Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Norfolk 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 parts of
Norfolk County and
Plymouth County.
Democrat
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**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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James Murphy of Weymouth has represented the district since 2001.
Candidates for this district seat in the
2020 Massachusetts general election are Paul Rotondo and incumbent James Murphy.
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:
* part of
Hingham
* part of
Weymouth
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
Plymouth and Norfolk district.
Former locales
The district previously covered:
* part of
Quincy, circa 1927
* part of
Roxbury, circa 1872
Representatives
* James Guild, circa 1858
* Samuel Walker, circa 1858
* Henry Willis, circa 1858
* Charles W. Bryant, circa 1859
* Robert C. Nichols, circa 1859
*
Roland Worthington, 1859
* Albert A. Brackett, circa 1888
* Talbot Aldrich, circa 1920
* Josiah Babcock, circa 1951
* Roy C. Smith, circa 1951
* Robert B. Ambler, 1965-1991
* William D. Delahunt, circa 1975
* James M. Murphy, 2001-current
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd,
3rd
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Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
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Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
,
5th,
6th,
7th
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8th
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In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
* a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
,
9th
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,
10th,
11th,
12th
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,
13th,
14th,
15th
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List of Massachusetts General Courts
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Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 Edward Draper Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Draper
1923 Benjamin Franklin White Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Benjamin Franklin White
1935 Arthur Burgess Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Arthur Burgess
1935 Charles Hedges Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Hedges
1945 Josiah Babcock Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Josiah Babcock
1945 Roy Smith Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Roy Smith
1967 Robert Ambler Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Ambler
1975 William Delahunt Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Delahunt
1995 Paul Haley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Paul Haley
2005 James Murphy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Murphy
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
League of Women Voters of Hingham
{{Massachusetts government
House
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Government of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Government of Plymouth County, Massachusetts