Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Suffolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th 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 Quincy in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.[1][2] Democrat Dan Hunt of Dorchester has represented the district since 2014.[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Suffolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives districts for Suffolk County, apportioned in 2011

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Plymouth district and 1st Suffolk district.[4]

Representatives
  • John Bent, circa 1858-1859 [5][6]
  • Mellen Chamberlain, circa 1858-1859 [5][6]
  • Edward J. Leary, circa 1888 [7]
  • Thomas F. Sullivan, circa 1888 [7]
  • Frank J. Burke, circa 1920 [8]
  • Timothy J. Driscoll, circa 1920 [8]
  • Abraham Herbert Kahalas, circa 1951 [9]
  • Charles Kaplan, circa 1951 [9]
  • Wilfred S. Mirsky, circa 1951 [9]
  • Daniel W. Carney, 1963-1971 [10]
  • James J. Craven, Jr., circa 1975 [11]
  • Thomas Finneran, 1989–1995
  • James T. Brett, 1995–1996
  • Marty Walsh, April 12, 1997 – January 3, 2014
  • Daniel J. Hunt, 2014-current[3]

Previous locales

The district formerly covered:

  • Chelsea, circa 1872 [12]
  • North Chelsea, circa 1872 [12]
  • Winthrop, circa 1872 [12]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • James Powers
  • Thomas McDavitt
  • Frank James Burke
  • Timothy Driscoll
  • Edward Wallace
  • Richard Daniel Gleason
  • George Killgoar
  • Thomas Hannon
  • Edward Hutchinson
  • Gerald Scally
  • Abraham Herbert Kahalas
  • Charles Kaplan
  • Julius Ansel
  • Gerald Morrissey
  • Joseph Walsh
  • James Craven
  • W. Paul White
  • James Brett
  • Marty Walsh

References
  1. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  2. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 13th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. 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
  5. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  7. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  10. State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
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