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Massachusetts Senate Delegations
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. Descended from the colonial legislature, the current Massachusetts Senate was established in June 1780 upon the adoption of the Massachusetts Constitution. The first General Court met in October 1780 and consisted of one-year elected terms for both houses. This was expanded to two-year terms starting with the 142nd General Court in January 1921. The current delegation is the 191st General Court (2019–2020), consisting of 34 Democrats (D) and 6 Republicans (R). 171st to 175th General Courts (1979–1988) In 1977 the Massachusetts Senate districts were redrawn, taking effect with the 171st General Court. 176th to 178th General Courts (1989–1994) In 1987 the Massachusetts Senate districts were redrawn, taking effect with the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Of The Senate Of Massachusetts
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Cape And Islands Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 66.7% of Barnstable County, all of Dukes County, and all of Nantucket County population in 2010. Democrat Julian Cyr of Truro has represented the district since 2017. He is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election. Towns represented The district includes the following localities: * Aquinnah * Barnstable * Brewster * Chatham * Chilmark * Dennis * Eastham * Edgartown * Gosnold * Harwich * Mashpee * Nantucket * Oak Bluffs * Orleans * Provincetown * Tisbury * Truro * Wellfleet * West Tisbury * Yarmouth The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable, 2nd Barnstable, 3rd Barnstable, 4th Barnstable, 5th Barnstable, and Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket districts. List of senators See also * List of Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Middlesex Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 4th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Middlesex county. Democrat Cindy Friedman of Arlington has represented the district since 2017. Locales represented The district includes the following localities: * Arlington * Billerica * Burlington * Lexington * Woburn Former locales The district previously covered the following: * Ashland, circa 1860s * Framingham, circa 1860s * Holliston, circa 1860s * Hopkinton, circa 1860s * Natick, circa 1860s * Newton, circa 1860s * Sherborn, circa 1860s * Wayland, circa 1860s * Weston, circa 1860s Senators * George M. Brooks, circa 1859 * Charles Dean * James Cavanagh * Alvin Bliss * Angier Louis Goodwin, circa 1935 * Sumner Gage Whittier, circa 1945 * Fred Irvin Lamson, circa 1957-1969 * John Bullock, circa 1975 * Samuel Rotondi, circa 1979 * Richard Arnold Kraus, circa 1985 * Robert Havern III, circa 1993- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Middlesex Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Middlesex county. Democrat Mike Barrett of Lexington has represented the district since 2013. Locales represented The district includes the following localities: * Bedford * Carlisle * Chelmsford * Concord * Lexington * Lincoln * Sudbury * Waltham * Weston Former locales The district previously covered the following: * Brighton, circa 1860s * Cambridge, circa 1860s Senators * John W. Bacon, circa 1859 * Elmer Stevens * Joseph Knox * Charles Austin * Charles V. Blanchard, circa 1911 * James Conlan Scanlan, circa 1935 * Burton F. Faulkner, circa 1945 * James J. Corbett, circa 1957 * Denis L. McKenna, circa 1969 * Stephen John McGrail, circa 1975 * John A. Brennan, Jr., circa 1979-1985 * Richard R. Tisei, circa 1993 * Susan Fargo, circa 2002 * Michael J. Barrett, 2013-current Images ;Portraits of legislators 1908 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Middlesex Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Middlesex county. Democrat Pat Jehlen of Somerville has represented the district since 2015. She is running for re-election in 2020, and has been endorsed by the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus. Locales represented The district includes the following localities: * northwest Cambridge * Medford * Somerville * Winchester The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex, 24th Middlesex, 25th Middlesex, 26th Middlesex, 27th Middlesex, 29th Middlesex, 31st Middlesex, 34th Middlesex, and 35th Middlesex districts. Former locales The district previously covered the following: * Belmont, circa 1860s * Malden, circa 1860s * Waltham, circa 1860s * Watertown, circa 1860s * West Cambridge ( Arlington), circa 1860s Senators * J.M.S. Williams, cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Middlesex Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Middlesex county. Democrat Ed Kennedy of Lowell has represented the district since 2019. Locales represented The district includes the following localities: * Dunstable * Groton * Lowell * Pepperell * Tyngsborough * Westford 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. Former locale The district previously covered Charlestown, circa 1860s. Senators * E.L. Norton, circa 1859 * Andrew J. Bailey, circa 1874 * James Vahey * James MacPherson * Abbott Rice * Arthur W. Hollis, circa 1935 * Joseph F. Montminy, circa 1945 * Paul Achin, circa 1953 * Edward Joseph DeSaulnier, Jr., circa 1957 * John Edward Harrington, Jr., circa 1969 * Bernard Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Hampden And Hampshire Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 29.3% of Hampden County and 13.8% of Hampshire County population in 2010. Democrat John Velis has represented the district since May 2020. Towns represented The district includes the following localities: * Agawam * part of Chicopee * Easthampton * Granville * Holyoke * Montgomery * Russell * Southampton * Southwick * Tolland * Westfield The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Berkshire, 3rd Hampden, 4th Hampden, 5th Hampden, 8th Hampden, 1st Hampshire, and 2nd Hampshire districts. Senators * Alan D. Sisitsky * Linda Melconian, circa 1985 * Michael R. Knapik, circa 2002 * Donald F. Humason, Jr., November 20, 2013 – January 5, 2020 *John Velis, May 28, 2020 – present Images ;Portraits of legislators 1975 Alan Sisitsky senator Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Hampden And Hampshire Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 30.1% of Hampden County and 13.2% of Hampshire County population. Democrat Eric Lesser of Longmeadow has represented the district since 2015. Locales represented The district includes the following localities: * Belchertown * part of Chicopee * East Longmeadow * Granby * Hampden * Longmeadow * Ludlow * part of Springfield * Wilbraham The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin, 2nd Hampden, 7th Hampden, 8th Hampden, 9th Hampden, 10th Hampden, 11th Hampden, 12th Hampden, 2nd Hampshire, and 3rd Hampshire districts. Senators * John P. Burke, circa 1979-1985 * Brian Lees, 1989-2007 * Gale D. Candaras, 2007-2015 * Eric Lesser, 2015–present Images ;Portraits of legislators John P. Burke.JPG, John P. Burke 1991 Brian Lees senator Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampden Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Hampden county including most of the majority-minority precincts in Springfield, all of West Springfield, and a small portion of Chicopee . Democrat Adam Gomez of Springfield, Massachusetts has represented the district since 2021. Locales represented The district includes the following localities: * part of Chicopee * part of Springfield * West Springfield The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden, 7th Hampden, 8th Hampden, 9th Hampden, 10th Hampden, 11th Hampden, and 12th Hampden districts. List of senators * Amasa Holcomb, senator in 1852 * Stanley John Zarod, circa 1979 See also * List of Massachusetts Senate elections * List of Massachusetts General Courts * List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate * Other Hampden County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin And Hampshire Massachusetts Senate District
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Second Essex And Middlesex Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex and Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 14.7% of Essex County and 3.9% of Middlesex County population in 2010. Democrat Barry Finegold of Andover has represented the district since 2019. Towns represented The district includes the following localities: * Andover * Dracut * Lawrence * Tewksbury The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Essex, 16th Essex, 17th Essex, 18th Essex, 19th Middlesex, and 36th Middlesex districts. List of senators See also * List of Massachusetts Senate elections * List of Massachusetts General Courts * List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate * Other Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd, 3rd; 1st Essex and Middlesex * Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Essex And Middlesex Massachusetts Senate District
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 17.8% of Essex County and 2.5% of Middlesex County population. Republican Bruce Tarr of Gloucester has represented the district since 1995. Towns represented The district includes the following 19 localities: * Boxford * Essex * Georgetown * Gloucester * Groveland * Hamilton * Ipswich * Manchester-by-the-Sea * Middleton * Newbury * Newburyport * North Andover * North Reading * Rockport * Rowley * Salisbury * Topsfield * Wenham * West Newbury List of senators See also * List of Massachusetts Senate elections * List of Massachusetts General Courts * List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate * Other Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd, 3rd; 2nd Essex and Middlesex * Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th; 2nd Essex and Middlesex; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
