Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Plymouth district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Plymouth district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st 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 the city of Plymouth in Plymouth County. ^{[1] [2]} Democrat Michelle Badger has represented the district since 2025.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Barnstable district. ^[3]

Representatives

• George M. Allen, circa 1858 ^[4]
• John Burnham, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Elkanah Finney, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Alfred Burns, circa 1908
• Elmer Briggs, circa 1918
• Alfred P. Richards, circa 1920 ^[7]
• John J. O'Brien, circa 1923
• Ira Ward, circa 1935
• John A. Armstrong, circa 1951 ^[8]
• George Young, circa 1967
• Daniel J. Henderson, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Caroline Stouffer, 1977-1978
• Alfred Almeida, circa 1980
• Peter Forman, 1981–1995
• Linda Teagan, 1995–1997
• Joseph Gallitano, 1997–1999
• Vinny deMacedo, 1999 – January 7, 2015
• Matt Muratore, 2015-2025 ^{[10] [11]}
• Michelle Badger, 2025-Present ^[12]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Cohasset, circa 1872 ^[13]
• Scituate, circa 1872 ^[13]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Alfred Burns
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  Elmer Briggs
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  John J. O'Brien
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  Ira Ward
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  John Armstrong
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  George Young
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  Daniel Henderson
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  Peter Forman
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  Linda Teagan

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 27, 2020.
3. 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
4. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
5. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
6. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
7. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
8. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
9. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. "The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, November 4, 2016
11. "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
12. "Representative Michelle L. Badger".
13. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "1st Plymouth District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters Plymouth Area