Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Worcester district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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] Democrat Jon Zlotnik of Gardner has represented the district since 2013.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Ashburnham
• Gardner
• part of Westminster
• Winchendon

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

Representatives

• Isaac Stevens, circa 1858^[3]
• George Whitney, circa 1859^[4]
• Charles W. Conant, circa 1888^[5]
• Nathaniel R. Perkins, circa 1888
• Charles H. Hartshorn, circa 1920^[6]
• J. Warren Moulton, circa 1920
• J. Philip Howard, circa 1951^[7]
• Robert D. Wetmore, 1971-1977 ^[8]
• Richard M. Bastien
• Jonathan Zlotnik, 2013–present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 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: 2nd 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 . May 1, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 1, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 2nd Worcester district .
3. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
4. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
5. 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 .
6. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
7. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
8. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .