Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Plymouth district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Plymouth 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 Brockton in Plymouth County.[1][2] Democrat Gerry Cassidy of Brockton has represented the district since 2017.[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Plymouth district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district.[4]

Representatives
  • Foster Tinkham, circa 1858 [5]
  • Everett Robinson, circa 1859 [6]
  • George M. Hooper, circa 1888 [7]
  • Emil K. Steele, circa 1920 [8]
  • John George Asiaf, circa 1951 [9]
  • Robert S. Teahan, circa 1975 [10]
  • Gerry Cassidy, 2017–present[3]

Former locale

The district previously covered Middleborough, circa 1872.[11]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Edward Gilmore
  • Walter Packard
  • Charles Hillberg
  • John Whalen
  • Joseph Downey
  • John Asiaf
  • James Downey
  • Paul Maurice Murphy
  • Robert Teahan
  • Mark Lawton
  • Thomas P. Kennedy

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 May 4, 2020.
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 9th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 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: Plymouth 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. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
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