Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th 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 Cambridge in Middlesex County and part of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Jay Livingstone of Back Bay has represented the district since 2013.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district, 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district, and 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district.
Representatives
Otis Rich, circa 1858
George F. Williams, circa 1858
Thomas H. Bussell, circa 1859
George A. Shaw, circa 1859
Harrison H. Atwood, circa 1888
Edward J. Donovan, circa 1888
James Melville Hunnewell, circa 1920
Henry Lee Shattuck, circa 1920
Charles Iannello, circa 1951
Michael F. Flaherty, circa 1975
Paul C. Demakis, 1995-2005
Martha M. Walz, January 2005 – February 2013
Jay D. Livingstone, 2013-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, 9th, 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
References
External links
Ballotpedia
(State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey). League of Women Voters of Boston