Massachusetts Senate's 5th Middlesex district
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Map of Massachusetts Senate's 5th Middlesex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Massachusetts Senate's 5th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Middlesex county.[2] Democrat Jason Lewis of Winchester has represented the district since 2014.[3]
Locales represented[]
The district includes the following localities:[2]
- Malden
- Melrose
- Reading
- Stoneham
- Wakefield
- Winchester
Former locales[]
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Map of the 1876 apportionment of the 5th Middlesex senatorial district
The district previously covered the following:
- Acton, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Ashby, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Ayer, circa 1870s[5]
- Boxborough, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Carlisle, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Chelmsford, circa 1870s[5]
- Concord, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Dracut, circa 1870s[5]
- Dunstable, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Groton, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Hudson, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Lincoln, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Littleton, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Marlborough, circa 1860s[4]
- Maynard, circa 1870s[5]
- Pepperell, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Shirley, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Stow, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Sudbury, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Townsend, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Tyngsborough, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Westford, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
Senators[]
- Horace Conn, circa 1859 [6]
- John Mitchell
- Charles Sumner Smith
- John Gibbs
- George G. Moyse, circa 1935 [7]
- Richard I. Furbush, circa 1945 [8]
- William E. Hays, circa 1957 [9]
- James DeNormandie, circa 1969 [10]
- , 1978-1989 [11][12][13]
- Lucile P. Hicks, 1991-1996[14]
- Katherine Clark
- Jason M. Lewis, April 16, 2014-current[3][15]
Images[]
- Portraits of legislators
John Mitchell
Charles Sumner Smith
John Gibbs
Richard Furbush
James DeNormandie
Carol Campbell Amick
Lucile Hicks
See also[]
- List of Massachusetts Senate elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
- Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
References[]
- ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 16, 2020
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 5th Middlesex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Massachusetts General Court, "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Massachusetts General Court, "1876 Chap. 0190. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Google Books.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
- ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Seven incumbent Democratic senators face opposition
External links[]
- Ballotpedia
- "Fifth Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- "5th Middlesex District", Senatorjasonlewis.com, archived from the original on May 14, 2020
Categories:
- Massachusetts General Court districts
- Government of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Senate
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts geography stubs