Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Middlesex district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st 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 Margaret Scarsdale of Pepperell has represented the district since 2023.^[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2022 Massachusetts general election included Andrew Shepherd and Catherine Lundeen.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Ashby
• Dunstable
• Groton (Precincts 2 and 3)
  • Lunenburg (Precincts A, B1, C, & D) Pepperell
• Townsend

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district and the Worcester and Middlesex district.

Former locale

The district previously covered part of Charlestown, circa 1872.^[3]

Representatives

• Edward Lawrence, circa 1858-1859 ^{[4] [5]}
• Joseph Caldwell, circa 1859 ^[5]
• John Read, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Chester F. Sanger, circa 1888
• Edward Sennott, circa 1908
• William Hogan, circa 1908
• Willis McMenimen, circa 1918
• James H. Kelleher, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Francis David Coady, circa 1935
• Thomas Dillon, circa 1935
• Thomas Francis Coady, circa 1945
• Thomas Francis Coady, Jr., circa 1951-1953 ^[8]
• John Joseph Toomey, circa 1951
• Michael Lombardi, circa 1967
• Michael James Lombardi, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Bruce Wetherbee, circa 1983
• Augusta Hornblower, 1984-1994^[10]
• Robert Hargraves, circa 1995
• Sheila C. Harrington, 2011-2022
• Margaret R. Scarsdale, 2023–Present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 1st Middlesex District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 26, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: March 6, 2023 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 1st Middlesex district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
4. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
5. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
6. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Middlesex County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/42/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 16, 2023 . Boston Review .
8. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
9. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
10. Web site: History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015 . Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators . 2015 . July 6, 2021 .