Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th 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 Jon Santiago of the South End has represented the district since 2019.[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district, 2013. Based on 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 2nd Suffolk district and 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district.[4]

Representatives

• William Beck, circa 1858 [5]
• Franklin H. Sprague, circa 1858 [5]
• Thomas D. Morris, circa 1859 [6]
• Alexander H. Twombly, circa 1859 [6]
• Julius C. Chappelle, 1883-1886
• William O. Armstrong, circa 1888 [7]
• Henry Parkman, circa 1888 [7]
• William P. Hickey, circa 1920 [8]
• William J. Manning, circa 1920 [8]
• William A. Glynn, circa 1951 [9]
• Robert H. Quinn, circa 1967
• Doris Bunte, circa 1975 [10]
• Melvin H. King
• Byron Rushing
• Jon Santiago, 2019-current[3]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 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

• 
  Daniel L. Sullivan
• 
  Timothy Callahan
• 
  William Foley
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  William Manning
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  Joseph Toomey
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  William Hickey
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  John Gleason
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  Michael Ward
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  Dennis Glynn
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  William Glynn
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  Robert Quinn
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  Doris Bunte
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  Byron Rushing

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: 9th 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.
7. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "9th 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