Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Essex district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th 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] Democrat Lori Ehrlich of Marblehead has represented the district since 2009.[2]
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[3]
- part of Lynn
- Marblehead
- Swampscott
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district.[4]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Essex, circa 1872 [5]
- Gloucester, circa 1872 [5]
Representatives
- James H. Duncan, circa 1858 [6]
- Nathan S. Kimball, circa 1858-1859 [6][7]
- James Russell, circa 1859 [7]
- Luther Dame, circa 1888 [8]
- Edward P. Shaw, circa 1888 [8]
- James P. Donnelly, circa 1920 [9]
- Michael J. Batal, circa 1951 [10]
- Henry J. O'Donnell III, circa 1975 [11]
- Lawrence Alexander, 1979-1991 [12]
- Douglas W. Petersen
- Lori A. Ehrlich, 2009-current[2]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 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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Lawrence Alexander -
Douglas Petersen
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "8th Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Marblehead
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