Office Overview
- Office: Massachusetts State Representative, 12th Plymouth
- Government Level: State
- Jurisdiction: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- District: 12th Plymouth District
- Status: Former
- Selection Method: Elected
- Service Began: January 3rd, 2007
- Service Ended: 2018
- First Election for This Office: November 7th, 2006; 8,929 votes
- Last Election for This Office: 2016 general election; 13,908 votes
- Scheduled Final Term: January 4th, 2017–January 2nd, 2019 (statutory schedule; actual service may differ)
- Party: Democratic
Public Office Contact
This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.
Official Resources
Sources and Verification
Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026
Jurisdiction Artwork Credit: Official jurisdictional seal from the existing governed MPD media package; Jurisdiction artwork; not a photograph of the officeholder
Image Context: Jurisdiction artwork. The Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts identifies Commonwealth of Massachusetts; it does not identify or endorse the politician or this directory.
- Journal of the House, January 3, 2007 — Opening proceedings, member-elect roll, pages 3–6; district 12 listing, page 27
- Representative Thomas J. Calter biography, 189th General Court — Biography opening paragraph
- Representative Thomas J. Calter profile — Profile heading; service and party line; portrait image element
- Thomas J. Calter, III candidate profile and past elections — Victories and 2016 State Representative, 12th Plymouth, General Election row
- 2016 State Representative General Election, 12th Plymouth District — Candidate key and totals row
- Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Amendment Article LXIV, section 1
- Jurisdiction Artwork source
- Service Began: The contemporaneous House Journal records Calter among the members-elect present, the administration of their oaths, and his subsequent roll-call vote. The archived biography gives January 6th; the journal supplies the commencement used here.
- Service Ended: The official legislative profile records service through 2018. The individual resignation communication and exact effective date remain unverified.
- Last Election for This Office: The official candidate record identifies this as the latest successful general election for this office. The vote total is shown without a calculated percentage.
- Scheduled Final Term: The constitutional first-Wednesday schedule identifies the elected term. The recorded service ended during 2018; this scheduled endpoint is not his actual departure date.