Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Plymouth County.^[1] The seat is currently vacant since the death of Republican Representative Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham who represnted the district from 2003 until her death in 2024.^{[2] [3]}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Carver
• part of Middleborough
• Wareham

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Plymouth and Bristol district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Hingham, circa 1872 ^[4]
• Hull, circa 1872

Representatives

• Eliphalet L. Cushing, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Demerick Marble, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Franklin W. Hatch, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Walter Haynes, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Nathaniel Tilden, circa 1951 ^[9]
• William J. Flynn, Jr., circa 1975 ^[10]
• Charles Decas
• Ruth Provost
• Susan Williams Gifford, 2003-2024

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 2nd Plymouth District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters Plymouth Area

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . May 1, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 1, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 2nd Plymouth district .
3. Web site: Longtime state Rep. Susan Williams Gifford dies of cancer at 64 . McKenna . Charles . October 23, 2024 . MassLive . Advance Local Media LLC . October 23, 2024.
4. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
5. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
6. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
7. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Plymouth County . October 17, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/54/mode/2up .
8. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 17, 2023 . Boston Review .
9. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
10. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .