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'''Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Hampden district''' in the United States is one of 160 [[legislative districts]] included in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives|lower house]] of the [[Massachusetts General Court]]. It covers the city of [[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]] in [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |accessdate= May 2, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us }}</ref><ref name=Acts2011>{{citation |url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153 |title= Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court |work=Acts (2011) |author=Massachusetts General Court }}</ref> [[Massachusetts Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John Velis]] of Westfield represented the district from 2014 to 2020.<ref name=elections>{{cite web |accessdate= May 2, 2020 |work= PD43+ |author= Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division |url= https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:2020/office_id:8/district_id:58779 |title= State Representative elections: 4th Hampden district }}</ref> Candidates for this district seat in the [[2020 Massachusetts general election]] include Dan Allie, Matt Garlo, and Kelly Pease.<ref>{{citation |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele20/state_primary_candidates20.htm |title=2020 State Primary Candidates |work=Sec.state.ma.us |access-date= August 23, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Republican candidates Dan Allie, Kelly Pease to face off in primary to become next Westfield state representative |url= https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/08/republican-candidates-dan-allie-kelly-pease-to-face-off-in-primary-to-become-next-westfield-state-representative.html |work= [[Masslive.com]] |date= August 21, 2020 }}</ref>
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[[File:2013 map 4th Hampden district Massachusetts House of Representatives DC10SLDL25105 001.png|thumb|right|Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Hampden district, based on the [[2010 United States census]].]]
'''Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Hampden district''' in the United States is one of 160 [[legislative districts]] included in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives|lower house]] of the [[Massachusetts General Court]]. It covers the city of [[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]] in [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date= May 2, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us }}</ref><ref name=Acts2011>{{citation |url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153 |title= Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court |work=Acts (2011) |author=Massachusetts General Court }}</ref> [[Massachusetts Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John Velis]] of Westfield represented the district from 2014 to 2020.<ref name=elections>{{cite web |access-date= May 2, 2020 |work= PD43+ |author= Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division |url= https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:2020/office_id:8/district_id:58779 |title= State Representative elections: 4th Hampden district }}</ref> Candidates for this district seat in the [[2020 Massachusetts general election]] include Independent Conservative Dan Allie, Democrat Matt Garlo, and Republican Kelly Pease.<ref>{{citation |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele20/state_primary_candidates20.htm |title=2020 State Primary Candidates |work=Sec.state.ma.us |access-date= August 23, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Republican candidates Dan Allie, Kelly Pease to face off in primary to become next Westfield state representative |url= https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/08/republican-candidates-dan-allie-kelly-pease-to-face-off-in-primary-to-become-next-westfield-state-representative.html |work= [[Masslive.com]] |date= August 21, 2020 }}</ref>


The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's [[Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district|2nd Hampden and Hampshire]] district.<ref name=Upper2019>{{Citation |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1848730/-How-do-counties-House-districts-and-legislative-districts-all-overlap-These-new-tools-show-you|author=David Jarman|work= How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap? |publisher=[[Daily Kos]] |date=July 30, 2019 |title= Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA |quote= State House Districts to State Senate Districts }}</ref>
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's [[Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district|2nd Hampden and Hampshire]] district.<ref name=Upper2019>{{Citation |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1848730/-How-do-counties-House-districts-and-legislative-districts-all-overlap-These-new-tools-show-you|author=David Jarman|work= How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap? |publisher=[[Daily Kos]] |date=July 30, 2019 |title= Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA |quote= State House Districts to State Senate Districts }}</ref>


==Representatives==
==Representatives==
* Marvin Chapin, circa 1858 <ref name=1858Register>{{cite book |chapterurl=https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register |publisher=Adams, Sampson & Co. |location=Boston |year=1858 |chapter=Massachusetts House of Representatives |pages=10-12 }}</ref>
* Marvin Chapin, circa 1858 <ref name=1858Register>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register |publisher=Adams, Sampson & Co. |location=Boston |year=1858 |chapter=Massachusetts House of Representatives |pages=10–12 }}</ref>
* Joseph Stone, circa 1859 <ref name=1859manual>{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1859mass/page/200/mode/2up |title=Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court |year= 1859 |location=Boston |via=Internet Archive }}</ref>
* Joseph Stone, circa 1859 <ref name=1859manual>{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1859mass/page/200/mode/2up |title=Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court |year= 1859 |location=Boston |via=Internet Archive }}</ref>
* Jeremiah J. Keane, circa 1888 <ref name=Gazette1888>{{cite book |series= Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= 1888 State House Directory |editor=Geo. F. Andrews |publisher=Lakeview Press |chapter= Representatives: Hampden County |chapterurl= https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/50/mode/2up }}</ref>
* Jeremiah J. Keane, circa 1888 <ref name=Gazette1888>{{cite book |series= Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= 1888 State House Directory |editor=Geo. F. Andrews |publisher=Lakeview Press |chapter= Representatives: Hampden County |date= October 17, 1888 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/50/mode/2up }}</ref>
* Chauncey A. Bennett, circa 1920 <ref name=1920-officials>{{cite book |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 |publisher=Boston Review |url= https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso1920bost }}</ref>
* Chauncey A. Bennett, circa 1920 <ref name=1920-officials>{{cite book |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 |date=October 17, 2023 |publisher=Boston Review |url= https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso1920bost }}</ref>
* Julius F. Carman, circa 1920 <ref name=1920-officials />
* Julius F. Carman, circa 1920 <ref name=1920-officials />
* Walter Frank Szetela, circa 1951 <ref name=officers1951>{{cite book |title=1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19511952bost }}</ref>
* Walter Frank Szetela, circa 1951 <ref name=officers1951>{{cite book |title=1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19511952bost }}</ref>
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* [[Cele Hahn]]
* [[Cele Hahn]]
* [[Donald Humason Jr.]]
* [[Donald Humason Jr.]]
* [[John Velis]], April 16, 2014 – May 28, 2020 <ref name=elections /><ref>{{citation |title=Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts |date=October 29, 2020 |author=Steve Brown |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/10/29/legislative-races-election-massachusetts-state-house |work=Wbur.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030124452/https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/10/29/legislative-races-election-massachusetts-state-house |archive-date=October 30, 2020 }}</ref>
* John C. Velis, April 16, 2014 – May 28, 2020 <ref name=elections />
* [[Kelly Pease]], 2021-


==Former locale==
==Former locale==
The district previously covered part of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], circa 1872.<ref name=Register1872>{{cite book |chapter=Representative Districts |chapterurl= https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register |year=1872 |publisher=Sampson, Davenport, & Company |location=Boston }}</ref>
The district previously covered part of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], circa 1872.<ref name=Register1872>{{cite book |chapter=Representative Districts |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register |year=1872 |publisher=Sampson, Davenport, & Company |location=Boston }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List_of_elections_in_Massachusetts#Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives|List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections]]
* [[List of elections in Massachusetts#Massachusetts House of Representatives|List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections]]
* Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Hampden district|1st]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampden district|2nd]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampden district|3rd]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Hampden district|5th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden district|6th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden district|7th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Hampden district|8th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district|9th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Hampden district|10th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Hampden district|11th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Hampden district|12th]]
* Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Hampden district|1st]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampden district|2nd]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampden district|3rd]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Hampden district|5th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden district|6th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden district|7th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Hampden district|8th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district|9th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Hampden district|10th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Hampden district|11th]], [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Hampden district|12th]]
* Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: [[Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden district|Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden]]; [[Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district|Hampden]]; [[Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district|1st Hampden and Hampshire]]; [[Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district|2nd Hampden and Hampshire]]
* Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: [[Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden district|Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden]]; [[Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district|Hampden]]; [[Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district|1st Hampden and Hampshire]]; [[Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district|2nd Hampden and Hampshire]]
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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Westfield in Hampden County.[1][2] Democrat John Velis of Westfield represented the district from 2014 to 2020.[3] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Independent Conservative Dan Allie, Democrat Matt Garlo, and Republican Kelly Pease.[4][5]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district.[6]

Representatives

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Former locale

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The district previously covered part of Springfield, circa 1872.[14]

See also

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Images

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Portraits of legislators

References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  3. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Hampden district". PD43+. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 23, 2020
  5. ^ "Republican candidates Dan Allie, Kelly Pease to face off in primary to become next Westfield state representative", Masslive.com, August 21, 2020
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  8. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Hampden County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  10. ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
  11. ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
  14. ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

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