Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Bristol district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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 Attleboro in Bristol County.^[1][2] Democrat Jim Hawkins of Attleboro has represented the district since 2018.^[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Bristol district, based on the 2010 United States census.

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

Representatives

• John Crane, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Daniel S. Cobb, circa 1859 ^[6]
• William Blanding Rogerson, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Kenneth W. Keith, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Albert E. Wood, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Edward Paul Coury, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Stephen Karol, circa 1994
• John Lepper, 1995–2009
• Bill Bowles, 2009–2011
• George T. Ross, 2011–2013
• Paul Heroux, January 5, 2013 – January 2, 2018
• Jim Hawkins, 2018-current^[3][11]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Easton, circa 1927 ^[12]
• Mansfield, circa 1872 ^[13]
• Norton, circa 1872 ^[13]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 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 L. Robinson
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  James Moran
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  Everett William
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  Roger McNamara
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  Albert Wood
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  Walter O'Brien
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  Edward Coury
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  Stephen Karol
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  John Lepper

References

1. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
2. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 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: Bristol 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, House Democrats...face opposition
12. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
13. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "2nd Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).