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Pennsylvania Senate, District 12

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

Pennsylvania's 12th
State Senate district
Senator
  Maria Collett
D–Lower Gwynedd Township
Population (2021)263,688

District profile

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The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

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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

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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

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  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 [bare URL]
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