Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district, based on the 2010 United States census.

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] The seat is currently vacant since the death of Republican Representative Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham who represented the district from 2003 until her death in 2024. ^{[2] [3]}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[4]

• Carver
• part of Middleborough
• Wareham

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Plymouth and Bristol district. ^[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Hingham, circa 1872 ^[6]
• Hull, circa 1872 ^[6]

Representatives

• Eliphalet L. Cushing, circa 1858 ^[7]
• Demerick Marble, circa 1859 ^[8]
• Franklin W. Hatch, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Walter Haynes, circa 1920 ^[10]
• Nathaniel Tilden, circa 1951 ^[11]
• William J. Flynn, Jr., circa 1975 ^[12]
• Charles Decas
• Ruth Provost
• Susan Williams Gifford, 2003-2024 ^{[2] [13]}

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 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

• 
  Joseph Shepherd
• 
  Walter Haynes
• 
  Ernest Sparrell
• 
  Nathaniel Tilden
• 
  Alfred Shrigley
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  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. McKenna, Charles (October 23, 2024). "Longtime state Rep. Susan Williams Gifford dies of cancer at 64". MassLive. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
5. 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
6. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
9. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
13. "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

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "2nd 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