Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Middlesex district
American legislative district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Middlesex 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 Middlesex County.[1] Democrat Margaret Scarsdale of Pepperell has represented the district since 2023.[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2022 Massachusetts general election included Andrew Shepherd and Catherine Lundeen.[3][4]
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[5]
- Ashby
- Dunstable
- Groton (Precincts 2 and 3)
- Lunenburg (Precincts A, B1, C, & D)
- Pepperell
- Townsend
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district and the Worcester and Middlesex district.[6]
Former locale
The district previously covered part of Charlestown, circa 1872.[7]
Representatives
- Edward Lawrence, circa 1858-1859 [8][9]
- Joseph Caldwell, circa 1859 [9]
- John Read, circa 1888 [10]
- Chester F. Sanger, circa 1888 [10]
- Edward Sennott, circa 1908
- William Hogan, circa 1908
- Willis McMenimen, circa 1918
- James H. Kelleher, circa 1920 [11]
- Francis David Coady, circa 1935
- Thomas Dillon, circa 1935
- Thomas Francis Coady, circa 1945
- Thomas Francis Coady, Jr., circa 1951-1953 [12]
- John Joseph Toomey, circa 1951 [12]
- Michael Lombardi, circa 1967
- Michael James Lombardi, circa 1975 [13]
- Bruce Wetherbee, circa 1983
- Augusta Hornblower, 1984-1994[14]
- Robert Hargraves, circa 1995
- Sheila C. Harrington, 2011-2022[2][15][16]
- Margaret R. Scarsdale, 2023–Present
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
- Portraits of legislators
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Edward Sennott -
William Hogan -
Willis McMenimen -
James Kelleher -
Francis David Coady -
Thomas Dillon -
John Toomey -
Thomas Francis Coady -
Thomas Francis Coady Jr. -
Michael Lombardi -
Bruce Wetherbee -
Robert Hargraves -
Sheila C. Harrington -
Margaret R. Scarsdale
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "1st Middlesex Election Results", MassLive.com, retrieved March 6, 2023
- ^ "2022 State General Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved March 6, 2023
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
- ^ a b 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, November 4, 2016
- ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
Further reading
- "Multiple-choice test for voters: Open seats in Mass. House, Senate create wide-open First Middlesex races", Boston Globe, September 2, 2010
External links
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Districts of the Massachusetts General Court
- Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
- Bristol and Norfolk
- Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd
- Cape and Islands
- Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Hampden
- Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd
- Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
- Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd
- Middlesex and Suffolk
- Middlesex and Worcester
- Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
- Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Suffolk
- Plymouth and Barnstable
- Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd
- Plymouth and Norfolk
- Suffolk: 1st, 2nd
- Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex
- Worcester and Middlesex
- Worcester and Norfolk
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