Pennsylvania's 12th State Senate district | |||
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Population (2021) | 263,688 |
Pennsylvania State Senate District 12 includes part of Montgomery County. It is currently represented by Democrat Maria Collett.
District profile
[edit]The district includes the following areas:[1]
- 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
[edit]Representative[2] | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Maria Collett (incumbent) | 76,749 | 59.7 | |
Republican | Robert Davies | 51,803 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 128,552 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Stewart Greenleaf (incumbent) | 50,319 | 63.3 | |
Democratic | Ruth Damsker | 29,123 | 36.7 | |
Total votes | 79,442 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Stewart Greenleaf (incumbent) | 61,802 | 64.0 | |
Democratic | Ruth Damsker | 34,745 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 96,547 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Winter Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "KING, Henry, (1790-1861)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Peter Newhard Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Peter S Michler Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senator - Jesse C. Horton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Fulton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ "Governor William Fisher Packer". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Samils Haldeman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jasper Billings Stark". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "SHOEMAKER, Lazarus Denison, (1819-1893)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob George Heilman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Slingluff Boyd Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate – Lloyd H Wood Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1963-1964" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
- ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1963-1964" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
- ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - WILMOT E. FLEMING Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - STEWART J. GREENLEAF Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ http://www.theintell.com/news/20181106/collett-defeats-greenleaf-jr-flips-12th-district-senate-seat-to-dems
- Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.