Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampden district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampden 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 Hampden County.[1] Democrat Brian Ashe of Longmeadow has represented the district since 2009.[2]
Towns represented
[edit]The district includes the following localities:[3]
- part of East Longmeadow
- Hampden
- Longmeadow
- Monson
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[4]
Former locales
[edit]The district previously covered:
Representatives
[edit]- Solomon A. Fay, circa 1858 [6]
- Henry Scism, circa 1859 [7]
- William Provin, circa 1888 [8]
- Charles Fay Shepard, circa 1888 [8]
- Herbert L. Miller, circa 1920 [9]
- Frederick A. Warren, circa 1920 [9]
- John Forbes Thompson, circa 1951 [10]
- Iris K. Holland, circa 1975 [11]
- Mary Rogeness
- Brian M. Ashe, 2009-current[2][12]
See also
[edit]- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
- Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Hampden district". PD43 . Retrieved May 2, 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
- ^ a b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 15, 1888). "Representatives: Hampden County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 15, 2023.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
House Democrats...face opposition
External links
[edit]- Ballotpedia
- "2nd Hampden District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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