Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Suffolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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 the city of Boston in Suffolk County.^[1] Democrat Christopher Worrell of Dorchester has represented the district since 2023.^[2]

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

Representatives

• Edward Sands, circa 1858-1859 ^[3]
• Abraham G. Wyman, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Frederick Whiton, circa 1859 ^[3]
• Patrick J. Calnan, circa 1888 ^[5]
• Edward Gagan, circa 1888
• John I. Fitzgerald, circa 1920 ^[6]
• Louis Orenberg, circa 1920
• Edward A. Scigliano, circa 1920
• Christian Herter, circa 1939
• Henry Lee Shattuck, circa 1945
• James C. Bayley, circa 1951 ^[7]
• Sherman Miles, 1947–1953
• John Yerxa, 1953–1957
• William Bulger, circa 1967
• Barney Frank, circa 1975 ^[8]
• Richard J. Rouse
• Nelson Merced, 1989-1993
• Althea Garrison, 1993-1995
• Charlotte Golar Richie, 1995-1999
• Marie St. Fleur, 1999-2011
• Carlos Henriquez, 2011-2014
• Evandro Carvalho, 2014-2019
• Liz Miranda, 2019-2023
• Christopher Worrell, 2023-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 5th 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 . May 5, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 5, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 5th Suffolk district .
3. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
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: 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 .