Massachusetts House Of Representatives' 7th Essex District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Essex district in the United States is one of 160
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included in the
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of the
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. It covers the city of
Salem Salem may refer to: Places Canada * Salem, Ontario, various places Germany * Salem, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in the Bodensee district ** Salem Abbey (Reichskloster Salem), a monastery * Salem, Schleswig-Holstein Israel * Salem (B ...
in Essex County.
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Manny Cruz of Salem has represented the district since 2023. The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district.


Representatives

* Edward H. Pearce, circa 1858 * John J. Babson, circa 1859 * Jeremiah R. Cook, circa 1859 * William A. Butler, circa 1888 * Alfred Bradbury, circa 1920 * William X. Wall, circa 1951 * Michael J. Harrington, 1969 * Robert Ellis Cahill, circa 1971 * John G. King, circa 1975 *
J. Michael Ruane J. Michael Ruane (December 10, 1927, in Salem, Massachusetts – June 25, 2006, in Danvers, Massachusetts) was an American politician who represented the 7th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975 to 2005. Ea ...
, 1979–2005 *
John D. Keenan John D. Keenan (born April 4, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the president of Salem State University since 2017. He was the Massachusetts State Representative for the 7th Essex district, which consists of his h ...
, 2005 – August 23, 2014 * Paul Tucker, 2015-2023 * Manny Cruz, 2023-current


Former locales

The district previously covered: *
Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...
, circa 1872 *
Rowley Rowley may refer to: Places Canada * Rowley, Alberta, a hamlet * Rowley Island, Nunavut United Kingdom * Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet - see Rowley railway station (England) * Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a village and civil par ...
, circa 1872


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th * Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
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, 3rd; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex *
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Images

1908 George Hyde Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Hyde 1918 Frederick Butler Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frederick Butler 1923 James Warren Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Warren 1935 Archibald Jones Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Archibald Jones 1945 Michael Batal Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Batal 1953 William Wall Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Wall 1967 J Hilary Rockett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, J. Hilary Rockett 1975 John King Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John King 1983 J Michael Ruane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, J. Michael Ruane Michael J. Harrington.jpg, Michael Harrington


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External links


Ballotpedia
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American Community Survey The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the United States Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the United States census, decennial census ...
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League of Women Voters - Salem
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Government of Essex County, Massachusetts