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. Democrat Kip Diggs of Osterville has represented the district since 2021.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• 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.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Brewster, circa 1872, 1927
• Chatham, circa 1927
• Dennis, circa 1872, 1927
• Eastham, circa 1927
• Harwich, circa 1872, 1927
• Orleans, circa 1927
• Provincetown, circa 1927
• Truro, circa 1927
• Wellfleet, circa 1927

Representatives

• John W. Atwood, circa 1858
• Thomas Dodge, circa 1858
• Luther Studley, circa 1858
• Nathaniel Doane, Jr, circa 1859
• James S. Howes, circa 1859
• Benjamin H. Matthews, circa 1859
• Joseph W. Rogers, circa 1888
• Erastus T. Bearse, circa 1920
• Oscar Josiah Cahoon, circa 1951
• Howard C. Cahoon, Jr., circa 1975
• 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
• 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

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References

Further reading

External links

• Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Second Barnstable District
• (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area