List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate

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The following is a list of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate in the United States. The legislative districts were created to apportion elected representation in the Massachusetts Senate based on voter population. [1] In recent decades, redistricting occurs every ten years.

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Former state senate districts

Map of Massachusetts state senate districts apportioned in 1876 1876 Massachusetts state senate district map.jpg
Map of Massachusetts state senate districts apportioned in 1876
Map of Massachusetts state senate districts apportioned in 1916 1916 Massachusetts state senate district map.jpg
Map of Massachusetts state senate districts apportioned in 1916
Map of Massachusetts state senate districts, 2001 2001 Massachusetts state senate district map.jpg
Map of Massachusetts state senate districts, 2001

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  1. ↑ Douglas Keith; Eric Petry (2015), Apportionment of State Legislatures, 1776-1920, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1987)– via Massachusetts State Library
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Establish Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1960)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1977)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1970)
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2001)
  7. 1 2 3 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1866)
  8. 1 2 3 4 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1886)
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Barnstable County
  10. ↑ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1993)– via Massachusetts State Library
  11. ↑ Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1918.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Massachusetts General Court, "An Act to Divide the Commonwealth into Forty Districts for the Choice of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1857)
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Essex County
  14. ↑ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Middlesex County
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Norfolk County
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Plymouth County
  17. ↑ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Suffolk County
  18. ↑ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Worcester County

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