Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester 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 the city of Worcester in Worcester County.[1][2] Democrat Dan Donahue of Worcester has represented the district since 2013.[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Worcester district.[4]

Representatives

• Otis Newton, circa 1858 [5]
• Jonas Fay, circa 1859 [6]
• Joseph P. Cheney Jr., circa 1888 [7]
• James Joseph Early, circa 1920 [8]
• Stanley Everett Johnson, circa 1951 [9]
• Raymond Michael Lafontaine, circa 1975 [10]
• William Glodis
• Guy Glodis
• John Fresolo
• Daniel M. Donahue, 2013-current[3]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Douglas, circa 1872 [11]
• Dudley, circa 1872 [11]
• Millbury, circa 1872 [11]
• Oxford, circa 1872 [11]
• Sutton, circa 1872 [11]
• Webster, circa 1872 [11]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester 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
• Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  John McGrath
• 
  Charles Kelley
• 
  Timothy Cooney
• 
  Ernest Johnson
• 
  Stanley Everett Johnson
• 
  Albert Gammal
• 
  Raymond LaFontaine
• 
  William Glodis
• 
  John Fresolo
• 
  Dan Donahue

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 16th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
4. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
5. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
7. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "16th Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of the Worcester Area