Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Berkshire district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Berkshire 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 Berkshire County. Democrat John Barrett of North Adams has represented the district since 2017.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Adams
• Cheshire
• Clarksburg
• Florida
• Hancock
• Lanesborough
• New Ashford
• North Adams
• Williamstown

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district.

Representatives

• Calvin R. Taft, circa 1858
• William T. Filley, circa 1859
• George H. Kearn, circa 1888
• Henry S. Lyons, circa 1888
• Hugh Drysdale, circa 1908
• Alton Leroy Bellows, circa 1918
• James Tracy Potter, circa 1920
• Joseph N. Roach, circa 1923-1951
• Roger Sala, circa 1953-1967
• Frank J. Matrango, circa 1975
• Frank N. Costa, 1983–1987
• Daniel E. Bosley, 1987–2011
• Gailanne Cariddi, 2011 – June 2017
• John P. Barrett, III, 2017-current

See also

• Other Berkshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 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

References

External links

• Ballotpedia
• (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Williamstown