Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Franklin County, Hampshire County, and Worcester County. Independent Susannah Whipps of Athol has represented the district since 2015.

Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:
 * Athol
 * part of Belchertown
 * Erving
 * Gill
 * New Salem
 * Orange
 * Petersham
 * Phillipston
 * Royalston
 * Templeton
 * Warwick
 * Wendell

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.

Former locales
The district previously covered:
 * Greenfield, circa 1927
 * Leverett, circa 1872
 * Montague, circa 1872
 * Shutesbury, circa 1872
 * Sunderland, circa 1872

Representatives

 * Wm. T. Clement, circa 1858
 * Stephen Bates, circa 1859
 * Franklin Levi Waters, circa 1888
 * George K. Pond, circa 1920
 * Walter Forbes Hurlburt, circa 1951
 * Edward Shortell, circa 1975
 * John Merrigan, circa 2002
 * Christopher Donelan, 2003–2011
 * Denise Andrews, January 5, 2011 – January 7, 2015
 * Susannah Whipps, 2015-current

Images

 * Portraits of legislators