Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Essex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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] Republican Lenny Mirra of Georgetown has represented the district since 2013.[2][3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[4]

• part of Boxford
• Georgetown
• Groveland
• part of Haverhill
• Merrimac
• Newbury
• West Newbury

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and 1st Essex and Middlesex districts.[5]

Representatives

• Marcus Morton Jr., circa 1858 [6]
• William Chickering, circa 1859 [7]
• Alden Potter Jaques, circa 1888 [8]
• J. Otis Wardwell, circa 1888 [8]
• Brad Dudley Harvey, circa 1920 [9]
• Harland Burke, circa 1951 [10]
• Augustus Gardner Means, circa 1951 [10]
• David J. Lane, circa 1975 [11]
• John Gray
• Thomas Palumbo
• Harriett Stanley
• Leonard Mirra, 2013-current[2][12]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 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

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  William Trudel
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  William French
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  Richard McCormick
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  Charles Morrill
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  Frank Babcock
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  John Coddaire
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  Clarence Karelitz
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  William Sears
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  Augustus Gardner Means
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  John Francis Dolan
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  David Lane
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  John Gray
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  Harriett Stanley

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
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 House Districts to State Senate Districts
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: Essex 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. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "2nd Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).