---
type: Person
title: "James P. McGovern"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - MA-2 — Congressional District 2"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - MA-2"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MA"
district: "Congressional District 2"
represents: "us/states/ma/districts/02"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Agriculture"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture"
  - name: "House Committee on Agriculture - Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture/subcommittees/nutrition-and-foreign-agriculture"
  - name: "House Committee on Rules"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/rules"
  - name: "House Committee on Rules - Rules and Organization of the House"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/rules/subcommittees/rules-and-organization-of-the-house"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "aeb1e7d8-be28-42de-8ab7-750b240e00ec"
  office: "97eb6b89-4a12-434d-a87c-f62689e03174"
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  bioguide: "M000312"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ma]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# James P. McGovern

Current U.S. House of Representatives - MA-2 (Congressional District 2).

Represents [Congressional District 2](/us/states/ma/districts/02.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Agriculture](/us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture.md)
- [House Committee on Agriculture - Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture](/us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture/subcommittees/nutrition-and-foreign-agriculture.md)
- [House Committee on Rules](/us/bodies/house/committees/rules.md) — **ranking-member**
- [House Committee on Rules - Rules and Organization of the House](/us/bodies/house/committees/rules/subcommittees/rules-and-organization-of-the-house.md)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).