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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160

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included in the lower house of the

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. It covers part of Middlesex County.

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Vanna Howard was elected to the position on November 3, 2020.

District profile

As of the last redistricting in 2011, the district encompasses the southeastern portion of the city of Lowell and the northeastern portion of the town of Chelmsford. It has maintained these boundaries since the 2001 redistricting. *

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's Precinct 4 * Lowell's Ward 1; Precinct 3 of Ward 2; Precincts 2 and 3 of Ward 4; Ward 10; and Ward 11 The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and 3rd Middlesex districts.

Former locations

* c. 1872:

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List of members representing the district

* Daniel Wetherbee, circa 1858 * Shattuck Hartwell, circa 1859 * Winfield S. Slocum, circa 1888 * Arthur C. Walworth, circa 1888 * Maurice Allan Buck, circa 1920 * Thomas M. Flaherty, circa 1951

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* Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st,

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18th 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

19th 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...

, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th,

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28th 28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29. In mathematics It is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14. Twenty-eight is the second perfect number - it is the sum of its proper diviso ...

, 29th, 30th, 31st,

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, 33rd, 34th,

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, 36th, 37th

Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 Charles Varnum Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Varnum 1908 James ODonnell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James O'Donnell 1918 Harry Shedd Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Harry Shedd 1923 Edward Nelson Eames Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Nelson Eames 1935 Ralph Currier Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Ralph Currier 1945 Daniel Sullivan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Daniel Sullivan 1953 Thomas Flaherty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Flaherty 1967 Edward Dickson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Dickson 1975 Peter Harrington Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Peter Harrington 1983 John Cox Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Cox 1995 Thomas Golden Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Golden 2005 David Nangle Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, David Nangle

References

External links

Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
League of Women Voters of Greater Lowell

League of Women Voters of Chelmsford
{{Massachusetts government House Government of Middlesex County, Massachusetts