I)
6,214
51.62%
 John T. Heard
5,823
48.38%
Nov 04, 1856 General Election
 Anson Burlingame(I)
6,582
50.26%
 William Appleton
6,513
49.74%
Nov 12, 1854 General Election
 Anson Burlingame
5,967
61.64%
 William Appleton(I)
3,109
32.12%
 William Parmenter
604
6.24%
Nov 08, 1852 General Election
 William Appleton(I)
4,672
56.27%
 Adam W. Thaxter
2,081
25.06%
 Anson Burlingame
1,550
18.67%
Apr 07, 1851 General Election
 Charles Allen(I)
4,819
51.11%
 Ira M. Barton
2,620
27.79%
 J. C. Knowlton
1,990
21.11%
Jan 01, 1849 General Election
 Charles Allen
5,847
58.87%
 Charles Hudson(I)
2,868
28.88%
 Isaac Davis
1,217
12.25%
Nov 09, 1846 General Election
 Charles Hudson(I)
6,068
50.76%
 Walter W. Bryant
4,107
34.36%
 Rodolphus B. Hubbard
1,508
12.62%
 Seth Alden
271
2.27%
Dec 23, 1844 General Election
 Charles Hudson(I)
5,463
55.88%
 Isaac Davis
3,518
35.99%
 Rodolphus B. Hubbard
795
8.13%
Apr 03, 1843 General Election
 Charles Hudson(I)
5,010
51.22%
 David Henshaw
4,090
41.81%
 Phineas Crandall
682
6.97%
May 03, 1841 Special Election
 Charles Hudson
3,099
59.44%
 Isaac Davis
1,782
34.18%
 Cyrus P. Grosvesnor
333
6.39%
Nov 09, 1840 General Election
 Levi Lincoln(I)
6,871
63.12%
 Isaac Davis
4,015
36.88%
Nov 12, 1838 General Election
 Levi Lincoln(I)
4,251
55.37%
 Isaac Davis
2,630
34.25%
 Charles Allen
797
10.38%
Nov 14, 1836 General Election
 Levi Lincoln(I)
4,697
65.77%
 Jubal Harrington
2,445
34.23%
Nov 10, 1834 General Election
 Levi Lincoln(I)
4,777
74.29%
 Madison S. Fisher
1,653
25.71%
Feb 17, 1834 Special Election
 Levi Lincoln
4,226
79.15%
 Isaac Davis
1,113
20.85%
Apr 01, 1833 General Election
 John Davis(I)
2,848
86.86%
 John Brown
328
10.00%
 John Spurr
103
3.14%
Nov 01, 1830 General Election
 Isaac Chapman Bates(I)
1,827
79.54%
 John Mills
470
20.46%
Nov 07, 1828 General Election
 Isaac Chapman Bates(I)
2,133
87.67%
 John Mills
192
7.89%
  Scattering
108
4.44%
May 14, 1827 General Election
 Isaac Chapman Bates
1,551
57.09%
 Samuel Lathrop(I)
946
34.82%
 James Fowler
220
8.10%
Apr 04, 1825 General Election
 Samuel Lathrop(I)
1,874
60.94%
 John Mills
1,201
39.06%
Nov 04, 1822 General Election
 Samuel Lathrop(I)
906
81.18%
 Thomas Shepherd
210
18.82%
Nov 06, 1820 General Election
 Samuel Lathrop(I)
1,115
73.69%
 Thomas Shepherd
398
26.31%
Apr 05, 1819 General Election
 Samuel Lathrop
1,966
55.52%
 Thomas Shepherd
979
27.65%
 Joseph Lyman
596
16.83%
Nov 04, 1816 General Election
 Elijah Hunt Mills(I)
1,184
80.98%
 Enos Foot
144
9.85%
 Lewis Strong
98
6.70%
  Scattering
36
2.46%
Nov 07, 1814 General Election
 Elijah Hunt Mills
2,091
89.36%
 Enos Foot
249
10.64%
Nov 02, 1812 General Election
 William Ely(I)
2,135
67.52%
 Enos Foot
621
19.64%
 Joseph Lyman
356
11.26%
 Samuel Fowler
50
1.58%
Nov 05, 1810 General Election
 William Ely(I)
1,549
69.09%
 Samuel Fowler
693
30.91%
Nov 07, 1808 General Election
 William Ely(I)
2,161
66.09%
 Samuel Fowler
1,109
33.91%
Nov 03, 1806 General Election
 William Ely(I)
1,718
56.20%
 Samuel Fowler
1,203
39.35%
 William Eaton
136
4.45%
Nov 05, 1804 General Election
 William Ely
2,297
63.14%
 Samuel Fowler
1,341
36.86%
Nov 01, 1802 General Election
 Thomas Dwight
1,319
78.00%
 Samuel Fowler
161
9.52%
  Scattering
113
6.68%
 Jonathan Smith
98
5.80%
Nov 03, 1800 General Election
 Lemuel Williams(I)
421
59.80%
 Isaiah L. Green
181
25.71%
 Isaac Coffin
78
11.08%
  Scattering
24
3.41%
Aug 29, 1799 General Election
 Lemuel Williams(I)
636
74.82%
 Macajah Coffin
214
25.18%
Nov 07, 1796 General Election
 Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.(I)
752
79.66%
 Peleg Coffin
164
17.37%
  Scattering
28
2.97%
Nov 03, 1794 General Election
 Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.
1,034
69.86%
 Peleg Coffin(I)
443
29.93%
  Scattering
3
0.20%
Nov 26, 1790 General Election
 Shearjashub Bourne
667
57.95%
 Joshua Thomas
278
24.15%
 James Warren(W)
85
7.38%
 Thomas Davis
77
6.69%
 George Partridge(I)(W)
28
2.43%
 John Davis(W)
9
0.78%
 James Sprout(W)
5
0.43%
  Abner Hammett(W)
1
0.09%
 Ephraim Spooner(W)
1
0.09%
Dec 18, 1788 General Election
 George Partridge
501
90.43%
 James Warren
28
5.05%
 Nathaniel Cushing
13
2.35%
 Joshua Thomas
4
0.72%
 Thomas Davis
3
0.54%
 William Cushing
2
0.36%
 John Gray
1
0.18%
  William Hall Jackson
1
0.18%
 Sam Savage
1
0.18%

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