Massachusetts House Of Representatives' 2nd Norfolk District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160
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included in the
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. It covers part of the city of Quincy in Norfolk County.
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Tackey Chan of Quincy has represented the district since 2011. The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Plymouth district.


Representatives

* Abijah W. Draper, circa 1858 * William McCarty, circa 1859 * George Nathaniel Carpenter, circa 1888 * Erland F. Fish, circa 1920 * Renton Whidden, circa 1920 * William Whittem Jenness, circa 1951 * Thomas F. Brownell, circa 1975 * Arthur S. Tobin * Tackey Chan, 2011-current


Former locales

The district previously covered: *
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, circa 1927 *
West Roxbury West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the town of Brookline to the north, the cities and towns of Newton and Needham to the northwest and the town of Dedham to the ...
, circa 1872


See also

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

;Portraits of legislators 1908 Joseph Walker Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Walker 1908 Norman White Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Norman White 1918 Charles Rowley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Rowley 1918 George Baldwin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Baldwin 1923 Erland Fish Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Erland Fish 1923 Renton Whidden Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Renton Whidden 1935 Albert Bigelow Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Albert Bigelow 1935 John Comerford Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Comerford 1935 Philip Bowker Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Philip Bowker 1953 William Whittem Jenness Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Whittem Jenness 1967 Arthur Tobin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Arthur H. Tobin 1975 Thomas Brownell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Brownell 1995 A Stephen Tobin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, A. Stephen Tobin


References


External links


Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey The American Community Survey (ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, citizenship, educati ...
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House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
Government of Norfolk County, Massachusetts