1810–1811 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts held its elections November 5, 1810. Massachusetts law required a majority for election. This was not met in the 15th district necessitating a second election on April 1, 1811.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Massachusetts 1 "Suffolk district"	Josiah Quincy	Federalist	1804	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Josiah Quincy (Federalist) 68.9% David Tilden (Democratic-Republican) 31.1%
Massachusetts 2 "Essex South district"	Benjamin Pickman Jr.	Federalist	1808	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ William Reed (Federalist) 53.6% Daniel Kilham (Democratic-Republican) 46.4%
Massachusetts 3 "Essex North district"	Edward St. Loe Livermore	Federalist	1806	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Leonard White (Federalist) 62.6% Thomas Kitteridge (Democratic-Republican) 33.5% Nehemiah Cleveland (Federalist) 3.9%
Massachusetts 4 "Middlesex district"	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic-Republican	1794	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic-Republican) 69.2% Loammi Baldwin Jr. (Federalist) 30.8%
Massachusetts 5 "Hampshire South district"	William Ely	Federalist	1804	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Ely (Federalist) 70.4% Samuel Fowler (Democratic-Republican) 29.0%
Massachusetts 6 "Hampshire North district"	Samuel Taggart	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Samuel Taggart (Federalist) 72.1% Solomon Snead (Democratic-Republican) 27.9%
Massachusetts 7 "Plymouth district"	Charles Turner Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1808	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 53.5% William Baylies (Federalist) 46.5%
Massachusetts 8 "Barnstable district"	Gideon Gardner	Democratic-Republican	1808	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Isaiah L. Green (Democratic-Republican) 57.1% Francis Rotch (Federalist) 42.7%
Massachusetts 9 "Bristol district"	Laban Wheaton	Federalist	1808	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Laban Wheaton (Federalist) 51.8% Nathaniel Morton (Democratic-Republican) 48.0%
Massachusetts 10 "Worcester South district"	Joseph Allen	Federalist	1810 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Elijah Brigham (Federalist) 53.5% John Spurr (Democratic-Republican) 46.4%
Massachusetts 11 "Worcester North district"	Abijah Bigelow	Federalist	1810 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Abijah Bigelow (Federalist) 70.6% Timothy Whiting (Democratic-Republican) 28.5%
Massachusetts 12 "Berkshire district"	Ezekiel Bacon	Democratic-Republican	1807 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ezekiel Bacon (Democratic-Republican) 56.1% Thomas Ives (Democratic-Republican) 43.9%
Massachusetts 13 "Norfolk district"	Ebenezer Seaver	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ebenezer Seaver (Democratic-Republican) 63.2% Timothy Jackson (Federalist) 21.2% James Richardson 10.2% James Mann 4.2% Others 1.2%
Massachusetts 14 "York district," District of Maine	Richard Cutts	Democratic-Republicans	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Cutts (Democratic-Republican) 62.7% Cyrus King (Federalist) 37.3%
Massachusetts 15 "Cumberland district," District of Maine	Ezekiel Whitman	Federalist	1808	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	First ballot November 5, 1810: Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist) 47.8%^{[lower-alpha 2]} William Widgery (Democratic-Republican) 47.8%^{[lower-alpha 2]} Others 4.4% Second ballot April 1, 1811: √ William Widgery (Democratic-Republican) 53.2% Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist) 46.8%
Massachusetts 16 "Lincoln district," District of Maine	Orchard Cook	Democratic-Republican	1804	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Peleg Tallman (Democratic-Republican) 61.1% Alden Bradford (Federalist) 38.9%
Massachusetts 17 "Kennebec district," District of Maine	Barzillai Gannett	Democratic-Republican	1808	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Barzillai Gannett (Democratic-Republican) 60.5% Thomas Rice (Federalist) 39.5%

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