Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Middlesex district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th 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 Rodney Elliot of Lowell has represented the district since 2023.^[2]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Chelmsford
• part of Lowell

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and 3rd Middlesex districts.

Former locale

The district previously covered Framingham, circa 1872.^[3]

Representatives

• Benj. H. Richardson, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Benjamin W. Gleason, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Charles Q. Pierce, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Thomas J. Corbett, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Robert F. Murphy, circa 1951 ^[8]
• William R. Callahan, 1971-1972
• Edward J. Markey, 1973-1974 ^[9]
• Richard J. McGrath, 1975-1976 ^[10]
• A. Joseph DeNucci, 1977-1978
• Bruce N. Freeman, 1979-1986
• Carol C. Cleven, 1987–1988, 1991-2002
• Henry E. Sultivan, 1989-1990
• Thomas Golden Jr., 2003-2023t
• Rodney Elliot, 2023-current^[11]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Sixteenth Middlesex District
• Web site: 16th 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 . May 5, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 5, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 16th 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: 1973–1974 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 231 . 1973 . .
10. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
11. Web site: Rodney Elliott . 2023-06-28 . Ballotpedia . en.