Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160
legislative districts
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included in the
lower house
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of the
Massachusetts General Court
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. It covers part of the city of
Boston
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in
Suffolk County.
Since 1995,
Kevin G. Honan of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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has represented the district.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's
Middlesex and Suffolk district and
2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district.
Representatives
* Frederick Sheenan
* James Conboy
* Daniel Murphy
* Joseph McGrath
* Coleman Kelly
* Patrick Sullivan
* Thomas Dorgan
* John Wickes
* Charles Louis Patrone
*
James A. Burke
*
Michael Paul Feeney
Michael Paul Feeney (March 26, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1939 to 1981.
Feeney began his political career in 1938. He was elected to Massachusetts House of ...
*
John F. Melia
* Michael Daly
* Daniel Pokaski
* Kevin Fitzgerald
*
Kevin Honan
Kevin G. Honan is an American state legislator who has represented the 17th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1987. He is the House's longest continuously serving legislator. He is a resident of the Brighton ...
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
The legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts is known as the General Court. It has a 40-member upper house (Massachusetts Senate) and a 160-member lower house (Massachusetts House of Representatives). Descended from the colonial legislatur ...
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Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 Frederick Sheenan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frederick Sheenan
1908 James Conboy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Conboy
1918 Daniel Murphy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Daniel Murphy
1918 Joseph McGrath Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph McGrath
1923 Coleman Kelly Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Coleman Kelly
1935 Patrick Sullivan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Patrick Sullivan
1935 Thomas Dorgan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Dorgan
1945 John Wickes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Wickes
1953 Charles Louis Patrone Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Louis Patrone
1953 James Anthony Burke Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Anthony Burke
1953 Michael Paul Feeney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Paul Feeney
1967 John Melia Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Melia
1967 Michael Daly Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Daly
1975 Daniel Pokaski Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Daniel Pokaski
1983 Kevin Fitzgerald Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Kevin Fitzgerald
1995 Kevin Honan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Kevin Honan
References
Further reading
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External links
* Ballotpedia
Massachusetts House of Representatives Seventeenth Suffolk District* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
House
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Government of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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