Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Middlesex county.[2] Democrat Ed Kennedy of Lowell has represented the district since 2019.[3]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Middlesex, 2nd Middlesex, 16th Middlesex, 17th Middlesex, 18th Middlesex, and 36th Middlesex districts.[4]

Former locale

The district previously covered Charlestown, circa 1860s.[5]

Senators

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Portraits of legislators
  • James Vahey
  • James MacPherson
  • Abbott Rice
  • Joseph Montminy
  • Paul Achin
  • John Edward Harrington
  • Bernard Joseph Tully
  • Philip Shea
  • Nancy Achin Sullivan

See also

References
  1. "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Middlesex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts
  5. Massachusetts General Court, "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves – via State Library of Massachusetts
  6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Google Books.
  7. Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  8. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  9. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  10. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  11. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  12. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  13. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  14. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  15. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Open seats in the state Senate

Further reading
  • "Multiple-choice test for voters: Open seats in Mass. House, Senate create wide-open First Middlesex races", Boston Globe, September 2, 2010
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