Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Plymouth 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. It covers part of
Plymouth County.
Democrat
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Patrick Kearney of Scituate has represented the district since 2019.
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:
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Marshfield
* part of
Scituate
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*Brunswick, Maine, formerly named Scituate
*Scituate, Massachusetts, a New England town
**Scituate (CDP), Massachusetts, an area in the town of Scituate
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The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
Plymouth and Norfolk district.
Former locales
The district previously covered:
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Halifax, circa 1872
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Pembroke, circa 1872
Representatives
* Henry Blanchard, circa 1858
* Peter Salmond, circa 1859
* John Quincy Adams Lothrop, circa 1888
* Elwin Temple Wright, circa 1920
* Martha Ware, circa 1951
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John R. Buckley, circa 1975
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Frank Hynes 1983–2009
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James Cantwell
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* Patrick Joseph Kearney, 2019-current
See also
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List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd
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3rd
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Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
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5th
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6th,
7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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11th
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12th
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List of Massachusetts General Courts
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Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 Melvin Nash Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Melvin Nash
1918 Edwin Gibson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edwin Gibson
1923 William Henry McCarthy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Henry McCarthy
1935 Magorisk Lawrence Walls Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Magorisk Lawrence Walls
1945 William Brown Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Brown
1953 Martha Ware Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Martha Ware
1967 Charles Mann Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Mann
1975 John Buckley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Buckley
1983 Philip Johnston Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Philip Johnston
1995 Frank Hynes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Hynes
Massachusetts State Representative James Cantwell.png, James Cantwell
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 Plymouth Area
House
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Government of Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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