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. The district is currently represented by Democrat Chris Flanagan of Dennis.
Towns represented The district includes the following localities: Brewster Dennis 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: Bourne, circa 1927 Falmouth, circa 1872, 1927 Mashpee, circa 1927 Sandwich, circa 1872, 1927
Representatives Zenas D. Basset, circa 1858 John A. Baxter, circa 1858 Paul Wing, circa 1858 John S. Fish, circa 1859 Nathaniel Hinckley, circa 1859 William Nye Jr., circa 1859 Joshua Crowell, circa 1888 Albert R. Eldridge, circa 1888 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 John Bowes, circa 1967
Portraits of legislators
Member Party Years Legis. Electoral history District towns John J. Bowes Republican circa 1967–1975 168th169thRe-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Retired.1971-1975: Barnstable and Yarmouth Bernard Wilber(Barnstable) Republican 1975–1977 170thElected in 1974.Lost re-election in 1976.1975-1979: Barnstable and Sandwich Thomas K. Lynch Democratic 1977–1977 171stElected in 1976.Redistricted to 2nd Barnstable district. Haden G. Greenhalgh(Harwich) Republican 1979–1985 172nd173rd174thElected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Retired.1981-1989: Brewster, Dennis, Harwich, and Yarmouth Henri S. Rauschenbach(Brewster) Republican 1985–1988 175th176thElected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Elected to State Senate in 1988. Edward B. Teague III(Yarmouth) Republican 1989–1997 177th178th179th180thElected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Ran for U.S. House in 1996.1989-2013: Brewster, Dennis and Yarmouth Thomas N. George(Yarmouthport) Republican 1997–2005 181st182nd183rd184thElected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Retired. Cleon Turner(Brewster) Democratic 2005–January 6, 2015185th186th187th188th189thElected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Retired.2013-2023: Brewster, Dennis and Yarmouth and parts of Barnstable Timothy J. Whelan(Brewster) Republican January 6, 2015–January 4, 2023 190th191st191st192ndElected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Ran for Barnstable County Sheriff in 2022. Chris Flanagan(Dennis Port) Democratic January 4, 2023– 193rd194thElected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024.2023–present: Brewster, Dennis and part of Yarmouth
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
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Further reading
External links
Ballotpedia (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey). League of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area