Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester district
American legislative district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester 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 Worcester in Worcester County.[1][2] Democrat Dan Donahue of Worcester has represented the district since 2013.[3]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Worcester district.[4]
Representatives
- Otis Newton, circa 1858 [5]
- Jonas Fay, circa 1859 [6]
- Joseph P. Cheney Jr., circa 1888 [7]
- James Joseph Early, circa 1920 [8]
- Stanley Everett Johnson, circa 1951 [9]
- Raymond Michael Lafontaine, circa 1975 [10]
- William Glodis
- Guy Glodis
- John Fresolo
- Daniel M. Donahue, 2013-current[3]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Douglas, circa 1872 [11]
- Dudley, circa 1872 [11]
- Millbury, circa 1872 [11]
- Oxford, circa 1872 [11]
- Sutton, circa 1872 [11]
- Webster, circa 1872 [11]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th
- Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts 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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John McGrath -
Charles Kelley -
Timothy Cooney -
Ernest Johnson -
Stanley Everett Johnson -
Albert Gammal -
Raymond LaFontaine -
William Glodis -
John Fresolo -
Dan Donahue
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)
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 16th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 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.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ a b c d e f "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "16th Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of the Worcester Area
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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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| Defunct districts |
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