Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Essex district
Appearance
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st 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 James Kelcourse of Amesbury has represented the district since 2015.[2]
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[3]
Former locales
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The district previously covered the following:
- Gloucester, circa 1974 [4]
- Rockport, circa 1974 [4]
- West Newbury, circa 1872 [5]
Representatives
- Winthrop O. Evans, circa 1859 [6]
- Elbridge M. Morse, circa 1859 [6]
- Charles Goss, circa 1888 [7]
- John C. Risteen, circa 1888 [7]
- George L. Briggs, circa 1920 [8]
- Henry M. Duggan, circa 1951 [9]
- Richard R. Silva, circa 1975 [10]
- Frank Cousins, 1993–1996
- Kevin L. Finnegan, 1996–2001
- Paul Tirone, 2001–2003
- Michael A. Costello, circa 2013 [11]
- James M. Kelcourse, 2015-current[2][12]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ a b Massachusetts General Court, "1973 Chap. 0326. An Act Establishing Representative Districts", Acts and Resolves – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
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: 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.
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- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative general election statistics". PD43+. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ "The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, November 4, 2016
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "1st Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).