Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Berkshire district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Berkshire district in the United States is one of 160
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[5]
- Bernardston
- Charlemont
- Colrain
- Dalton
- Greenfield
- Hawley
- Heath
- Hinsdale
- Leyden
- Monroe
- Northfield
- Peru
- Pittsfield
- Rowe
- Savoy
- Windsor
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester districts.[6]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
Representatives
- Russell C. Brown, circa 1858[8]
- Sylvander Johnson, circa 1858[8]
- William H. Tyler, 2d, circa 1859[9]
- John Milton Morin, circa 1888[10]
- William H. Woodhead, circa 1920[11]
- Richard August Ruether, circa 1951[12]
- Anthony P. McBride, circa 1975[13]
- Sherwood Guernsey, 1983–1990
- Shaun P. Kelly, 1991–2005
- Denis Guyer, 2005–2011
- Paul W. Mark, 2011-current[2]
See also
- Other Berkshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 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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Homer Hall
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George Waterman
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James Welch
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Elmer McCulloch
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Richard August Ruether
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Edward Zelazo
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Anthony McBride
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Thomas Lussier
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Shaun Kelly
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Berkshire district". PD43+. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020
- Recorder.com
- ^ 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 d "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b "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) - ^ 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
- Ballotpedia
- "2nd 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