Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Barnstable district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Barnstable district in the United States is one of 160
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[4]
- part of Barnstable (including Hyannis)
- part of Yarmouth
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district.[5]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Brewster, circa 1872, 1927 [6]
- Chatham, circa 1927 [7]
- Dennis, circa 1872, 1927 [6]
- Eastham, circa 1927 [7]
- Harwich, circa 1872, 1927 [6]
- Orleans, circa 1927 [7]
- Provincetown, circa 1927 [7]
- Truro, circa 1927 [7]
- Wellfleet, circa 1927 [7]
Representatives
- John W. Atwood, circa 1858 [8]
- Thomas Dodge, circa 1858 [8]
- Luther Studley, circa 1858 [8]
- Nathaniel Doane, Jr, circa 1859 [9]
- James S. Howes, circa 1859 [9]
- Benjamin H. Matthews, circa 1859 [9]
- Joseph W. Rogers, circa 1888 [10]
- Erastus T. Bearse, circa 1920 [11]
- Oscar Josiah Cahoon, circa 1951 [12]
- Howard C. Cahoon, Jr., circa 1975 [13]
- Thomas K. Lynch, 1979-1985
- Peter B. Morin, 1985-1991
- John C. Klimm, 1991-1999
- Demetrius Atsalis, 1999-2013
- Brian Mannal, 2013-2017
- William L. Crocker, Jr., 2017-2020 [14][15]
- Kip Diggs, 2021–present
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Barnstable County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th; Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
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Clenric Cahoon -
William Stetson -
Thomas Nickerson -
E. Hayes Small -
I. Grafton Howes -
Oscar Josiah Cahoon -
Stephen Weekes -
Howard Cahoon -
Thomas Lynch -
John Klimm
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ McCormick, Cynthia. "Kip Diggs unseats William Crocker in 2nd Barnstable District". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Spillane, Geoff. "Diggs has done it!". Barnstable Patriot. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b c d e f "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 17, 2023. pp. 196–206.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b c Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Barnstable County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Barnstable district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
Further reading
- "Diggs Receiving Guidance in State Rep Bid from Atsalis", Capecod.com, August 18, 2020
External links
- Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Second Barnstable District
- "2nd Barnstable District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area
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