Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Plymouth district

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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Plymouth district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th 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] Republican Alyson Sullivan of Abington has represented the district since 2019.[2]

Towns represented[]

The district includes the following localities:[3]

  • Abington
  • part of East Bridgewater
  • Whitman

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Plymouth district, Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, and 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district.[4]

Former locales[]

The district previously covered:

  • Marion, circa 1872[5]
  • Wareham, circa 1872[5]

Representatives[]

  • John M. Kinney, circa 1858[6]
  • Marshall E. Simmons, circa 1859[7]
  • John W. Delano, circa 1888[8]
  • Morrill S. Ryder, circa 1920[9]
  • Adolph Johnson, circa 1951[10]
  • Charles A. Mackenzie, Jr., circa 1975[11]
  • Andrew Card
  • Emmet Hayes
  • Michael J. Sullivan
  • Ronald Whitney
  • Kathleen Teahan
  • Allen McCarthy
  • Geoff Diehl[12]
  • Alyson M. Sullivan, 2019–present[2]

See also[]

Images[]

Portraits of legislators

  • Joseph Beals

  • William Haskins

  • Morrill Ryder

  • Kendrick Washburn

  • Adolph Johnson

  • David Flynn

  • Charles MacKenzie

  • Andrew Card

  • Robert Emmet Hayes

  • Michael Sullivan

  • Kathleen Teahan

  • Geoff Diehl

References[]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 7th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 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: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. ^ 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, November 1, 2018, Democrats are hoping they can flip four House districts that are being vacated by Republicans

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