Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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 Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham has represented the district since 2003.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Eliphalet L. Cushing, circa 1858 [6]
  • Demerick Marble, circa 1859 [7]
  • Franklin W. Hatch, circa 1888 [8]
  • Walter Haynes, circa 1920 [9]
  • Nathaniel Tilden, circa 1951 [10]
  • William J. Flynn, Jr., circa 1975 [11]
  • Charles Decas
  • Ruth Provost
  • Susan Williams Gifford, 2003-current[2][12]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Joseph Shepherd
  • Walter Haynes
  • Ernest Sparrell
  • Nathaniel Tilden
  • Alfred Shrigley
  • William Flynn
  • Charles Decas
  • Susan Gifford

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 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.
  8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
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