Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

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Current Representative Mike Capuano (D–Somerville)

Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat Mike Capuano. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed the borders of the district starting with the elections of 2012, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district. Most of the old 8th district now comprise the new 7th district.

Cities and towns in the district

Boston:

Wards 1, 2

Ward 3: Precincts 7, 8

Ward 4

Ward 5: Precincts 1, 2, 2A, 6-10

Ward 7: Precinct 10

Wards 8-10

Ward 11: Precincts 1-8

Ward 12

Ward 13: Precincts 1, 2, 4-6, 8 and 9

Ward 14

Ward 15

Ward 16: Precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11

Ward 17

Ward 18

Ward 19: Precincts 7, 10-13

Ward 20: Precinct 3

Wards 21 and 22

(the remainder of Boston is in the 8th district)

Cambridge:

Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 11

Ward 4: Precinct 1

Ward 10: Precinct 3

(the remainder of Cambridge is in the 5th district)

Chelsea

Everett

Milton:

Precincts 1, 5 and 10

(the remainder of Milton is in the 8th district)

Randolph

Somerville

1840s

1849: "The whole of Berkshire County; Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Coleraine, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, and Shelburne, in Franklin County; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Norwich, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington, in Hampshire County; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, and Tolland, in the County of Hampden."

1890s

1893: "Essex County: Towns of Lynn, Nahant, and Saugus. Middlesex County: Towns of Everett, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, and Wakefield. Suffolk County: 4th and 5th wards of the city of Boston, and the towns of Chelsea and Revere."