Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Middlesex district

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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Middlesex County and Worcester County.{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date= April 28, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us }} Democrat Danielle Gregoire of Marlborough has represented the district since 2013.{{cite web |access-date= April 28, 2020 |work= PD43+ |author= Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division |url= https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:2020/office_id:8/district_id:58794 |title= State Representative elections: 4th Middlesex district }}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:{{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 }}

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Worcester district and 1st Worcester district.{{Citation |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1848730/-How-do-counties-House-districts-and-legislative-districts-all-overlap-These-new-tools-show-you|author=David Jarman|work= How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap? |publisher=Daily Kos |date=July 30, 2019 |title= Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA |quote= State House Districts to State Senate Districts }}

=Former locales=

The district previously covered:

  • Malden, circa 1872 {{cite book |chapter=Representative Districts |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register |year=1872 |publisher=Sampson, Davenport, & Company |location=Boston }}
  • Somerville, circa 1872

Representatives

  • Phineas Sprague, 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 }}
  • John Q. A. Griffin, 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 }}
  • Moses Davis Church, circa 1888 {{cite book |series= Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= 1888 State House Directory |editor=Geo. F. Andrews |publisher=Lakeview Press |chapter= Representatives: Middlesex County |date= October 17, 1888 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/42/mode/2up }}
  • Isaac S. Pear, circa 1888
  • John C Brimblecom, circa 1920 {{cite book |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 |date=October 17, 2023 |publisher=Boston Review |url= https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso1920bost }}
  • Bernard Earley, circa 1920
  • Abbott B. Rice, circa 1920
  • Christian Archibald Herter, Jr., circa 1951 {{cite book |title=1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19511952bost }}
  • George E. Rawson, circa 1951
  • John Joseph Toomey, circa 1975 {{cite book |title=1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19751976bost }}
  • Saundra Graham, 1977-1979
  • Joseph M. Navin, 1979-1984
  • Robert A. Durand, 1984-1991
  • Daniel J. Valianti, 1991-1997
  • Stephen P. LeDuc, 1997-2008
  • Danielle W. Gregoire, 2009-2011
  • Steven Levy, 2011-2013
  • Danielle W. Gregoire, 2013-current{{citation |url= https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/11/01/massachusetts-state-house-election-preview |title=Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election |date= November 1, 2018 |work= Wbur.org |quote= House Democrats...face opposition }}

See also

Images

;Portraits of legislators

File:1908 Elias Bishop Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Elias Bishop

File:1908 John Lothrop Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Lothrop

File:1908 William Garcelon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|William Garcelon

File:1918 J Weston Allen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|J. Weston Allen

File:1918 Leland Powers Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Leland Powers

File:1918 Thomas Weston Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Thomas Weston

File:1923 Bernard Early Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Bernard Early

File:1923 John Brimblecom Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Brimblecom

File:Leverett Saltonstall cph.3b10555.jpg|Leverett Saltonstall

File:1935 Warren Brimblecom Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Warren Brimblecom

File:1935 William Baker Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|William Baker

File:1945 George Rawson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|George Rawson

File:1945 John Whittemore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Whittemore

File:1953 Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. Massachusetts House of Representatives (cropped).png|Christian Archibald Herter, Jr.

File:1967 Joseph Bradley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Joseph Bradley

File:1967 Paul Malloy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Paul Malloy

File:1975 John Toomey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Toomey

File:1983 Joseph Navin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Joseph Navin

File:1995 Daniel Valianti Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Daniel Valianti

File:2005 Stephen LeDuc Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Stephen LeDuc

File:Danielle W. Gregoire.jpg|Danielle W. Gregoire

References

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