Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The seat is currently held by Democrat Ayanna Pressley.

Due to redistricting after the 2010 census, the borders of the district were changed, with most of the old 7th district redistricted to the new 5th district, and most of the old 8th district comprising the new 7th district. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+35, it is the most Democratic district in Massachusetts, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.

According to The Boston Globe and the latest census data, approximately 33 percent of the population of the district were born outside of the United States, with approximately 34 percent of the population white, 26 percent African American, and 21 percent Latino.

In 2019, Ayanna Presley became the first female and person of color to represent the district as well as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Congress.

Cities and towns in the district
(the remainder of Boston is in the 8th district) (the remainder of Cambridge is in the 5th district) (the remainder of Milton is in the 8th 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
 * Cambridge:
 * Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 11
 * Ward 4: Precinct 1
 * Ward 10: Precinct 3
 * Chelsea
 * Everett
 * Milton:
 * Precincts 1, 5 and 10
 * 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."

1850s–1880s
An act of the legislature passed April 22, 1852, divided the 7th district of Massachusetts as such: "The towns of Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Methuen, Middleton, Saugus, and Topsfield in the county of Essex; and the city of Charlestown, and the towns of Burlington, Lexington, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Reading, Somerville, South Reading, Stoneham, Waltham, and Woburn, in the county of Middlesex."

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."

1910s
1916: In Essex County: Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody, Saugus. In Middlesex County: North Reading.

1940s
1941: In Essex County: Lawrence, Lynn (part), Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody. In Suffolk County: Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop.

2003-2013
In Middlesex County:
 * Arlington
 * Belmont
 * Everett
 * Framingham
 * Lexington
 * Lincoln
 * Malden
 * Medford
 * Melrose
 * Natick
 * Stoneham
 * Waltham
 * Watertown
 * Wayland: Precinct 2
 * Weston
 * Winchester
 * Woburn

In Suffolk County:
 * Revere
 * Winthrop

General sources

 * Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
 * Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
 * Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Election results

 * CNN.com 2004 election results
 * CNN.com 2006 election results