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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160
legislative districts included in the
lower house of the
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from th ...
. It covers part of the city of
Fall River
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state.
Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...
in
Bristol County.
Democrat
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Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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Alan Silvia of Fall River has represented the district since 2013.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
1st Bristol and Plymouth district.
Representatives
* Josiah C. Blaisdell, circa 1858
* Jona. E. Morrill, circa 1858
* Thomas T. Potter, circa 1859
* Stephen C. Wrightington, circa 1859
* George W. Slocum, circa 1888
* Alfred M. Bessette, circa 1920
* D. Herbert Cook, circa 1920
* Allison Rice Dorman, circa 1951
* Joseph A. Sylvia, Jr., circa 1951
* James Anthony O'Brien, Jr., circa 1975
*
Robert Correia
Robert Correia (January 3, 1939 – July 2, 2021) was an American politician who represented the 12th and 7th Bristol Districts in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1977 to 2008 and served as the 41st Mayor of Fall River, Massachu ...
*
Kevin Aguiar
* Alan Silvia, 2013-current
Former locales
The district previously covered:
*
Fairhaven, circa 1927
* part of
New Bedford
New Bedford (Massachusett: ) is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast region. Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag Native American pe ...
, circa 1927
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd
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Second, Seconds or 2nd may also refer to:
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* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
* Second of arc, an angular measurement unit, ...
,
3rd,
4th,
5th
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* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...
,
6th,
8th
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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,
10th
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,
11th
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Name
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,
12th,
13th
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,
14th
*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
The legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts is known as the General Court. It has a 40-member upper house (Massachusetts Senate) and a 160-member lower house (Massachusetts House of Representatives). Descended from the colonial legislatur ...
*
List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
1908 Joseph Desmond Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Desmond
1908 Samuel Ross Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Samuel Ross
1918 Alfred Bessette Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Alfred Bessette
1918 George Walker Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Walker
1923 Herbert Cook Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Herbert Cook
1935 Chester Chase Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Chester Chase
1935 Philip Barnet Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Philip Barnet
1945 Samuel McLeod Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Samuel McLeod
1945 Timothy Moriarty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Timothy Moriarty
1953 Allison Rice Dorman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Allison Rice Dorman
1953 Joseph A Sylvia Jr Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.
1967 Edward Coury Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Coury
1967 George Rogers Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Rogers
1975 James OBrien Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James O'Brien
1983 Robert Correia Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Correia
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey).
House
Government of Bristol County, Massachusetts
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