Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Worcester district
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Leominster in Worcester County.{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date= May 3, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us }}{{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 }} Democrat Natalie Higgins of Leominster has represented the district since 2017.{{cite web |access-date= May 3, 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:58877 |title= State Representative elections: 4th Worcester district }}{{citation |title=Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts |date=October 29, 2020 |author=Steve Brown |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/10/29/legislative-races-election-massachusetts-state-house |work=Wbur.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030124452/https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/10/29/legislative-races-election-massachusetts-state-house |archive-date=October 30, 2020 }}
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Middlesex 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 }}
Representatives
- Gerard Bushnell, 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 }}
- Aaron Greenwood, 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 }}
- Samuel Dwight Simonds, circa 1888 {{cite book |series= Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= 1888 State House Directory |editor=Geo. F. Andrews |publisher=Lakeview Press |chapter= Representatives: Worcester County |year= 1888 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/46/mode/2up }}
- Edgar J. Buck, circa 1920 {{cite book |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 |year=1920 |publisher=Boston Review |url= https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso1920bost }}
- Philip Andrew Quinn, circa 1951 {{cite book |title=1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19511952bost }}
- Fredrick W. Schlosstein 1965-1973 {{Cite web|url=https://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?n=frederic-w-schlosstein&pid=168010004|title=Frederic W. Schlosstein Jr. Obituary (2013) the Republican}}{{Cite web|url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:2021/office_id:8/district_id:58877/stage:General|title = PD43+ » Search Elections}}
- Henry R. Grenier, 1973-1976 {{cite book |title=1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19751976bost }}{{Cite web|url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Henry-R-Grenier|title = PD43+ » Candidate Profile}}
- Angelo Picucci 1979-1989
- Robert A. Antonioni 1989-1993
- Mary Jane Simmons, 1993-2004{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=mary-jane-simmons-wallace&pid=2521197|title=Rep. Mary Jane Simmons Obituary (2004) Boston Globe|website=Legacy.com }}
- Jennifer L. Flanagan 2005-2009{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jennifer_Flanagan|title = Jennifer Flanagan}}
- Dennis A. Rosa 2009-2017{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Dennis_Rosa|title = Dennis Rosa}}
- Natalie Higgins, 2017-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 }}
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Barre, 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 }}
- Dana, circa 1872
- Hardwick, circa 1872
- Hubbardston, circa 1872
- New Braintree, circa 1872
- Petersham, circa 1872
- Phillipston, circa 1872
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
- Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 Herbert Maynard Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Herbert Maynard
1918 Warren Tarbell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Warren Tarbell
1923 Herbert King Davidson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Herbert King Davidson
1935 Albert Boyer Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Albert Boyer
1935 Edward Staves Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Edward Staves
1945 Charles Shepard Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Charles Shepard
1953 Philip Andrew Quinn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Philip Andrew Quinn
1967 Frederic Schlosstein Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Frederic Schlosstein
1975 Henry Grenier Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Henry Grenier
1983 Angelo Picucci Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Angelo Picucci
1995 Mary Jane Simmons Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Mary Jane Simmons
2005 Jennifer Flanagan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Jennifer Flanagan
References
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External links
- [https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives Ballotpedia]
- {{cite web |url= https://censusreporter.org/profiles/62000US25206-4th-worcester-district-ma/ |title= 4th Worcester District, MA |work= Censusreporter.org }} (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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