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The Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester Senatorial District is one of 40 electoral districts that each send one senator to the Massachusetts Senate. The district is represented by state Sen. Stan Rosenberg of Amherst, a Democrat who serves as President of the Massachusetts Senate.

The district represents the northern Pioneer Valley, including much of the Mohawk Trail area and greater Northampton.

Under previous apportionment plans dating back to the 1850s, the district has always included most of Franklin County, usually also including the Hampshire County college towns of Amherst and Northampton. Before redistricting in 2011 added one town in Worcester County, the district was known for two decades as the Hampshire and Franklin District; for most of its history, it was called the Franklin and Hampshire District.

Cities and towns
The Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District consists of one city, Northampton, and 23 towns in northwestern Massachusetts.

History
The Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District can trace its history back to the original state senatorial districts created in 1857. Before the 1857 apportionment, senators were elected by county, with Franklin County generally electing one senator, and Hampshire apportioned two senators at-large.

1857-1866: Hampshire and Franklin
When the current system of single-member districts was enacted in 1857, the districts still tended to stay within county lines; the only exception in mainland Massachusetts was the Hampshire and Franklin District, covering the eastern halves of those two counties and consisting of the towns of Amherst, Belchertown, Enfield, Erving, Granby, Greenwich, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Orange, Pelham, Prescott, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Ware, Warwick and Wendell.

After the redistricting of 1866, the district was abolished, its towns absorbed into the Franklin District and the Hampshire District (after 1886, the Worcester and Hampshire District).

1896-1948: Franklin and Hampshire
In the reapportionment of 1896, the Franklin District was abolished and the easternmost Hampshire County towns were attached to all of Franklin County in the new Franklin and Hampshire District. The district now contained Amherst, Ashfield, Belchertown, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Enfield, Erving, Gill, Granby, Greenfield, Greenwich, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Prescott, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Ware, Warwick, Wendell and Whately.

Hadley and South Hadley joined the Franklin and Hampshire District in the district lines drawn in 1906.

It was this district that future United States President Calvin Coolidge represented as a state senator from 1912 to 1915.

Redistricting in 1916 saw several Hampshire County towns west of the Connecticut River join the district: Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Hatfield, Middlefield, Plainfield, Williamsburg and Worthington.

The district expanded in the redistricting of 1939 to add Easthampton and Huntington from the Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden District, and Ludlow from the Worcester and Hampden District. Despite the addition of a Hampden County town (Ludlow), the district's name did not change.

Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott were disincorporated in 1938 during the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir, but most of their territory was absorbed by New Salem and Ware, and remained in the Franklin and Hampshire District.

1948-1971: Franklin and Hampshire
In the redistricting of 1948, Huntington moved to the Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire District. The district now consisted of Amherst, Ashfield, Belchertown, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Chesterfield, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Deerfield, Easthampton, Erving, Gill, Goshen, Granby, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Ludlow, Middlefield, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Plainfield, Rowe, Shelburne, South Hadley, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, Whately, Williamsburg and Worthington.

Huntington rejoined the district in the reapportionment of 1960, along with three other western Hampshire County communities, ], [[Southampton, Massachusetts|Southampton and Westhampton. Belchertown and Ware moved to the Worcester and Hampden District, Ludlow to the 1st Hampden District, Middlefield and Worthington to the Hampden and Berkshire District.

1971-1979: Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden
For the first time since 1896, in the redistricting of 1970, the Franklin and Hampshire District did not include all of Franklin County, as the towns of New Salem and Orange joined the Worcester, Hampden and Hampshire District. Additionally, Granby moved to the Worcester, Hampden and Hampshire District; and Hadley, Huntington and Southampton to the 2nd Hampden District. Middlefield and Worthington rejoined the district, along with Becket, Chester, Great Barrington and Tyringham on the district's western boundary, all from the Hampden and Berkshire District. Despite the addition of towns from Hampden and Berkshire counties, the district's name did not change until four years later.

Republican John D. Barrus of Goshen had been elected in 1966 and re-elected in 1968. He was re-elected again with no opposition in 1970, but lost two years later to then-state Rep. John W. Olver.

The redistricting of 1973 renamed the district Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden District after moving the three Berkshire County towns (Becket, Great Barrington and Tyringham) to the Berkshire District, and Westhampton to the Hampden and Hampshire District. Granby rejoined the district, and Hadley was added from the 2nd Hampden District.

In 1976, Walter B. Mitchell beat Louis J. Morini in a primary contest for the Republican nomination.

1979-1995: Franklin and Hampshire
In the redistricting of 1977, Chester and several western Hampshire County towns moved to the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District, and several eastern Franklin County towns moved to the Worcester, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire District. The renamed Franklin and Hampshire District now consisted of Amherst, Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Easthampton, Granby, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Middlefield, Monroe, Montague, Northampton, Pelham, Rowe, Shelburne, South Hadley, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Whately and Williamsburg.

John W. Olver was re-elected with no opposition in 1978 and 1980.

Olver held his seat against a Democratic primary challenge by Philip S. Mokrzecki in 1984, but faced no general election opponent.

Redistricting in 1987 added Chesterfield, Goshen, Huntington and Westhampton from the Hampden and Hampshire District, but removed several towns from the northwest and northeastern edges of the district: Charlemont, Colrain, Hawley, Heath, Middlefield, Monroe and Rowe to the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire District, and Leyden, Pelham and Shutesbury to the Worcester, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire District.

Following the death of Congressman Silvio O. Conte in 1991, Olver narrowly won a special election for the 1st Congressional District. He would continue to serve in the United States House of Representatives until 2013.

Olver's departure from the state Senate prompted a special election in 1991. Stanley C. Rosenberg of Amherst defeated David B. Musante Jr. in the Democratic primary; the 1990 Republican candidate, Douglas R. Dagarin, captured the GOP nomination without opposition.

1995-2013: Hampshire and Franklin
The 1993 reapportionment returned Bernardston, Colrain, Gill and Leyden on the northern edge of the district, and Pelham, Shutesbury and Wendell on the eastern edge, though Granby was ceded to the 1st Hampden and Hampshire District.

Rosenberg was re-elected with no opponents in 1996 and 1998.

In the redistricting of 2001, the district gained the eastern Franklin County towns of Erving, New Salem and Northfield, but lost several towns on its western edge to an expanding Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin District: Ashfield, Conway, Chesterfield, Goshen, Huntington, Westhampton and Williamsburg. The southern precincts of Belchertown moved to the 1st Hampden and Hampshire District.

Rosenberg was re-elected in 2002 with no opponents.

Rosenberg was re-elected in 2010 with no opponents.

2013-present: Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
New lines drawn in 2011 brought the remaining eastern Franklin County towns, Orange and Warwick, into the district, along with Royalston in Worcester County, prompting a change in the district's name to Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District. The district also lost Buckland and Shelburne to what was now called the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden District, and the remaining precincts of Belchertown to the 1st Hampden and Hampshire District.

Rosenberg was re-elected in 2012 and 2014 with no opponents.