Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Plymouth district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Plymouth County.[1] Democrat Patrick Kearney of Scituate has represented the district since 2019.[2]
Towns represented[edit]
The district includes the following localities:[3]
- Marshfield
- part of Scituate
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Norfolk district.[4]
Former locales[edit]
The district previously covered:
Representatives[edit]
- Henry Blanchard, circa 1858 [6]
- Peter Salmond, circa 1859 [7]
- John Quincy Adams Lothrop, circa 1888 [8]
- Elwin Temple Wright, circa 1920 [9]
- Martha Ware, circa 1951 [10]
- John R. Buckley, circa 1975 [11]
- Frank Hynes 1983–2009
- James Cantwell[12]
- Patrick Joseph Kearney, 2019-current[2][13]
See also[edit]
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images[edit]
- Portraits of legislators
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Melvin Nash -
Edwin Gibson -
William Henry McCarthy -
Magorisk Lawrence Walls -
William Brown -
Martha Ware -
Charles Mann -
John Buckley -
Philip Johnston -
Frank Hynes -
James Cantwell
References[edit]
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos,
State House Districts to State Senate Districts
- ^ a b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Vacancies in the House
- ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
External links[edit]
- Ballotpedia
- "4th Plymouth District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters Plymouth Area
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