Massachusetts's 8th congressional district

{{Infobox U.S. congressional district

| state = Massachusetts

| district number = 8

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| image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023

| representative = Stephen Lynch

| party = Democratic

| residence = Boston

| english area =

| percent urban =

| percent rural =

| population = 791,775{{cite book|chapter=Congressional District 8 (118th Congress), Massachusetts|title=2023 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}

| population year = 2023

| median income = $114,053

| percent white = 66.3

| percent hispanic = 6.8

| percent black = 9.4

| percent asian = 9.6

| percent more than one race = 5.8

| percent other race = 2.0

| percent blue collar =

| percent white collar =

| percent gray collar =

| cpvi = D+15{{Cite web|title=2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)|url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list|access-date=2025-04-05|website=Cook Political Report|language=en}}

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Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts, including part of Boston. It is represented by Democrat Stephen Lynch. For one congressional term (1791–1793), it served as the home district of the District of Maine. The district boundaries were significantly changed, as of the elections of 2012, due to redistricting after the 2010 census, with the old 8th district largely being shifted to the new 7th district.{{cite web|url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf|title=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2011 Congressional Districts (Chapter 177 of the Acts of 2011|access-date=March 20, 2012}} The new 8th district comprises many of the communities of the old 9th district, as well as some easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth County communities of the old 10th district.

This district has the distinction of being the only one ever represented by someone who had previously served as president of the United States, as John Quincy Adams held this office after leaving the presidency from 1843 until his death in 1848.

Recent election results from statewide races

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! Year

! Office

! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::791f8174-e00d-4baf-9b0a-206a298eb28b

rowspan=2|2008

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 59% - 40%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Kerry 67% - 33%

rowspan=2|2010

| Senate (Spec.)

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Brown 55% - 45%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Patrick 45% - 42%

rowspan=2|2012

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 60% - 40%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Warren 51% - 49%

rowspan=2|2014

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Markey 62% - 38%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Baker 51% - 45%

|2016

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton 60% - 33%

rowspan=3|2018

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Warren 59% - 38%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Baker 67% - 32%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Healey 71% - 29%

rowspan=2|2020

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Biden 67% - 31%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Markey 67% - 33%

rowspan=4|2022

| Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Healey 64% - 35%

Secretary of the Commonwealth

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Galvin 70% - 28%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Campbell 63% - 37%

Auditor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|DiZoglio 55% - 38%

rowspan=2|2024

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Harris 61% - 35%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Warren 60% - 40%

Cities and towns in the district

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 21 municipalities:[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST25/CD118_MA06.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST25/CD118_MA08.pdf]

Bristol County (1)

:Easton

Norfolk County (12)

:Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton (part; also 7th), Norwood, Quincy, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth

Plymouth County (7)

:Abington, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman

Suffolk County (1)

:Boston (part; also 7th)

List of members representing the district

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! Representative

! Party

! Years

! Cong
ress

! Electoral history

! District location

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| colspan=6 | District created March 4, 1789

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Jonathan Grout
{{Small|(Lunenburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | Anti-Administration

| nowrap | March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791

| {{USCongressOrdinal|1}}

| Elected in 1788.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|7|C}} and lost re-election.

| rowspan=3 | 1789–1793
Worcester County

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | March 4, 1791 –
April 4, 1791

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|2}}

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| align=left | 100px
George Thatcher
{{Small|(Biddeford)}}

| {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | Pro-Administration

| nowrap | April 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|6|C}} and re-elected late in 1791.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|4|C}}.

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| colspan=2 | District inactive

| nowrap | March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795

| {{USCongressOrdinal|3}}

| colspan=2 |

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| align=left | 100px
Fisher Ames
{{Small|(Dedham)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap | March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797

| {{USCongressOrdinal|4}}

|Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|1|C}} and re-elected in 1794.
Retired.

| rowspan=3 | 1795–1803
"1st Middle district"

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| align=left | 100px
Harrison Gray Otis
{{Small|(Boston)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap | March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1801

| {{USCongressOrdinal|5|6}}

| Elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
William Eustis
{{Small|(Boston)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803

| {{USCongressOrdinal|7}}

| Elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|1|C}}.

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| align=left | Lemuel Williams
{{Small|(New Bedford)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap | March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805

| {{USCongressOrdinal|8}}

|Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|5|C}} and re-elected in 1802.
Lost re-election.

| rowspan=5 | 1803–1815
"Barnstable district"

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| align=left | Isaiah L. Green
{{Small|(Barnstable)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1809

| {{USCongressOrdinal|9|10}}

| Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Retired.

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| align=left | Gideon Gardner
{{Small|(Nantucket)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811

| {{USCongressOrdinal|11}}

| Elected in 1808.
Retired.

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| align=left | Isaiah L. Green
{{Small|(Barnstable)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813

| {{USCongressOrdinal|12}}

| Elected in 1810.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | John Reed Jr.
{{Small|(Yarmouth)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap | March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815

| {{USCongressOrdinal|13}}

| Elected in 1812.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|9|C}}.

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| align=left | William Baylies
{{Small|(Bridgewater)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap | March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817

| {{USCongressOrdinal|14}}

|Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|7|C}} and re-elected in 1814.
Retired.

| rowspan=4 | 1815–1823
"Plymouth district"

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| align=left | Zabdiel Sampson
{{Small|(Plymouth)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1817 –
July 26, 1820

| {{USCongressOrdinal|15|16}}

| Elected in 1817 on the second ballot.
Resigned to become collector of customs in Plymouth.

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | July 26, 1820 –
November 24, 1820

| {{USCongressOrdinal|16}}

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| align=left | Aaron Hobart
{{Small|(Hanover)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap | November 24, 1820 –
March 3, 1823

| {{USCongressOrdinal|16|17}}

| Elected in 1820.
Later elected on the second ballot to finish Sampson's term and seated December 18, 1820.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|11|C}}.

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| rowspan=2 align=left | Samuel Lathrop
{{Small|(West Springfield)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Adams-Clay Federalist

| nowrap | March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|18|19}}

| rowspan=2 | Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|5|C}} and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1825 on the third ballot.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan=3 | 1823–1833
"Hampden district"

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| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827

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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px
Isaac C. Bates
{{Small|(Northampton)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian

| rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1835

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|20|23}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1827 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1833.
Retired.

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| rowspan=3 | 1833–1843
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px
William B. Calhoun
{{Small|(Springfield)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|24|27}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Retired.

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| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843

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| align=left | 100px
John Quincy Adams
{{Small|(Quincy)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1843 –
February 23, 1848

| {{USCongressOrdinal|28|30}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|12|C}} and re-elected in 1842.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Died.

| rowspan=3 | 1843–1853
"All the towns in Norfolk County; Abington, North Bridgewater, Hingham, and Hull, in the County of Plymouth; and Brighton, Holliston, Natick, Newton, and Sherburne, in the County of Middlesex."{{cite book |title=Gazetteer of Massachusetts |author=John Hayward |location=Boston |publisher=J.P. Jewett & Co. |year= 1849 |chapter=Congressional Districts |hdl=2027/mdp.39015078325076?urlappend=%3Bseq=436 |chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015078325076?urlappend=%3Bseq=436 }}

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | February 23, 1848 –
April 2, 1848

| {{USCongressOrdinal|30}}

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Horace Mann
{{Small|(West Newton)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | April 3, 1848 –
March 3, 1853

| {{USCongressOrdinal|30|32}}

| Elected to finish Adams's term.
Re-elected later in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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Tappan Wentworth
{{Small|(Lowell)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855

| {{USCongressOrdinal|33}}

| Elected in 1852.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan=4 | 1853–1863
"The city of Lowell, and the towns of Acton, Ashby, Ashland, Bedford, Billerica, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Framingham, Groton, Hopkinton, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Natick, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wayland. Westford, and Weston, in the county of Middlesex; and the towns of Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Lunenburg, Northborough, Southborough, and Westborough, in the county of Worcester."{{cite book |title=Massachusetts Register 1862 |title-link=Massachusetts Register |publisher=Adams, Sampson, & Co. |location=Boston |chapter=Congressional Districts |year=1862 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qywOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA16 }}

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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px
Chauncey L. Knapp
{{Small|(Lowell)}}

| {{Party shading/Know Nothing}} | Know Nothing

| nowrap | March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|34|35}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

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| align=left | 100px
Charles R. Train{{cite book | title=Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress | year=1861 | location=Washington DC | publisher=House of Representatives | chapter= Massachusetts | chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/congressionaldirunit#page/10/mode/1up }}
{{Small|(Framingham)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863

| {{USCongressOrdinal|36|37}}

| Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
John D. Baldwin
{{Small|(Worcester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869

| {{USCongressOrdinal|38|40}}

| Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan=2 | 1863–1873
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
George F. Hoar{{cite book | title=Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress | author=Ben. Perley Poore | year=1869 | edition=2nd | location=Washington DC | publisher=Government Printing Office | chapter= Massachusetts | hdl=2027/nyp.33433081796686?urlappend=%3Bseq=34 | chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081796686?urlappend=%3Bseq=34 }}
{{Small|(Worcester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873

| {{USCongressOrdinal|41|42}}

| Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|9|C}}.

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| align=left | John M. S. Williams
{{Small|(Cambridge)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875

| {{USCongressOrdinal|43}}

| Elected in 1872.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan=4 | 1873–1883
"Ashland, Wards 22, 23, 25, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Dedham, Dover, Framingham, Franklin, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norwood, Sherborn, Southboro', Watertown, Wayland, and Weston."{{cite book |chapter=Congressional Districts of Massachusetts |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/massachusettsreg1878bost#page/23/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register and Business Directory, 1878 |publisher=Sampson, Davenport, and Co. |location=Boston }}

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| align=left | 100px
William W. Warren
{{Small|(Boston)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877

| {{USCongressOrdinal|44}}

| Elected in 1874.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | 100px
William Claflin{{cite book | title=Congressional Directory: 45th Congress | year=1878 | edition=3rd | author=Ben. Perley Poore | location=Washington DC | publisher=Government Printing Office | chapter= Massachusetts | chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/officialcongres02conggoog#page/n40/mode/2up }}
{{Small|(Newton)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881

| {{USCongressOrdinal|45|46}}

| Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
John W. Candler
{{Small|(Brookline)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883

| {{USCongressOrdinal|47}}

| Elected in 1880.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
William A. Russell
{{Small|(Lawrence)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885

| {{USCongressOrdinal|48}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|7|C}} and re-elected in 1882.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan=4 | 1883–1893
300px

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| align=left | 100px
Charles H. Allen
{{Small|(Lowell)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889

| {{USCongressOrdinal|49|50}}

| Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Frederic T. Greenhalge
{{Small|(Lowell)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891

| {{USCongressOrdinal|51}}

| Elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | 100px
Moses T. Stevens
{{Small|(North Andover)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893

| {{USCongressOrdinal|52}}

| Elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|5|C}}.

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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px
Samuel W. McCall{{cite book | author=L.A. Coolidge | title=Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress | year=1897 | location=Washington DC | publisher=Government Printing Office | chapter= Massachusetts | chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/officialcongres08pringoog#page/n74/mode/2up }}{{cite book | title=Congressional Directory: 60th Congress | year=1909 | edition=2nd | author=A.J. Halford | location=Washington DC | publisher=Government Printing Office | chapter= Massachusetts | chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/officialcongres03hgoog#page/n94/mode/2up }}
{{Small|(Winchester)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| rowspan=2 nowrap | March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1913

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|53|62}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| 1893–1903
Arlington, Boston (Wards 9, 10, 11), Cambridge, Medford, Somerville, Winchester.{{cite book |author=Francis M. Cox |title=Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress |year=1893 |edition=2nd |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |chapter= Massachusetts |hdl=2027/mdp.39015022758133?urlappend=%3Bseq=60 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022758133?urlappend=%3Bseq=60 }}

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| 1903–1913
Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Medford, Somerville, Winchester, Woburn.

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Frederick Simpson Deitrick
{{Small|(Cambridge)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915

| {{USCongressOrdinal|63}}

| Elected in 1912.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan=6 | 1913–1933
Middlesex County: Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Lexington, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Watertown, Winchester.{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress |year=1916 |edition=2nd |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |chapter= Massachusetts |hdl=2027/uc1.l0075858456?urlappend=%3Bseq=62 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0075858456?urlappend=%3Bseq=62 }}{{Citation |publisher = Wright & Potter |location = Boston |title = Population of Massachusetts as determined by the fourteenth census of the United States 1920 |author = Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date = 1921 |chapter=Population of Congressional Districts |hdl = 2027/nnc1.cu56182970?urlappend=%3Bseq=35 |chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu56182970?urlappend=%3Bseq=35 }}

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| align=left | 100px
Frederick W. Dallinger
{{Small|(Cambridge)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1925

| {{USCongressOrdinal|64|68}}

| Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Harry I. Thayer
{{Small|(Wakefield)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1925 –
March 10, 1926

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|69}}

| Elected in 1924.
Died.

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | March 10, 1926 –
November 2, 1926

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| align=left | 100px
Frederick W. Dallinger
{{Small|(Cambridge)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | November 2, 1926 –
October 1, 1932

| {{USCongressOrdinal|69|72}}

| Elected to finish Thayer's term and elected to the next term.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Resigned to become judge of United States Customs Court.

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | October 1, 1932 –
March 3, 1933

| {{USCongressOrdinal|72}}

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Arthur D. Healey{{cite book | title=Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress | year=1938 | edition=2nd | location=Washington DC | publisher=Government Printing Office | chapter= Massachusetts | chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/officialcongres00unit#page/46/mode/2up }}
{{Small|(Somerville)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1933 –
August 3, 1942

| {{USCongressOrdinal|73|77}}

| Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Resigned to become judge of US District Court for Massachusetts.

| rowspan=2 | 1933–1943
Cambridge (Wards 2, 3), Everett, Malden, Medford, Somerville.

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | August 3, 1942 –
January 3, 1943

| {{USCongressOrdinal|77}}

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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px
Angier Goodwin
{{Small|(Melrose)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1955

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|78|83}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.

| 1943–1953
Everett, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, N. Reading, Reading, Saugus, Somerville (Wards 4, 5, 6, 7), Stoneham, Wakefield.{{Citation |publisher = Wright & Potter |location = Boston |title = Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940 |author = Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date = 1941 |oclc = 10056477 |quote=House No. 2849 |chapter=Population of Congressional Districts |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/populationofmass1940mass#page/35/mode/1up }}

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| rowspan=2 | 1953–1963
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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Torbert H. Macdonald
{{Small|(Malden)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1963

| {{USCongressOrdinal|84|87}}

| Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to {{ushr|MA|7|C}}.

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Tip O'Neill{{cite book | title=Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress | year=1968 | location=Washington DC | publisher=Government Printing Office | chapter= Massachusetts | chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/officialcongress00wash#page/74/mode/2up }}
{{Small|(Cambridge)}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan=3 nowrap | January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1987

| rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|88|99}}

| rowspan=3 |Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|11|C}} and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired.

| 1963–1973
Boston (Wards 1, 2, 3, 21, 22), Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville.{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress |year=1963 |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |chapter= Massachusetts |hdl=2027/mdp.39015071164118?urlappend=%3Bseq=103 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071164118?urlappend=%3Bseq=103 }}

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| 1973–1983
Arlington, Belmont, Boston (Wards 1, 2, 5, 21, 22), Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown.{{citation |title=1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress |year=1977 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington DC |chapter=Massachusetts |hdl=2027/uc1.31158002391372?urlappend=%3Bseq=117 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31158002391372?urlappend=%3Bseq=117 }}

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| rowspan=2 | 1983–1993
Arlington, Belmont, Boston (Wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 21, 22), Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown.{{cite book |title=1985–1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress |year=1985 |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |chapter= Massachusetts |hdl=2027/uc1.31158013115752?urlappend=%3Bseq=124 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31158013115752?urlappend=%3Bseq=124 }}

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Joe Kennedy II{{cite book | title=1991–1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress | year=1991 | location=Washington DC | publisher=Government Printing Office | chapter= Massachusetts | chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/19911992official014340mbp#page/n171/mode/2up }}
{{Small|(Boston)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1999

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|100|105}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired.

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| rowspan=2 | 1993–2003
Belmont, Boston (Wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22), Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville, Watertown.{{cite web |title=Geographical History of the 7th District |url=http://www.house.gov/capuano/about/history/geography.shtml |work=U.S. Congressman Michael E. Capuano |publisher= U.S. House of Representatives |location=Washington DC |access-date=November 23, 2013 }} (Includes geographical history of Massachusetts's 8th congressional district, pre-2013)

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Mike Capuano
{{Small|(Somerville)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2013

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|106|112}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MA|7|C}}.

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| 2003–2013
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In Middlesex County: Cambridge, and 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), and Chelsea.

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Stephen Lynch
{{Small|(Boston)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2013 –
present

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|113|Present}}

| rowspan=2 |Redistricted from the {{ushr|MA|9|C}} and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

| 2013–2023
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In Bristol County: Precincts 1 and 2 in Raynham.

In Norfolk County: Avon, Braintree, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton:Precincts 2–4, and 6–9, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, and Weymouth.

In Plymouth County: Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, Scituate, West Bridgewater, and Whitman.

In Suffolk County: Boston, Ward 3: Precincts 1–6; Ward 5: Precincts 3–5, 11; Ward 6, Ward 7: Precincts 1–9, Ward 11: Precincts 9 and 10, Ward 13: Precincts 3, 7, and 10, Ward 16: Precincts 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, and 12, Ward 19: Precincts 1–6, 8, and 9, and Ward 20: Precincts 1, 2, and 4–20.

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| 2023–present
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Recent election results

{{Election box begin no change

| title=2006 General election{{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - MA - District 08 Race - Nov 07, 2006 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=206954 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Mike Capuano

| votes = 125,167

| percentage = 90.65%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Socialist Workers Party (US)

| candidate = Laura Garza

| votes = 12,390

| percentage = 8.99%

}}

{{Election box majority no change

| votes = 113,066

| percentage = 81.66%

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

| votes = 137,557

| percentage = 21.81%

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (US)

| swing =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Mike Capuano (inc.)|votes=185,530|percentage=98.55}}

{{Election box candidate no change|party=Write-ins|candidate=|votes=2,722|percentage=1.45}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=2012 General election{{cite web|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2012/year_to:2012/office_id:5/stage:General|title=2012 U.S. House Results}}The totals do not include Blank/Scattered Ballots although they were reported.}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Massachusetts Democratic Party|candidate=Stephen Lynch (incumbent)|votes=263,999|percentage=76.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Massachusetts Republican Party|candidate=Joe Selvaggi|votes=82,242|percentage=23.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=n/a|candidate=Write-ins|votes=570|percentage=0.2}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Massachusetts Democratic Party}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=2014 General election{{cite web|url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2014/year_to:2014/office_id:5/stage:General|title=2014 U.S. House Results}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Stephen Lynch (incumbent)|votes=200,644|percentage=98.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=n/a|candidate=Write-ins|votes=2,707|percentage=1.3}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=2016 General election{{cite web |url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2016/year_to:2016/office_id:5/stage:General |title=Massachusetts Secretary of State General Election Results 2016|publisher=Massachusetts Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2016}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Stephen Lynch (incumbent)|votes=271,019|percentage=72.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=William Burke|votes=102,744|percentage=27.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=n/a|candidate=Write-ins|votes=502|percentage=0.1}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Stephen Lynch (incumbent)|votes=259,159|percentage=98.4}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change|votes=4,148|percentage=1.6}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=2020 General election{{cite web |title=2020 - US House - All General Election Results |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2020/year_to:2020/office_id:5/stage:General |website=Massachusetts Election Statistics |access-date=November 24, 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Stephen Lynch (incumbent)|votes=310,940|percentage=80.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Jonathan D. Lott|votes=72,060|percentage=18.7}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change|votes=2,401|percentage=0.6}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box begin no change |title=2022 General election{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. House General Election - 8th Congressional District |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/154339/|website=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |access-date=4 December 2022}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Stephen Lynch (incumbent)

|votes = 189,987

|percentage = 69.7

}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Burke

|votes = 82,126

|percentage = 30.1

}}{{Election box write-in with party link no change

|votes = 451

|percentage = 0.2

}}{{Election box total no change

|votes = 272,564

|percentage = 100.0

}}{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

= 2024 =

{{Election box begin no change |title=2024 Massachusetts's 8th congressional district election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Stephen Lynch (incumbent)

|votes = 265,432

|percentage = 70.4

}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Burke

|votes = 110,638

|percentage = 29.4

}}{{Election box write-in with party link no change

|votes = 760

|percentage = 0.2

}}{{Election box total no change

|votes = 376,830

|percentage = 100.0

}}{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}{{Election box end}}

References

{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
{{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]

External links

{{citation |url=http://roseinstitute.org/redistricting/massachusetts/ |title=Massachusetts: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Eighth District |work=Redistricting by State |publisher=Claremont McKenna College |location=Claremont, CA |author= Rose Institute of State and Local Government |author-link= Rose Institute of State and Local Government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915132442/http://roseinstitute.org/redistricting/massachusetts/ |archive-date=September 15, 2020 }}
{{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - United States - Massachusetts - MA - District 08 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=476 |access-date=2020-12-31 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}

= Maps =

[https://web.archive.org/web/20101226034710/http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cispdf/mauscongdist8.pdf Map of Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District], via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

= Election results =

[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/MA/H/08/ CNN.com 2004 election results]
[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/MA/H/08/ CNN.com 2006 election results]

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| after={{ushr|Texas|12|}}

| years= January 4, 1977 – January 3, 1987}}

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