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The Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Hampshire district or "1st Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the municipalities Northampton, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Hatfield, Plainfield, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington.^[1] Democrat Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton has represented the district since 2019.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire district and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district.^[2]

District history edit

The district has existed in its current form since November 4, 2021,^[3] but has existed in name since at least 1970.^[4]

Former locales edit

The district previously covered:

Southampton and Montgomery, 1970s-2021
Easthampton, circa 1872 ^[5]
Huntington, circa 1872 ^[5]

Representatives edit

William H. Dickinson, circa 1859 ^[6]
William F. Arnold, circa 1859 ^[6]
Calvin Coolidge, circa 1908 - later Governor of Massachusetts and Vice President then President of the United States
Michael Fitzgerald, circa 1918
William Grant, circa 1920 ^[7]
James O'Dea, circa 1923
Edwin Olander, circa 1935
Jeremiah Lucey, circa 1945
John O'Rourke, circa 1953
Louis Morini, circa 1967

Representative	Party	Years
Edward McColgan	Democratic	1971 to 1975
William Nagle	Democratic	1975 to 2002
Peter Kocot	Democratic	2002 to 2018
Lindsay N. Sabadosa	Democratic	2018 to present

Elections edit

Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.

2018 edit

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Lindsay N. Sabadosa	Democratic	18,001	99.1%
Others		166	0.9%
Blank		3,628
Total		21,795	100%

2016 edit

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Peter Kocot	Democratic	20,145	99.6%
Others		89	0.4%
Blank		4,420
Total		24,654	100%

2014 edit

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Peter Kocot	Democratic	13,937	99.5%
Others		68	0.5%
Blank		3,155
Total		17,160	100%

2012 edit

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Peter Kocot	Democratic	19,090	99.6%
Others		74	0.4%
Blank		4,442
Total		23,606	100%

2010 edit

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Peter Kocot	Democratic	14,284	99.4%
Others		83	0.6%
Blank		3,107
Total		17,474	100%

2008 edit

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Peter Kocot	Democratic	19,124	99.5%
Others		94	0.5%
Blank		4,302
Total		23,520	100%

Images edit

Calvin Coolidge
Michael Fitzgerald
James O'Dea
Edwin Olander
Jeremiah Lucey
John O'Rourke
Louis Morini
William Nagle
Peter Kocot

References edit

^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Retrieved August 14, 2018.
^ 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
^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (Map). 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
^ "Massachusetts Election Statistics". Retrieved August 14, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
^ ^a ^b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 15, 2023.