Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Suffolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Essex County and Suffolk County.^[1] Democrat RoseLee Vincent of Revere has represented the district since 2015.^[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Joseph Gravellese and Jessica Giannino.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Chelsea
• part of Revere
• part of Saugus

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district, Middlesex and Suffolk district, and 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district.

Representatives

• Jeremiah Desmond, circa 1888 ^[3]
• James Donovan, circa 1888
• Addison P. Beardsley, circa 1920 ^[4]
• Coleman Silbert, circa 1920
• William Francis Keenan, circa 1951 ^[5]
• Bernard M. Lally, circa 1951
• Robert L. Fortes, 1975–1979 ^[6]
• William Reinstein
• Kathi-Anne Reinstein
• Roselee Vincent, 2015-
• Jessica Giannino, 2021-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 16th Suffolk District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 29, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 29, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 16th Suffolk district .
3. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Suffolk County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/32/mode/2up .
4. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
5. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
6. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .