Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives districts for Suffolk County, apportioned in 2011

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk 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 Boston in Suffolk County.^[1][2] Democrat John F. Moran of the South End has represented the district since 2023.^[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district and 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district.^[4]

Representatives

• William Beck, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Franklin H. Sprague, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Thomas D. Morris, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Alexander H. Twombly, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Julius C. Chappelle, 1883-1886
• William O. Armstrong, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Henry Parkman, circa 1888 ^[7]
• William P. Hickey, circa 1920 ^[8]
• William J. Manning, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Laurence H. Banks, 1940s
• William A. Glynn, circa 1951 ^[9]

Member	Party	Years	Legis.	Electoral history	District map
[data missing]	1955– 1957	160th	[data missing]
Lincoln Pope Jr.	Democratic	1957–1965	161st 162nd 163th 164th	Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962.	1957–65: Ward 9 (Roxbury)
Robert H. Quinn	Democratic	1965– 1969	165th 166th	Re-districted from 12th Suffolk. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Elected Attorney General in 1968.	1965–69: Ward 13 (Dorchester)
James F. Hart	Democratic	May 20, 1969 – January 2, 1973	167th 168th	Won special election in 1969. Re-elected in 1970. Lost primary in 1972.	1969–75: Ward 13 (Dorchester)
Richard F. Finnigan	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 2, 1975	169th	Elected in 1972. Re-districted to 14th Suffolk.
Doris Bunte[10]	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 2, 1979	170th 171st	Re-districted from 7th Suffolk. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-districted to 4th Suffolk.	1975–79:
Mel King	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 2, 1983	172nd 173rd	Redistricted from 4th Suffolk. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for mayor.	1979–83:
Byron Rushing	Democratic	January 2, 1983 – January 2, 2019	174th 174th 175th 176th 177th 178th 179th 180th 181st 182nd 183rd 184th 185th 186th 187th 188th 189th 190th 191st	Elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost primary in 2018.	1983–93:
					1993–2003:
					2013–23:
Jon Santiago		January 2, 2019 – March 1, 2023	192nd 193rd 194th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retired to serve as Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans' Services.
	Democratic
John Moran[3]	Democratic	June 7, 2023[11] – Present	194th	Elected in a special election in 2023.	2023–2033:

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, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Daniel L. Sullivan
• 
  Timothy Callahan
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  William Foley
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  William Manning
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  Joseph Toomey
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  William Hickey
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  John Gleason
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  Michael Ward
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  Dennis Glynn
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  William Glynn
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  Robert Quinn
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  Doris Bunte
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  Byron Rushing

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 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: 9th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
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. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. "Two new Boston Dems put house back at full strength". WWLP. June 7, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "9th Suffolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/43461/ocm04718867-1969.pdf?sequence=1
• League of Women Voters of Boston