Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th 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 Vanna Howard was elected to the position on November 3, 2020.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Middlesex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

District profile

As of the last redistricting in 2011,[3] the district encompasses the southeastern portion of the city of Lowell and the northeastern portion of the town of Chelmsford.[4] It has maintained these boundaries since the 2001 redistricting.[5]

  • Chelmsford's Precinct 4
  • Lowell's Ward 1; Precinct 3 of Ward 2; Precincts 2 and 3 of Ward 4; Ward 10; and Ward 11

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and 3rd Middlesex districts.[6]

Former locations

List of members representing the district
  • Daniel Wetherbee, circa 1858 [8]
  • Shattuck Hartwell, circa 1859 [9]
  • Winfield S. Slocum, circa 1888 [10]
  • Arthur C. Walworth, circa 1888 [10]
  • Maurice Allan Buck, circa 1920 [11]
  • Thomas M. Flaherty, circa 1951 [12]
General
Court		 Representative Party Term District location
169th Peter Harrington[13] Democratic January 1, 1975 – January 3, 1979 Newton's Ward 1; Precincts 1, 2, and 3 of Ward 2; Precinct 2 of Ward 7
170th
171st Nick Lambros Democratic January 3, 1979 – January 5, 1983 Dracut
Lowell's Ward 5; Precincts 2 and 4 of Ward 6; and Ward 9
172nd
173rd John Cox Democratic January 5, 1983 – January 4, 1989
174th
175th
176th January 4, 1989 – 1995 Dracut
Lowell's Precincts 2 and 3 of Ward 5; and Ward 9
177th
178th
179th Tom Golden Democratic January 4, 1995 – January 1, 2003 Lowell's Precinct 1 of Ward 1; Precinct 3 of Ward 2; Ward 5; Ward 6; Ward 9; and Precinct 3 of Ward 10
180th
181st
182nd
183rd David Nangle Democratic January 1, 2003 – January 6, 2021 Chelmsford's Precinct 4
Lowell's Ward 1; Precinct 3 of Ward 2; Precincts 2 and 3 of Ward 4; Ward 10; and Ward 11
184th
185th
186th
187th
188th
189th
190th
191st
192nd Vanna Howard Democratic January 6, 2021 – Present[2] Chelmsford: Precinct 4; Lowell: Ward 1, Ward 2: Precinct 3, Ward 4: Precincts 2, 3, Wards 10, 11

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Charles Varnum
  • James O'Donnell
  • Harry Shedd
  • Edward Nelson Eames
  • Ralph Currier
  • Daniel Sullivan
  • Thomas Flaherty
  • Edward Dickson
  • Peter Harrington
  • John Cox
  • Thomas Golden
  • David Nangle

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. "Representative Vanna Howard". The 192nd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/187/H3770
  4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  5. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter125
  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: Middlesex 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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