predecessor successor birth_place nationality party title birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
richard j. rouse althea garrison new york city american democrat member 5th suffolk district of the massachusetts house of representatives from the 17 august 1947 1989 dorchester , boston , massachusetts nelson merced
 1993 nelson merced urban planner politician university of connecticut massachusetts institute of technology
nelson merced

nelson merced -lrb- born august 17 , 1947 in new york city -rrb- is a massachusetts latino activist and politician .
he was the first hispanic elected to the massachusetts general court , serving from 1989 to 1993 as democratic representative from the fifth suffolk district in boston , including the roxbury and north dorchester neighborhoods .
