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Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district in the United States is one of 40

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of the

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. It covers 23.0% of

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

county population.

Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

Diana DiZoglio Diana DiZoglio (born June 5, 1983) is an American politician who is the current Massachusetts State Auditor. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, DiZoglio had previously represented the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Ess ...

of Methuen has represented the district since 2019.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities: *

Amesbury Amesbury () is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settle ...

* Haverhill * Merrimac * Methuen *

Newburyport Newburyport is a coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston. The population was 18,289 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport with vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes part of Plum Island. The mo ...

North Andover North Andover is an affluent town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 30,915. History Native Americans inhabited what is now northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European c ...

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Essex, 2nd Essex, 3rd Essex, 14th Essex, 15th Essex, and 17th Essex districts.

Towns formerly represented

1876 1st Essex senate district map Massachusetts

The district previously covered the following: * Lynn, circa 1860s; circa 1948; circa 1987 * Lynnfield, circa 1860s; circa 1987 * Marblehead, circa 1860s; circa 1987 *

Nahant Nahant is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,334 at the 2020 census, which makes it the smallest municipality by population in Essex County. With just of land area, it is the smallest municipality by are ...

, circa 1860s; circa 1948; circa 1987 * Saugus, circa 1860s; circa 1987 *

Swampscott Swampscott () is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States Census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Ba ...

, circa 1860s; circa 1948; circa 1987

List of senators

* William Fabens, circa 1859 * George H. Sweetser (1867, 1869) *

William Schouler William Schouler (December 31, 1814 – October 24, 1872) was an American journalist, politician and Adjutant General of Massachusetts during the American Civil War. Early life Schouler was born on December 31, 1814, in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, ...

(1868) *

Harmon Hall Harmon Hall (July 22, 1818 – June 30, 1891) was an American shoe manufacturer and politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and on the Massachusetts Governor's Council. Early life Hall was born on July 22, 1818, in Portland, Mai ...

(1876, 1880–1881) * John R. Baldwin (1882–1884) * Eugene A. Bessom, circa 1894 * William Salter * George Jackson * Charles Benjamin Frothingham

Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 William Salter senator Massachusetts.jpg, William Salter 1918 George Jackson senator Massachusetts.jpg, George Jackson 1923 Charles Benjamin Frothingham senator Massachusetts.jpg, Charles Benjamin Frothingham

References

External links

Ballotpedia
* (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's

American Community Survey The American Community Survey (ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, citizenship, educati ...

). *

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