Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Berkshire district
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Berkshire district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Berkshire County and Hampden County.[1] Democrat Smitty Pignatelli of Lenox has represented the district since 2003.[2]
In 2022, the district was replaced by Massachusetts House of Representatives' 19th Worcester district.
Towns represented
[edit]The district includes the following localities:[3]
- Alford
- Becket
- Blandford
- Egremont
- Great Barrington
- Lee
- Lenox
- Monterey
- Mount Washington
- New Marlborough
- Otis
- Richmond
- Russell
- Sandisfield
- Sheffield
- Stockbridge
- Tolland
- Tyringham
- Washington
- West Stockbridge
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire and Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden districts.[4]
Former locales
[edit]The district previously covered:
Representatives
[edit]- John Smith, circa 1858 [6]
- Henry D. Lyman, circa 1859 [7]
- William Henry Carey, circa 1888 [8]
- Henry M. Peirson, circa 1888 [8]
- Charles R. Foote, circa 1920 [9]
- John C. Marshall, circa 1920 [9]
- John Glenn Orr, circa 1920 [9]
- Arthur William Milne, circa 1951 [10]
- Dennis J. Duffin, circa 1975 [11]
- Christopher Hodgkins, 1983–2003
- William "Smitty" Pignatelli, 2003-current[2]
See also
[edit]- Other Berkshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
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Frederick McClatchey -
Frank Bartlett -
John Orr -
Robert Kent -
Harold Goewey -
Jeremiah Linnehan -
William Staples -
Clarence Durant -
James Hannon -
Arthur William Milne -
Joel Greenberg -
Dennis Duffin -
Christopher Hodgkins
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 4th Berkshire district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Berkshire County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b c Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
External links
[edit]- Ballotpedia
- "4th Berkshire District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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