Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk 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 Bristol County and Norfolk County.^[1] Democrat Lou Kafka of Stoughton represented the district from 1991 to 2020. ^[2] Since January 2021, the district has been represented by Ted Philips of Sharon.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Mansfield
• Sharon
• part of Stoughton
• part of Walpole

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district and Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Norwood, circa 1927 ^[3]
• Weymouth, circa 1872 ^[4]

Representatives

• Lot W. Bicknell, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Nathaniel Shaw, circa 1858
• Elias S. Beals, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Daniel Lovell, circa 1859
• Charles W. Seavey, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Elijah Baron Stowe, circa 1888
• Frederic W. Kingman, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Frank D. McCarthy, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Andrew H. Card, Jr., circa 1975 ^[10]
• William Richard Keating, 1979–1985
• Marjorie Clapprood, 1985–1991
• Louis L. Kafka, 1991-2020
• Ted Philips, 2020–present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 8th Norfolk District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Sharon-Stoughton
• League of Women Voters of Westwood-Walpole-Dedham

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 29, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 29, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 8th Norfolk district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge192728mass/page/196/mode/1up . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928 . October 16, 2023 . Boston . 196–206 .
4. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
5. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
6. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
7. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Norfolk County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/52/mode/2up .
8. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 16, 2023 . Boston Review .
9. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
10. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .