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Massachusetts's 20th congressional district
Massachusetts's 20th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1813
Eliminated	1820
Years active	1813–1821

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Massachusetts's 20th congressional district is an obsolete district. During its short tenure of 1813–1821 it was located in the District of Maine, prior to Maine achieving statehood.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years ↑	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1813
Levi Hubbard (Paris)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Retired.	1813 – 1821 "7th Eastern district," District of Maine
Albion K. Parris (Paris)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – February 3, 1818	14th 15th	Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Resigned to become a judge of the District Court of Maine.
Vacant		February 4, 1818 – November 3, 1818	15th
Enoch Lincoln (Paris)	Democratic-Republican	November 4, 1818 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected to finish Parris's term. Re-elected in 1818. Redistricted to Maine's 7th congressional district.
District moved to Maine March 15, 1820

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
"Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 20". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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-{{disambig-acronym|MA 20|[[Massachusetts Route 20]]}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
-[[File:Massachusetts congressional districts large.pdf|thumb|Massachusetts's '''current''' districts, since 2013]]
+{{redirect-synonym|MA 20|[[Massachusetts Route 20]]}}
-'''Massachusetts's twentieth congressional district''' is an obsolete district.  Its short tenure (1813-1821) was dedicated to the [[Maine District]] until [[Maine]] achieved statehood.
+{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
+|state = Massachusetts
+|district number = 20
+|obsolete = yes
+|created = 1813
+|eliminated = 1820
+|years = 1813–1821
+|population =
+|population year = 1810
+}}
+'''Massachusetts's 20th congressional district''' is an obsolete district. During its short tenure of 1813–1821 it was located in the [[District of Maine]], prior to [[Maine]] achieving statehood.
 == List of members representing the district ==
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 |- style="height:3em"
-| colspan=2 | District created.
+| colspan=6 | District created March 4, 1813
-| nowrap | March 4, 1813
 |- style="height:3em"
-| align=left | '''[[Levi Hubbard]]'''
+| align=left | '''[[Levi Hubbard]]'''<br>{{Small|([[Paris, Maine|Paris]])}}
 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]]
 | nowrap | March 4, 1813 –<br/>March 3, 1815
 | {{USCongressOrdinal|13}}
 | [[1812–1813 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts|Elected in 1812]].<br/>Retired.
-| rowspan=4 | "7th Eastern district," [[District of Maine]]
+| rowspan=4 | '''1813 – 1821'''<br>"7th Eastern district," [[District of Maine]]
 |- style="height:3em"
-| align=left | [[File:Albion K. Parris.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Albion K. Parris]]'''
+| align=left | [[File:Albion K. Parris.jpg|100px]]<br/>'''[[Albion K. Parris]]'''<br>{{Small|([[Paris, Maine|Paris]])}}
 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]]
 | nowrap | March 4, 1815 –<br/>February 3, 1818
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 |- style="height:3em"
-| align=left | [[File:EnochLincoln.png|100px]]<br/>'''[[Enoch Lincoln]]'''
+| align=left | [[File:EnochLincoln.png|100px]]<br/>'''[[Enoch Lincoln]]'''<br>{{Small|([[Paris, Maine|Paris]])}}
 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]]
 | nowrap | November 4, 1818 –<br/>March 3, 1821
 | {{USCongressOrdinal|15|16}}
+| [[1818 Massachusetts's 20th congressional district special election|Elected to finish Parris's term]].<br/>[[1818–1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts|Re-elected in 1818]].<br/>Redistricted to {{ushr|ME|7}}.
-| {{dm|date=February 2020}}<br/>Redistricted to {{ushr|ME|7}}.
 |- style="height:3em"
-| colspan=2 | District moved to [[List of United States Representatives from Maine|Maine]].
+| colspan=6 | District moved to [[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]] March 15, 1820
-| March 15, 1820
 |}
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 *{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]
+* {{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 20 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=3064 |access-date=2020-12-31 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
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-[[Category:Obsolete United States congressional districts]]
+[[Category:Former congressional districts of the United States]]
 [[Category:Constituencies established in 1803]]
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