Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Essex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Essex 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 Essex County.[1] Republican James Kelcourse of Amesbury has represented the district since 2015.[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election[3] include Amber Hewett.[4][5][6]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[7]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district.[8]

Former locales
Map of Essex County showing previous location of 1st Essex district as apportioned in 1973

The district previously covered the following:

Representatives

See also

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  • Samuel Porter
  • Albert Wadleigh
  • George Briggs
  • George Pettengill
  • Colin Cameron
  • Henry Duggan
  • David Harrison
  • Richard Silva
  • Nicholas Costello
  • Frank Cousins

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
  4. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
  5. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net, Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
  6. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
  7. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  8. 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
  9. Massachusetts General Court, "1973 Chap. 0326. An Act Establishing Representative Districts", Acts and Resolves – via State Library of Massachusetts
  10. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  11. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  12. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  13. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  14. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  15. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  16. 1983–1984 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  17. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative general election statistics". PD43+. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  18. "The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, November 4, 2016
  19. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
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