Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden 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 Hampden County and Hampshire County.[1] Democrat Thomas Petrolati of Ludlow has represented the district since 1987.[2] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Chip Harrington and Jake Oliveira.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[5]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district and Hampden district.[6]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • George H. Chapman, circa 1858 [8]
  • James Renney, circa 1858 [8]
  • George M. Stearns, circa 1859 [9]
  • Albert Fuller, circa 1859 [9]
  • A. Olin Brooks, circa 1888 [10]
  • Samuel F. Brown, circa 1920 [11]
  • Thomas T. Gray, circa 1951 [12]
  • David Michael Hartley, circa 1975 [13]
  • William D. Mullins, circa 1986
  • Thomas M. Petrolati, 1987-current[2][14]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Frank Hodskins
  • Bion Wheeler
  • Chester Arthur Pike
  • Tycho Peterson
  • Thomas Gray
  • Frederick Whitney
  • David Bartley
  • William Mullins
  • Thomas Petrolati

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 7th Hampden district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 23, 2020
  4. "7th Hampden District state rep. race pits 'life experience' against youth: James 'Chip' Harrington vs. Jake Oliveira", Masslive.com, August 23, 2020
  5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  6. 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
  7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  8. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  10. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Hampden County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  11. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  12. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  14. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
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