Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Middlesex district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th 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 Jack Patrick Lewis of Framingham has represented the district since 2017.^[2]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Ashland
• part of Framingham

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district.

Former locale

The district previously covered part of Cambridge, circa 1872.^[3]

Representatives

• Nathan K. Noble, circa 1858-1859
• Wm. Page, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Wm. A. Saunders, circa 1858
• Alanson Bigelow, circa 1859 ^[5]
• William T. Richardson, circa 1859
• Irving L. Russell, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Edgar A. Bowers, circa 1920 ^[7]
• John Robert Ayers, circa 1951 ^[8]
• William E. Hays, circa 1951
• Marie Elizabeth Howe, circa 1975 ^[9]
• John Stefanini
• Karen Spilka
• Tom Sannicandro
• Jack Patrick Lewis, 2017-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 7th Middlesex District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Framingham

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: 7th 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 .