Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Suffolk 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 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Portraits of legislators
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Philip McGonagle -
Thomas Grady -
James Hayes -
John Craig -
Thomas Donovan -
Andrew Gorey -
John Logue -
John Wenzler -
Martin Schofield -
John Powers -
John Flaherty -
John Taylor Tynan -
Charles Iannello -
Elaine Noble -
Royal Bolling Jr. -
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Russell Holmes
References
edit- ^ "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.
{{cite book}}: 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
edit- 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