The following is a list of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate in the United States. The legislative districts were created to apportion elected representation in the Massachusetts Senate based on voter population. In recent decades, redistricting occurs every ten years.
Former state senate districts
- 1st Bristol district
- 1st Hampden district
- 1st Norfolk district
- 1st Plymouth district
- 1st Suffolk and Norfolk district
- 1st Worcester and Middlesex district
- 2nd Bristol district
- 2nd Hampden district
- 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district
- 2nd Norfolk district
- 2nd Plymouth district
- 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk district
- 2nd Worcester and Middlesex district
- 3rd Bristol district
- 3rd Essex and Middlesex district
- 3rd Middlesex and Norfolk district
- 3rd Norfolk district
- 3rd Suffolk district
- 3rd Worcester district
- 4th Essex district
- 4th Suffolk district
- 4th Worcester district
- 5th Essex district
- 5th Suffolk district
- 5th Worcester district
- 6th Essex district
- 6th Middlesex district
- 6th Suffolk district
- 7th Middlesex district
- 7th Suffolk district
- 8th Middlesex district
- 8th Suffolk district
- 9th Suffolk district
- Barnstable County
- Berkshire district
- Berkshire and Hampshire district
- Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire district
- Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin district
- Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district
- Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden district
- Bristol and Plymouth district
- Cape district
- Cape and Plymouth district
- Central Worcester district
- East Hampden district
- East Norfolk district
- East Worcester district
- Essex County
- Franklin district
- Franklin and Hampshire district
- Hampden and Berkshire district
- Hampden and Hampshire district
- Hampshire district
- Hampshire and Franklin district
- Island district
- Middle Plymouth district
- Middlesex and Essex district
- Middlesex and Norfolk district
- Middlesex County
- Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester district
- Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex district
- Norfolk district
- Norfolk and Bristol district
- Norfolk and Middlesex district
- Norfolk County
- North Berkshire district
- North Bristol district
- North Norfolk district
- North Plymouth district
- North-East Worcester district
- Plymouth district
- Plymouth County
- South Berkshire district
- South Bristol district
- South Plymouth district
- South-East Worcester district
- South-West Worcester district
- Suffolk and Middlesex district
- Suffolk and Norfolk district
- Suffolk County
- Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex district
- West Bristol district
- West Hampden district
- West Norfolk district
- West Worcester district
- Worcester district
- Worcester and Hampden district
- Worcester and Hampshire district
- Worcester County
- Worcester, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire district
- Worcester, Hampden and Hampshire district
- Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin district
See also
- List of current districts of the Massachusetts Senate
- History of the Massachusetts General Court
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Apportionment in US state legislatures
References
- Douglas Keith; Eric Petry (2015), Apportionment of State Legislatures, 1776-1920, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1987) – via Massachusetts State Library
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Establish Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1960)
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1977)
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1970)
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2001)
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1866)
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1886)
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020,
Barnstable County
- Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1993) – via Massachusetts State Library
- Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1918.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act to Divide the Commonwealth into Forty Districts for the Choice of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1857)
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020,
Essex County
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020,
Middlesex County
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020,
Norfolk County
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020,
Plymouth County
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020,
Suffolk County
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020,
Worcester County
Further reading
- "Senate Alters Some Districts: Shakes Up Bill to Meet Fuller Demands in Part", Boston Globe, May 26, 1926
- "Democrats Rap Redistricting Bill for State Senate", Boston Globe, May 20, 1947
- "Changing Senate Districts a Dizzying Jigsaw Job", Boston Globe, November 26, 1959
- "Redistricting Too Stingy, House Democrats' Plaint", Boston Globe, May 19, 1960
- Massachusetts General Court, Legislative Research Council (April 20, 1977), Sixth interim report of the joint special committee established for the purpose of studying (1) a new division of the Commonwealth into representative districts and (2) a new division of the Commonwealth into forty senatorial and eight executive councillors districts (PDF) – via New England School of Law
- Massachusetts General Court, Legislative Research Council (May 2, 1977), "Pre-1972 history of legislative redistricting in Massachusetts", Seventh interim report of the joint special committee established to study a new division of the Commonwealth into one hundred and sixty representative districts, forty senatorial districts, and either councillor districts (PDF), p. 19+
- "Plan's meandering district lines protect Hub incumbents", Boston Globe, July 13, 1987
External links
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate election statistics". PD43+.
- "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, American Antiquarian Society, 2007 – via Tufts University (Lampi Collection)
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