Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Franklin County, Hampshire County, and Worcester County.[1] Independent Susannah Whipps of Athol has represented the district since 2015.[2][3]
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[4]
- Athol
- part of Belchertown
- Erving
- Gill
- New Salem
- Orange
- Petersham
- Phillipston
- Royalston
- Templeton
- Warwick
- Wendell
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[5]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Greenfield, circa 1927 [6]
- Leverett, circa 1872 [7]
- Montague, circa 1872 [7]
- Shutesbury, circa 1872 [7]
- Sunderland, circa 1872 [7]
Elections results from statewide races
| Year | Office | District Results | Statewide Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | President | Obama 56.6 – 43.3% | Obama 60.7 – 37.5% |
| Senator | Brown 50.4 – 48.8% | Warren 53.7 – 46.2% | |
| 2013 | Senator | Gomez 53.0 – 45.9% | Markey 54.8 – 44.6% |
| 2014 | Governor | Baker 50.1 – 40.1% | Baker 48.4 – 46.5% |
| Senator | Markey 53.9 – 42.0% | Markey 61.9 – 38.0% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 45.2 – 43.0% | Clinton 60.0 – 32.8% |
| 2018 | Governor | Baker 70.8 – 26.9% | Baker 66.6 – 33.1% |
| Senator | Warren 50.4 – 43.3% | Warren 60.3 – 36.2% |
Representatives
- Wm. T. Clement, circa 1858 [40]
- Stephen Bates, circa 1859 [41]
- Franklin Levi Waters, circa 1888 [42]
- George K. Pond, circa 1920 [43]
- Walter Forbes Hurlburt, circa 1951 [44]
- Edward Shortell, circa 1975 [45]
- John Merrigan, circa 2002
- Christopher Donelan, 2003–2011
- Denise Andrews, January 5, 2011 – January 7, 2015
- Susannah Whipps, 2015-current[2]
See also
Images
- Portraits of legislators
Lyman Griswold
Frederick Pierce
George Pond
Walter Forbes Hurlburt
Allan McGuane
Edward Shortell
William Benson
Carmen Buell
Christopher Donelan
Susannah Whipps Lee
References
- "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Franklin district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 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". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
- "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505/filter_by_county:Franklin
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505/filter_by_county:Hampshire
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505/filter_by_county:Worcester
- https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505
- "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
- Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Franklin County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "2nd Franklin District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Franklin County
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