Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census,the total population was 809,829,making it the third-most populous county in the state,and the seventy-eighth-most populous in the country. It is part of the Greater Boston area. The largest city in Essex County is Lynn. The county was named after the English county of Essex. It has two traditional county seats:Salem and Lawrence. Prior to the dissolution of the county government in 1999,Salem had jurisdiction over the Southern Essex District,and Lawrence had jurisdiction over the Northern Essex District,but currently these cities do not function as seats of government. However,the county and the districts remain as administrative regions recognized by various governmental agencies,which gathered vital statistics or disposed of judicial case loads under these geographic subdivisions,and are required to keep the records based on them. The county has been designated the Essex National Heritage Area by the National Park Service.
John F. Tierney is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1997 to 2015. He is a Democrat who represented the state's 6th district,which includes the state's North Shore and Cape Ann.
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818,during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.
Suffolk University Law School is the private,non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston,across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail,two blocks from the Massachusetts State House,and a short walk to the financial district. Suffolk Law was founded in 1906 by Gleason Archer Sr. to provide a legal education for those who traditionally lacked the opportunity to study law because of socio-economic or racial discrimination.
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains almost all of Essex County,including the North Shore and Cape Ann and excluding the Merrimack Valley,as well as some towns in Middlesex County.
Michael Joseph "Mike" Harrington is an American politician,lawyer and a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Richard R. Tisei is an American politician and real estate agent from Massachusetts. A Republican,he served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court for a combined 26 years,eventually becoming Minority Leader in the Massachusetts Senate. He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 and the nominee for Congress from Massachusetts's 6th district in 2012 and 2014.
Benjamin Pickman Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Michael Francis Phelan was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. served as a Democratic State Senator from January 1,1997,until January 3,2007,representing the Berkshire,Hampshire,Franklin,and Hampden and Berkshire,Hampshire and Franklin Massachusetts Senate districts in western Massachusetts. He is an attorney,having practiced law with a focus on commercial real estate,health care,education and business litigation. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination of the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's newly drawn 1st congressional district on September 6,2012.
Ann-Margaret Ferrante is an American legislator in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 5th Essex district,which consists of Gloucester,Rockport,and Essex. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected in 2008 after defeating incumbent representative Anthony Verga in the Democratic primary. Currently,she is the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and sits on the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight,House Committee on Operations,Facilities and Building Security,and the House Committee on Steering,Policy and Scheduling. She is also co-chair of the Tech Hub Caucus,which focuses on fostering growth of Massachusetts’high-tech businesses and startups.
Frank Dewey Allen was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives,the Massachusetts Governor's Council,and was the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
Robert A. Cornetta is an American jurist who currently serves as a Lawrence Superior Court judge and is an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover.
Lawrence R. "Larry" Alexander was an American politician and lawyer.
Kenneth I. Gordon is an American attorney and state legislator representing the 21st Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The district includes Burlington,Bedford,and Wilmington's Precinct 3. He is a Bedford resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the election of Massachusetts' class II U.S. senator and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections,including the governor of Massachusetts.
Paul F. Tucker is an American politician,lawyer and law enforcement officer currently serving as the District Attorney of Essex County,Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Tucker served as the State Representative for Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Essex district from 2014 to 2022.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican governor Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
Francisco E. Paulino is an American politician. He is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He has represented the 16th Essex district since 2023.
