Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Plymouth district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th 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] Democrat Josh Cutler of Duxbury most recently represented the district from 2013 to 2024; Republican Ken Sweezey of Pembroke will assume office in January 2025 after winning the 2024 election to the State House. [2]
Towns represented
[edit]The district includes the following localities:[3]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district, Plymouth and Barnstable district, and Plymouth and Norfolk district.[4]
Former locales
[edit]The district previously covered:
Representatives
[edit]- John B. Collingwood, circa 1858 [6]
- Rufus C. Freeman, circa 1858 [6]
- Samuel H. Doten, circa 1859 [7]
- Eleazer C. Sherman, circa 1859 [7]
- Harvey H. Pratt, circa 1888 [8]
- Frank E. Barrows, circa 1920 [9]
- Alton Hamilton Worrall, circa 1951 [10]
- Alfred Almeida, circa 1975 [11]
- Charles W. Mann
- Francis L. Marini
- Daniel K. Webster
- Josh S. Cutler, 2013-2024[2][12]
See also
[edit]- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
[edit]- Portraits of legislators
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Eugene Shaw -
James Kiernan -
Frank Barrows -
Orvis Kinney -
George Stetson -
Alton Hamilton Worrall -
Charles MacKenzie -
Alfred Almeida -
Charles Mann -
Francis Marini -
Daniel Webster
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 6th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 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 c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ 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) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
External links
[edit]- Ballotpedia
- "6th Plymouth District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters Plymouth Area
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