Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Middlesex district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Middlesex County and Worcester County.^[1] Democrat Danielle Gregoire of Marlborough has represented the district since 2013.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Marlborough
• part of Northborough
• part of Westborough

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Malden, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Somerville, circa 1872

Representatives

• Phineas Sprague, circa 1858 ^[4]
• John Q. A. Griffin, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Moses Davis Church, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Isaac S. Pear, circa 1888
• John C Brimblecom, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Bernard Earley, circa 1920
• Abbott B. Rice, circa 1920
• Christian Archibald Herter, Jr., circa 1951 ^[8]
• George E. Rawson, circa 1951
• John Joseph Toomey, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Saundra Graham, 1977-1979
• Joseph M. Navin, 1979-1984
• Robert A. Durand, 1984-1991
• Daniel J. Valianti, 1991-1997
• Stephen P. LeDuc, 1997-2008
• Danielle W. Gregoire, 2009-2011
• Steven Levy, 2011-2013
• Danielle W. Gregoire, 2013-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 4th Middlesex District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 28, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 28, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 4th Middlesex district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
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: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
6. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Middlesex County . October 17, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/42/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 17, 2023 . Boston Review .
8. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
9. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .