Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Middlesex district

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

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Middlesex 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 Middlesex County.[1] Democrat Tom Golden of Lowell has represented the district since 2003.[2]

Locales represented[]

The district includes the following localities:[3]

  • part of Chelmsford
  • part of Lowell

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and 3rd Middlesex districts.[4]

Former locale[]

The district previously covered Framingham, circa 1872.[5]

Representatives[]

  • Benj. H. Richardson, circa 1858 [6]
  • Benjamin W. Gleason, circa 1859 [7]
  • Charles Q. Pierce, circa 1888 [8]
  • Thomas J. Corbett, circa 1920 [9]
  • Robert F. Murphy, circa 1951 [10]
  • William R. Callahan, 1971-1972 [2]
  • Edward J. Markey, 1973-1974 [11]
  • Richard J. McGrath, 1975-1976 [2][12]
  • A. Joseph DeNucci, 1977-1978 [2]
  • Bruce N. Freeman, 1979-1986 [2]
  • Carol C. Cleven, 1987–1988, 1991-2002 [2]
  • Henry E. Sultivan, 1989-1990 [2]
  • Thomas A. Golden, Jr., 2003-current[2]

See also[]

Images[]

Portraits of legislators

  • Martin Conley

  • Thomas Corbett

  • Albert Bourgeois

  • Bartholomew Callery

  • Robert Murphy

  • Edward Flanagan

  • Richard J. McGrath

  • Edward Markey

  • Bruce Freeman

  • Carol Cleven

  • Tom Golden

References[]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 16th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  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. ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  7. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  10. ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. ^ 1973–1974 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1973. p. 231 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

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