Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Worcester district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Worcester 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 Worcester County.^[1] Democrat Meghan Kilcoyne has represented the district since 2021.^[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 primary included Ceylan Rowe and Meghan Kilcoyne. Candidates Meghan Kilcoyne, Susan Smiley, and Charlene DiCalogero have been selected to run in the general election in November 2020.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Berlin
• Boylston
• Clinton
• Lancaster
• part of Northborough
• part of Sterling

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester district and Worcester and Middlesex district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Grafton, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Shrewsbury, circa 1872

Representatives

• Amasa Walker, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Luther Stowell, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Albert L. Fisher, circa 1888 ^[6]
• J. Henry Robinson, circa 1888
• Henry H. Wheelock, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Arthur Ulton Mahan, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Thomas Francis Fallon, circa 1975 ^[9]
• William Constantino Jr.
• Harold P. Naughton, Jr., 1995-2021
• Meghan Kilcoyne, 2021-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
• Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 12th Worcester District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . May 3, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 3, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 12th Worcester district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
4. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
5. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
6. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Worcester County . October 15, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/46/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 15, 2023 . Boston Review .
8. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
9. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .