List of Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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| Benjamin Goodhue | Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 |
Redistricted to 1st district |
| Dwight Foster | Pro- Administration |
General ticket: March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
Redistricted to 4th district |
| William Lyman | Anti- Administration |
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| Theodore Sedgwick | Pro- Administration |
Redistricted from 4th district Redistricted to 1st district |
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| Artemas Ward | Pro- Administration |
Redistricted from 7th district | |
| William Lyman | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 |
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| William Shepard | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1803 |
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| Jacob Crowninshield | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1803 – April 15, 1808 |
Died |
| Vacant | April 15, 1808 – May 24, 1808 |
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| Joseph Story | Democratic- Republican |
May 23, 1808 – March 4, 1809 |
Elected to finish Crowninshield's term |
| Benjamin Pickman, Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811 |
Retired |
| William Reed | Federalist | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1815 |
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| Timothy Pickering | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 |
Redistricted from 3rd district |
| Nathaniel Silsbee | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1821 |
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| Gideon Barstow | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
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| Benjamin W. Crowninshield | Adams-Clay Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 |
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| Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |
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| Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 |
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| Rufus Choate | Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1831 – June 30, 1834 |
Resigned |
| Vacant | June 30, 1834 – December 1, 1834 |
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| Stephen C. Phillips | Anti- Jacksonian |
December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1837 |
Elected to finish Choate's term Resigned to become Mayor of Salem |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – September 28, 1838 |
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| Leverett Saltonstall | Whig | December 5, 1838 – March 4, 1843 |
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| Daniel P. King | Whig | March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1850 |
Died |
| Vacant | July 25, 1850 – March 4, 1851 |
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| Robert Rantoul, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – August 7, 1852 |
Died |
| Vacant | August 7, 1852 – December 13, 1852 |
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| Francis B. Fay | Whig | December 13, 1852 – March 4, 1853 |
Elected to finish Rantoul's term |
| Samuel L. Crocker | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
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| James Buffinton | American | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
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| Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1863 |
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| Oakes Ames | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1873 |
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| Benjamin W. Harris | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1883 |
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| John D. Long | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889 |
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| Elijah A. Morse | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
Redistricted to 12th district |
| Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1925 |
Died |
| George B. Churchill | Republican | March 4, 1925 – July 1, 1925 |
Died |
| Vacant | July 1, 1925 – September 29, 1925 |
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| Henry L. Bowles | Republican | September 29, 1925 – March 4, 1929 |
Elected to finish Bowles's term Retired |
| Will Kirk Kaynor | Republican | March 4, 1929 – December 20, 1929 |
Died |
| Vacant | December 20, 1929 – February 11, 1930 |
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| William J. Granfield | Democratic | February 11, 1930 – January 3, 1937 |
Elected to finish Kaynor's term Retired |
| Charles R. Clason | Republican | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949 |
Lost re-election |
| Foster Furcolo | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – September 30, 1952 |
Resigned when appointed State Treasurer |
| Vacant | September 30, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Edward Boland | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1989 |
Retired |
| Richard Neal | Democratic | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013 |
Redistricted to the 1st district |
| Jim McGovern | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – | Redistricted from 3rd district |
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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