Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Suffolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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][2] Democrat Christopher Worrell of Dorchester has represented the district since 2023.^[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Suffolk district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives districts for Suffolk County, apportioned in 2011

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk and 2nd Suffolk districts.^[4]

Representatives

• Edward Sands, circa 1858-1859 ^[5][6]
• Abraham G. Wyman, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Frederick Whiton, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Patrick J. Calnan, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Edward Gagan, circa 1888 ^[7]
• John I. Fitzgerald, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Louis Orenberg, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Edward A. Scigliano, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Christian Herter, circa 1939
• Henry Lee Shattuck, circa 1945
• James C. Bayley, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Sherman Miles, 1947–1953 ^[9]
• John Yerxa, 1953–1957
• William Bulger, circa 1967
• Barney Frank, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Richard J. Rouse
• Nelson Merced, 1989-1993
• Althea Garrison, 1993-1995
• Charlotte Golar Richie, 1995-1999
• Marie St. Fleur, 1999-2011
• Carlos Henriquez, 2011-2014
• Evandro Carvalho, 2014-2019^[11]
• Liz Miranda, 2019-2023^[3]
• Christopher Worrell, 2023-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 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

• 
  Ignatius Carleton
• 
  Edward Scigliano
• 
  John Donovan
• 
  Philip Feinberg
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  Henry Shattuck
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  Bernard Finkelstein
• 
  John I. Fitzgerald
• 
  Joseph Langone
• 
  Laurence Curtis
• 
  Christian Herter
• 
  Stuart Rand
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  James Bayley
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  John Eliot Yerxa
• 
  Gerald O'Leary
• 
  Michael Flaherty
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  William Bulger
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  Barney Frank
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  Richard Rouse
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  Nelson Merced
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  Althea Garrison
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  Charlotte Golar Richie
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  Marie St Fleur
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  Evandro Carvalho
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  Liz Miranda
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  Christopher Worrell

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
4. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
5. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Vacancies in the House

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "5th 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