Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Suffolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Suffolk 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 Milton in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.^[1] Democrat Brandy Fluker Oakley of Dorchester has represented the district since 2020.^[2]

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

Representatives

• Thomas Leavitt, circa 1858 ^[3]
• Benjamin Lewis, circa 1858-1859
• Edward Young, circa 1858
• Daniel Hall, circa 1859 ^[4]
• Judah Sears, circa 1859
• Denis J. Quinn, circa 1888 ^[5]
• Philip Henry Quinn, circa 1888
• Daniel J. Gillen, circa 1920 ^[6]
• Florence Cook, 1943-1946
• Thomas Martin Joyce, circa 1920
• Philip Aloysius Chapman, circa 1951 ^[7]
• Thomas J. Hannon, 1955–1957
• Robert H. Quinn, 1957–1965
• John G. Kelleher, circa 1975 ^[8]
• Thomas Finneran, 1995–2004
• Linda Dorcena Forry, 2005 - June 14, 2013
• Dan Cullinane, 2013-2020
• Brandy Fluker Oakley, 2021–present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 29, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 12th Suffolk district . July 16, 2023 . PD43+.
3. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
4. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
5. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Suffolk County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/32/mode/2up .
6. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 16, 2023 . Boston Review .
7. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
8. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .