Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Essex district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Essex district, based on the 2020 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Essex district is one of 160 districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the town of Nahant and part of the city of Lynn in Essex County. ^[1] Democrat Sean Reid has represented the district since 2025.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[2]

• part of Lynn
• Nahant

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district. ^[3]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Danvers, circa 1872 ^[4]
• Wenham, circa 1872 ^[4]

Representatives

• John C. Hoadley, circa 1858 ^[5]
• George W. Benson, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Henry Friend, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Henry Francis Duggan, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Belden Gerald Bly, Jr., circa 1951-1975 ^{[9] [10]}
• Fred A. Hutchinson, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Thomas M. McGee
• Edward J. Clancy Jr.
• Steven Walsh
• Brendan Crighton
• Peter L. Capano, 2019-2025 ^[11]
• Sean Reid, 2025-Present ^[12]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
• Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd, 3rd; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  James Carbrey
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  William Mahoney
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  John Alfred Jones
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  Charles Hogan
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  Michael Carroll
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  William Baldwin
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  George O'Shea
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  Walter Cuffe
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  Belden Gerald Bly
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  Fred Hutchinson
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  Russell Craig
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  Thomas William McGee
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  Thomas McGee

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
3. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
4. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
5. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
7. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 11th Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
12. "Representative Sean Reid". Archived from the original on January 14, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "11th Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).