Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden 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 Hampden County and Hampshire County. Democrat Aaron Saunders of Belchertown has represented the district since 2023.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Belchertown
• part of Chicopee
• Ludlow
• part of Springfield

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Agawam, circa 1872 ^[1]
• Granville, circa 1872
• Longmeadow, circa 1872
• Southwick, circa 1872
• West Springfield, circa 1872

Representatives

• George H. Chapman, circa 1858 ^[2]
• James Renney, circa 1858
• George M. Stearns, circa 1859 ^[3]
• Albert Fuller, circa 1859
• A. Olin Brooks, circa 1888 ^[4]
• Samuel F. Brown, circa 1920 ^[5]
• Thomas T. Gray, circa 1951 ^[6]
• David Michael Hartley, circa 1975 ^[7]
• William D. Mullins, 1977–1986
• Thomas Petrolati, 1987-2021^[8]
• Jacob R. Oliveira, 2021-Current^[9]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
• Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 7th Hampden District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Northampton Area

Notes and References

1. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
2. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
3. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
4. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Hampden County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/50/mode/2up .
5. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
6. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
7. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
8. Web site: April 28, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 7th Hampden district .
9. Web site: Representative Jacob Oliveira . The 192nd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 7 July 2021.