Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district

Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1] It covers portions of Essex county.^[2] Democrat Joan Lovely of Salem has represented the district since 2013.^[3]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex, 6th Essex, 7th Essex, 12th Essex, and 13th Essex districts.^[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered the following:

Hamilton, circa 1860s^[4]
Middleton, circa 1860s^[4]
South Danvers, circa 1860s^[4]
Wenham, circa 1860s^[4]

List of senators

J.B.F. Osgood, circa 1859 ^[6]
Francis T. Berry, circa 1894
E. Howard Perley
Thomas Walter Creese
Arthur S. Adams, circa 1911
Albert Pierce, circa 1935 ^[7]
J. Elmer Callahan, circa 1945 ^[8]

Senator	Party	Years	Legis.	Electoral history
Christopher H. Phillips	Republican	1949– 1953	156th 157th 158th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Resigned to join U.S. State Department.
C. Henry Glovsky	Republican	1953– 1957	158th 159th	Elected in 1953. Re-elected in 1954.
Herbert Tuckerman^[9]	Republican	1957 – 1959	160th	Elected in 1956. Ran for Lt. Governor in 1958.
Kevin B. Harrington^[10]	Democratic	1959 – 1978	161st 162nd 163rd 164th 165th 166th 167th 168th 169th 170th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Resigned.
John G. King^[11]	Democratic	1979 – 1983	171st 172nd	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
Frederick Berry^[12]^[13]^[14]	Democratic	1983– January 2, 2013	173rd 174th 175th 176th 177th 178th 179th 180th 181st 182nd 183rd 184th 185th 186th 187th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.
Joan Lovely^[3]	Democratic	January 2, 2013–	188th 189th 190th 191st 192nd	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Images

Portraits of legislators

E. Howard Perley
Thomas Walter Creese
J. Elmer Callahan

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: 2nd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 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
^ 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
^ 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 Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
^ 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 12, 2020.

External links

Ballotpedia
"Second Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
"Second Essex District", Senatorjoanlovely.com, archived from the original on May 14, 2020

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[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: 2nd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

[Acts1866-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 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

[Lower2019-5] 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

[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 Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.

[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 12, 2020.

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