Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Plymouth district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st 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 the city of Plymouth in Plymouth County.^[1] Republican Matt Muratore of Plymouth has represented the district since 2015.^[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Barnstable district.

Representatives

• George M. Allen, circa 1858 ^[3]
• John Burnham, circa 1859 ^[4]
• Elkanah Finney, circa 1888 ^[5]
• Alfred Burns, circa 1908
• Elmer Briggs, circa 1918
• Alfred P. Richards, circa 1920 ^[6]
• John J. O'Brien, circa 1923
• Ira Ward, circa 1935
• John A. Armstrong, circa 1951 ^[7]
• George Young, circa 1967
• Daniel J. Henderson, circa 1975 ^[8]
• Caroline Stouffer, 1977-1978
• Alfred Almeida, circa 1980
• Peter Forman, 1981–1995
• Linda Teagan, 1995–1997
• Joseph Gallitano, 1997–1999
• Vinny deMacedo, 1999 – January 7, 2015
• Mathew J. Muratore, 2015-current

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Cohasset, circa 1872 ^[9]
• Scituate, circa 1872

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 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: 1st 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 . April 27, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 27, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 1st Plymouth district .
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: Plymouth County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/54/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 .
9. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .