Massachusetts House of Representatives' 21st Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 21st Middlesex 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 Middlesex County.^[1] Democrat Ken Gordon of Bedford has represented the district since 2013.^[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 21st Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• Bedford
• Burlington
• part of Wilmington

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex district, 3rd Middlesex district, and 4th Middlesex district.^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Carlisle, circa 1872 ^[5]
• Lexington, circa 1872 ^[5]

Representatives

• Samuel P. Breed, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Stillman E. Parker, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Thomas J. Flynn, circa 1888 ^[8]
• Elbridge Gerry Davis, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Lloyd Makepeace, circa 1920 ^[9]
• George Louis Richards, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Louis Harry Glaser, circa 1951 ^[10]
• Herbert L. Jackson, 1951–1955 ^[10]
• Angelo Marotta, circa 1975 ^[11]
• Robert Krekorian
• Bradley Jones Jr.
• Charles A. Murphy
• Kenneth I. Gordon, 2013-current^[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Charles Dean
• 
  Alvin Bliss
• 
  George Richards
• 
  Lloyd Makepeace
• 
  Burt Dewar
• 
  Elbridge Davis
• 
  John Kimball
• 
  William Hastings
• 
  Fred Lamson
• 
  Robert F. Murphy
• 
  Herbert Loring Jackson, 1951
• 
  Louis Harry Glaser
• 
  George O'Farrell
• 
  George Walsh
• 
  Angelo Marotta
• 
  Michael Barrett
• 
  Bradley Jones
• 
  Charles Murphy

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 21st Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
4. 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
5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "21st Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).