Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Worcester district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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 Jon Zlotnik of Gardner has represented the district since 2013.[2][3]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[4]

• Ashburnham
• Gardner
• part of Westminster
• Winchendon

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Middlesex district and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[5]

Representatives

• Isaac Stevens, circa 1858[6]
• George Whitney, circa 1859[7]
• Charles W. Conant, circa 1888[8]
• Nathaniel R. Perkins, circa 1888[8]
• Charles H. Hartshorn, circa 1920[9]
• J. Warren Moulton, circa 1920[9]
• J. Philip Howard, circa 1951[10]
• Robert D. Wetmore, 1971-1977 [11]
• Richard M. Bastien
• Jonathan Zlotnik, 2013–present[2][12]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 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

• 
  Frank Barrell
• 
  William Learned
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  Charles Hartshorn
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  J Warren Moulton
• 
  Elwin Thompson
• 
  Herman Pehrsson
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  Fred Blake
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  George Stone
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  J Philip Howard
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  Robert D. Wetmore
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  Chester Suhoski
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  Robert Hawke
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  Brian Knuuttila
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  Jonathan Zlotnik

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
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 House Districts to State Senate Districts
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, House Democrats...face opposition

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "2nd Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).