Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Franklin County, Hampshire County, and Worcester County.[1] Independent Susannah Whipps of Athol has represented the district since 2015.[2][3]

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

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[4]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Elections results from statewide races
Year Office District Results Statewide Results
2012 President

[8][9][10][11]

 Obama 56.6 – 43.3% Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
Senator

[12][13][14][15]

 Brown 50.4 – 48.8% Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013 Senator

[16][17][18][19]

 Gomez 53.0 – 45.9% Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014 Governor

[20][21][22][23]

 Baker 50.1 – 40.1% Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
Senator

[24][25][26][27]

 Markey 53.9 – 42.0% Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016 President

[28][29][30][31]

 Clinton 45.2 – 43.0% Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018 Governor

[32][33][34][35]

 Baker 70.8 – 26.9% Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
Senator

[36][37] [38][39]

 Warren 50.4 – 43.3% Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

Representatives
  • Wm. T. Clement, circa 1858 [40]
  • Stephen Bates, circa 1859 [41]
  • Franklin Levi Waters, circa 1888 [42]
  • George K. Pond, circa 1920 [43]
  • Walter Forbes Hurlburt, circa 1951 [44]
  • Edward Shortell, circa 1975 [45]
  • John Merrigan, circa 2002
  • Christopher Donelan, 2003–2011
  • Denise Andrews, January 5, 2011 – January 7, 2015
  • Susannah Whipps, 2015-current[2]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Lyman Griswold
  • Frederick Pierce
  • George Pond
  • Walter Forbes Hurlburt
  • Allan McGuane
  • Edward Shortell
  • William Benson
  • Carmen Buell
  • Christopher Donelan
  • Susannah Whipps Lee

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Franklin district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 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. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
  7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  8. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698/filter_by_county:Franklin
  9. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  10. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698/filter_by_county:Worcester
  11. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698
  12. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702/filter_by_county:Franklin
  13. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  14. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702/filter_by_county:Worcester
  15. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702
  16. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797/filter_by_county:Franklin
  17. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  18. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797/filter_by_county:Worcester
  19. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797
  20. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084/filter_by_county:Franklin
  21. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  22. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084/filter_by_county:Worcester
  23. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084
  24. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089/filter_by_county:Franklin
  25. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  26. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089/filter_by_county:Worcester
  27. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089
  28. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243/filter_by_county:Franklin
  29. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  30. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243/filter_by_county:Worcester
  31. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243
  32. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501/filter_by_county:Franklin
  33. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  34. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501/filter_by_county:Worcester
  35. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501
  36. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505/filter_by_county:Franklin
  37. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505/filter_by_county:Hampshire
  38. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505/filter_by_county:Worcester
  39. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505
  40. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  41. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  42. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Franklin County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  43. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  44. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  45. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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