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Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40
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of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of
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Ed Kennedy of Lowell has represented the district since 2019.


Locales represented

The district includes the following localities: *
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* 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 Tully, circa 1979 * Philip Shea, circa 1983 *
Paul J. Sheehy Paul Joseph Sheehy (November 1, 1934 – March 10, 2014) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Senate and was City Manager of Lowell, Massachusetts. Sheehy was born in Lowell. He atte ...
, circa 1985 *
Nancy Achin Sullivan Nancy Elaine Achin Sullivan (January 20, 1959 – February 25, 2022) was an American Republican politician from Lowell, Massachusetts. She represented the 1st Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1991 to 1993 and was a Democrat. ...
, circa 1991 * Daniel P. Leahy, circa 1993 *
Steven C. Panagiotakos Steven C. Panagiotakos is a former Democratic Massachusetts state senator, and was the chairperson of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Early years Panagiotakos was born on November 26, 1959, in Alexandria, Virginia. Education Panagiotako ...
, circa 2002 *
Eileen Donoghue Eileen Donoghue (born 1954 in Holyoke, Massachusetts) is an American politician who is the former city manager of Lowell, Massachusetts (2018–2022), a former member of the Massachusetts Senate, where she has represented the First Middlesex Di ...
* Edward J. Kennedy, 2019-current


Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 James Vahey senator Massachusetts.jpg, James Vahey 1918 James MacPherson senator Massachusetts.jpg, James MacPherson 1923 Abbott Rice senator Massachusetts.jpg, Abbott Rice 1945 Joseph Montminy senator Massachusetts.jpg, Joseph Montminy 1953 Paul Achin senator Massachusetts.jpg, Paul Achin 1967 John Edward Harrington senator Massachusetts.jpg, John Edward Harrington 1975 Bernard Joseph Tully senator Massachusetts.jpg, Bernard Joseph Tully 1983 Philip Shea senator Massachusetts.jpg, Philip Shea 1991 Nancy Achin Sullivan senator Massachusetts.jpg,
Nancy Achin Sullivan Nancy Elaine Achin Sullivan (January 20, 1959 – February 25, 2022) was an American Republican politician from Lowell, Massachusetts. She represented the 1st Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1991 to 1993 and was a Democrat. ...


See also

* List of Massachusetts Senate elections * List of Massachusetts General Courts * List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate * Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
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