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]

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

E.L. Norton, circa 1859 ^[6]
Andrew J. Bailey, circa 1874
James Vahey
James MacPherson
Abbott Rice
Arthur W. Hollis, circa 1935 ^[7]
Joseph F. Montminy, circa 1945 ^[8]
Paul Achin, circa 1953
Edward Joseph DeSaulnier, Jr., circa 1957 ^[9]
John Edward Harrington, Jr., circa 1969 ^[10]
Bernard Joseph Tully, circa 1979 ^[11]
Philip Shea, circa 1983
Paul J. Sheehy, circa 1985 ^[12]
Nancy Achin Sullivan, circa 1991
Daniel P. Leahy, circa 1993 ^[13]
Steven C. Panagiotakos, circa 2002 ^[14]
Eileen Donoghue^[15]
Edward J. Kennedy, 2019-current^[3]

Images

Portraits of legislators

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

References

^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
^ ^a ^b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Middlesex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
^ 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
^ Massachusetts General Court (October 15, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
^ General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Open seats in the state Senate

External links

Ballotpedia
"First Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
"First Middlesex District", Senatoredkennedy.com, archived from the original on May 14, 2020
League of Women Voters of Westford

[1] "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

[2011ch152-2] "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020

[elections-3] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Middlesex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

[Lower2019-4] 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

[Acts1866-5] Massachusetts General Court (October 15, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts

[6] General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[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

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