Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Plymouth district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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 Plymouth County.^[1] Republican David DeCoste of Norwell has represented the district since 2015.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Hanover
• Norwell
• Rockland

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Plymouth district, 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district, and Plymouth and Norfolk district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Duxbury, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Kingston, circa 1872

Representatives

• William Ellison, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Job W. Drew, circa 1859 ^[5]
• George Hartford Hunt, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Frank N. Coulson, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Michael J. McCarthy, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Robert W. Gillette, circa 1975 ^[9]
• David F. DeCoste, 2015-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 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: 5th Plymouth 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 . May 1, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 1, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 5th Plymouth 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: Plymouth County . October 17, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/54/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 .