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| Massachusetts\'s 8th congressional district
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| Area
| 40.72 mi²
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| Distribution
| 97.34% urban, 2.66% rural
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| Population (2000)
| 634,835
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| Median income
| $42,246
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| Ethnic composition
| 48.9% White, 23.2% Black, 8.2% Asian, 15.9% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 3.4% other
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| Occupation
| 12.4% blue collar, 70.6% white collar, 17.0% gray collar
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| Cook Partisan Voting Index
| D + 31
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Massachusetts Congressional District 8 is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts, including the part of Boston and the immediately adjacent cities of Cambridge, Somerville, and Chelsea. It is currently repesented by Mike Capuano, who has served the district since January 1999. For one congressional term (1791-1793) it served as the home district of the District of Maine.
Current cities and towns in the district
District 8 currently contains the following cities and towns:
In Middlesex County:
- Cambridge, Somerville.
In Suffolk County:
- Boston, Wards 1, 2, Ward 3, Precincts 1-4, 7, 8, Ward 4, Ward 5, Precincts 1, 2, 6-10, Ward 7, Precinct 10, Wards 8-12, Ward 13, Precincts 1, 2, 4-6, Ward 14, Ward 15, Precincts 1-5, 7-9, Ward 16, Precincts 1, 3, Ward 17, Precincts 1-3, 5-12; Ward 18, Precincts 1-8, 13-15, 21, Ward 19, Precincts 1, 3-6, 8, 9, Wards 21 and 22, (the remainder of Boston is in the 9th district), Chelsea.
Representatives
| Representative
| Party
| Years
| District home
| Note
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| Jonathan Grout
| Anti-Administration
| 1789 - 1791
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George Thatcher (Maine District)
| Pro-Administration
| 1791 - 1793
| Biddeford, Maine
| Redistricted from the 6th district (Maine District) Redistricted to the 4th district (Maine district)
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| District eliminated
| 1793
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| District restored
| 1795
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| Fisher Ames
| Federalist
| 1795 - 1797
| Dedham
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| Harrison Gray Otis
| Federalist
| 1797 - 1801
| Boston
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| William Eustis
| Democratic-Republican
| 1801 - 1803
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| Redistricted to the 1st district
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| Lemuel Williams
| Federalist
| 1803 - 1805
| New Bedford
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| Isaiah L. Green
| Democratic-Republican
| 1805 - 1809
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| Gideon Gardner
| Democratic-Republican
| 1809 - 1811
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| Isaiah L. Green
| Democratic-Republican
| 1813 - 1815
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| John Reed, Jr.
| Federalist
| 1813 - 1815
| West Bridgewater
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| William Baylies
| Federalist
| 1815 - 1817
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| Zabdiel Sampson
| Democratic-Republican
| 1817 - 1821?
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| Aaron Hobart
| Democratic-Republican
| 1821? - 1823
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| Samuel Lathrop
| Adams-Clay Federalist
| 1823 - 1825
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| Adams
| 1825 - 1827
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| Isaac C. Bates
| Adams
| March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829
| Northampton
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| Anti-Jacksonian
| March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1835
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| William B. Calhoun
| Anti-Jacksonian
| 1835 - 1837
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| Whig
| 1837 - 1843
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| John Quincy Adams
| Whig
| March 4, 1843 - February 23, 1848
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| Redistricted from the 12th district Died
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| Vacant
| February 24, 1848 - April 21848
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| Horace Mann
| Whig
| April 31848 - March 31853
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| Tappan Wentworth
| Whig
| 1853 - 1855
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| Chauncey L. Knapp
| American
| 1855 - 1857
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| Republican
| 1857 - 1859
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| Charles R. Train
| Republican
| 1859 - 1863
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| John D. Baldwin
| Republican
| 1863 - 1869
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| George F. Hoar
| Republican
| 1869 - 1873
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| John M. S. Williams
| Republican
| 1873 - 1875
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| William W. Warren
| Democratic
| 1875 - 1877
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| William Claflin
| Republican
| 1877 - 1881
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| John W. Candler
| Republican
| 1881 - 1883
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| William A. Russell
| Republican
| 1883 - 1885
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| Charles H. Allen
| Republican
| March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889
| Lowell
| Retired
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| Frederic T. Greenhalge
| Republican
| 1889 - 1891
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| Moses T. Stevens
| Democratic
| 1891 - 1893
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| Samuel W. McCall
| Republican
| 1893 - 1903
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| Frederick Simpson Deitrick
| Democratic
| 1913 - 1915
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| Frank Dallinger
| Republican
| 1915 - 1925
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| Harry I. Thayer
| Republican
| 1925 - 1927
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| Frank Dallinger
| Republican
| 1927 - 1933
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| Arthur D. Healey
| Democratic
| 1933 - 1943
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| Angier L. Goodwin
| Republican
| January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955
| Melrose
| Lost reelection to Torbert Macdonald
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| Torbert H. Macdonald
| Democratic
| January 3, 1955 – January 31963
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| Redistricted to 7th district
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| Tip O\'Neill
| Democratic
| January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1987
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| Redistricted from the 11th district Retired
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| Joseph P. Kennedy II
| Democratic
| January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1999
| Brighton
| Retired
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| Michael Capuano
| Democratic
| January 3, 1999 - Present
| Somerville
| Incumbent
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