Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th 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
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. It covers part of
Plymouth County.
Democrat
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**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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Josh Cutler of Duxbury has represented the district since 2013.
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:
* part of
Duxbury
Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb located on the South Shore approximately to the southeast of Boston, the population was 16,090 at the 20 ...
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Hanson
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Pembroke
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's
2nd Plymouth and Bristol district,
Plymouth and Barnstable district, and
Plymouth and Norfolk district.
Former locales
The district previously covered:
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Carver, circa 1872
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Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
, circa 1872
*
Plympton, circa 1872
Representatives
* John B. Collingwood, circa 1858
* Rufus C. Freeman, circa 1858
* Samuel H. Doten, circa 1859
* Eleazer C. Sherman, circa 1859
* Harvey H. Pratt, circa 1888
* Frank E. Barrows, circa 1920
* Alton Hamilton Worrall, circa 1951
* Alfred Almeida, circa 1975
* Charles W. Mann
*
Francis L. Marini
*
Daniel K. Webster
* Josh S. Cutler, 2013-current
See also
*
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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* 3rd Street (d ...
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4th
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5th
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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 Eugene Shaw Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Eugene Shaw
1918 James Kiernan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Kiernan
1923 Frank Barrows Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Barrows
1935 Orvis Kinney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Orvis Kinney
1945 George Stetson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Stetson
1953 Alton Hamilton Worrall Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Alton Hamilton Worrall
1967 Charles MacKenzie Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles MacKenzie
1975 Alfred Almeida Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Alfred Almeida
1983 Charles Mann Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Mann
1995 Francis Marini Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Francis Marini
2003 Daniel Webster Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Daniel Webster
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
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House
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Government of Plymouth County, Massachusetts