Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Bristol district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Bristol 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 Bristol County.^[1] Republican Steven Howitt of Seekonk has represented the district since 2011.^[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Bristol district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• part of Norton
• Rehoboth
• Seekonk
• part of Swansea

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth and Bristol and Norfolk districts.^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered Taunton, circa 1872.^[5]

Representatives

• Charles Foster, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Marcus Morton, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Harrison Tweed, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Elisha Copeland, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Henry H. Fox, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Henry Sproat, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Arthur G. Rounseville, circa 1888 ^[8]
• Joseph E. Warner, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Peter B. Gay, circa 1951 ^[10]
• Ronald Anthony Pina, circa 1975 ^[11]
• Antone S. Aguiar Jr., 1979–1982
• Philip Travis, 1983–2007
• Steven D'Amico, 2007–2011
• Steven S. Howitt, 2011-current^[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  William Dean
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  Joseph Warner
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  Thomas Morton
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  Walter Baylies
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  Talbot Tweedy
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  Peter Gay
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  Charles Flannery
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  Ronald Pina
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  Philip Travis

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
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. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
8. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Bristol County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

External links

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