Massachusetts Senate's 5th Middlesex district explained

Massachusetts Senate's 5th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1] It covers portions of Middlesex county. Democrat Jason Lewis of Winchester has represented the district since 2014.^[2]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Malden
• Melrose
• Reading
• Stoneham
• Wakefield
• Winchester

Former locales

The district previously covered the following:

• Acton, circa 1860s–1870s
• Ashby, circa 1860s–1870s
• Ayer, circa 1870s
• Boxborough, circa 1860s–1870s
• Carlisle, circa 1860s–1870s
• Chelmsford, circa 1870s
• Concord, circa 1860s–1870s
• Dracut, circa 1870s
• Dunstable, circa 1860s–1870s
• Groton, circa 1860s–1870s
• Hudson, circa 1860s–1870s
• Lincoln, circa 1860s–1870s
• Littleton, circa 1860s–1870s
• Marlborough, circa 1860s
• Maynard, circa 1870s
• Pepperell, circa 1860s–1870s
• Shirley, circa 1860s–1870s
• Stow, circa 1860s–1870s
• Sudbury, circa 1860s–1870s
• Townsend, circa 1860s–1870s
• Tyngsborough, circa 1860s–1870s
• Westford, circa 1860s–1870s

Senators

• Horace Conn, circa 1859 ^[3]
• John Mitchell
• Charles Sumner Smith
• John Gibbs
• George G. Moyse, circa 1935 ^[4]
• Richard I. Furbush, circa 1945 ^[5]
• William E. Hays, circa 1957 ^[6]
• James DeNormandie, circa 1969 ^[7]
• Carol Campbell Amick, 1978–1989 ^{[8] [9]}
• Lucile P. Hicks, 1991–1996^[10]
• Katherine Clark
• Jason M. Lewis, April 16, 2014 – present

Images

Portraits of legislators

See also

• List of Massachusetts Senate elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
• 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, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: Fifth Middlesex District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Senatorial Districts . April 16, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 16, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Senate elections: 5th Middlesex district .
3. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Google Books . General Court . Massachusetts .
4. Book: 1935 . Public Officials of Massachusetts .
5. Book: 1945 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
6. Book: 1957 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
7. Book: 1969 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
8. Book: 1979 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
9. Book: 1985 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
10. Book: 1993 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .