Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th 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 the city of Somerville in Middlesex County.^[1][2] Democrat Erika Uyterhoeven is the current representative.

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district.^[3]

Representatives

• Cyrus A. Davis, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Noah Ball, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Dennis J. O'Brien, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Lewis Parkhurst, circa 1908
• Winfield F. Prime, 1913-1914
• Jacob Bitzer, 1915-1919
• Charles C. Warren, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Bert Currier, circa 1923
• Owen McLellan, circa 1935
• Michael Francis Skerry, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Paul Cavanaugh, circa 1967
• Sherman W. Saltmarsh, Jr., circa 1975 ^[9]
• Charles Flaherty, circa 1983
• Patricia D. Jehlen
• Denise Provost, 2007-2021
• Erika Uyterhoeven, 2021–present^[10]

Former locale

The district previously covered:

• part of Lowell, circa 1872 ^[11]

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, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

• 
  Lewis Parkhurst
• 
  Winfield F. Prime, in office 1913-1914 (photo circa 1901)
• 
  Jacob Bitzer, in office 1915-1919
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  Bert Currier
• 
  Owen McLellan
• 
  Michael Skerry
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  Paul Cavanaugh
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  Sherman Saltmarsh
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  Charles Flaherty
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  Patricia Jehlen, in office 2003–2005 (photo 1991)
• 
  Denise Provost

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
3. 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
4. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
5. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
6. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
7. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
8. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
9. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 27th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
11. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

Further reading

• Chris Lisinski (August 31, 2020), "Voters Likely Picking 7 New Mass. House Members In State Primary", Wbur.org
• Katie Lannan; Chris Lisinski (September 2, 2020), "Sen. Welch, Rep. Nangle lose state legislative seats", Boston Globe, Challengers defeated incumbents in key Democratic primaries, reshaping Beacon Hill

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "27th Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).