Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Worcester district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Worcester 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 Worcester County.[1] Democrat Jim O'Day of West Boylston has represented the district since 2007.[2] He is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Worcester district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[5]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester district.[6]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • James E. Cheney, circa 1858 [8]
  • Ralph E. Bigelow, circa 1859 [9]
  • Morrill A. Greenwood, circa 1888 [10]
  • Albert T. Wall, circa 1920 [11]
  • Gerald P. Lombard, circa 1951-1975 [12][13]
  • James B. Leary
  • James J. O'Day, 2007-current[2]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Alonzo Hoyle
  • Albert Wall
  • Edward Brastow Moor
  • Edward Kelley
  • James Violette
  • Gerald Lombard
  • Peter Levanti
  • Robert Joseph Bohigian
  • William McManus
  • James Leary
  • James O'Day

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 14th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 11, 2020
  4. "State primary Sept. 1; early voting, mail-ins available", Telegram & Gazette, Gannett Co., Inc., August 7, 2020
  5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  6. 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
  7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  8. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  10. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  11. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  12. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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