Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Suffolk district
American legislative district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th 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 Cambridge in Middlesex County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.[1][2] Democrat Jay Livingstone of Back Bay has represented the district since 2013.[3]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district, 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district, and 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district.[4]
Representatives
- Otis Rich, circa 1858 [5]
- George F. Williams, circa 1858 [5]
- Thomas H. Bussell, circa 1859 [6]
- George A. Shaw, circa 1859 [6]
- Harrison H. Atwood, circa 1888 [7]
- Edward J. Donovan, circa 1888 [7]
- James Melville Hunnewell, circa 1920 [8]
- Henry Lee Shattuck, circa 1920 [8]
- Charles Iannello, circa 1951 [9]
- Michael F. Flaherty Sr., circa 1975 [10]
- Paul C. Demakis, 1995-2005 [11]
- Martha M. Walz, January 2005 – February 2013
- Jay Livingstone, 2013-current[3]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 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
- Portraits of legislators
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David Mancovitz -
Martin Lomasney -
Arthur Burr -
Fitz Henry Smith -
Henry Shattuck -
James Melville Hunnewell -
Anthony McNulty -
John Aspell -
Ernest Dullea -
Charles Iannello -
Arthur Lewis -
David Tobin -
James Craven -
Michael Flaherty -
Thomas Vallely -
Paul Demakis -
Jay Livingstone -
Martha Walz
References
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 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.). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "8th 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
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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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