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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160
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of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Plymouth County.
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Patrick Kearney of Scituate has represented the district since 2019.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: * Marshfield * part of
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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: * Halifax, circa 1872 * 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 * John R. Buckley, circa 1975 * Frank Hynes 1983–2009 *
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* Patrick Joseph Kearney, 2019-current


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st,
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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
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