Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Middlesex 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 Framingham in Middlesex County.[1][2] Democrat Maria Robinson of Framingham has represented the district since 2019.[3] She is running for re-election in 2020, and has been endorsed by the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus and the nonprofit, progressive Run for Something.[4][5]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Middlesex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district.[6]

Representatives
  • Moses Proctor, circa 1858 [7]
  • Oliver R. Clark, circa 1859 [8]
  • Francis H. Raymond, circa 1888 [9]
  • William J. Naphen, circa 1920 [10]
  • H. Edward Snow, circa 1951 [11]
  • Vincent Joseph Piro, circa 1975 [12]
  • Deborah D. Blumer, 2001-2006 [13]
  • Pam Richardson
  • Chris Walsh
  • Maria D. Robinson, 2019-current[3]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Martin Hall
  • Robert Shaw Corrigan
  • Jeremiah Healey
  • C. Ray Bennett
  • H. Edward Snow
  • Walter Burke
  • Vincent Piro
  • Barbara Gray
  • Deborah Blumer

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 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: 6th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
  5. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net, Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
  6. 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
  7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  9. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  14. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
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