Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Worcester district
American legislative district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Leominster in Worcester County.[1][2] Democrat Natalie Higgins of Leominster has represented the district since 2017.[3][4]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Middlesex district.[5]
Representatives
- Gerard Bushnell, circa 1858 [6]
- Aaron Greenwood, circa 1859 [7]
- Samuel Dwight Simonds, circa 1888 [8]
- Edgar J. Buck, circa 1920 [9]
- Philip Andrew Quinn, circa 1951 [10]
- Fredrick W. Schlosstein 1965-1973 [11][12]
- Henry R. Grenier, 1973-1976 [13][14]
- Angelo Picucci 1979-1989[12]
- Robert A. Antonioni 1989-1993[12]
- Mary Jane Simmons, 1993-2004[15]
- Jennifer L. Flanagan 2005-2009[16]
- Dennis A. Rosa 2009-2017[17]
- Natalie Higgins, 2017-current[18]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Barre, circa 1872 [19]
- Dana, circa 1872 [19]
- Hardwick, circa 1872 [19]
- Hubbardston, circa 1872 [19]
- New Braintree, circa 1872 [19]
- Petersham, circa 1872 [19]
- Phillipston, circa 1872 [19]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Worcester 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
- Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
- Portraits of legislators
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Herbert Maynard -
Warren Tarbell -
Herbert King Davidson -
Albert Boyer -
Edward Staves -
Charles Shepard -
Philip Andrew Quinn -
Frederic Schlosstein -
Henry Grenier -
Angelo Picucci -
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Jennifer Flanagan
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 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
- ^ "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) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (1888). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. 1920.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ "Frederic W. Schlosstein Jr. Obituary (2013) the Republican".
- ^ a b c "PD43+ » Search Elections".
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ "PD43+ » Candidate Profile".
- ^ "Rep. Mary Jane Simmons Obituary (2004) Boston Globe". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Jennifer Flanagan".
- ^ "Dennis Rosa".
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
House Democrats...face opposition
- ^ a b c d e f g "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "4th Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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Districts of the Massachusetts General Court
- Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
- Bristol and Norfolk
- Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd
- Cape and Islands
- Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Hampden
- Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd
- Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
- Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd
- Middlesex and Suffolk
- Middlesex and Worcester
- Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
- Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Suffolk
- Plymouth and Barnstable
- Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd
- Plymouth and Norfolk
- Suffolk: 1st, 2nd
- Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex
- Worcester and Middlesex
- Worcester and Norfolk
- Obsolete districts
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