Massachusetts's 1st congressional district covers the western portion and the south of the central portion of the state. It is the largest and most sparsely populated district in the state, covering about 30% of the state's land area. The largest cities in the district are Springfield, Chicopee, Pittsfield, Westfield, and Holyoke.
Richard Neal, a Democrat from Springfield, represents the district; he previously represented the old 2nd from 1989 to 2013.
Cities and towns represented As of the 2021 redistricting cycle, the 1st district contains 83 municipalities:
Berkshire County (32)
All 32 municipalities
Franklin County (4)
Charlemont, Hawley, Monroe, Rowe
Hampden County (23)
All 23 municipalities
Hampshire County (11)
Belchertown, Cummington, Easthampton, Granby, Huntington, Middlefield, Plainfield, South Hadley, Southampton, Ware, Worthington
Worcester County (13)
Brookfield, Charlton, Dudley, East Brookfield, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Oxford, Warren, Webster (part; also 2nd; includes part of Webster CDP), West Brookfield
History of district boundaries After the 2010 census, the 1st district shifted from covering the western and north-central portions of the state to covering the western and south-central portions of the state. Following the 2020 census, the 1st district boundaries did not shift as drastically but moved to cover somewhat less of the western portions of Franklin and Hampshire Counties while encompassing more of Worcester and southeastern Hampshire Counties.
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 63% - 35% SenateKerry 70% - 30%2010 Senate (Spec.)Brown 52% - 48% GovernorPatrick 49% - 38%2012 PresidentObama 64% - 36% SenateWarren 56% - 44%2014 SenateMarkey 61% - 39% GovernorBaker 46% - 44%2016 PresidentClinton 55% - 37%2018 SenateWarren 57% - 39% GovernorBaker 68% - 31% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 66% - 29% Attorney GeneralHealey 65% - 35% Treasurer and Receiver-GeneralGoldberg 63% - 31% AuditorBump 60% - 33%2020 PresidentBiden 60% - 38% SenateMarkey 60% - 38%2022 GovernorHealey 58% - 41% Secretary of the CommonwealthGalvin 61% - 35% Attorney GeneralCampbell 57% - 43% AuditorDiZoglio 49% - 42%2024 PresidentHarris 56% - 42% SenateWarren 56% - 44%
List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1789 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –March 3, 1793 Elected in 1788.Re-elected in 1790. 1789–1793Suffolk County General ticket:Four membersfrom thesame districtMarch 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Re-elected in 1792 with three others on a general ticket representing the district from Suffolk County.Redistricted to the . 1793–1795Suffolk County, Middlesex County, and Essex County Samuel DexterPro-Administration Elected in 1792 with three others on a general ticket representing the district from Middlesex County.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. Benjamin GoodhuePro-Administration Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1792 with three others on a general ticket representing the district from Essex County.Redistricted to the . Samuel Holten Anti-Administration Elected in 1792 with three others on a general ticket representing the district at-large.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. Theodore Sedgwick Federalist March 4, 1795 –June 11, 1796 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1794.Resigned to become U.S. Senator. 1795–1803"1st Western district" Vacant June 1796 –January 27, 1797 Thomson J. Skinner Democratic-Republican January 27, 1797 –March 3, 1799 Elected to finish Sedgwick's term.Re-elected in 1796.Retired. Theodore Sedgwick Federalist March 4, 1799 –March 3, 1801 Elected in 1798.Retired. John Bacon Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1800.Retired. William Eustis Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1805 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1802.Lost re-election. 1803–1813"Suffolk district" Josiah Quincy III Federalist March 4, 1805 –March 3, 1813 Elected in 1804.Re-elected in 1806.Re-elected in 1808.Re-elected in 1810.Retired. Artemas Ward Jr. Federalist March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1817 Elected in 1812.Re-elected in 1814.Retired. 1813–1823"Suffolk district" Jonathan Mason Federalist March 4, 1817 –May 15, 1820 Elected August 26, 1817 to Representative-elect James Lloyd's term and seated December 2, 1816.Re-elected in 1818.Resigned to pursue law practice. Vacant May 15, 1820 –November 6, 1820 Benjamin Gorham Democratic-Republican November 6, 1820 –March 3, 1823 Elected to finish Mason's term.Also elected to the next term in 1820.Retired. Daniel Webster Adams-Clay Federalist March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1822.Re-elected in 1824.Re-elected in 1826, but resigned to become U.S. Senator. 1823–1833"Suffolk district" Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –May 30, 1827 Vacant May 30, 1827 –July 23, 1827 Benjamin Gorham Anti-Jacksonian July 23, 1827 –March 3, 1831 Elected to finish Webster's term.Re-elected in 1828.Retired. Nathan Appleton Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1830.Retired. Benjamin Gorham Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1833. 1833–1843 Abbott Lawrence Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1834.Retired. Richard Fletcher Whig March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Elected in 1836.Re-elected in 1838, but declined to serve. Vacant March 4, 1839 –November 11, 1839 Abbott Lawrence Whig November 11, 1839 –September 18, 1840 Elected to finish Fletcher's term.Resigned. Vacant September 18, 1840 –November 9, 1840 Robert C. Winthrop Whig November 9, 1840 –May 25, 1842 Elected to finish Lawrence's term.Also elected to the next term in 1840.Resigned. Vacant May 25, 1842 –June 9, 1842 Nathan Appleton Whig June 9, 1842 –September 28, 1842 Elected to finish Winthrop's term.Resigned. Vacant September 28, 1842 –November 29, 1842 Robert C. Winthrop Whig November 29, 1842 –July 30, 1850 Elected to finish Appleton's term.Also elected to the next term in 1842.Re-elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848.Resigned to become U.S. Senator. 1843–1853"City of Boston." Vacant July 30, 1850 –August 22, 1850 Samuel A. Eliot Whig August 22, 1850 –March 3, 1851 Elected to finish Winthrop's term.Retired. William Appleton Whig March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850.Redistricted to the . Zeno Scudder Whig March 4, 1853 –March 4, 1854 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852.Retired because of injury. 1853–1863 Vacant March 4, 1854 –April 17, 1854 Thomas D. Eliot Whig April 17, 1854 –March 3, 1855 Elected to finish Scudder's term.Retired. Robert B. Hall American(Know Nothing) March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856. Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Thomas D. Eliot Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1869 Elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860.Re-elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866.Retired. 1863–1873"All of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties; the city of New Bedford and towns of Dartmouth and Fairhaven, in Bristol county; the towns of Carver, Kingston, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, and Wareham, in Plymouth county." James Buffinton Republican March 4, 1869 –March 7, 1875 Elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870.Re-elected in 1872.Re-elected in 1874.Died. 1873–1883 Vacant March 7, 1875 –November 2, 1875 William W. Crapo Republican November 2, 1875 –March 3, 1883 Elected to finish Buffinton's term.Re-elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Retired. Robert T. Davis Republican March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Retired. 1883–1893 Charles S. Randall Republican March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Redistricted to the . Ashley B. Wright Republican March 4, 1893 –August 14, 1897 Elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Died. 1893–1903 Vacant August 14, 1897 –November 2, 1897 George P. Lawrence Republican November 2, 1897 –March 3, 1913 Elected to finish Wright's term.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Retired. 1903–1913 Allen T. Treadway Republican March 4, 1913 –January 3, 1945 Elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Retired. 1913–1933"Berkshire County.
Franklin County: Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, Shelburne.
Hampshire County: Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Worthington.
Hampden County: Holyoke, Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, and Westfield." 1933–1943 1943–1953 John W. Heselton Republican January 3, 1945 –January 3, 1959 Elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Retired. 1953–1963"Berkshire County.
Franklin County
Hamdpen County: Holyoke, Westfield, Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, and Tolland.
Hampshire County: Belchertown, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Pelham, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Worthington.
Worcester County: Athol, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton." Silvio O. Conte Republican January 3, 1959 –February 8, 1991 Elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Died. 1963–1973"Berkshire County: North Adams, Pittsfield, Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, Otis, Peru, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, Windsor.
Franklin County: Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, Whately.
Hampden County: Cities of Holyoke, Westfield, Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland.
Hampshire County: Northampton, Amherst, Chesterfield, Cummington, Easthampton, Goshen, Hadley, Hatfield, Huntington, Middlefield, Pelham, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Worthington.
Worcester County: Athol, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton." 1973–1983"Berkshire County.
Franklin County: All except Orange.
Hampden County: Holyoke, Westfield, Agawam, Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, West Springfield.
Hampshire County: Northampton and all towns." 1983–1993 Vacant February 8, 1991 –June 18, 1991 John Olver Democratic June 18, 1991 –January 3, 2013 Elected to finish Conte's term.Re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Retired. 1993–2003 2003–2013
All of Berkshire County and Franklin County as well as the following towns and cities:
In Hampden County: Blandford, Chester, Granville, Holyoke, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield, West Springfield.