Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district

Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Essex county.[2] Democrat Brendan Crighton of Lynn has represented the district since 2018.[3]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Essex, 9th Essex, 10th Essex, 11th Essex, 20th Middlesex, and 16th Suffolk districts.[4]

Former locales
Map of the 1876 apportionment of the 3rd Essex senatorial district

The district previously covered the following:

Senators
  • George L. Davis, circa 1859 [6]
  • Horace C. Bacon, circa 1874
  • James Shaw
  • Charles Donnell Brown
  • John Stoddart
  • Cornelius F. Haley, circa 1935-1945 [7][8]
Senator Party Years Legis. Electoral history District towns

Philip A. Graham[9]		 Republican 1951 –
1967		 157th
158th
159th
160th
161st
162nd
163rd
164th		 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.

William L. Saltonstall[10]		 Republican 1967 –
1975		 165th
166th
167th
168th		 Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Redistricted to 1st Essex and Middlesex district.

James Rurak		 Democratic 1975 –
1977		 169th Redistricted from 4th Essex district.
Elected in 1974.
Lost Democratic primary in 1976.

Sharon Pollard[11]		 Democratic 1977 –
1983		 170th
171st
172nd
173rd		 Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Resigned to become Massachusetts Secretary of Energy.

Nicholas J. Costello[12]		 Democratic 1983 –
1991		 173rd
174th
175th
176th
 Elected in 1983 special election.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.

James Jajuga		 Democratic 1991 –
2001		 177th
178th
179th
180th
181st
182nd		 Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Resigned to become Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety.

Steven Baddour		 Democratic 2002 –
2003		 182nd Elected in 2001 special election.
Redistricted to 1st Essex district.
District eliminated in 2003.
District restored in 2013.

Thomas M. McGee		 Democratic January 2003 –
2018		 188th
189th
190th		 Redistricted from 3rd Essex and Middlesex district.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned to become Mayor of Lynn.
2013–23: Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead,
Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott

Brendan Crighton[3]		 Democratic March 7, 2018–
 190th
191st
192nd		 Elected in 2018 special election.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • James Shaw
    James Shaw
  • Charles Donnell Brown
    Charles Donnell Brown
  • John Stoddart
    John Stoddart
  • Cornelius Haley
    Cornelius Haley

See also

References
  1. "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 16, 2020
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 3rd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. 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
  5. Massachusetts General Court (October 17, 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
  6. 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)
  7. Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  8. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  9. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  10. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  11. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  12. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.


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