Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district

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Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1] It covers portions of Essex county.^[2] Democrat Joan Lovely of Salem has represented the district since 2013.^[3]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex, 6th Essex, 7th Essex, 12th Essex, and 13th Essex districts.^[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered the following:

Hamilton, circa 1860s^[4]
Middleton, circa 1860s^[4]
South Danvers, circa 1860s^[4]
Wenham, circa 1860s^[4]

List of senators

J.B.F. Osgood, circa 1859 ^[6]
Francis T. Berry, circa 1894
E. Howard Perley
Thomas Walter Creese
Arthur S. Adams, circa 1911
Albert Pierce, circa 1935 ^[7]
J. Elmer Callahan, circa 1945 ^[8]

Senator	Party	Years	Legis.	Electoral history
Christopher H. Phillips	Republican	1949– 1953	156th 157th 158th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Resigned to join U.S. State Department.
C. Henry Glovsky	Republican	1953– 1957	158th 159th	Elected in 1953. Re-elected in 1954.
Herbert Tuckerman ^[9]	Republican	1957 – 1959	160th	Elected in 1956. Ran for Lt. Governor in 1958.
Kevin B. Harrington ^[10]	Democratic	1959 – 1978	161st 162nd 163rd 164th 165th 166th 167th 168th 169th 170th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Resigned.
John G. King ^[11]	Democratic	1979 – 1983	171st 172nd	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
Frederick Berry ^[12]^[13]^[14]	Democratic	1983– January 2, 2013	173rd 174th 175th 176th 177th 178th 179th 180th 181st 182nd 183rd 184th 185th 186th 187th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.
Joan Lovely ^[3]	Democratic	January 2, 2013–	188th 189th 190th 191st 192nd	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Images

Portraits of legislators

E. Howard Perley
Thomas Walter Creese
J. Elmer Callahan

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References

↑ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
1 2 "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
1 2 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2nd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
↑ 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts
↑ General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
↑ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
↑ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
↑ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
↑ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
↑ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
↑ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

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"Second Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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[1] "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

[2011ch152-2] 1 2 "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020

[elections-3] 1 2 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2nd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

[Acts1866-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts

[Lower2019-5] 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts

[6] General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[7] Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.

[8] Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.

[9] Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.

[10] Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.

[11] Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.

[12] Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.

[13] Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.

[14] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

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193rd General Court (2023–present) President of the Senate Karen Spilka (D) President pro tempore Will Brownsberger (D) Majority Leader Cynthia Stone Creem (D) Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R)
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