Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Essex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Essex 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 Essex County.[1] Democrat Ted Speliotis of Danvers has represented the district since 1997.[2] He plans to retire after 2020.[3] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include former rep Sally Kerans.[4][5]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[6]

• Danvers
• part of Middleton
• part of Peabody

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex and 2nd Essex districts.[7]

Former locale

The district previously covered part of Salem, circa 1872.[8]

Representatives

• Joseph W. Abbott, circa 1858 [9]
• Dean Peabody, circa 1859 [10]
• Francis Taylor Berry, circa 1888 [11]
• Vernon Wynne Evans, circa 1920 [12]
• Tony A. Garofano, circa 1920 [12]
• Daniel J. Hayden, circa 1920 [12]
• Harriet Russell Hart
• Frank Edwin Boot, circa 1951 [13]
• Michael Joseph Carroll, circa 1951 [13]
• Richard James White, Jr., circa 1951 [13]
• Henry A. Walker, circa 1975 [14]
• John E. Murphy, Jr.
• Peter G. Torkildsen
• Sally Kerans
• Theodore C. Speliotis, 1997-current[2][15]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
• Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd, 3rd; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  John Cormack
• 
  John McKenney
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  Ernest William Allen
• 
  George Nourse
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  Thomas Baxter
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  Ralph Howard Burckes
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  Tony Garofano
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  Vernon Wynne Evans
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  Harriet Russell Hart
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  Edward Coffey
• 
  Eben Parsons
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  Edmond Talbot
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  Lester Morley
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  Frank Edwin Boot
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  Michael Joseph Carroll
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  Norman Eugene Folsom
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  Gerard Guilmette
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  John Bresnahan
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  Henry Walker
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  John Murphy
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  Sally Kerans
• 
  Peter Torkildsen

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 13th Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
4. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
5. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
6. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
7. 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
8. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
9. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
10. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
11. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
12. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
13. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
14. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
15. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, House Democrats...face opposition

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "13th Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Topsfield-Boxford-Middleton