Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Bristol district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Bristol 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 Bristol County and Norfolk County.^[1] Republican F. Jay Barrows of Mansfield has represented the district since 2009.^[2] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Brendan Roche.^[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Bristol district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[5]

• Foxborough
• Mansfield
• Norton

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district.^[6]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Attleboro, circa 1872, 1927 ^[7][8]
• North Attleborough, circa 1927 ^[8]

Representatives

• William W. Blodgett, circa 1858-1859 ^[9][10]
• Horatio N. Richardson, circa 1858 ^[9]
• William D. Earl, circa 1859 ^[10]
• George R. Perry, circa 1888 ^[11]
• Abijah T. Wales, circa 1888 ^[11]
• Frank Coombs, circa 1908
• Samuel Holman, circa 1908
• William Bartlett, circa 1918
• William Plattner, circa 1920 ^[12]
• George M. Worrall, circa 1920 ^[12]
• Charles Sumner Holden, circa 1923
• Harry Kent, circa 1923
• Francis Kelley, circa 1935
• Fred Briggs, circa 1935
• Arthur Eaton Young, circa 1951 ^[13]
• Carlton Bliss, circa 1953
• George Spatcher, circa 1967
• Donald R. Gaudette, circa 1975 ^[14]
• Roger R. Goyette, 1977-1978 ^[15]
• William B. Vernon, circa 1991
• Barbara Hyland, 1992–2001
• Michael J. Coppola, 2001–2005
• Ginny Coppola, 2006–2007
• Fred Jay Barrows, 2009-current^[2][16]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  Frank Coombs
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  Samuel Holman
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  George Worrall
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  William Bartlett
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  Charles Sumner Holden
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  Harry Kent
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  Francis Kelley
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  Fred Briggs
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  Arthur Young
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  Carlton Bliss
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  George Spatcher
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  Donald Gaudette
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  William Vernon
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  Barbara Hyland
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  Michael Coppola

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 27, 2020
4. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net, Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
6. 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
7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
8. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
10. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
11. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Bristol County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
12. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
13. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
14. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
15. State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
16. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "1st Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).