Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin 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 Franklin County, Hampshire County, and Worcester County.^[1] Independent Susannah Whipps of Athol has represented the district since 2015.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Athol
• part of Belchertown
• Erving
• Gill
• New Salem
• Orange
• Petersham
• Phillipston
• Royalston
• Templeton
• Warwick
• Wendell

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Greenfield, circa 1927 ^[3]
• Leverett, circa 1872 ^[4]
• Montague, circa 1872
• Shutesbury, circa 1872
• Sunderland, circa 1872

Elections results from statewide races

Year	Office	District Results	Statewide Results
2012	President^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]	Obama 56.6 – 43.3%	Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
	Senator^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]	Brown 50.4 – 48.8%	Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013	Senator^[13] ^[14] ^[15] ^[16]	Gomez 53.0 – 45.9%	Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014	Governor^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20]	Baker 50.1 – 40.1%	Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
	Senator^[21] ^[22] ^[23] ^[24]	Markey 53.9 – 42.0%	Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016	President^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28]	Clinton 45.2 – 43.0%	Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018	Governor^[29] ^[30] ^[31] ^[32]	Baker 70.8 – 26.9%	Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
	Senator^[33] ^[34] ^[35] ^[36]	Warren 50.4 – 43.3%	Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

Representatives

• Wm. T. Clement, circa 1858 ^[37]
• Stephen Bates, circa 1859 ^[38]
• Franklin Levi Waters, circa 1888 ^[39]
• George K. Pond, circa 1920 ^[40]
• Walter Forbes Hurlburt, circa 1951 ^[41]
• Edward Shortell, circa 1975 ^[42]
• John Merrigan, circa 2002
• Christopher Donelan, 2003–2011
• Denise Andrews, January 5, 2011 – January 7, 2015
• Susannah Whipps, 2015-current

See also

• Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Franklin district
• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 2nd Franklin District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Franklin County

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: 2nd Franklin district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge192728mass/page/196/mode/1up . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928 . 1858 . Boston . 196–206 .
4. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
5. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County) .
6. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County) .
7. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County) .
8. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 President General Election .
9. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County) .
10. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County) .
11. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County) .
12. Web site: PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election .
13. Web site: PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County) .
14. Web site: PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County) .
15. Web site: PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County) .
16. Web site: PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election.
17. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County).
18. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County).
19. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County).
20. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election.
21. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County).
22. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County).
23. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County).
24. Web site: PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election.
25. Web site: PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County).
26. Web site: PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County).
27. Web site: PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County).
28. Web site: PD43+ » 2016 President General Election.
29. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County).
30. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County).
31. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County).
32. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election.
33. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County).
34. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County).
35. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County).
36. Web site: PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election.
37. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
38. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
39. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Franklin County . 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/52/mode/2up .
40. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . 1920 . Boston Review .
41. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
42. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .