Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester district
American legislative district
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester 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 Worcester County.[1] Republican Kimberly Ferguson of Holden has represented the district since 2011.[2] She is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[3][4]
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[5]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester district, Worcester and Middlesex district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[6]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Ashburnham, circa 1872 [7]
- Winchendon, circa 1872 [7]
Representatives
- Jacob B. Harris, circa 1858 [8]
- J. D. Crosby, circa 1859 [9]
- Sidney P. Smith, circa 1888 [10]
- James Oliver, circa 1908
- William Lord, circa 1918
- Almond Smith, circa 1920 [11]
- Charles Cooke, circa 1935
- Samuel Joseph Boudreau, circa 1951 [12]
- H. Thomas Colo, circa 1975 [13]
- Mary Jane McKenna, circa 1983
- Harold Lane, circa 1995
- Lewis G. Evangelidis [2]
- Kimberly N. Ferguson, 2011-current[2][14]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
- Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
- Portraits of legislators
James Oliver
William Lord
Almond Smith
Charles Cooke
Samuel Joseph Boudreau
H. Thomas Colo
Harold Lane
Lewis Evangelidis
