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]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[2]

Former locale

The district previously covered Charlestown, circa 1860s.[4]

Senators
  • E.L. Norton, circa 1859 [5]
  • Andrew J. Bailey, circa 1874
  • James Vahey
  • James MacPherson
  • Abbott Rice
  • Arthur W. Hollis, circa 1935 [6]
  • Joseph F. Montminy, circa 1945 [7]
  • Paul Achin, circa 1953
  • Edward Joseph DeSaulnier, Jr., circa 1957 [8]
  • John Edward Harrington, Jr., circa 1969 [9]
  • Bernard Joseph Tully, circa 1979 [10]
  • Philip Shea, circa 1983
  • Paul J. Sheehy, circa 1985 [11]
  • Nancy Achin Sullivan, circa 1991
  • Daniel P. Leahy, circa 1993 [12]
  • Steven C. Panagiotakos, circa 2002 [13]
  • Edward J. Kennedy, 2019-current[3]

Images
  • 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. 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
  5. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Google Books.
  6. Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  7. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  8. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  9. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  10. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  11. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  12. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  13. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 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
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