Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Plymouth district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Plymouth 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 Plymouth County.^[1] Democrat Kathy LaNatra of Kingston has represented the district since 2019.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Duxbury
• Halifax
• Kingston
• part of Middleborough
• part of Plymouth
• Plympton

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Plymouth and Bristol district, 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district, Plymouth and Barnstable district, and Plymouth and Norfolk district.

Former locale

The district previously covered Abington, circa 1872.^[3]

Representatives

• Daniel U. Johnson, circa 1858-1859 ^{[4] [5]}
• William L. Reed, circa 1858-1859
• Charles C. Bixby, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Mark E. Lawton, circa 1975 ^[7]
• Robert Kraus
• Thomas J. O'Brien
• Thomas Calter
• Kathleen R. LaNatra, 2019-current

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, 11th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 12th Plymouth District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters Plymouth Area

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . May 1, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 1, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 12th 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 . October 15, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/54/mode/2up .
7. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .