The following is a list of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the United States. Legislative districts for elected representation in the Massachusetts House of Representatives are apportioned based on census information. Apportionment has occurred generally every ten years: in 1857, 1866, 1876, 1886, 1896, 1906, 1916, 1926, 1939, 1947,[1]...2011.

There were no districts before 1857. Representatives were elected from each town and city. The number of House members "fluctuated from a low of 131 members in 1782 to a high of 748 members in 1812."[1] Starting in 1857, 240 House districts were "drawn by county boards on the basis of statutory assignment of seats to each county."[1] A 1974 referendum, supported by the League of Women Voters, reduced the number of seats from 240 to 160.[2]

Former districts

Map of 240 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 1973
Map of the 160 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 1993
Map of the 160 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 2001

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Massachusetts General Court, Legislative Research Council (May 2, 1977), "Pre-1972 history of legislative redistricting in Massachusetts", Seventh interim report of the joint special committee established to study a new division of the Commonwealth into one hundred and sixty representative districts, forty senatorial districts, and either councillor districts (PDF), p. 19+ – via New England School of Law
  2. ^ "Mass. House candidates, district by district", Boston Globe, July 22, 1978
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1977.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b c Massachusetts General Court (October 13, 1963), "1963 Chap. 0666. An Act Apportioning Representatives to the Several Counties of the Commonwealth...", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/13922
  6. ^ a b Massachusetts General Court (October 13, 1977), "1977 Chap. 0277. An Act Establishing One Hundred And Sixty Representative Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/28578
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1894.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ a b c d Massachusetts General Court (October 13, 2023), "1939 Chap. 0467. An Act Apportioning Representatives To The Several Counties Of The Commonwealth...", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/62502 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  9. ^ a b c Massachusetts General Court (October 13, 1993), "1993 Chapter 0273. An Act Dividing The Commonwealth Into One Hundred And Sixty State Representative Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/26288
  10. ^ a b Massachusetts General Court (October 13, 1973), "1973 Chap. 0326. An Act Establishing Representative Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/26842 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  11. ^ Massachusetts General Court (October 13, 1988), "1988 Chapter 0011. An Act Dividing The Commonwealth Into One Hundred And Sixty State Representative Districts", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/9255

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