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Pennsylvania State Senate District 12 includes part of Montgomery County. It is currently represented by Democrat Maria Collett.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Alexander Dysart Democratic-Republican 1815 – 1820
Michael Wallace Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1822
Henry Winter[3] Democratic 1831 – 1832
Henry King Jackson Democrat 1825 – 1830 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1831 to 1833 and Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1833 to 1835[4]
William G. Scott Democratic 1827 – 1830
Walter Copake Livingston Democratic 1831 – 1832
Jacob Kern Buchanan Democrat 1831 – 1836
Peter Newhard Democratic 1833 – 1836 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1817 to 1819, 1824 to 1825 and 1829. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1839 to 1843[5]
Peter S. Michler[6] Anti-Masonic 1835 – 1836
Robert P. Fleming Democratic 1839 – 1842
Joseph Fearon Quay, Sr. Whig 1843 – 1844
Jesse C. Horton[7] Democratic 1851 – 1852
William Harris Whig 1847 – 1848
Henry Fulton Democratic 1851 – 1852 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1849 to 1850[8]
William Fisher Packer Democratic 1851 – 1852 Pennsylvania State Representative in 1847. 14th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861[9]
Jacob Samils Haldeman Democratic-Republican 1853 – 1856 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1850 to 1851. Minister Resident of the United States at Stockholm from 1861 to 1864[10]
Henry Johnson Republican 1861 – 1864
Jasper Billings Stark[11] Democratic 1865 – 1866
Lazarus D. Shoemaker Republican 1867 – 1870 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1871 to 1875[12]
Samuel G. Turner Democratic 1869 – 1870
Jacob George Heilman[13] Republican 1873 – 1874
Williams Anders Yeakle Republican 1873 – 1876
Jones Detwiler Democratic 1877 – 1878
Lewis Royer Republican 1879 – 1882
William Henry Sutton Democratic 1883 – 1885
Henry Riehle Brown Republican 1889 – 1890
Arthur D. Markley Democratic 1891 – 1894
Henry D. Saylor Republican 1895 – 1898
John Adams Wentz Democratic 1899 – 1902
Algernon B. Roberts Republican 1903 – 1908
Thomas B. Harper Republican 1909 – 1910
Joseph Heacock Democratic 1911 – 1914
Frank Penrose Croft Republican 1915 – 1916
James Slingluff Boyd[14] Republican 1919 – 1922
Wilbur Fletcher Stites Republican 1923 – 1926
Theodore Lane Bean Republican 1935 – 1938
Franklin Spencer Edmonds Republican 1939 – 1944
Lloyd H. Wood Republican 1947 – 1950 Pennsylvania State Representative for Montgomery County from 1939 to 1946. 20th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955[15]
Henry J. Propert Republican 1951 – 1964
Morton Fetterolf Republican 1964 – 1964 Blue Bell Pennsylvania State Representative for the Montgomery County district from 1957 to 1964. Elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate on April 28, 1964[16] and resigned on July 2, 1964[17]
Wilmot E. Fleming Republican 1964 – 1978 Pennsylvania State Representative for Montgomery County from 1963 to 1964[18]
Stewart J. Greenleaf Republican 1979 – 2019 Upper Moreland Township Pennsylvania State Representative for the 152nd district from 1977 to 1978[19]
Maria Collett Democratic 2019 – present Lower Gwynedd Township On November 6, 2018, Maria Collett (D) defeated Stewart Greenleaf, Jr. in his bid to succeed his retiring father.[20]

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Collett (incumbent) 76,749 59.7
Republican Robert Davies 51,803 40.3
Total votes 128,552 100.0
Democratic hold
PA Senate election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Collett 62,069 52.7
Republican Stewart Greenleaf, Jr. 55,742 47.3
Total votes 117,811 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican
PA Senate election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stewart Greenleaf (incumbent) 50,319 63.3
Democratic Ruth Damsker 29,123 36.7
Total votes 79,442 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stewart Greenleaf (incumbent) 61,802 64.0
Democratic Ruth Damsker 34,745 36.0
Total votes 96,547 100.0
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Winter Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "KING, Henry, (1790-1861)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Peter Newhard Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Peter S Michler Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senator - Jesse C. Horton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Fulton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "Governor William Fisher Packer". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Samils Haldeman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  11. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jasper Billings Stark". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  12. ^ "SHOEMAKER, Lazarus Denison, (1819-1893)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  13. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob George Heilman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Slingluff Boyd Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  15. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate – Lloyd H Wood Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  16. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1963-1964" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  17. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1963-1964" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  18. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - WILMOT E. FLEMING Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  19. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - STEWART J. GREENLEAF Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  20. ^ http://www.theintell.com/news/20181106/collett-defeats-greenleaf-jr-flips-12th-district-senate-seat-to-dems
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