Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Essex district

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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Essex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Lawrence in Essex County.[1][2] Democrat Marcos Devers of Lawrence has represented the district since 2019.[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex and Middlesex district.[4]

Representatives[]

  • George H. Chase, circa 1858 [5]
  • Gustavus Attwill, circa 1859 [6]
  • Francis Boardman, circa 1888 [7]
  • James H. Richards, circa 1888 [7]
  • Raymond H. Trefry, circa 1920 [8]
  • Richard Lester Hull, circa 1951 [9]
  • David J. Swartz, circa 1975 [10]
  • Marcos A. Devers, 2010–2017, 2019-current[3]
  • Jose L. Santiago
  • William Lantigua
  • Juana Matias

Former locales[]

The district previously covered:

  • part of Lynn, circa 1872[11]
  • Nahant, circa 1872 [11]

See also[]

Images[]

  • Arthur Adams

  • John Osborne

  • Fred Robbins Cooksey

  • Frank Floyd

  • Charles Barrett

  • Richard Lester Hull

  • Francis Bevilacqua

  • David Swartz

  • Kevin Blanchette

  • M. Paul Iannuccillo

References[]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  3. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 16th Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
  5. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  6. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  8. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  9. ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  10. ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. ^ a b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

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