Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Essex district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Essex district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Essex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Essex County and Middlesex County. ^[1] Democrat Tram Nguyen of Andover has represented the district since 2019. ^[2] She is running for reelection in the 2020 Massachusetts general election. ^{[3] [4]}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[5]

• part of Andover
• part of Boxford
• part of North Andover
• part of Tewksbury

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex and 2nd Essex and Middlesex districts. ^[6]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• part of Lynn, circa 1872 ^[7]
• part of Methuen, circa 1974 ^[8]
• Swampscott, circa 1872 ^[7]

Representatives

• Caleb Cushing, circa 1858-1859 ^{[9] [10]}
• Elihu B. Hayes, circa 1888 ^[11]
• James P. Martin, circa 1888 ^[11]
• George J. Bates, circa 1920 ^[12]
• Nicholas J. Buglione, circa 1975 ^[13]
• Barbara L'Italien, January 2003 – January 2011
• James J. Lyons Jr., January 2011 – January 2019 ^[14]
• Tram Nguyen, 2019-current ^{[2] [15]}

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, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th
• 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

• 
  Robert Pollock
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  George Joseph Bates
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  Herbert Urquhart
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  Joseph Rolfe
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  Harland Burke
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  A. Edward Talbot
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  Nicholas Buglione
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  Jim Lyons
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  Barbara L'Italien
• 
  Tram Nguyen

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 18th Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 27, 2020
4. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net , Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
6. 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
7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
8. Massachusetts General Court (October 15, 1973), "1973 Chap. 0326. An Act Establishing Representative Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/26842 – via State Library of Massachusetts
9. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
10. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
11. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 15, 1888). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
12. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 15, 2023.
13. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
14. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org , November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
15. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "18th Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Topsfield-Boxford-Middleton
• League of Women Voters of Andover / North Andover