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.[1] In recent decades, redistricting occurs every ten years.

Former state senate districts

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Map of Massachusetts state senate districts apportioned in 1876
 
Map of Massachusetts state senate districts apportioned in 1916
 
Map of Massachusetts state senate districts, 2001
  • 1st Bristol district[2]
  • 1st Hampden district[2]
  • 1st Norfolk district[3]
  • 1st Plymouth district[4]
  • 1st Suffolk and Norfolk district[2]
  • 1st Worcester and Middlesex district[2]
  • 2nd Bristol district[2]
  • 2nd Hampden district[2]
  • 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district[4]
  • 2nd Norfolk district[3]
  • 2nd Plymouth district[4]
  • 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk district[2]
  • 2nd Worcester and Middlesex district[2]
  • 3rd Bristol district[5]
  • 3rd Essex and Middlesex district[6]
  • 3rd Middlesex and Norfolk district
  • 3rd Norfolk district[7]
  • 3rd Suffolk district[5]
  • 3rd Worcester district[5]
  • 4th Essex district[5]
  • 4th Suffolk district[5]
  • 4th Worcester district[5]
  • 5th Essex district[5]
  • 5th Suffolk district[5]
  • 5th Worcester district[7]
  • 6th Essex district[8]
  • 6th Middlesex district[5]
  • 6th Suffolk district[5]
  • 7th Middlesex district[5]
  • 7th Suffolk district[3]
  • 8th Middlesex district[5]
  • 8th Suffolk district[8]
  • 9th Suffolk district[8]
  • Barnstable County[9]
  • Berkshire district[4]
  • Berkshire and Hampshire district[7]
  • Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire district[2]
  • Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin district[10]
  • Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district[6]
  • Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden district[11]
  • Bristol and Plymouth district[2]
  • Cape district[12]
  • Cape and Plymouth district[5]
  • Central Worcester district[12]
  • East Hampden district[12]
  • East Norfolk district[12]
  • East Worcester district[12]
  • Essex County[13]
  • Franklin district[12]
  • Franklin and Hampshire district[2]
  • Hampden and Berkshire district[5]
  • Hampden and Hampshire district[2]
  • Hampshire district[12]
  • Hampshire and Franklin district[6]
  • Island district[12]
  • Middle Plymouth district[12]
  • Middlesex and Essex district[6]
  • Middlesex and Norfolk district[2]
  • Middlesex County[14]
  • Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester district[2]
  • Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex district[6]
  • Norfolk district[2]
  • Norfolk and Bristol district[2]
  • Norfolk and Middlesex district[3]
  • Norfolk County[15]
  • North Berkshire district[12]
  • North Bristol district[12]
  • North Norfolk district[12]
  • North Plymouth district[12]
  • North-East Worcester district[12]
  • Plymouth district[2]
  • Plymouth County[16]
  • South Berkshire district[12]
  • South Bristol district[12]
  • South Plymouth district[12]
  • South-East Worcester district[12]
  • South-West Worcester district[12]
  • Suffolk and Middlesex district[2]
  • Suffolk and Norfolk district[6]
  • Suffolk County[17]
  • Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex district[2]
  • West Bristol district[12]
  • West Hampden district[12]
  • West Norfolk district[12]
  • West Worcester district[12]
  • Worcester district[2]
  • Worcester and Hampden district[3]
  • Worcester and Hampshire district[8]
  • Worcester County[18]
  • Worcester, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire district[2]
  • Worcester, Hampden and Hampshire district[5]
  • Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin district[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Keith; Eric Petry (2015), Apportionment of State Legislatures, 1776-1920, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1987) – via Massachusetts State Library
  3. ^ a b c d e Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Establish Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1960)
  4. ^ a b c d Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1977)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1970)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2001)
  7. ^ a b c Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1866)
  8. ^ a b c d Massachusetts General Court, "An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1886)
  9. ^ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Barnstable County
  10. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (1993) – via Massachusetts State Library
  11. ^ Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1918.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Massachusetts General Court, "An Act to Divide the Commonwealth into Forty Districts for the Choice of Senators", Session Laws: Acts (1857)
  13. ^ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Essex County
  14. ^ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Middlesex County
  15. ^ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Norfolk County
  16. ^ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Plymouth County
  17. ^ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Suffolk County
  18. ^ "Massachusetts: State Senate", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020, Worcester County

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