Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers 23.0% of Essex county population.[2][3] Democrat Diana DiZoglio of Methuen has represented the district since 2019.[4]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Locales represented edit

The district includes the following localities:[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Essex, 2nd Essex, 3rd Essex, 14th Essex, 15th Essex, and 17th Essex districts.[5]

Towns formerly represented edit

 
Map of the 1876 apportionment of the 1st Essex senatorial district

The district previously covered the following:

List of senators edit

Senator Party Years Legis. Electoral history District towns
 
Albert Cole[10]
Republican 1935 –
1940
149th
150th
151st
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Resigned to become Mayor of Lynn.
 
Charles V. Hogan[11][12][13]
Democratic 1941 –
August 7, 1971
152nd
153rd
154th
155th
156th
157th
158th
159th
160th
161st
162nd
163rd
164th
165th
166th
167th
Elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Died.
 
James J. Carrigan
Democratic 1972 –
1973
167th Elected in 1972 special election.
Lost Democratic primary in 1972.
 
Walter J. Boverini[14][15][16]
Democratic 1973 –
1995
168th
169th
170th
171st
172nd
173rd
174th
175th
176th
177th
178th
Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Retired
 
Edward J. Clancy Jr.
Democratic 1995 –
2002
179th
180th
181st
182nd
Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Resigned in 2002 to become Mayor of Lynn.
 
Thomas M. McGee
Democratic 2002 –
2003
182nd Elected in 2002 special election.
Redistricted to 3rd Essex and Middlesex district.
 
Steven Baddour[17]
Democratic 2003–
April 2, 2012
183rd
184th
185th
186th
187th
Redistricted from 3rd Essex district.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2012.
Resigned on April 2, 2012.
 
Kathleen O'Connor Ives[18]
Democratic January 2013 –
January 2, 2019
188th
189th
190th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired.
 
Diana DiZoglio[4]
Democratic January 2019–
January 2023
191st
192nd
Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retired to run for Massachusetts State Auditor.
 
Pavel Payano[4]
Democratic January 2023–
193rd Elected in 2022.

Images edit

Portraits of legislators

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Counties ↔ legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, Counties to State Senate Districts
  3. ^ a b Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  4. ^ a b c Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. ^ 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts
  6. ^ a b c d e f Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ a b c Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 2023), "1948 Chap. 0250. An Act To Establish Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/57550 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ a b c d e f Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1987), "1987 Chap. 0305. An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/8462 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  9. ^ General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  11. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  12. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  13. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  14. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  15. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  16. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  17. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  18. ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Open seats in the state Senate

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