Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Middlesex district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Middlesex district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Middlesex County. ^[1] Democrat Jim Arciero of Westford has represented the district since 2009. ^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[3]

• part of Chelmsford
• Littleton
• Westford

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district, 3rd Middlesex district, and Middlesex and Worcester district. ^[4]

Former locale

The district previously covered part of Charlestown, circa 1872. ^[5]

Representatives

• Joseph Caldwell, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Lyman Pray, circa 1858-1859 ^{[6] [7]}
• Paul Willard, circa 1858 ^[6]
• James F. Dwinell, circa 1859 ^[7]
• George Close, circa 1888 ^[8]
• John W. Wilkinson, circa 1888 ^[8]
• James E. Curry, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Clarence P. Kidder, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Julius Meyers, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Francis John Good, circa 1951 ^[10]
• Francis W. Lindstrom, circa 1951 ^[10]
• Walter Joseph Sullivan, circa 1951 ^[10]
• Mary B. Newman, 1953–1954 and 1957–1970 ^{[11] [12]}
• Thomas H. D. Mahoney, circa 1975 ^[13]
• James Arciero, 2009-current ^{[2] [14]}

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 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
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Fred Beunke
• 
  George Giles
• 
  Julius Meyers
• 
  Arthur Stanley Browne
• 
  Frederic Clauss
• 
  Clarence Kidder
• 
  James Bernard Casey
• 
  Ralph Raymond Stratton
• 
  Charles Shea
• 
  Ralph Hamilton
• 
  A. John Serino
• 
  Francis Lindstrom
• 
  Henry Winslow
• 
  Francis John Good
• 
  Mary B. Newman
• 
  Thomas Doherty
• 
  Thomas Mahoney
• 
  Walter Bickford
• 
  Geoffrey Hall

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
4. 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
5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
8. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. Hayden, Irving N. and Lawrence R. Grove. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1953–1954 , p. 241. Boston, Massachusetts: General Court, 1953–1954.
12. "Mary Newman, 'fighting Quaker' of the Massachusetts GOP; at 86" (obituary). Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Globe, December 9, 1995, p. 19.
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, House Democrats...face opposition

External links

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