Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives'_11th_Hampden_district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Hampden district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Hampden district

American legislative district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Hampden 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 Springfield in Hampden County.[1][2] Democrat Bud Williams of Springfield has represented the district since 2017.[3] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Republican Prince Golphin Jr.[4][5]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district and Hampden district.[6]

Representatives

  • Charles W. Knox, circa 1858 [7]
  • David Cannon, circa 1859 [8]
  • James F. Sweeney, circa 1920 [9]
  • William A. Cowing, circa 1951 [10]
  • George William Porter, circa 1951 [10]
  • Sean Cahillane, circa 1975 [11]
  • Benjamin Swan
  • Bud L. Williams, 2017-current[3][12]

See also

Images

Portraits of legislators
  • Jens Madsen
  • Michael Slotnick
  • James Sweeney
  • Joseph Harnisch
  • Ernest DeRoy
  • George William Porter
  • William Cowing
  • Walter Kerr
  • Sean Cahillane
  • Paul Caron
  • Benjamin Swan

References

  1. [1]
    "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  3. [3]
    Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 11th Hampden district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020
  5. [5]
    "Massachusetts primary election: 11th Hampden District candidates Prince Golphin Jr. and Bud Williams on the issues", Masslive.com, August 28, 2020
  6. [6]
    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
  7. [7]
    "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  8. [8]
    Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. [9]
    Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  10. [10]
    1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. [11]
    1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. [12]
    Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020


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