Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Suffolk district

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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th 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 Milton in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.{{citation |url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153 |title= Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court |work=Acts (2011) |author=Massachusetts General Court }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date= April 29, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us }} Democrat Brandy Fluker Oakley of Dorchester has represented the district since 2020.{{cite web |author=Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division |title=State Representative elections: 12th Suffolk district |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:2023/office_id:8/district_id:58866 |access-date=July 16, 2023 |work=PD43+}}

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, 1st Suffolk district, and 2nd Suffolk district.{{Citation |author=Jarman |first=David |title=Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district overlaps (118th Congress) |date=July 16, 2023 |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/9/2147618/-The-Daily-Kos-Elections-guide-to-geographic-overlaps-between-districts-and-counties |work=The Daily Kos Elections guide to geographic overlaps between districts and counties |publisher=Daily Kos |quote=State House Districts to State Senate Districts}}

Representatives

  • Thomas Leavitt, circa 1858 {{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register |publisher=Adams, Sampson & Co. |location=Boston |year=1858 |chapter=Massachusetts House of Representatives |pages=10–12 }}
  • Benjamin Lewis, circa 1858-1859
  • Edward Young, circa 1858
  • Daniel Hall, circa 1859 {{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1859mass/page/200/mode/2up |title=Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court |year= 1859 |location=Boston |via=Internet Archive }}
  • Judah Sears, circa 1859
  • Denis J. Quinn, circa 1888 {{cite book |series= Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= 1888 State House Directory |editor=Geo. F. Andrews |publisher=Lakeview Press |chapter= Representatives: Suffolk County |date= October 16, 1888 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/32/mode/2up }}
  • Philip Henry Quinn, circa 1888
  • Daniel J. Gillen, circa 1920 {{cite book |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 |date=October 16, 2023 |publisher=Boston Review |url= https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso1920bost }}
  • Florence Cook, 1943-1946
  • Thomas Martin Joyce, circa 1920
  • Philip Aloysius Chapman, circa 1951 {{cite book |title=1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19511952bost }}
  • Thomas J. Hannon, 1955–1957
  • Robert H. Quinn, 1957–1965
  • John G. Kelleher, circa 1975 {{cite book |title=1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19751976bost }}
  • Thomas Finneran, 1995–2004
  • Linda Dorcena Forry, 2005 - June 14, 2013
  • Dan Cullinane, 2013-2020
  • Brandy Fluker Oakley, 2021–present

See also

Images

1908 George Lovett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|George Lovett

1908 William Chester Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|William Chester

1918 Daniel Gillen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Daniel Gillen

1918 Thomas Joyce Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Thomas Joyce

1923 John Drew Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Drew

1935 Abraham Zimon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Abraham Zimon

1935 Samuel Cohen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Samuel Cohen

1945 Florence Cook Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Florence Cook

1945 George Greene Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|George Greene

1953 Philip Aloysius Chapman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Philip Aloysius Chapman

1967 John Finnegan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Finnegan

1967 Paul Murphy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Paul Murphy

1975 John Kelleher Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Kelleher

1983 James Craven Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|James Craven

1995 Thomas Finneran Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Thomas Finneran

Linda Dorcena Forry.jpg|Linda Dorcena Forry

Dan Cullinane.jpg|Dan Cullinane

Brandy Fluker Oakley.jpg|Brandy Fluker Oakley

References

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Further reading

  • {{citation |title=12th Suffolk candidates talk policy at MassVOTE forum |date= August 20, 2020 |url=https://www.dotnews.com/2020/12th-suffolk-candidates-talk-policy-massvote-forum |work= Dotnews.com }}
  • {{citation |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/27/opinion/choosing-change-12th-suffolk-district/ |title=Choosing change in the 12th Suffolk District |quote= It’s about time voters in Mattapan, Dorchester, Milton, and Hyde Park pick another Black woman |author= Marcela García |date= August 27, 2020 |work=Boston Globe }}
  • {{citation |title=Voters Likely Picking 7 New Mass. House Members In State Primary |date= August 31, 2020 |author= Chris Lisinski |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/08/31/massachusetts-primary-election-state-house-seats |work=Wbur.org }}
  • {{citation |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/02/metro/sen-welch-rep-nangle-lose-state-legislative-seats |title=Sen. Welch, Rep. Nangle lose state legislative seats |quote= Challengers defeated incumbents in key Democratic primaries, reshaping Beacon Hill |author1= Katie Lannan |author2= Chris Lisinski |date= September 2, 2020 |work=Boston Globe }}