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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160
legislative districts An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...
included in the
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of the
Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. Th ...
. It covers part of Middlesex County.
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Margaret Scarsdale of Pepperell has represented the district since 2023. Candidates for this district seat in the
2022 Massachusetts general election The 2022 Massachusetts general election was held on November 8, 2022, throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections were held on September 6, 2022. The election includes: * Federal elections for the US House of Representatives * Statewide ele ...
included Andrew Shepherd and Catherine Lundeen.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: *
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* Groton (Precincts 2 and 3) * Lunenburg (Precincts A, B1, C, & D) * Pepperell *
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The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district and the Worcester and Middlesex district.


Former locale

The district previously covered part of Charlestown, circa 1872.


Representatives

* Edward Lawrence, circa 1858-1859 * Joseph Caldwell, circa 1859 * John Read, circa 1888 * Chester F. Sanger, circa 1888 * Edward Sennott, circa 1908 * William Hogan, circa 1908 * Willis McMenimen, circa 1918 * James H. Kelleher, circa 1920 * Francis David Coady, circa 1935 * Thomas Dillon, circa 1935 * Thomas Francis Coady, circa 1945 * Thomas Francis Coady, Jr., circa 1951-1953 * John Joseph Toomey, circa 1951 * Michael Lombardi, circa 1967 * Michael James Lombardi, circa 1975 * Bruce Wetherbee, circa 1983 *
Augusta Hornblower Augusta Hornblower (June 6, 1948 - August 27, 1994) was an American Republican politician from Groton, Massachusetts. She represented the First Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1984 until her death in 1994 ...
, 1984-1994 * Robert Hargraves, circa 1995 * Sheila C. Harrington, 2011-2022 * Margaret R. Scarsdale, 2023–Present


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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;Portraits of legislators 1908 Edward Sennott Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Sennott 1908 William Hogan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Hogan 1918 Willis McMenimen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Willis McMenimen 1923 James Kelleher Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Kelleher 1935 Francis David Coady Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Francis David Coady 1935 Thomas Dillon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Dillon 1945 John Toomey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Toomey 1945 Thomas Francis Coady Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Francis Coady 1953 Thomas Francis Coady Jr Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Francis Coady Jr. 1967 Michael Lombardi Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Lombardi 1983 Bruce Wetherbee Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Bruce Wetherbee 1995 Robert Hargraves Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Hargraves Sheila Harrington.jpg , Sheila C. Harrington Margaret R Scarsdale.jpg , Margaret R. Scarsdale


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Government of Middlesex County, Massachusetts