Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Barnstable district

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

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] Democrat Kip Diggs of Osterville has represented the district since 2021.[2][3]

Towns represented[]

The district includes the following localities:[4]

  • part of Barnstable
  • 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]
  • Demetrius Atsalis, 1999-2013
  • Brian Mannal, 2013-2017
  • William L. Crocker, Jr., 2017-2020 [14][15]
  • Kip Diggs, 2021-present

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. ^ McCormick, By Cynthia. "Kip Diggs unseats William Crocker in 2nd Barnstable District". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  3. ^ Spillane, Geoff. "Diggs has done it!". Barnstable Patriot. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  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. ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
  8. ^ a b c "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  9. ^ a b c 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. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Barnstable district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  15. ^ "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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