Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. The House of Representatives convenes at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.

Massachusetts House of Representatives
2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 2, 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Robert DeLeo (D) since January 27, 2009
Speaker pro Tempore	Patricia Haddad (D) since January 28, 2011
Majority Leader	Ronald Mariano (D) since January 28, 2011
Minority Leader	Bradley Jones, Jr. (R) since November 21, 2003
Structure
Seats	160
Political groups	Majority   Democratic (127) Minority   Republican (31)   Unenrolled (1)   Vacant (1)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Chapter 1 of the Massachusetts Constitution
Salary	$62,500/year; set to increase every two years equal to the increase in the median salary of Massachusetts. Additional stipends are given to leaders of the majority and minority party.
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2018 (160 seats)
Next election	November 3, 2020 (160 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Massachusetts State House Boston, Massachusetts
Website

Qualifications

Any person seeking to get elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives must meet the following qualifications:[1]

• Be at least eighteen years of age
• Be a registered voter in Massachusetts
• Be an inhabitant of the district for at least one year prior to election
• Receive at least 150 signatures on nomination papers

Representation

Originally, representatives were apportioned by town. For the first 150 persons, one representative was granted, and this ratio increased as the population of the town increased. The largest membership of the House was 749 in 1812 (214 of these being from the District of Maine); the largest House without Maine was 635 in 1837.[2] The original distribution was changed to the current regional population system in the 20th century. Until 1978, there were 240 members of the house,[3] a number in multi-member districts; today there are 160 in single-member districts.[4]

Today, each Representative represents about 40,000 residents. Their districts are named for the counties they are in and tend to stay within one county, although districts occasionally cross county lines. Representatives serve two-year terms which are not limited.

Representatives' desk with microphone and voting buttons (yea/nay)

The Sacred Cod

Within the House's debating chamber hangs the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts. The 5-foot-long (1.5 m) pine carving of the cod was offered by Representative John Rowe in 1784 in commemoration of the state's maritime economy and history. Two previous carvings of the cod existed during the legislature's colonial era; the first destroyed in a fire in 1747, and the second during the American War of Independence. Since 1784, the current Sacred Cod has been present at nearly every House session, and moved to its current location when the House began convening in the State House in 1798.

In 1933, members of the Harvard Lampoon stole the cod carving as part of a prank. The theft sparked a large statewide search by the Boston and Massachusetts State Police. Following outrage from Boston newspapers and the General Court itself, the cod was anonymously handed back.[5]

Composition

2020 composition by municipality

The Democrats hold a supermajority in the House.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Republican	Ind		Vacant
Begin 191st[6]	127	32	1	160	0
January 2020[7]	126	31	1	160	2
May 27, 2020[8]	125	31	1	160	3
June 2, 2020[9]	127	31	1	160	1
Latest voting share	79.9%	19.5%	0.6%

Leadership

Further information: List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. As well as presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leader, and controls the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the House.

The current Speaker of the House is Robert DeLeo of the 19th Suffolk District (Winthrop).

Leaders

[10]

Position	Leader	Municipality	Party
Speaker of the House	Robert A. DeLeo	Winthrop	Democratic
Majority Leader	Ronald Mariano	Quincy
Speaker Pro Tempore	Patricia A. Haddad	Somerset
Assistant Majority Leader	Joseph F. Wagner	Chicopee
Second Assistant Majority Leader	Paul J. Donato	Medford
Second Assistant Majority Leader	Michael J. Moran	Brighton
First Division Chair	Kate Hogan	Stow
Second Division Chair	David M. Nangle	Lowell
Third Division Chair	Sarah K. Peake	Provincetown
Fourth Division Chair	Louis L. Kafka	Stoughton
House Ways and Means Chair	Aaron Michlewitz	Boston
Minority Leader	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	North Reading	Republican
Assistant Minority Leader	Bradford R. Hill	Ipswich
Second Assistant Minority Leader	Elizabeth A. Poirier	North Attleborough
Third Assistant Minority Leader	Susan Williams Gifford	Wareham
Third Assistant Minority Leader	Paul K. Frost	Auburn

The most recent election of members was held on November 6, 2018. Representatives serve two-year terms.

Committees

The current standing committees in the Massachusetts House of Representatives are as follows:

Main article: List of current Massachusetts House of Representatives committees

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair	Ranking Minority
Bills in the Third Reading	Theodore C. Speliotis	Carole A. Fiola	Angelo L. D'Emilia
Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets	Antonio F. D. Cabral	RoseLee Vincent	David T. Vieira
Ethics	Christopher M. Markey	Thomas P. Walsh	Elizabeth A. Poirier
Global Warming and Climate Change	Michael J. Finn	Mary S. Keefe
Personnel and Administration	Frank A. Moran	Natalie M. Higgins
Post Audit and Oversight	David Paul Linsky	Daniel J. Ryan	Peter J. Durant
Redistricting	Paul W. Mark	Bud L. Williams	Steven S. Howitt
Rules	William C. Galvin	Daniel J. Hunt	Kimberly N. Ferguson
Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Thomas M. Petrolati	Daniel M. Donahue	Bradford Hill
Technology and Intergovernmental Affairs	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.	Aaron Vega	Marc T. Lombardo
Ways and Means	Aaron Michlewitz	Denise C. Garlick Elizabeth A. Malia (Assistant Vice Chair)	Todd M. Smola

Districts

The following is a complete list of Members of the House of Representatives in the 191st General Court, by district:

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

6 Representatives (2 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Tim Whelan		Republican	Brewster	1st Barnstable	Precinct 1 of Barnstable, precincts 1 and 2 of Brewster, Dennis, and precincts 1–4 and 7 of Yarmouth, Barnstable County.	2014
William Crocker Jr.		Republican	Barnstable	2nd Barnstable	Precincts 2–10 and 13 of Barnstable, and precincts 5 and 6 of Yarmouth, Barnstable County	2016
David Vieira		Republican	Falmouth	3rd Barnstable	Precincts 3–6 of Bourne, precincts 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 of Falmouth, and Mashpee, Barnstable County	2010
Sarah Peake		Democratic	Provincetown	4th Barnstable	Precinct 3 of Brewster, Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet, Barnstable County	2006
Randy Hunt		Republican	Sandwich	5th Barnstable	Precincts 11 and 12, of Barnstable, precincts 1, 2, and 7 of Bourne, and Sandwich, Barnstable County; Precinct 9 of Plymouth, Plymouth County	2010
Dylan Fernandes		Democratic	Falmouth	Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket	Precincts 1, 2, 5 and 6, of Falmouth, in Barnstable County; Chilmark, Edgartown, Aquinnah, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury, all in Dukes County; Nantucket, Nantucket County	2016

Berkshire

4 Representatives (4 Democrats)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
John Barrett III[11]		Democratic	North Adams	1st Berkshire	Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams, and Williamstown, all in Berkshire County;	2017
Paul Mark		Democratic	Peru	2nd Berkshire	Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Savoy and Windsor, and precinct B of ward 1, of Pittsfield, Berkshire County; Bernardston, Charlemont, Colrain, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Northfield, and Rowe, Franklin County	2010
Tricia Farley-Bouvier		Democratic	Pittsfield	3rd Berkshire	Precinct A of ward 1, all precincts of wards 2–7, of Pittsfield, Berkshire County	2011
William "Smitty" Pignatelli		Democratic	Lenox	4th Berkshire	Alford, Becket, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, and West Stockbridge, Berkshire County; Blandford, Russell, and Tolland, Hampden County	2002

Bristol

14 Representatives (10 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
F. Jay Barrows		Republican	Mansfield	1st Bristol	Foxborough, Norfolk County; Precincts 2, 3 and 6, of Mansfield, and precincts 3, 4 and 5, of Norton, Bristol County	2006
Jim Hawkins		Democratic	Attleboro	2nd Bristol	Wards 1 and 2, precinct A of ward 3, and Wards 4, 5 and 6, of Attleboro, Bristol County	2018
Carol Doherty		Democratic	Taunton	3rd Bristol	Precinct 6 of Easton, and precinct A of ward 3, and all precincts in wards 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8, of Taunton, Bristol County	2020
Steve Howitt		Republican	Seekonk	4th Bristol	Precincts 1 and 2 of Norton, Rehoboth and Seekonk, and precincts 4 and 5, of Swansea, Bristol County	2010
Patricia Haddad		Democratic	Somerset	5th Bristol	Dighton and Somerset, precincts 1, 2 and 3 of Swansea, and ward 6 of Taunton, Bristol County	2000
Carole Fiola		Democratic	Fall River	6th Bristol	Precincts B and C of ward 5, precinct C of ward 6, all precincts of wards 7, 8, and 9, of Fall River, and precinct 1, of Freetown, Bristol County	2013
Alan Silvia		Democratic	Fall River	7th Bristol	Precincts B and C of ward 1, ward 2, ward 3, ward 4, and precinct A of ward 5, of Fall River, Bristol County	2008
Paul Schmid		Democratic	Westport	8th Bristol	Precinct A of ward 1, precincts A and B of ward 6 of Fall River, precincts 2 and 3 of Freetown, precincts D, E and F of ward 1 of New Bedford, and Westport, Bristol County	2010
Christopher Markey		Democratic	Dartmouth	9th Bristol	Dartmouth, and precincts D, E and F of ward 3, of New Bedford, Bristol County	2010
William M. Straus		Democratic	Mattapoisett	10th Bristol	Fairhaven, and precinct A of ward 3, and precinct D and E of ward 4, of New Bedford, Bristol County; Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester, Plymouth County	1992
Christopher Hendricks		Democratic	New Bedford	11th Bristol	Acushnet, precincts A, B, and C, of ward 1 and all precincts of ward 2, and precincts B and C of ward 3, of New Bedford, Bristol County	2018
Norman Orrall		Republican	Lakeville	12th Bristol	Berkley, precinct B of ward 3 and ward 4, of Taunton, Bristol County; Lakeville, and precincts 2, 4 and 5 of Middleborough, Plymouth County	2018
Antonio Cabral		Democratic	New Bedford	13th Bristol	Precincts A, B, C and F of ward 4, and wards 5 and 6, of New Bedford, Bristol County	1990
Elizabeth Poirier		Republican	North Attleborough	14th Bristol	Precinct B of ward 3, of Attleboro, precincts 1 and 5, of Mansfield, North Attleborough, Bristol County	1999

Essex

18 Representatives (14 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Representative		Party	Residence	District	District Description	First elected
James Kelcourse		Republican	Amesbury	1st Essex	Amesbury and Salisbury, and Newburyport, Essex County	2015
Lenny Mirra		Republican	West Newbury	2nd Essex	Precincts 2 and 3 of Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, precinct 3 of ward 4 and precinct 3 of ward 7, of Haverhill, and Merrimac, Newbury, and West Newbury, Essex County	2013
Andy Vargas[12]		Democratic	Haverhill	3rd Essex	Ward 1, precinct 3 of ward 2, ward 3, precincts 1 and 2 of ward 4, precincts 1 and 3 of ward 5, and ward 6, of Haverhill, Essex County	2017
Bradford Hill		Republican	Ipswich	4th Essex	Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Rowley, Topsfield, and Wenham, Essex County	1999
Ann-Margaret Ferrante		Democratic	Gloucester	5th Essex	Essex and Rockport, and Gloucester, Essex County	2009
Jerry Parisella		Democratic	Beverly	6th Essex	Beverly, Essex County	2011
Paul Tucker		Democratic	Salem	7th Essex	Salem, Essex County	2015
Lori Ehrlich		Democratic	Marblehead	8th Essex	Precinct 4 of ward 3, and precinct 4 of ward 4, of Lynn, and Marblehead and Swampscott, Essex County	2007
Donald Wong		Republican	Saugus	9th Essex	Precincts 1 and 2 of ward 1, of Lynn, and precincts 1, 2, 4–9, of Saugus, Essex County; Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 7, of Wakefield, Middlesex County	2011
Dan Cahill		Democratic	Lynn	10th Essex	Precincts 3 and 4 of Ward 1, Ward 2, Precincts 1, 2 and 3 of Ward 3, Precincts 1 and 2 of Ward 4, and Precincts 2 and 3 of Ward 5, of Lynn.	2016
Peter Capano		Democratic	Lynn	11th Essex	Precinct 3 of ward 4, precincts 1 and 4 of ward 5, wards 6 and 7, of Lynn, and Nahant, Essex County	2018
Thomas Walsh		Democratic	Peabody	12th Essex	Wards 1–4 and precincts 1 and 3 of ward 5 of Peabody, Essex County	2016
Theodore C. Speliotis		Democratic	Danvers	13th Essex	Danvers, precinct 2 of Middleton and, precinct 2 of ward 5 and ward 6, of Peabody, Essex County	1997
Christina Minicucci		Democratic	North Andover	14th Essex	Precinct 2 of ward 7 in Haverhill, precincts 1 and 3 of ward A and precinct 1 of ward F, of Lawrence, precincts 3, 7, and 10 of Methuen, and precincts 1–5 of North Andover, Essex County	2018
Linda Dean Campbell		Democratic	Methuen	15th Essex	Precincts 1 and 2 of ward 2, precinct 2 of ward 5 and precinct 1 of ward 7 in Haverhill and precincts 1, 4, 5, 6, 8–12 of Methuen, Essex County	2007
Marcos Devers		Democratic	Lawrence	16th Essex	Precincts 2 and 4 of ward A, ward B, precinct 4 of ward C, precincts 2, 3 and 4 of ward E, and precincts 2, 3 and 4 of ward F, of Lawrence, Essex County	2010
Frank A. Moran		Democratic	Lawrence	17th Essex	Precincts 2, 3 and 4, of Andover, precincts 1, 2 and 3, of ward C, ward D, and precinct 1 of ward E, of Lawrence, and precinct 2 in Methuen, Essex County	2013
Tram Nguyen		Democratic	Andover	18th Essex	Precincts 1, 5–9, of Andover, precinct 1, of Boxford and precincts 6, 7 and 8, of North Andover, Essex County; Precincts 3 and 3A of Tewksbury, Middlesex County	2018

Franklin

2 Representatives (1 Democrat, 1 Unenrolled)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Natalie Blais		Democratic	Sunderland	1st Franklin	Chester, Hampden County; Ashfield, Buckland, Conway, Deerfield, Leverett, Montague, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, and Whately, Franklin County; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Plainfield, Williamsburg, and Worthington, Hampshire County	2018
Susannah Whipps		Unenrolled	Athol	2nd Franklin	Erving, Gill, New Salem, Orange, Warwick, and Wendell, Franklin County; Precinct A of Belchertown, Hampshire County; Athol, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, and Templeton Worcester County	2015

Hampden

12 Representatives (10 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Representative		Party	Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Todd Smola		Republican	Palmer	1st Hampden	Brimfield, Holland, Palmer and Wales, Hampden County; Precincts B and C, in Ware, Hampshire County; Sturbridge and Warren, Worcester County	2004
Brian Ashe		Democratic	Longmeadow	2nd Hampden	Precincts 2, 3 and 4, of East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow and Monson, Hampden County	2008
Nicholas Boldyga		Republican	Southwick	3rd Hampden	Agawam, Granville and Southwick, Hampden County	2011
Vacant				4th Hampden	Westfield, Hampden County	2020
Aaron Vega		Democratic	Holyoke	5th Hampden	Holyoke, Hampden County	2013
Michael Finn		Democratic	West Springfield	6th Hampden	Precinct A of ward 2, precinct A of ward 3, precinct A of ward 4, of Chicopee, precinct E of ward 2 of Springfield, and West Springfield, Hampden County	2011
Thomas Petrolati		Democratic	Ludlow	7th Hampden	Precinct B of ward 6, of Chicopee, Ludlow, precincts E, F and G of ward 8, of Springfield, Hampden County; Precincts B, C, and D, of Belchertown, Hampshire County	1986
Joseph Wagner		Democratic	Chicopee	8th Hampden	Ward 1, precinct B of ward 2, precinct B of ward 3, precinct B of ward 4, precinct B of ward 5, precinct A of ward 6, wards 7, 8 and 9, of Chicopee, Hampden County	1990
Jose Tosado		Democratic	Springfield	9th Hampden	Precincts A, B, C, D, F and G of ward 2, precincts C, D, G and H of ward 5, precincts F and H of ward 7, and precincts A, B, D and H of ward 8, of Springfield, and precinct A of ward 5 of Chicopee, Hampden County	2015
Carlos Gonzalez		Democratic	Springfield	10th Hampden	Ward 1, precincts B, C, D, E, F, G and H of ward 3, and precincts A, B and F of ward 6, of Springfield, in Hampden County	2015
Bud Williams		Democratic	Springfield	11th Hampden	Precinct H of ward 2, precinct A of ward 3, ward 4, precincts A, B, E and F of ward 5, precinct E of ward 6, precinct A of ward 7, and precinct C of ward 8, of Springfield, in Hampden County	2017
Angelo Puppolo		Democratic	Springfield	12th Hampden	Precinct 1, of East Longmeadow, precincts C, D, G and H of ward 6, precincts B, C, D, E and G of ward 7, of Springfield, and Wilbraham, all in Hampden County	2006

Hampshire

3 Representatives (3 Democrats)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Lindsay N. Sabadosa		Democratic	Northampton	1st Hampshire	Montgomery, in Hampden County; Hatfield, Northampton, Southampton and Westhampton, Hampshire County	2018
Daniel R. Carey		Democratic	Easthampton	2nd Hampshire	Easthampton, precinct 2 of Granby, Hadley and South Hadley, Hampshire County	2018
Mindy Domb		Democratic	Amherst	3rd Hampshire	Amherst, precinct 1 of Granby and Pelham, Hampshire County	2018

Middlesex

37 Representatives (33 Democrats, 3 Republicans, 1 Vacant)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Sheila Harrington		Republican	Groton	1st Middlesex	Ashby, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend and precinct 1 of Ayer, Middlesex County	2011
James Arciero		Democratic	Westford	2nd Middlesex	Precincts 5, 7 and 8, of Chelmsford and Littleton and Westford, Middlesex County	2009
Kate Hogan		Democratic	Stow	3rd Middlesex	Hudson, Maynard and Stow, all in Middlesex County; Bolton, Worcester County	2009
Danielle Gregoire		Democratic	Marlborough	4th Middlesex	Precinct 1 of ward 2, wards 3–6, and precinct 2 of ward 7, of Marlborough, Middlesex County; Precincts 1 and 3 of Northborough, and precincts 1 and 3 of Westborough, Worcester County	2009-2011 2013
David Linsky		Democratic	Natick	5th Middlesex	Natick and Sherborn, Middlesex County; Precincts 2 and 3, of Millis, Norfolk County	1999
Maria Robinson		Democratic	Framingham	6th Middlesex	Precincts 1, 2, 4–7, 9–12 and 15, of Framingham, Middlesex County	2018
Jack Patrick Lewis		Democratic	Ashland	7th Middlesex	Ashland, and precincts 8, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18, of Framingham, Middlesex County	2017
Carolyn Dykema		Democratic	Holliston	8th Middlesex	Holliston and Hopkinton, Middlesex County; Southborough, and precinct 2, of Westborough, Worcester County	2009
Thomas M. Stanley		Democratic	Waltham	9th Middlesex	Lincoln, and wards 1, 2 and 3, precinct 1 of ward 4, precinct 2 of ward 5, precinct 1 of ward 6, and precinct 1 of ward 7, of Waltham, Middlesex County	2001
John J. Lawn		Democratic	Watertown	10th Middlesex	Precinct 1 and 4 of ward 1 of Newton, precinct 2 of ward 4, precinct 1 of ward 5, precinct 2 of ward 6, precinct 2 of ward 7, and wards 8 and 9, of Waltham, and precincts 10, 11 and 12, of Watertown, Middlesex County	2011
Kay Khan		Democratic	Newton	11th Middlesex	Precincts 2 and 3 of ward 1, ward 2, ward 3, ward 4, and precinct 2 of ward 7, of Newton, Middlesex County	1995
Ruth Balser		Democratic	Newton	12th Middlesex	Ward 5, ward 6, precincts 1, 3 and 4 of ward 7, and all precincts of ward 8, of Newton, Middlesex County	1999
Carmine Gentile		Democratic	Sudbury	13th Middlesex	Precinct 3 in Framingham, ward 1, precinct 2 of ward 2, and precinct 1 of ward 7 in Marlborough, Sudbury, precincts 1, 2 and 3 of Wayland, Middlesex County	2015
Tami Gouveia		Democratic	Acton	14th Middlesex	Precincts 1, 2 and 6, of Acton, Carlisle and Concord, and precincts 1 and 9, of Chelmsford, Middlesex County	2018
Michelle Ciccolo		Democratic	Lexington	15th Middlesex	Lexington, and Wards 1 and 7, of Woburn, Middlesex County	2018
Thomas Golden Jr.		Democratic	Lowell	16th Middlesex	Precincts 2, 3 and 6, of Chelmsford, wards 5, 6 and 9, of Lowell, Middlesex County	2003
David Nangle		Democratic	Lowell	17th Middlesex	Precinct 4, of Chelmsford, ward 1, precinct 3 of ward 2, precincts 2 and 3 of ward 4, and wards 10 and 11, of Lowell, Middlesex County	1999
Rady Mom		Democratic	Lowell	18th Middlesex	Precincts 1 and 2 of ward 2, ward 3, precinct 1 of ward 4, and wards 7 and 8, of Lowell, Middlesex County	2015
Dave Robertson		Democratic	Tewksbury	19th Middlesex	Precincts 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 4 and 4A, of Tewksbury, and precincts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, of Wilmington, Middlesex County	2018
Bradley Jones Jr.		Republican	North Reading	20th Middlesex	Lynnfield, and precinct 1, of Middleton, Essex County; North Reading, and precincts 1, 6, 7 and 8, of Reading, Middlesex County	1994
Ken Gordon		Democratic	Bedford	21st Middlesex	Bedford and Burlington, and precinct 3, of Wilmington, Middlesex County	2013
Marc Lombardo		Republican	Billerica	22nd Middlesex	Billerica, Middlesex County	2011
Sean Garballey		Democratic	Arlington	23rd Middlesex	Precincts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13–21 of Arlington, precinct 2 of ward 3, and precincts 1 and 2 of ward 6, of Medford, Middlesex County.	2008
Dave Rogers		Democratic	Cambridge	24th Middlesex	Precincts 2, 4, 8, 10 and 12, of Arlington, Belmont, precincts 1 and 3 of ward 11, of Cambridge, Middlesex County[13]	2012
Marjorie Decker		Democratic	Cambridge	25th Middlesex	Ward 4, precincts 2 and 3 of ward 6, wards 7 and 8, and precincts 1 and 2 of ward 10, of Cambridge, Middlesex County[13]	2013
Mike Connolly		Democratic	Cambridge	26th Middlesex	Ward 1, precinct 1 of ward 2, ward 3, and precinct 1 of ward 6, of Cambridge, and ward 1 and precinct 1 of ward 2, of Somerville, Middlesex County[13]	2017
Denise Provost		Democratic	Somerville	27th Middlesex	Precincts 2 and 3 of ward 2, and wards 3, 5 and 6, of Somerville, Middlesex County	2006
Joe McGonagle		Democratic	Everett	28th Middlesex	Everett, Middlesex County	2015
Jon Hecht		Democratic	Watertown	29th Middlesex	Ward 9, precinct 3 of ward 10, and precinct 2 of ward 11, of Cambridge, and precincts 1–9, of Watertown, Middlesex County[13]	2009
Richard Haggerty		Democratic	Woburn	30th Middlesex	Precincts 2–5, of Reading, and wards 2–6, of Woburn, Middlesex County	2018
Michael Day		Democratic	Stoneham	31st Middlesex	Stoneham and Winchester, Middlesex County	2014
Kate Lipper-Garabedian		Democratic	Melrose	32nd Middlesex	Precinct 2 of ward 5 in Malden, Melrose, and precincts 4, 5 and 6, of Wakefield, Middlesex County	2020
Steven Ultrino		Democratic	Malden	33rd Middlesex	Ward 2, precinct 1 of ward 3, ward 4, precinct 1 of ward 5, ward 6, precinct 2 of ward 7, and ward 8, of Malden, Middlesex County	2015
Christine Barber		Democratic	Somerville	34th Middlesex	Wards 4 and 5, precinct 1 of ward 7, and precinct 2 of ward 8, of Medford, and wards 4 and 7, of Somerville, Middlesex County	2015
Paul Donato		Democratic	Medford	35th Middlesex	Ward 1, precinct 2 of ward 3, precinct 1 of ward 7, of Malden, and ward 1 and 2, precinct 1 of ward 3, precinct 2 of ward 7, and precinct 1 of ward 8, of Medford, Middlesex County	2001
Colleen Garry		Democratic	Dracut	36th Middlesex	Dracut and Tyngsborough, Middlesex County	2003
Danillo Sena		Democratic	Acton	37th Middlesex	Precincts 3, 4 and 5, of Acton, precinct 2 of Ayer, Boxborough and Shirley, all in Middlesex County; Harvard, and precincts A, C, and D, of Lunenburg, Worcester County	2020

Norfolk

15 Representatives (14 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Bruce Ayers		Democratic	Quincy	1st Norfolk	Precincts 4 and 5 of ward 3, precincts 1 and 3 of ward 4, precinct 2 of ward 5, and ward 6, of Quincy, and precincts 5, 6, 11, and 12 of Randolph, Norfolk County	1999
Tackey Chan		Democratic	Quincy	2nd Norfolk	Ward 1, precincts 1 and 2 of ward 3, precincts 2 and 4 of ward 4 and precincts 1, 3, 4, and 5 of ward 5, of Quincy, Norfolk County	2011
Ronald Mariano		Democratic	Quincy	3rd Norfolk	Precincts 2, 3 and 4, of Holbrook, ward 2, and precinct 5 of ward 4, of Quincy, precincts 5, 6, 9, 12 and 16, of Weymouth, Norfolk County	1991
James M. Murphy		Democratic	Weymouth	4th Norfolk	Precincts 1–4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18, of Weymouth, Norfolk County; Precinct 2 of Hingham, Plymouth County	2001
Mark Cusack		Democratic	Braintree	5th Norfolk	Braintree, precinct 1, of Holbrook, precinct 4, of Randolph, Norfolk County	2011
William C. Galvin		Democratic	Canton	6th Norfolk	Avon and Canton, and precincts 1, 5, 7 and 8, of Stoughton, Norfolk County	1991
William Driscoll		Democratic	Milton	7th Norfolk	Precincts 3–10, of Milton, and precincts 1, 2, 3, 7–10, of Randolph, Norfolk County	2017
Louis Kafka		Democratic	Stoughton	8th Norfolk	Precinct 4, of Mansfield, Bristol County; Sharon, precincts 2, 3, 4 and 6, of Stoughton, and precincts 3 and 4, of Walpole, Norfolk County	1991
Shawn Dooley		Republican	Norfolk	9th Norfolk	Precincts 3 and 4, of Medfield, precinct 1, of Millis, Norfolk and Plainville, precinct 5, of Walpole, and Wrentham, Norfolk County	2014
Jeffrey Roy		Democratic	Franklin	10th Norfolk	Franklin, and precincts 2, 3 and 4, of Medway, Norfolk County	2013
Paul McMurtry		Democratic	Dedham	11th Norfolk	Dedham, precinct 8, of Walpole, and Westwood, Norfolk County	2007
John H. Rogers		Democratic	Norwood	12th Norfolk	Norwood, precincts 1, 2, 6 and 7, of Walpole, Norfolk County	1992
Denise Garlick		Democratic	Needham	13th Norfolk	Dover, precincts 1 and 2 of Medfield, and Needham, Norfolk County	2011
Alice Peisch		Democratic	Wellesley	14th Norfolk	Precinct 4, of Wayland, and Weston, Middlesex County; Wellesley, Norfolk County	2003
Tommy Vitolo		Democratic	Brookline	15th Norfolk	Precincts 2–4, 6–13 of Brookline, Norfolk County	2019

Plymouth

12 Representatives (7 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Matt Muratore		Republican	Plymouth	1st Plymouth	Precincts 2–8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15, of Plymouth, Plymouth County	2015
Susan Williams Gifford		Republican	Wareham	2nd Plymouth	Carver, precincts 3 and 6, of Middleborough, and Wareham, Plymouth County	2003
Joan Meschino		Democratic	Hull	3rd Plymouth	Cohasset, Norfolk County; Precincts 1 and 3–6, of Hingham, Hull, and precinct 3, of Scituate, Plymouth County	2016
Patrick J. Kearney		Democratic	Scituate	4th Plymouth	Marshfield, and precincts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, of Scituate, both in Plymouth County	2018
David DeCoste		Republican	Norwell	5th Plymouth	Hanover, Norwell and Rockland, Plymouth County	2014
Josh S. Cutler		Democratic	Duxbury	6th Plymouth	Precincts 2-6, of Duxbury, the towns of Hanson and Pembroke, all in Plymouth County	2013
Alyson Sullivan		Republican	Abington	7th Plymouth	Abington, Precincts 2-4 in East Bridgewater and Whitman, Plymouth County	2019
Angelo D'Emilia		Republican	Bridgewater	8th Plymouth	Raynham, Bristol County; Bridgewater, Plymouth County	2011
Gerry Cassidy		Democratic	Brockton	9th Plymouth	Ward 2, precincts A, B, C of ward 3, precincts A and D of ward 4, precinct A of ward 5, and precincts A and B of ward 7, of Brockton, Plymouth County	2016
Michelle DuBois		Democratic	Brockton	10th Plymouth	Precincts B and C of ward 4, precincts B, C and D of ward 5 and ward 6, of Brockton, precinct 1 of East Bridgewater, and West Bridgewater, Plymouth County	2015
Claire D. Cronin		Democratic	Brockton	11th Plymouth	Precincts 1–5, of Easton, Bristol County; Ward 1, precinct D of ward 3, and precincts C and D of ward 7, of Brockton, Plymouth County	2013
Kathleen LaNatra		Democratic	Kingston	12th Plymouth	Precinct 1 of Duxbury, Halifax, Kingston, precinct 1 of Middleborough, precincts 1, 11 and 13 of Plymouth, and Plympton, Plymouth County	2018

Suffolk

19 Representatives (19 Democrats)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Adrian Madaro		Democratic	East Boston, Boston	1st Suffolk	Precincts 1–14 of ward 1, of Boston, Suffolk County	2015
Daniel Joseph Ryan		Democratic	Charlestown, Boston	2nd Suffolk	Ward 2, of Boston, and Wards 1 and 2, precincts 1 and 3 of ward 3, and precincts 1 and 4 of ward 4, of Chelsea, Suffolk County	2014
Aaron Michlewitz		Democratic	North End, Boston	3rd Suffolk	Precincts 1–4, 6, 7 and 8 of ward 3, precinct 1 and 3 of ward 4, and precinct 1 of ward 5, of Boston, Suffolk County	2009
David Biele		Democratic	South Boston, Boston	4th Suffolk	Precinct 15 of ward 1, ward 6, precincts 1–8 of ward 7, and precinct 3 of ward 13, of Boston, Suffolk County	2018
Liz Miranda		Democratic	Uphams Corner, Dorchester, Boston	5th Suffolk	Precinct 10 of ward 7, precincts 5, 6, and 7 of ward 8, precinct 6 of ward 12, precincts 1, 2, 4 and 5 of ward 13, precinct 1 of ward 14, precincts 1–5, 7, 8 and 9, of ward 15, and precincts 1 and 2 of ward 17, of Boston, Suffolk County	2018
Russell Holmes		Democratic	Mattapan, Boston	6th Suffolk	Precincts 2 and 4–14 of ward 14, precincts 6–9 of ward 17, precincts 7 and 8 of ward 18, and precinct 12 of ward 19, of Boston, Suffolk County	2011
Chynah Tyler		Democratic	Roxbury, Boston	7th Suffolk	Precincts 8, 9 and 10 of ward 4, sub-precinct 2A of ward 5, precincts 1–5 and 8 of ward 12, precincts 4 and 5 of ward 9, and precinct 1 of ward 21, of Boston, Suffolk County	2017
Jay Livingstone		Democratic	Back Bay, Boston	8th Suffolk	Precinct 2 and 3 of ward 2, and ward 5, of Cambridge, in Middlesex County; Precinct 5 of ward 3, and precinct 6 of ward 4, and precincts 3–9 and 11 of ward 5, of Boston, Suffolk County[13]	2013
Jon Santiago		Democratic	South End, Boston	9th Suffolk	Precinct 2, 4, 5 and 7 of ward 4, precincts 2 and 10 of ward 5, precincts 1–4 of ward 8, and precincts 1, 2 and 3 of ward 9, of Boston, Suffolk County	2018
Edward F. Coppinger		Democratic	West Roxbury, Boston	10th Suffolk	Precincts 14–16, of Brookline, in Norfolk County; Precincts 1, 5–7, 10–20 of ward 20, of Boston, Suffolk County	2011
Liz Malia		Democratic	Jamaica Plain, Boston	11th Suffolk	Ward 11, precincts 7 and 9 of ward 12, precinct 3 of ward 14, and precincts 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13, of ward 19, of Boston, Suffolk County	1998
Dan Cullinane		Democratic	Dorchester, Boston	12th Suffolk	Precincts 1 and 2 of Milton, Norfolk County; Precincts 8 and 11 of ward 16, precincts 4 and 10–14 of ward 17, precincts 1–6 and 21 of ward 18, of Boston, Suffolk County	2013
Daniel J. Hunt		Democratic	Savin Hill, Dorchester, Boston	13th Suffolk	Precinct 3 of ward 3, of the city of Quincy, Norfolk County; Precinct 9 of ward 7, precincts 6–10 of ward 13, precinct 6 of ward 15, precincts 1–7, 9, 10 and 12 of ward 16, and precincts 3 and 5 of ward 17, of Boston, Suffolk County	2014
Angelo Scaccia		Democratic	Readville, Hyde Park, Boston	14th Suffolk	Precincts 9–20, 22 and 23 of ward 18, precincts 3, 8 and 9 of ward 20, of Boston, Suffolk County	1981
Nika Elugardo		Democratic	Jamaica Plain, Boston	15th Suffolk	Precinct 5 of Brookline, Norfolk County; Ward 10, precincts 1–5 and 8 of ward 19, and precincts 2 and 4 of ward 20, of Boston, Suffolk County	2018
RoseLee Vincent		Democratic	Revere	16th Suffolk	Precincts 3 and 10, of Saugus, in Essex County; Precincts 2 and 4 of ward 3, precincts 2 and 3 of ward 4, of Chelsea, and precinct 3 of ward 1, precinct 1 of ward 3, ward 4, precincts 1 and 2 of ward 5, and ward 6, of Revere, Suffolk County	2014
Kevin Honan		Democratic	Brighton, Boston	17th Suffolk	Precincts 3, 5–12 and 15 of ward 21, and precincts 2, 3, 6, 9 and 10 in ward 22, of Boston, Suffolk County	1987
Michael Moran		Democratic	Brighton, Boston	18th Suffolk	Precinct 1, of Brookline, Norfolk County; Precincts 2, 4, 13, 14 and 16 of ward 21, and precincts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13 of ward 22, of Boston, Suffolk County	2005
Robert DeLeo		Democratic	Winthrop	19th Suffolk	Precincts 1 and 2 of ward 1, ward 2, precincts 2 and 3 of ward 3, and precinct 3 of ward 5, of Revere, and Winthrop, Suffolk County	1991

Worcester

18 Representatives (10 Democrats, 8 Republicans)

Representative	Party		Residence	District	District Description	First elected
Kimberly Ferguson		Republican	Holden	1st Worcester	Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, precinct 1 of Sterling, and precinct 2 of Westminster, Worcester County	2010
Jonathan Zlotnik		Democratic	Gardner	2nd Worcester	Ashburnham, Gardner, Winchendon, and precinct 1 of Westminster, Worcester County	2012
Stephan Hay		Democratic	Fitchburg	3rd Worcester	Fitchburg and precinct B of Lunenburg, Worcester County	2016
Natalie Higgins		Democratic	Leominster	4th Worcester	Leominster, Worcester County	2016
Donnie Berthiaume		Republican	Spencer	5th Worcester	Precinct A, of Ware, Hampshire County; Barre, Brookfield, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Hubbardston, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, precincts 2, 3 and 4, in Spencer, and West Brookfield, Worcester County	2014
Peter Durant		Republican	Spencer	6th Worcester	Precincts 1, 2 and 3 of Charlton, Dudley, Southbridge, and precinct 1, of Spencer, Worcester County	2011
Paul Frost		Republican	Auburn	7th Worcester	Auburn, precinct 4 of Charlton, Millbury, and precincts 2 and 3, of Oxford, Worcester County	1996
Michael Soter		Republican	Bellingham	8th Worcester	Bellingham, Norfolk County; Blackstone, Millville, and Uxbridge, Worcester County	2018
David Muradian		Republican	Grafton	9th Worcester	Grafton, Northbridge and Upton, Worcester County	2014
Brian Murray		Democratic	Milford	10th Worcester	Precinct 1, of Medway, Norfolk County; Hopedale, Mendon and Milford, Worcester County	2016
Hannah Kane		Republican	Shrewsbury	11th Worcester	Shrewsbury, and precincts 4 and 5, of Westborough, Worcester County	2015
Harold Naughton Jr.		Democratic	Clinton	12th Worcester	Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Lancaster, precincts 2 and 4 of Northborough, and precinct 2 of Sterling, Worcester County	1994
John J. Mahoney		Democratic	Worcester	13th Worcester	Precincts 1–4 of ward 1, precinct 2 of ward 3, ward 9, and precinct 1 of ward 10, of Worcester, Worcester County	2010
Jim O'Day		Democratic	West Boylston	14th Worcester	West Boylston, and precinct 5 of ward 1, ward 2, and precincts 1, 3 and 5 of ward 3, of Worcester, Worcester County	2007
Mary Keefe		Democratic	Worcester	15th Worcester	Precincts 2–5, of ward 10, precinct 4 of ward 3, ward 4, and precinct 3 of ward 5, of Worcester, Worcester County	2012
Dan Donahue		Democratic	Worcester	16th Worcester	Precincts 1, 2, 4 and 5, of ward 5, ward 6, and precincts 1 and 5 of ward 8, of Worcester, Worcester County	2013
David LeBoeuf		Democratic	Worcester	17th Worcester	Leicester, and ward 7, and precincts 2, 3 and 4 of ward 8, of Worcester, Worcester County	2018
Joseph D. McKenna		Republican	Webster	18th Worcester	Douglas, precincts 1 and 4 of Oxford, Sutton, and Webster, Worcester County	2014

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Main article: Political party strength in Massachusetts

Composition by municipality in the 187th General Court.

Composition by municipality in the 188th General Court.

Composition by municipality in the 189th General Court.

Composition by municipality at the beginning of the 190th General Court.

Composition by municipality at the beginning of the 191st General Court.

See also

• List of current Massachusetts House of Representatives committees
• List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Massachusetts State House
• Massachusetts Senate
• Massachusetts General Court
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• Massachusetts Government

References

1. https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/Candidates-Guide-generic.pdf
2. The Massachusetts State House, p. 110, 111. Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Boston, 1953.
3. League of Women Voters of Massachusetts Archived October 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
4. See Amendment CI of the Massachusetts Constitution, adopted by voters in 1974
5. "The 'Sacred' Cod Moves to the New State House". Mass Moments. Mass Humanities. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
7. Shaunna O'Connell (R) and Jennifer Benson (D) resigned on January 6 and January 8, 2020, respectively.
8. John Velis (D) resigned to take his seat in the state senate.
9. "Massachusetts state legislative special elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
10. https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Leadership/House
11. Palpini, Kristin (November 7, 2017). "John Barrett III wins 1st Berkshire District seat in Statehouse". the Berkshire Eagle.
12. Corneau, Allison (November 7, 2017). "UPDATE: Andy Vargas Triumphs Over Shaun Toohey in Haverhill State Representative Race". WHAV.
13. "State Rep Districts". Geographic Information System. City of Cambridge. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

• Representative Districts, accessed April 9, 2006
• House Members of the General Court

Further reading

• "General Court of Massachusetts: House". Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1945-1946. 1945.
• "House of Representatives of the General Court of Massachusetts". Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1947-1948. 1947.
  • 1951, 1957, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
• "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1993-1994. Boston. 1993. (Per Chapter 11, Acts of 1988. Based on 1985 census)

External links

• "Massachusetts - State Legislative District Maps (Lower Chamber)". United States Census Bureau.