Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1] It covers 23.0% of Essex county population.^[2][3] Democrat Diana DiZoglio of Methuen has represented the district since 2019.^[4]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• Amesbury
• Haverhill
• Merrimac
• Methuen
• Newburyport
• North Andover
• Salisbury

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Essex, 2nd Essex, 3rd Essex, 14th Essex, 15th Essex, and 17th Essex districts.^[5]

Towns formerly represented

Map of the 1876 apportionment of the 1st Essex senatorial district

The district previously covered the following:

• Lynn, circa 1860s;^[6] circa 1948;^[7] circa 1987 ^[8]
• Lynnfield, circa 1860s;^[6] circa 1987 ^[8]
• Marblehead, circa 1860s;^[6] circa 1987 ^[8]
• Nahant, circa 1860s;^[6] circa 1948;^[7] circa 1987 ^[8]
• Saugus, circa 1860s;^[6] circa 1987 ^[8]
• Swampscott, circa 1860s;^[6] circa 1948;^[7] circa 1987 ^[8]

List of senators

• William Fabens, circa 1859 ^[9]
• George H. Sweetser (1867, 1869)
• William Schouler (1868)
• Harmon Hall (1876, 1880–1881)
• John R. Baldwin (1882–1884)
• Eugene A. Bessom, circa 1894
• William Salter
• George Jackson
• Charles Benjamin Frothingham

Senator	Party	Years	Legis.	Electoral history	District towns
Albert Cole[10]	Republican	1935 – 1940	149th 150th 151st	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Resigned to become Mayor of Lynn.
Charles V. Hogan[11][12][13]	Democratic	1941 – August 7, 1971	152nd 153rd 154th 155th 156th 157th 158th 159th 160th 161st 162nd 163rd 164th 165th 166th 167th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Died.
James J. Carrigan	Democratic	1972 – 1973	167th	Elected in 1972 special election. Lost Democratic primary in 1972.
Walter J. Boverini[14][15][16]	Democratic	1973 – 1995	168th 169th 170th 171st 172nd 173rd 174th 175th 176th 177th 178th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired
Edward J. Clancy Jr.	Democratic	1995 – 2002	179th 180th 181st 182nd	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Resigned in 2002 to become Mayor of Lynn.
Thomas M. McGee	Democratic	2002 – 2003	182nd	Elected in 2002 special election. Redistricted to 3rd Essex and Middlesex district.
Steven Baddour[17]	Democratic	2003– April 2, 2012	183rd 184th 185th 186th 187th	Redistricted from 3rd Essex district. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2012. Resigned on April 2, 2012.
Kathleen O'Connor Ives[18]	Democratic	January 2013 – January 2, 2019	188th 189th 190th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.
Diana DiZoglio[4]	Democratic	January 2019– January 2023	191st 192nd	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired to run for Massachusetts State Auditor.
Pavel Payano[4]	Democratic	January 2023–	193rd	Elected in 2022.

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  William Salter
• 
  George Jackson
• 
  Charles Benjamin Frothingham

See also

• List of Massachusetts Senate elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
• Other Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 2nd, 3rd; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex
• Essex 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

References

1. "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
2. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Counties ↔ legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, Counties to State Senate Districts
3. Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
4. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
5. 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts
6. Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
7. Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 2023), "1948 Chap. 0250. An Act To Establish Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/57550 – via State Library of Massachusetts
8. Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1987), "1987 Chap. 0305. An Act Establishing Executive Councillor And Senatorial Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/8462 – via State Library of Massachusetts
9. General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
10. Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
11. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
12. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
13. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
14. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
15. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
16. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
17. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
18. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Open seats in the state Senate

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "First Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• "1st Essex District", Votedizoglio.com, archived from the original on May 14, 2020