Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district

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Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
Area 921.64 mi²
Distribution 84.79% urban, 15.21% rural
Population (2000) 634,444
Median income $44,386
Ethnic composition 82.5% White, 5.9% Black, 1.3% Asian, 9.2% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American
Occupation 24.0% blue collar, 60.6% white collar, 15.3% gray collar
Cook Partisan Voting Index D + 11

Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district is in south central Massachusetts. It is currently represented by Richard Neal, who has served the district since January 1989.

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[edit] Cities and Towns in the district

The district contains the following municipalities:

In Hampden County:

Agawam, Brimfield, Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Springfield, Wales, Wilbraham.

In Hampshire County:

Hadley, Northampton, South Hadley.

In Norfolk County:

Bellingham.

In Worcester County:

Blackstone, Brookfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Grafton, Hopedale, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, North Brookfield, Northbridge, Oxford, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren, Webster.

[edit] Representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration 1787-03-04 – March 3, 1793 Salem District moved and became General ticket
Dwight Foster Pro-Administration General ticket:
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795		 Brookfield General ticket abandoned
William Lyman Anti-Administration Northampton
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration Stockbridge
Artemas Ward Pro-Administration Shrewsbury
William Lyman Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – 1797 Northampton
William Shepard Federalist March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 Westfield
Jacob Crowninshield Democratic-Republican 1803 – 1807
Joseph Story Democratic-Republican 1807 – 1809
Benjamin Pickman, Jr. Federalist 1809 – 1811
William Reed Federalist 1811 – 1815
Timothy Pickering Federalist 1815 – 1817
Nathaniel Silsbee Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1821
Gideon Barstow Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1823
Benjamin W. Crowninshield Adams-Clay Federalist 1823 – March 3, 1825
Adams March 3, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Anti-Jacksonian March 3, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Rufus Choate Anti-Jacksonian 1831 – 1834
Stephen C. Phillips Anti-Jacksonian 1834 – 1837
Whig 1837 – 1838
Leverett Saltonstall I Whig December 5, 1838 – March 3, 1843
Daniel P. King Whig March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851
Robert Rantoul, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1851 – August 7, 1852 Beverly Died
Vacant August 7, 1852 – December 13, 1852
Francis B. Fay Whig December 13, 1852 – March 3, 1853
Samuel L. Crocker Whig March 3, 1853 – 1855
James Buffinton American March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 Fall River
Republican March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
Oakes Ames Republican 1863 – 1873
Benjamin W. Harris Republican 1873 – 1883
John D. Long Republican 1883 – 1889
Elijah A. Morse Republican 1889 – 1893
Frederick H. Gillett Republican March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1925
George B. Churchill Republican March 4, 1925 – July 1, 1925 Died
Vacant July 1, 1925 – September 29, 1925
Henry L. Bowles Republican September 29, 1925 – March 3, 1929
Will Kirk Kaynor Republican March 4, 1929 – December 20, 1929 Died
Vacant December 20, 1929 – February 11, 1930
William J. Granfield Democratic February 11, 1930 – January 3, 1937
Charles R. Clason Republican January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949
Foster Furcolo Democratic January 3, 1949 – September 30, 1952 Resigned when elected State Treasurer
Vacant September 30, 1952 – January 3, 1953
Edward Boland Democratic January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1989
Richard E. Neal Democratic January 3, 1989 – Present Springfield
Representative Party Years District home Note

[edit] Election results

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U.S. House election, 2002: Massachusetts, District 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Neal 153,387 99.13
Write-in 1,341 0.87
Majority 152,046 98.26
Turnout 154,728
Democratic hold Swing
U.S. House election, 2004: Massachusetts, District 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Neal 217,682 98.96 -.17
Write-in 2,282 1.04 +.17
Majority 227,183 97.92 -.34
Turnout 219,962
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] External Links

CNN.com 2004 election results
CNN.com 2006 election results


Massachusetts's congressional districts
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The 11th–20th districts are obsolete. Some moved to Maine in 1820.
See also: Massachusetts's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations
All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps
Massachusetts's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators: Edward Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D)

Representative(s): John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Marty Meehan (D), John F. Tierney (D), Ed Markey (D), Mike Capuano (D), Stephen Lynch (D), Bill Delahunt (D)

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