Massachusetts House Of Representatives' 13th Suffolk District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160
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included in the
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of the
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. It covers part of Quincy in Norfolk County and part of
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in Suffolk County.
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Dan Hunt of Dorchester has represented the district since 2014. The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Plymouth district and 1st Suffolk district.


Representatives

* John Bent, circa 1858-1859 * Mellen Chamberlain, circa 1858-1859 * Edward J. Leary, circa 1888 * Thomas F. Sullivan, circa 1888 * Frank J. Burke, circa 1920 * Richard D. Gleason, 1923–1925 * Timothy J. Driscoll, circa 1920 * Abraham Herbert Kahalas, circa 1951 * Charles Kaplan, circa 1951 * Wilfred S. Mirsky, circa 1951 * Daniel W. Carney, 1963-1971 * James J. Craven, Jr., circa 1975 *
Thomas Finneran Thomas Michael "Tom" Finneran (born January 27, 1950), is a radio talk host and former Massachusetts Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from April 1996 to September 2004. He represented the ...
, 1989–1995 * James T. Brett, 1995–1996 *
Marty Walsh Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and trade union official who served as the 58th mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democr ...
, April 12, 1997 – January 3, 2014 * Daniel J. Hunt, 2014-current


Previous locales

The district formerly covered: * Chelsea, circa 1872 * North Chelsea, circa 1872 * Winthrop, circa 1872


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 James Powers Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Powers 1908 Thomas McDavitt Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas McDavitt 1918 Frank James Burke Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank James Burke 1918 Timothy Driscoll Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Timothy Driscoll 1923 Edward Wallace Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Wallace 1923 Richard Daniel Gleason Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Richard Daniel Gleason 1935 George Killgoar Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Killgoar 1935 Thomas Hannon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas J. Hannon 1945 Edward Hutchinson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Hutchinson 1945 Gerald Scally Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Gerald Scally 1953 Abraham Herbert Kahalas Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Abraham Herbert Kahalas 1953 Charles Kaplan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Kaplan 1953 Julius Ansel Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Julius Ansel 1967 Gerald Morrissey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Gerald Morrissey 1967 Joseph Walsh Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Walsh 1975 James Craven Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Craven 1983 W Paul White Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, W. Paul White 1995 James Brett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Brett Marty Walsh (1).jpg, Marty Walsh


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Ballotpedia
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