Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Plymouth district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th 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 Bristol County and Plymouth County.^[1] Democrat Rita Mendes of Easton represented the district had represented the district since 2023.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Brockton
• part of Easton

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district and 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• East Bridgewater, circa 1872 ^[3]
• North Bridgewater, circa 1872

Representatives

• Paul Couch, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Benj W. Harris, circa 1858
• Thomas Conant, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Edward Southworth, Jr, circa 1859 ^[5]
• A. Cranston Thompson, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Frank A. Manning, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Geraldine Creedon, 1995–2012
• Claire D. Cronin, 2013-2022
• Rita Mendes, 2023–present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 11th Plymouth District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

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: 11th Plymouth district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
4. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
5. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
6. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Plymouth County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/54/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .