Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district

Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Essex county.[2] Democrat Joan Lovely of Salem has represented the district since 2013.[3]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Towns represented

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The district includes the following localities:[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex, 6th Essex, 7th Essex, 12th Essex, and 13th Essex districts.[5]

Former locales

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The district previously covered the following:

List of senators

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  • J.B.F. Osgood, circa 1859 [6]
  • Francis T. Berry, circa 1894
  • E. Howard Perley
  • Thomas Walter Creese
  • Arthur S. Adams, circa 1911
  • Albert Pierce, circa 1935 [7]
  • J. Elmer Callahan, circa 1945 [8]
Senator Party Years Legis. Electoral history District towns
 
Christopher H. Phillips
Republican 1949–
1953
156th
157th
158th
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Resigned to join U.S. State Department.
 
C. Henry Glovsky
Republican 1953–
1957
158th
159th
Elected in 1953.
Re-elected in 1954.
Herbert Tuckerman[9] Republican 1957 –
1959
160th Elected in 1956.
Ran for Lt. Governor in 1958.
 
Kevin B. Harrington[10]
Democratic 1959 –
1978
161st
162nd
163rd
164th
165th
166th
167th
168th
169th
170th
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.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Resigned.
 
John G. King[11]
Democratic 1979 –
1983
171st
172nd
Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired.
 
Frederick Berry[12][13][14]
Democratic 1983–
January 2, 2013
173rd
174th
175th
176th
177th
178th
179th
180th
181st
182nd
183rd
184th
185th
186th
187th
Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.
 
Joan Lovely[3]
Democratic January 2, 2013–
188th
189th
190th
191st
192nd
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Images

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Portraits of legislators

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  3. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2nd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g 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
  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. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  8. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  9. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  10. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  11. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  12. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  13. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  14. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
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