Massachusetts House of Representatives' 20th Middlesex district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 20th Middlesex 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 Essex County and Middlesex County.^[1] Republican Brad Jones of North Reading has represented the district since 2003.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Lynnfield
• part of Middleton
• North Reading
• part of Reading

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex district, 3rd Essex district, and 5th Middlesex district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Concord, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Lincoln, circa 1872
• Weston, circa 1872

Representatives

• John Sullivan Eaton, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Walter Littlefield, Jr., circa 1858
• Loren L. Fuller, circa 1859 ^[5]
• J. Parker Gould, circa 1859
• George W. Trull, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Joseph L. Larson, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Willard P. Lombard, circa 1920
• Francis Thomas Gallagher, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Fred C. Harrington, circa 1951
• George Keverian, circa 1967
• Frederick N. Dello Russo, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Bradley H. Jones, Jr., 2003-current

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, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 20th Middlesex District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Topsfield-Boxford-Middleton

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 28, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 28, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 20th 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 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/42/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 .