Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Middlesex County and Worcester County.[1] Democrat Danielle Gregoire of Marlborough has represented the district since 2013.[2]
Towns represented edit
The district includes the following localities:[3]
- part of Marlborough
- part of Northborough
- part of Westborough
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Worcester district and 1st Worcester district.[4]
Former locales edit
The district previously covered:
- Malden, circa 1872 [5]
- Somerville, circa 1872 [5]
Representatives edit
- Phineas Sprague, circa 1858 [6]
- John Q. A. Griffin, circa 1859 [7]
- Moses Davis Church, circa 1888 [8]
- Isaac S. Pear, circa 1888 [8]
- John C Brimblecom, circa 1920 [9]
- Bernard Earley, circa 1920 [9]
- Abbott B. Rice, circa 1920 [9]
- Christian Archibald Herter, Jr., circa 1951 [10]
- George E. Rawson, circa 1951 [10]
- John Joseph Toomey, circa 1975 [11]
- Saundra Graham, 1977-1979
- Joseph M. Navin, 1979-1984
- Robert A. Durand, 1984-1991
- Daniel J. Valianti, 1991-1997
- Stephen P. LeDuc, 1997-2008
- Danielle W. Gregoire, 2009-2011
- Steven Levy, 2011-2013
- Danielle W. Gregoire, 2013-current[2][12]
See also edit
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images edit
- Portraits of legislators
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Elias Bishop -
John Lothrop -
William Garcelon -
J. Weston Allen -
Leland Powers -
Thomas Weston -
Bernard Early -
John Brimblecom -
Leverett Saltonstall -
Warren Brimblecom -
William Baker -
George Rawson -
John Whittemore -
Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. -
Joseph Bradley -
Paul Malloy -
John Toomey -
Joseph Navin -
Daniel Valianti -
Stephen LeDuc -
Danielle W. Gregoire
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References edit
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 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) - ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b c Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
- ^ a b 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,
House Democrats...face opposition
External links edit
- Ballotpedia
- "4th Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).