Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester district in the United States is one of 160
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[5]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester district, Worcester and Middlesex district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[6]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Ashburnham, circa 1872 [7]
- Winchendon, circa 1872 [7]
Representatives
- Jacob B. Harris, circa 1858 [8]
- J. D. Crosby, circa 1859 [9]
- Sidney P. Smith, circa 1888 [10]
- James Oliver, circa 1908
- William Lord, circa 1918
- Almond Smith, circa 1920 [11]
- Charles Cooke, circa 1935
- Samuel Joseph Boudreau, circa 1951 [12]
- H. Thomas Colo, circa 1975 [13]
- Mary Jane McKenna, circa 1983
- Harold Lane, circa 1995
- Lewis G. Evangelidis [2]
- Kimberly N. Ferguson, 2011-current[2][14]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
- Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
- Portraits of legislators
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James Oliver
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William Lord
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Almond Smith
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Charles Cooke
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Samuel Joseph Boudreau
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H. Thomas Colo
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Harold Lane
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Lewis Evangelidis
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b c Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 11, 2020
- Gannett Co., Inc., August 7, 2020
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester district.
- Ballotpedia
- "1st Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).