Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Suffolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st 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 Adrian Madaro of East Boston has represented the district since 2015.^[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district.

Representatives

• Wm. Deblois, circa 1858 ^[3]
• Martin Griffin, circa 1859 ^[4]
• George W. Parmenter, circa 1858-1859
• Clarence P. Lovell, circa 1888
• Charles T. Witt, circa 1888 ^[5]
• Joseph Murley, circa 1908
• Lewis McKie, circa 1908
• Edward Cox, circa 1918
• Edward Kelley, circa 1918
• Ceorce F. Murphy, circa 1920 ^[6]
• Thomas A. Niland, circa 1920
• Robert Dinsmore, circa 1923
• Thomas Winston, circa 1923
• Francis Irwin, circa 1935
• Thomas E. Barry, circa 1935
• Tony Centracchio, circa 1935
• Enrico Cappucci, circa 1945
• Francis Matera, circa 1945
• Manassah E. Bradley, circa 1951 ^[7]
• Mario Umana, circa 1951
• Michael Porrazzo, circa 1953
• George DiLorenzo, circa 1967
• Michael D'Avolio, circa 1967
• Emanuel Gus Serra, circa 1975 ^[8]
• Tom Gallagher, 1980 – 1986
• Anthony Petruccelli, June 1999 – July 2007
• Carlo Basile, November 1, 2007 – January 7, 2015
• Adrian C. Madaro, April 8, 2015-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 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: 1st 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 27, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 27, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 1st Suffolk 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: Suffolk County . October 17, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/32/mode/2up .
6. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 17, 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 .