Massachusetts House of Representatives' 21st Middlesex district explained

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]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• 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.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Carlisle, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Lexington, circa 1872

Representatives

• Samuel P. Breed, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Stillman E. Parker, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Thomas J. Flynn, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Elbridge Gerry Davis, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Lloyd Makepeace, circa 1920
• George Louis Richards, circa 1920
• Louis Harry Glaser, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Herbert L. Jackson, 1951–1955
• Angelo Marotta, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Robert Krekorian
• Bradley Jones Jr.
• Charles A. Murphy
• Kenneth I. Gordon, 2013-current

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

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 21st Middlesex 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 5, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 5, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 21st Middlesex 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: Middlesex County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/42/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . 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 .