Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin 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 Franklin County, Hampshire County, and Worcester County. ^[1] Independent Susannah Whipps of Athol has represented the district since 2015. ^{[2] [3]}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[4]

• Athol
• part of Belchertown
• Erving
• Gill
• New Salem
• Orange
• Petersham
• Phillipston
• Royalston
• Templeton
• Warwick
• Wendell

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district. ^[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Greenfield, circa 1927 ^[6]
• Leverett, circa 1872 ^[7]
• Montague, circa 1872 ^[7]
• Shutesbury, circa 1872 ^[7]
• Sunderland, circa 1872 ^[7]

Elections results from statewide races

Year	Office	District Results	Statewide Results
2012	President [8] [9] [10] [11]	Obama 56.6 – 43.3%	Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
	Senator [12] [13] [14] [15]	Brown 50.4 – 48.8%	Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013	Senator [16] [17] [18] [19]	Gomez 53.0 – 45.9%	Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014	Governor [20] [21] [22] [23]	Baker 50.1 – 40.1%	Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
	Senator [24] [25] [26] [27]	Markey 53.9 – 42.0%	Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016	President [28] [29] [30] [31]	Clinton 45.2 – 43.0%	Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018	Governor [32] [33] [34] [35]	Baker 70.8 – 26.9%	Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
	Senator [36] [37] [38] [39]	Warren 50.4 – 43.3%	Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

Representatives

• Wm. T. Clement, circa 1858 ^[40]
• Stephen Bates, circa 1859 ^[41]
• Franklin Levi Waters, circa 1888 ^[42]
• George K. Pond, circa 1920 ^[43]
• Walter Forbes Hurlburt, circa 1951 ^[44]
• Edward Shortell, circa 1975 ^[45]
• John Merrigan, circa 2002
• Christopher Donelan, 2003–2011
• Denise Andrews, January 5, 2011 – January 7, 2015
• Susannah Whipps, 2015-current ^[2]

See also

• Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Franklin district
• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Lyman Griswold
• 
  Frederick Pierce
• 
  George Pond
• 
  Walter Forbes Hurlburt
• 
  Allan McGuane
• 
  Edward Shortell
• 
  William Benson
• 
  Carmen Buell
• 
  Christopher Donelan
• 
  Susannah Whipps Lee

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Franklin district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
5. 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
6. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. 1858. pp. 196–206.
7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
8. "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
9. "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
10. "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
11. "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election".
12. "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
13. "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
14. "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
15. "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election".
16. "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
17. "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
18. "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
19. "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election".
20. "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
21. "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
22. "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
23. "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election".
24. "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
25. "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
26. "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
27. "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election".
28. "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
29. "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
30. "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
31. "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election".
32. "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
33. "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
34. "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
35. "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election".
36. "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
37. "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
38. "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
39. "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election".
40. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
41. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
42. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (1888). "Representatives: Franklin County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
43. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. 1920.
44. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
45. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "2nd Franklin District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Franklin County