Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd 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 Sean Garballey of Arlington has represented the district since 2009.^[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• part of Arlington
• part of Medford

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and 4th Middlesex districts.^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Melrose, circa 1872 ^[5]
• South Reading, circa 1872 ^[5]
• Stoneham, circa 1872 ^[5]

Representatives

• Horatio G.F. Corliss, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Sullivan Tay, circa 1858-1859 ^[6][7]
• William G. Wise, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Marcus A. Thomas, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Jno. C. Woodward, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Peter J. Brady, circa 1888 ^[8]
• Charles M. Austin, circa 1920 ^[9]
• William Fleming, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Harvey E. Frost, circa 1920 ^[9]
• Edward L. Kerr, circa 1951 ^[10]
• William Walter Kirlin, circa 1951 ^[10]
• George Keverian, circa 1975 ^[11]
• Jim Marzilli
• Sean Garballey, 2009-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, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Charles Davenport
• 
  Frank Bayrd
• 
  Thomas Riley
• 
  Charles Austin
• 
  Charles Underhill
• 
  William Fleming
• 
  Francis Smith
• 
  Walter Herbert Snow
• 
  William Bell
• 
  Edward Brady
• 
  Clark Partridge
• 
  John Vaughan
• 
  Edward Kerr
• 
  William Walter Kirlin
• 
  Gregory Khachadoorian
• 
  Janet Kirkland Starr
• 
  George Keverian
• 
  Robert Vigneau
• 
  J. James Marzilli
• 
  Sean Garballey

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 23rd 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. (October 15, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 15, 2023.
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
• "23rd Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Arlington, Massachusetts