Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Middlesex 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 Middlesex County.[1] Democrat Michelle Ciccolo of Lexington has represented the district since 2019.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Middlesex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

• Lexington
• part of Woburn

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Middlesex and 4th Middlesex districts.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Ashland, circa 1872 [5]
• Hopkinton, circa 1872 [5]

Representatives

• Leander E. Wakefield, circa 1858 [6]
• John Phelps, circa 1859 [7]
• Samuel Walker McCall, circa 1888 [8]
• Henry Achin Jr., circa 1920 [9]
• Adelard Berard, circa 1920 [9]
• Victor Francis Jewett, circa 1920 [9]
• Cornelius Desmond, Jr., circa 1951 [10]
• James Lawrence Odea, Jr., circa 1951 [10]
• Patrick Francis Plunkett, circa 1951 [10]
• Richard Edward Landry, circa 1975 [11]
• Lincoln Porteous Cole, Jr.
• Stephen W. Doran, 1981-1995 [12]
• Jay R. Kaufman
• Michelle Ciccolo, 2019-current[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  John Meehan
• 
  Frank Putnam
• 
  Henry Achin
• 
  Victor Jewett
• 
  Fred Oliver Lewis
• 
  George Ashe
• 
  Thomas Delmore
• 
  Cornelius Desmond
• 
  James Lawrence O'Dea
• 
  Patrick Francis Plunkett
• 
  John Desmond
• 
  John Janas
• 
  Raymond Rourke
• 
  Richard Landry
• 
  Stephen Doran
• 
  Jay Kaufman

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 15th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
4. 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
5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "15th Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Lexington (MA)