
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Hampden 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
The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. Th ...
. It covers the city of
Westfield in
Hampden County.
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (Cyprus) (DCY)
**Democratic Part ...
John Velis of Westfield represented the district from 2014 to 2020.
Candidates for this district seat in the
2020 Massachusetts general election
The 2020 Massachusetts general election was held on November 3, 2020, throughout Massachusetts. Partisan primary, Primary elections were held on September 1, 2020.
At the federal level, all nine seats in the United States House of Representat ...
include Independent Conservative Dan Allie, Democrat Matt Garlo, and Republican Kelly Pease.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
2nd Hampden and Hampshire district.
Representatives
* Marvin Chapin, circa 1858
* Joseph Stone, circa 1859
* Jeremiah J. Keane, circa 1888
* Chauncey A. Bennett, circa 1920
* Julius F. Carman, circa 1920
*
Frederick David Griggs Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Given name
Nobility
= Anhalt-Harzgerode =
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
= Austria =
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from ...
, circa 1925-1928
* Walter Frank Szetela, circa 1951
* John F. Coffey, circa 1975
*
Steven Pierce
*
Michael Knapik
*
Cele Hahn
Cele Ferner Hahn (March 21, 1942 – April 11, 2014) was an American broadcaster and politician who represented the 4th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995–2003. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Hahn received her ...
*
Donald Humason Jr.
*
John Velis, April 16, 2014 – May 28, 2020
*
Kelly Pease, 2021-
Former locale
The district previously covered part of
Springfield, circa 1872.
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
,
2nd
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Second, Seconds, The Second, or (The) 2nd may also refer to:
Mathematics
* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
* Minute and second of arc, ...
,
3rd,
5th
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth Avenue
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a cont ...
,
6th,
7th
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* Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
* A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts
Film and television
*"The Seventh", a second-season ep ...
,
8th
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* Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet)
* Octave, an interval b ...
,
9th,
10th,
11th,
12th
Twelfth can mean:
*The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
*The Twelfth, a Protestant celebration originating in Ireland
In mathematics:
* 12th, an ordinal number; as in the item in an order twelve places from the beginning, follo ...
* Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden;
Hampden;
1st Hampden and Hampshire;
2nd Hampden and Hampshire
*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
The Massachusetts Legislature, legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts is known as the Massachusetts General Court, General Court. It has a 40-member upper house (Massachusetts Senate) and a 160-member lower house (Massachusetts House of ...
*
Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 John Bennett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Bennett
1918 Chauncey Bennett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Chauncey Bennett
1918 Giles Blague Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Giles Blague
1923 Julius Carman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Julius Carman
1923 Merle Dixon Graves Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Merle Dixon Graves
1935 Edward Boland Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Boland
1945 Eugene Sweeney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Eugene Sweeney
1953 Joseph Wisniowski Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Wisniowski
1967 Mitsie Kulig Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Mitsie Kulig
1975 John Coffey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Coffey
1983 Steven Pierce Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Steven Pierce
Michael Knapik 2010.jpg, Michael Knapik
1995 Cele Hahn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Cele Hahn
Donald Humason Jr official portrait.jpg, Donald Humason
John Velis.jpg, John Velis
References
Further reading
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External links
* Ballotpedia
Massachusetts House of Representatives Fourth Hampden District* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
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Government of Hampden County, Massachusetts