Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex district

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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex 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 Essex County.[1] Republican Brad Hill of Ipswich represented the district from 1999 to 2021.[2] Following Hill's appointment to the state's Gaming Commission, Democrat Jamie Belsito of Topsfield won a special election serve out the remainder of Hill's term.

Towns represented[]

The district includes the following localities:[3]

  • Hamilton
  • Ipswich
  • Manchester-by-the-Sea
  • Rowley
  • Topsfield
  • Wenham

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex and 2nd Essex districts.[4]

Former locales[]

The district previously covered:

  • Andover, circa 1872 [5]
  • North Andover, circa 1872 [5]

Representatives[]

  • Francis P. Putnam, circa 1858-1859 [6][7]
  • Michael Carney, circa 1888 [8]
  • Frank A. Oberti, circa 1920 [9]
  • George Pearl Webster, circa 1920 [9]
  • Alyce Louise Schlapp, circa 1945
  • Harvey Armand Pothier, circa 1951 [10]
  • Kevin M. Burke, circa 1975 [11]
  • Forrester Clark
  • James Colt
  • Bradford R. Hill, 1999-2021[2][12]
  • Jamie Belsito, 2021–present

See also[]

Images[]

  • Arthur Nason

  • Charles Morrill

  • Joseph Barry

  • George Pearl Webster

  • J. Bradford Davis

  • Michael Jordan

  • Alyce Louise Schlapp

  • J. Everett Collins

  • Ralph Hill

  • Harvey Armand Pothier

  • Thomas Bussone

  • Kevin Burke

  • Forrester Clark

  • James Colt

References[]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  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.
  8. ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  10. ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. ^ "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

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