Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable 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 Barnstable County. ^[1] The district is currently represented by Democrat Chris Flanagan of Dennis. ^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[3]

• part of Barnstable
• part of Brewster
• Dennis
• part of Yarmouth

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district. ^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Bourne, circa 1927 ^[5]
• Falmouth, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[6] [5]}
• Mashpee, circa 1927 ^[5]
• Sandwich, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[6] [5]}

Representatives

• Zenas D. Basset, circa 1858 ^[7]
• John A. Baxter, circa 1858 ^[7]
• Paul Wing, circa 1858 ^[7]
• John S. Fish, circa 1859 ^[8]
• Nathaniel Hinckley, circa 1859 ^[8]
• William Nye, Jr., circa 1859 ^[8]
• Joshua Crowell, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Albert R. Eldridge, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Thomas Pattison, circa 1908
• George Dennis, circa 1918
• Edward Carroll Hinckley, circa 1923
• William Jones, circa 1935
• Henry Ellis, circa 1945
• Allan Francis Jones, circa 1951 ^[10]
• John Bowes, circa 1967
• Bernard Wilber, circa 1975 ^[11]
• Haden Greenhalgh, circa 1984
• Henri S. Rauschenbach, 1985–1988
• Edward B. Teague III, 1989–1997
• Thomas N. George, 1997–2005
• Cleon Turner, 2005 – January 6, 2015
• Timothy R. Whelan, 2015-2023 ^{[12] [13]}
• Chris Flanagan, 2023–present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Barnstable County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th; Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Thomas Pattison
• 
  George Dennis
• 
  Edward Carroll Hinckley
• 
  William Jones
• 
  Henry Ellis
• 
  Allan Francis Jones
• 
  John Bowes
• 
  Bernard Wilber
• 
  Haden Greenhalgh
• 
  Henri Rauschenbach
• 
  Edward Teague

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
2. "Representative Christopher Richard Flanagan". The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
4. 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
5. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 17, 2023. pp. 196–206.
6. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
9. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Barnstable County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Barnstable district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
13. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org , November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge

Further reading

• "Whelan Endorsed by MOSES in Re-election Campaign", Capecod.com , August 18, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "1st 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