Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Bristol district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Bristol district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Bristol 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 Bristol County. ^[1] The seat is currently vacant following the death of incumbent Democrat Carol Doherty.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[2]

• part of Easton
• part of Taunton

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth and 1st Plymouth and Bristol districts. ^[3]

Former locales

The district previously covered Raynham, circa 1872. ^[4]

Representatives

• Horace D. Howard, circa 1858 ^[5]
• John D. G. Williams, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Rollin H. Babbitt, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Frederick Stanley Hall, circa 1888 ^[7]
• William L. White, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Matthew A. Higgins, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Francis X. Casey, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Thomas D. Lopes, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.
• Marc R. Pacheco, January 1989 – January 1993
• James H. Fagan, 1993–2011
• Shaunna L. O'Connell, 2011-January 2020 ^{[11] [12]}
• Carol Doherty, 2020-2025 ^[13]
• Vacant, 2025-present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Representatives

• 
  Michael Kenney
• 
  Matthew Higgins
• 
  Joseph Dooley
• 
  Francis Casey
• 
  Frank Rico
• 
  Thomas Lopes
• 
  Theodore Aleixo
• 
  James Fagan

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
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. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
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. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Bristol County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 3rd Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
12. "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
13. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "3rd Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).