Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Plymouth district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Plymouth district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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] Republican David DeCoste of Norwell has represented the district since 2015. ^{[2] [3]}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[4]

• Hanover
• Norwell
• Rockland

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Plymouth district, 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district, and Plymouth and Norfolk district. ^[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Duxbury, circa 1872 ^[6]
• Kingston, circa 1872 ^[6]

Representatives

• William Ellison, circa 1858 ^[7]
• Job W. Drew, circa 1859 ^[8]
• George Hartford Hunt, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Frank N. Coulson, circa 1920 ^[10]
• Michael J. McCarthy, circa 1951 ^[11]
• Robert W. Gillette, circa 1975 ^[12]
• David F. DeCoste, 2015-current ^{[2] [13]}

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 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

• 
  Wallace Arnold
• 
  John Crowley
• 
  Maurice Greaney
• 
  William Brown
• 
  Michael McCarthy
• 
  John Armstrong
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  Robert Gillette
• 
  William Flynn
• 
  Janet W. O'Brien
• 
  Robert Nyman

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
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
• "5th Plymouth District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).