Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Norfolk district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Norfolk district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Norfolk 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 Quincy in Norfolk County. ^{[1] [2]} Democrat Tackey Chan of Quincy has represented the district since 2011. ^[3]

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

Representatives

• Abijah W. Draper, circa 1858 ^[5]
• William McCarty, circa 1859 ^[6]
• George Nathaniel Carpenter, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Erland F. Fish, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Renton Whidden, circa 1920 ^[8]
• William Whittem Jenness, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Thomas F. Brownell, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Arthur S. Tobin
• Tackey Chan, 2011-current ^{[3] [11]}

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Brookline, circa 1927 ^[12]
• West Roxbury, circa 1872 ^[13]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Joseph Walker
• 
  Norman White
• 
  Charles Rowley
• 
  George Baldwin
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  Erland Fish
• 
  Renton Whidden
• 
  Albert Bigelow
• 
  John Comerford
• 
  Philip Bowker
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  William Whittem Jenness
• 
  Arthur H. Tobin
• 
  Thomas Brownell
• 
  A. Stephen Tobin

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 May 1, 2020.
3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 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: Norfolk 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.
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. pp. 196–206.
13. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

External links

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