Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Suffolk district

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][2] Democrat Adrian Madaro of East Boston has represented the district since 2015.^[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st 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 that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district.^[4]

Representatives

• Wm. Deblois, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Martin Griffin, circa 1859 ^[6]
• George W. Parmenter, circa 1858-1859 ^[5][6]
• Clarence P. Lovell, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Charles T. Witt, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Joseph Murley, circa 1908
• Lewis McKie, circa 1908
• Edward Cox, circa 1918
• Edward Kelley, circa 1918
• Ceorce F. Murphy, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Thomas A. Niland, circa 1920 ^[8]
• 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 ^[9]
• Mario Umana, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Michael Porrazzo, circa 1953
• George DiLorenzo, circa 1967
• Michael D'Avolio, circa 1967
• Emanuel Gus Serra, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Tom Gallagher, 1980 – 1986
• Anthony Petruccelli, June 1999 – July 2007
• Carlo Basile, November 1, 2007 – January 7, 2015 ^[11]
• Adrian C. Madaro, April 8, 2015-current^[3]

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

• 
  Joseph Murley
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  Lewis McKie
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  Edward Cox
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  Edward Kelley
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  Robert Dinsmore
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  Thomas Winston
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  Francis Irwin
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  Thomas Barry
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  Tony Centracchio
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  Enrico Cappucci
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  Francis Matera
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  Manassah Bradley
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  Michael Porrazzo
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  George DiLorenzo
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  Michael D'Avolio
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  Emanuel Serra
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  Thomas Gallagher
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  Anthony Petrucelli

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 27, 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: 1st Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 27, 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 17, 1888). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "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