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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Berkshire 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 Berkshire County.[1] Democrat John Barrett of North Adams has represented the district since 2017.[2]
Towns represented
[edit]The district includes the following localities:[3]
- Adams
- Cheshire
- Clarksburg
- Florida
- Hancock[4]
- Lanesborough[4]
- New Ashford[4]
- North Adams
- Williamstown[4]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district.[5]
Representatives
[edit]- Calvin R. Taft, circa 1858 [6]
- William T. Filley, circa 1859 [7]
- George H. Kearn, circa 1888 [8]
- Henry S. Lyons, circa 1888 [8]
- Hugh Drysdale, circa 1908
- Alton Leroy Bellows, circa 1918
- James Tracy Potter, circa 1920 [9]
- Joseph N. Roach, circa 1923-1951 [10]
- Roger Sala, circa 1953-1967
- Frank J. Matrango, circa 1975 [11]
- Frank N. Costa, 1983–1987
- Daniel E. Bosley, 1987–2011
- Gailanne Cariddi, 2011 – June 2017
- John P. Barrett, III, 2017-current[2]
See also
[edit]- Other Berkshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
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Hugh Drysdale
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Alton Leroy Bellows
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Joseph Roach
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Roger Sala
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Frank Matrango
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Frank Costa
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Daniel Bosley
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Berkshire district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ a b c d "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Berkshire County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
External links
[edit]- Ballotpedia
- "1st Berkshire District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Williamstown