Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Suffolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th 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 Quincy in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.^[1] Democrat Dan Hunt of Dorchester has represented the district since 2014.^[2]

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

Representatives

• John Bent, circa 1858-1859 ^{[3] [4]}
• Mellen Chamberlain, circa 1858-1859
• Edward J. Leary, circa 1888 ^[5]
• Thomas F. Sullivan, circa 1888
• Frank J. Burke, circa 1920 ^[6]
• Richard D. Gleason, 1923–1925
• Timothy J. Driscoll, circa 1920
• Abraham Herbert Kahalas, circa 1951 ^[7]
• Charles Kaplan, circa 1951
• Wilfred S. Mirsky, circa 1951
• Daniel W. Carney, 1963-1971
• James J. Craven, Jr., circa 1975 ^[8]
• Thomas Finneran, 1989–1995
• James T. Brett, 1995–1996
• Marty Walsh, April 12, 1997 – January 3, 2014
• Daniel J. Hunt, 2014-current

Previous locales

The district formerly covered:

• Chelsea, circa 1872 ^[9]
• North Chelsea, circa 1872
• Winthrop, circa 1872

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, 12th, 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: 13th 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: April 29, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 13th 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 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 .
9. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .