Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Suffolk district explained
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th 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 Cambridge in Middlesex County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.[1] Democrat Jay Livingstone of Back Bay has represented the district since 2013.[2]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district, 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district, and 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district.
Representatives
- Otis Rich, circa 1858 [3]
- George F. Williams, circa 1858
- Thomas H. Bussell, circa 1859 [4]
- George A. Shaw, circa 1859
- Harrison H. Atwood, circa 1888 [5]
- Edward J. Donovan, circa 1888
- James Melville Hunnewell, circa 1920 [6]
- Henry Lee Shattuck, circa 1920 [7]
- Charles Iannello, circa 1951 [8]
- Michael F. Flaherty Sr., circa 1975 [9]
- Paul C. Demakis, 1995-2005
- Martha M. Walz, January 2005 – February 2013
- Jay Livingstone, 2013-current
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 29, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
- Web site: April 29, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 8th Suffolk district .
- Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
- Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
- Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Suffolk County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/32/mode/2up .
- Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
- Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
- Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
- Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .