Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester 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 Worcester County.^[1] Republican Kimberly Ferguson of Holden has represented the district since 2011.^[2] She is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Holden
• Paxton
• Princeton
• Rutland
• Sterling
• Westminster

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Ashburnham, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Winchendon, circa 1872

Representatives

• Jacob B. Harris, circa 1858 ^[4]
• J. D. Crosby, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Sidney P. Smith, circa 1888 ^[6]
• James Oliver, circa 1908
• William Lord, circa 1918
• Almond Smith, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Charles Cooke, circa 1935
• Samuel Joseph Boudreau, circa 1951 ^[8]
• H. Thomas Colo, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Mary Jane McKenna, circa 1983
• Harold Lane, circa 1995
• Lewis G. Evangelidis
• Kimberly N. Ferguson, 2011-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester 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
• Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
• 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 Worcester 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 27, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 27, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 1st Worcester 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: Worcester County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/46/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . 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 .