Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable district

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• Brewster
• Dennis
• part of Yarmouth

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district.^[4]

The district previously covered:

• Bourne, circa 1927 ^[5]
• Falmouth, circa 1872, 1927 ^[6][5]
• Mashpee, circa 1927 ^[5]
• Sandwich, circa 1872, 1927 ^[6][5]

• Zenas D. Basset, circa 1858 ^[7]
• John A. Baxter, circa 1858 ^[7]
• Paul Wing, circa 1858 ^[7]
• John S. Fish, circa 1859 ^[8]
• Nathaniel Hinckley, circa 1859 ^[8]
• William Nye Jr., circa 1859 ^[8]
• Joshua Crowell, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Albert R. Eldridge, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Thomas Pattison, circa 1908
• George Dennis, circa 1918
• Edward Carroll Hinckley, circa 1923
• William Jones, circa 1935
• Henry Ellis, circa 1945
• Allan Francis Jones, circa 1951 ^[10]
• John Bowes, circa 1967

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Thomas Pattison
• 
  George Dennis
• 
  Edward Carroll Hinckley
• 
  William Jones
• 
  Henry Ellis
• 
  Allan Francis Jones

Member	Party	Years	Legis.	Electoral history	District towns
John J. Bowes[11]	Republican	circa 1967– 1975	168th 169th	Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired.	1971-1975: Barnstable and Yarmouth
Bernard Wilber[11][12] (Barnstable)	Republican	1975– 1977	170th	Elected in 1974. Lost re-election in 1976.	1975-1979: Barnstable and Sandwich
Thomas K. Lynch[11]	Democratic	1977– 1977	171st	Elected in 1976. Redistricted to 2nd Barnstable district.
Haden G. Greenhalgh[11] (Harwich)	Republican	1979– 1985	172nd 173rd 174th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired.	1981-1989: Brewster, Dennis, Harwich, and Yarmouth
Henri S. Rauschenbach[11] (Brewster)	Republican	1985– 1988	175th 176th	Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Elected to State Senate in 1988.
Edward B. Teague III[11] (Yarmouth)	Republican	1989– 1997	177th 178th 179th 180th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Ran for U.S. House in 1996.	1989-2013: Brewster, Dennis and Yarmouth
Thomas N. George[11] (Yarmouthport)	Republican	1997– 2005	181st 182nd 183rd 184th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired.
Cleon Turner[11] (Brewster)	Democratic	2005– January 6, 2015	185th 186th 187th 188th 189th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.
					2013-2023: Brewster, Dennis and Yarmouth and parts of Barnstable
Timothy J. Whelan[11][13] (Brewster)	Republican	January 6, 2015– January 4, 2023	190th 191st 191st 192nd	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Ran for Barnstable County Sheriff in 2022.
Chris Flanagan[11][14] (Dennis Port)	Democratic	January 4, 2023–	193rd 194th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present: Brewster, Dennis and part of Yarmouth

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Barnstable County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th; Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives