Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester district
American legislative district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester 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 Worcester County.[1] Republican State Representative John Marsi has represented the district since March 2024.[2]
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[3]
- part of Charlton
- Dudley
- Southbridge
- part of Spencer
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Norfolk district and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[4]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
Representatives
- James Bennett, circa 1858 [6]
- Amasa Norcross, circa 1858-1859 [6][7]
- Samuel Osgood, circa 1858 [6]
- Charles L. Josselyn, circa 1859 [7]
- Edwin Upton, circa 1859 [7]
- Luther Hill, circa 1888 [8]
- Louis Adelard Breault, circa 1920 [9]
- Charles J. Skladzien, circa 1951 [10]
- William A. Starzec, circa 1975 [11]
- Marilyn Travinski, 1983–1991
- David M. Peters
- Mark J. Carron
- Geraldo Alicea
- Peter Durant, 2011–2023[2]
- John Marsi, 2024–present
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
- Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
- Portraits of legislators
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Amasa Norcross -
Frank Collette -
George Brunell -
Francis Cassidy -
George Kurzon -
Charles Skladzien -
John Peter Ivascyn -
William Starzec -
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David Peters -
Mark Carron
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 6th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b c "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b c Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "6th Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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Districts of the Massachusetts General Court
- Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
- Bristol and Norfolk
- Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd
- Cape and Islands
- Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Hampden
- Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd
- Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
- Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd
- Middlesex and Suffolk
- Middlesex and Worcester
- Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
- Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Suffolk
- Plymouth and Barnstable
- Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd
- Plymouth and Norfolk
- Suffolk: 1st, 2nd
- Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex
- Worcester and Middlesex
- Worcester and Norfolk
- Obsolete districts
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| Defunct districts |
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