Massachusetts House of Representatives' 26th 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 Mike Connolly of Cambridge has represented the district since 2017.[2]
Locales represented
editThe district includes the following localities:[3]
- part of Cambridge
- part of Somerville
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district and Middlesex and Suffolk district.[4]
Former locale
editThe district previously covered part of Lowell, circa 1872.[5]
Representatives
edit- Eliel Shumway, circa 1858 [6]
- Robert P. Woods, circa 1858 [6]
- Charles Babbidge, circa 1859 [7]
- James P. Longley, circa 1859 [7]
- David H. Clark, circa 1888 [8]
- Charles H. Brown, circa 1920 [9]
- James Morrison, circa 1920 [9]
- Michael Catino, circa 1951 [10]
- Thomas J. Doherty, circa 1951 [10]
- C. Eugene Farnam, circa 1951 [10]
- Edward M. Dickson, circa 1971-1974 [2]
- Edward J. Markey, 1975-1976 [11]
- John C. McNeil, 1977-1978 [2]
- Mary Jane Gibson, 1979-1992 [2]
- Anne M. Paulsen, 1993-2002 [2][12]
- Timothy J. Toomey Jr., 2003-2016 [2]
- Mike Connolly, 2017-current[2]
See also
edit- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Other Middlesex 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, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
Legislator portraits
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Charles Blanchard -
William H. Smith -
William Waugh -
Fred Burrell -
James Morrison -
Lewis Hilton Peters -
Richard Crockwell -
Frederick McDermott -
George Hassett -
Rufus Bond -
Arthur Youngman -
Norman Baxter -
Robert Campbell -
C. Eugene Farnam -
John Zamparelli -
Thomas Doherty -
George Sacco -
John McGlynn -
Michael Catino -
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Mary Jane Gibson -
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Timothy Toomey -
Mike Connolly
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References
edit- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 26th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ a b c 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston. p. 231.
- ^ "Anne M. Paulsen (D)". Past Elections. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
External links
edit- Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Twenty-sixth Middlesex District
- "26th Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).