Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden 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 Hampden County.[1] Democrat Michael Finn of West Springfield has represented the district since 2011.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Hiram Q. Sanderson, circa 1858 [6]
  • Otis A. Seamans, circa 1859 [7]
  • William F. Ferry, circa 1888 [8]
  • Ethan C. Robinson, circa 1888 [8]
  • Arthur E. Marsh, circa 1920 [9]
  • Michael P. Pessolano, circa 1951 [10]
  • Anthony M. Scibelli, circa 1951 [10]
  • Garreth J. Lynch, circa 1975 [11]
  • Walter A. DeFilippi, 1991-2001 [12]
  • Stephen Buoniconti
  • James T. Welch
  • Michael J. Finn, 2011-current[2]

See also

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