Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Plymouth district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st 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 the city of Plymouth in Plymouth County.[1][2] Republican Matt Muratore of Plymouth has represented the district since 2015.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Plymouth district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Barnstable district.[5]

Representatives
  • George M. Allen, circa 1858 [6]
  • John Burnham, circa 1859 [7]
  • Elkanah Finney, circa 1888 [8]
  • Alfred Burns, circa 1908
  • Elmer Briggs, circa 1918
  • Alfred P. Richards, circa 1920 [9]
  • John J. O'Brien, circa 1923
  • Ira Ward, circa 1935
  • John A. Armstrong, circa 1951 [10]
  • George Young, circa 1967
  • Daniel J. Henderson, circa 1975 [11]
  • Caroline Stouffer, 1977-1978
  • Alfred Almeida, circa 1980
  • Peter Forman, 1981–1995
  • Linda Teagan, 1995–1997
  • Joseph Gallitano, 1997–1999
  • Vinny deMacedo, 1999 – January 7, 2015
  • Mathew J. Muratore, 2015-current[12][13]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Alfred Burns
    Alfred Burns
  • Elmer Briggs
    Elmer Briggs
  • John J. O'Brien
    John J. O'Brien
  • Ira Ward
    Ira Ward
  • John Armstrong
    John Armstrong
  • George Young
    George Young
  • Daniel Henderson
    Daniel Henderson
  • Peter Forman
    Peter Forman
  • Linda Teagan
    Linda Teagan

References
  1. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  2. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  4. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
  5. 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
  6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
  10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. "The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, November 4, 2016
  13. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
  14. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.