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Pennsylvania Senate, District 12

American legislative district

American legislative district

FieldValue
statePennsylvania
district12
chamberSenate
representativeMaria Collett
partyDemocratic
residenceLower Gwynedd Township
population263,688
population_year2021

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:

  • Ambler
  • Bryn Athyn
  • Franconia Township
  • Hatboro
  • Hatfield
  • Hatfield Township
  • Horsham Township
  • Lansdale
  • Lower Gwynedd Township
  • Lower Moreland Township
  • Montgomery Township
  • Plymouth Township
  • Salford Township
  • Souderton
  • Telford (Montgomery County portion)
  • Upper Dublin Township
  • Upper Moreland Township
  • Whitpain Township
  • Worcester Township

Senators

RepresentativePartyYearsDistrict homeNote
Alexander DysartDemocratic-Republican1815 – 1820
Michael WallaceDemocratic-Republican1819 – 1822
Henry WinterDemocratic1831 – 1832
Henry KingJackson Democrat1825 – 1830U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1831 to 1833 and Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1833 to 1835
William G. ScottDemocratic1827 – 1830
Walter Copake LivingstonDemocratic1831 – 1832
Jacob KernBuchanan Democrat1831 – 1836
Peter NewhardDemocratic1833 – 1836Pennsylvania State Representative from 1817 to 1819, 1824 to 1825 and 1829. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1839 to 1843
Peter S. MichlerAnti-Masonic1835 – 1836
Robert P. FlemingDemocratic1839 – 1842
Joseph Fearon Quay, Sr.Whig1843 – 1844
Jesse C. HortonDemocratic1851 – 1852
William HarrisWhig1847 – 1848
Henry FultonDemocratic1851 – 1852Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1849 to 1850
William Fisher PackerDemocratic1851 – 1852Pennsylvania State Representative in 1847. 14th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861
Jacob Samils HaldemanDemocratic-Republican1853 – 1856Pennsylvania State Representative from 1850 to 1851. Minister Resident of the United States at Stockholm from 1861 to 1864
Henry JohnsonRepublican1861 – 1864
Jasper Billings StarkDemocratic1865 – 1866
Lazarus D. ShoemakerRepublican1867 – 1870U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1871 to 1875
Samuel G. TurnerDemocratic1869 – 1870
Jacob George HeilmanRepublican1873 – 1874
Williams Anders YeakleRepublican1873 – 1876
Jones DetwilerDemocratic1877 – 1878
Lewis RoyerRepublican1879 – 1882
William Henry SuttonDemocratic1883 – 1885
Henry Riehle BrownRepublican1889 – 1890
Arthur D. MarkleyDemocratic1891 – 1894
Henry D. SaylorRepublican1895 – 1898
John Adams WentzDemocratic1899 – 1902
Algernon B. RobertsRepublican1903 – 1908
Thomas B. HarperRepublican1909 – 1910
Joseph HeacockDemocratic1911 – 1914
Frank Penrose CroftRepublican1915 – 1916
title=Pennsylvania State Senate - James Slingluff Boyd Biographyurl=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5092&body=Swebsite=www.legis.state.pa.usaccessdate=25 April 2019}}Republican1919 – 1922
Wilbur Fletcher StitesRepublican1923 – 1926
Theodore Lane BeanRepublican1935 – 1938
Franklin Spencer EdmondsRepublican1939 – 1944
Lloyd H. WoodRepublican1947 – 1950Pennsylvania State Representative for Montgomery County from 1939 to 1946. 20th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955
Henry J. PropertRepublican1951 – 1964
Morton FetterolfRepublican1964 – 1964Blue BellPennsylvania State Representative for the Montgomery County district from 1957 to 1964. Elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate on April 28, 1964 and resigned on July 2, 1964
Wilmot E. FlemingRepublican1964 – 1978Pennsylvania State Representative for Montgomery County from 1963 to 1964
Stewart J. GreenleafRepublican1979 – 2019Upper Moreland TownshipPennsylvania State Representative for the 152nd district from 1977 to 1978
Maria CollettDemocratic2019 – presentLower Gwynedd TownshipOn November 6, 2018, Maria Collett (D) defeated Stewart Greenleaf, Jr. in his bid to succeed his retiring father.

Recent election results

References

References

  1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan". [[Pennsylvania Department of State]].
  2. "Pennsylvania State Senate Historical Biographies".
  3. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Winter Biography".
  4. "KING, Henry, (1790-1861)".
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Peter Newhard Biography".
  6. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Peter S Michler Biography".
  7. "Pennsylvania State Senator - Jesse C. Horton Biography".
  8. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Fulton Biography".
  9. "Governor William Fisher Packer". [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]].
  10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Samils Haldeman Biography".
  11. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jasper Billings Stark".
  12. "SHOEMAKER, Lazarus Denison, (1819-1893)".
  13. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob George Heilman Biography".
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Slingluff Boyd Biography".
  15. "Pennsylvania State Senate – Lloyd H Wood Biography".
  16. Cox, Harold. (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1963-1964". Wilkes University.
  17. Cox, Harold. (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1963-1964". Wilkes University.
  18. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - WILMOT E. FLEMING Biography".
  19. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - STEWART J. GREENLEAF Biography".
  20. "Collett defeats Greenleaf Jr., flips 12th District Senate seat to Dems - News - The Intelligencer - Doylestown, PA".
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