Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Berkshire district explained

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

The district includes the following localities:

• 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.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Hinsdale, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Peru, circa 1872
• Windsor, circa 1872

Representatives

• John Smith, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Henry D. Lyman, circa 1859 ^[5]
• William Henry Carey, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Henry M. Peirson, circa 1888
• Charles R. Foote, circa 1920 ^[7]
• John C. Marshall, circa 1920
• John Glenn Orr, circa 1920
• Arthur William Milne, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Dennis J. Duffin, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Christopher Hodgkins, 1983–2003
• William "Smitty" Pignatelli, 2003-current

See also

• 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

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 4th Berkshire District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 28, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 28, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 4th Berkshire district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
4. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
5. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
6. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Berkshire County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/52/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
8. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
9. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .