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Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District
Members who have held the seat for Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District, with sourced biographical profiles, party, and term history. The currently-serving holder appears on the serving roster.
- Angier GoodwinMassachusettsRepublican1943–1955
- Arthur HealeyMassachusettsDemocratic1933–1943
- Charles AllenMassachusettsRepublican1885–1889
- Charles TrainMassachusettsRepublican1859–1863
- Chauncey KnappMassachusettsRepublican1855–1859
- Fisher AmesMassachusettsFederalist1789–1797
- Frederic GreenhalgeMassachusettsRepublican1889–1891
- Frederick DallingerMassachusettsRepublican1915–1933
- Frederick DeitrickMassachusettsDemocratic1913–1915
- Gideon GardnerMassachusettsRepublican1809–1811
- Harry ThayerMassachusettsRepublican1925–1927
- Horace MannMassachusettsFree Soil1847–1853
- Isaiah GreenMassachusettsRepublican1805–1813
- John BaldwinMassachusettsRepublican1863–1869
- John WilliamsMassachusettsRepublican1873–1875
- Jonathan GroutMassachusetts1789–1791
- Joseph Kennedy IIMassachusettsDemocratic1987–1999
- Lemuel WilliamsMassachusettsFederalist1799–1805
- Samuel LathropMassachusettsAdams1819–1827
- Samuel McCallMassachusettsRepublican1893–1913
- Tappan WentworthMassachusettsWhig1853–1855
- Tip O’Neill Jr.MassachusettsDemocratic1953–1987
- William CalhounMassachusettsWhig1835–1843
- William ClaflinMassachusettsRepublican1877–1881
- William RussellMassachusettsRepublican1879–1885
- William WarrenMassachusettsDemocratic1875–1877
- Zabdiel SampsonMassachusettsRepublican1817–1821
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