Massachusetts House Of Representatives' 3rd Bristol District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd 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 Bristol County. Carol Doherty has represented the district since summer 2020.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: * part of Easton * part of
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The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth and 1st Plymouth and Bristol districts.


Former locales

The district previously covered Raynham, circa 1872.


Representatives

* Horace D. Howard, circa 1858 * John D. G. Williams, circa 1859 * Rollin H. Babbitt, circa 1888 * Frederick Stanley Hall, circa 1888 * William L. White, circa 1888 * Matthew A. Higgins, circa 1920 * Francis X. Casey, circa 1951 * Thomas D. Lopes, circa 1975 * Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. * Marc R. Pacheco, January 1989 – January 1993 *
James H. Fagan James H. "Jim" Fagan (born October 13, 1947 in Taunton, Massachusetts) is an American attorney and politician who represented the 3rd Bristol District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993–2011. Education and career Fagan g ...
, 1993–2011 * Shaunna L. O'Connell, 2011-January 2020 * Carol Doherty, 2020-current


See also

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


Images

1908 Michael Kenney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Kenney 1923 Matthew Higgins Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Matthew Higgins 1935 Joseph Dooley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Dooley 1953 Francis Casey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Francis Casey 1967 Frank Rico Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Rico 1975 Thomas Lopes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Lopes 1983 Theodore Aleixo Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Theodore Aleixo 1995 James Fagan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Fagan


References


External links


Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey). House Government of Bristol County, Massachusetts {{BristolCountyMA-geo-stub