Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester 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 Worcester in Worcester County.[1][2] Democrat Dan Donahue of Worcester has represented the district since 2013.[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

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

Representatives
  • Otis Newton, circa 1858 [5]
  • Jonas Fay, circa 1859 [6]
  • Joseph P. Cheney Jr., circa 1888 [7]
  • James Joseph Early, circa 1920 [8]
  • Stanley Everett Johnson, circa 1951 [9]
  • Raymond Michael Lafontaine, circa 1975 [10]
  • William Glodis
  • Guy Glodis
  • John Fresolo
  • Daniel M. Donahue, 2013-current[3]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • John McGrath
  • Charles Kelley
  • Timothy Cooney
  • Ernest Johnson
  • Stanley Everett Johnson
  • Albert Gammal
  • Raymond LaFontaine
  • William Glodis
  • John Fresolo

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 16th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 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: Worcester 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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