Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Barnstable district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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] Republican Will Crocker of Centerville has represented the district since 2017.[2][3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Barnstable district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[4]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district.[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

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]
  • William L. Crocker, Jr., 2017-current[2][14]

See also

Images
  • Clenric Cahoon
  • William Stetson
  • Thomas Nickerson
  • E. Hayes Small
  • I. Grafton Howes
  • Oscar Josiah Cahoon
  • Stephen Weekes
  • Howard Cahoon
  • Thomas Lynch
  • John Klimm

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Barnstable district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
  4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  5. 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
  6. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  7. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
  8. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  10. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Barnstable County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  11. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  12. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  14. "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

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