Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Suffolk district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160
Boston in Suffolk County.[1][2] Democrat Russell Holmes of Mattapan has represented the district since 2011.[3]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Suffolk district, 1st Suffolk district, and 2nd Suffolk district.[4]
Representatives
- John A. Andrew, circa 1858 [5]
- George P. Clapp, circa 1858 [5]
- Martin Brimmer, 1859-1861 [6]
- Thornton K. Lothrop, circa 1859 [6]
- Harvey Newton Collison, circa 1888 [7]
- Edward J. Flynn, circa 1888 [7]
- Cornelius J. Driscoll, circa 1920 [8]
- James William Hayes, circa 1920 [8]
- Patrick J. Melody, circa 1920 [8]
- John Taylor Tynan, circa 1951 [9]
- Elaine Noble, 1977-1979 [10]
- Shirley Owens-Hicks
- Willie Mae Allen, 2007-2011
- Russell E. Holmes, 2011-current[3]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
- Portraits of legislators
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Philip McGonagle
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Thomas Grady
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James Hayes
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John Craig
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Thomas Donovan
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Andrew Gorey
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John Logue
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John Wenzler
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Martin Schofield
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John Powers
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John Flaherty
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John Taylor Tynan
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Charles Iannello
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Elaine Noble
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Royal Bolling Jr.
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Russell Holmes
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 6th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ 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 "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b c Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "6th Suffolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Boston