Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Plymouth district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Plymouth 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 Norfolk County and Plymouth County.[1] Democrat Joan Meschino of Hull has represented the district since 2017.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Plymouth district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Lemuel C. Waterman, circa 1858 [6]
  • Benjamin F. Burgess, circa 1859 [7]
  • Henry A. Turner, circa 1888 [8]
  • Walter Shuebruk, circa 1920 [9]
  • Nathaniel M. Hurwitz, circa 1951 [10]
  • George Chester Young, circa 1975 [11]
  • Joan Meschino, 2017-current[2][12]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Elmer Curtiss
  • George Marsh
  • John L. Mitchell
  • John Knowles
  • Nathaniel Hurwitz
  • John Buckley
  • George Young
  • Mary Jeanette Murray
  • Garrett Bradley

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 3rd Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  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. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, House Democrats...face opposition
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