Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district

Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Essex county.[2] Democrat Joan Lovely of Salem has represented the district since 2013.[3]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex, 6th Essex, 7th Essex, 12th Essex, and 13th Essex districts.[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered the following:

List of senators
  • J.B.F. Osgood, circa 1859 [6]
  • Francis T. Berry, circa 1894
  • E. Howard Perley
  • Thomas Walter Creese
  • Arthur S. Adams, circa 1911
  • Albert Pierce, circa 1935 [7]
  • J. Elmer Callahan, circa 1945 [8]
Senator Party Years Legis. Electoral history District towns

Christopher H. Phillips		 Republican 1949–
1953		 156th
157th
158th		 Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Resigned to join U.S. State Department.

C. Henry Glovsky		 Republican 1953–
1957		 158th
159th		 Elected in 1953.
Re-elected in 1954.
Herbert Tuckerman[9] Republican 1957 –
1959		 160th Elected in 1956.
Ran for Lt. Governor in 1958.

Kevin B. Harrington[10]		 Democratic 1959 –
1978		 161st
162nd
163rd
164th
165th
166th
167th
168th
169th
170th
 Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Resigned.

John G. King[11]		 Democratic 1979 –
1983		 171st
172nd
 Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired.

Frederick Berry[12][13][14]		 Democratic 1983–
January 2, 2013		 173rd
174th
175th
176th
177th
178th
179th
180th
181st
182nd
183rd
184th
185th
186th
187th		 Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.

Joan Lovely[3]		 Democratic January 2, 2013–
 188th
189th
190th
191st
192nd		 Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • E. Howard Perley
    E. Howard Perley
  • Thomas Walter Creese
    Thomas Walter Creese
  • J. Elmer Callahan
    J. Elmer Callahan

See also

References
  1. "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2nd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  5. 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts
  6. General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  8. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  9. Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  10. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  11. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  12. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  13. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  14. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 12, 2020.


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