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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Suffolk 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 Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat David Biele of South Boston has represented the district since 2019.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district.

Representatives

• Charles Hale, circa 1858-1859
• William B. Spooner, circa 1858
• John H. Wilkins, circa 1859
• Joseph H. Gleason, circa 1888
• William H. Prebble, circa 1888
• William J. Francis, circa 1920
• James J. Mellen, circa 1920
• Vincent Francis Cronin, circa 1951
• Thomas H. Spurr Jr., circa 1951
• Melvin H. King, circa 1975
• Brian Wallace
• Nick Collins
• David Biele, 2019-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• J. Frank O'Brien
• John Hayes
• William F. Murray
• Henry McLaughlin
• John Mahoney
• James Mellen
• John McCarthy
• Charles Innes
• George Demeter
• John Brown
• Perlie Chase
• Gordon Dickson Boynton
• David O'Connor
• Joseph Loughman
• William Carey
• Melvin King
• Michael Flaherty
• Stephen F. Lynch
• Brian Wallace
• Nick Collins

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
3. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Suffolk 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.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "4th Suffolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Boston

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