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

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Alexander DysartDemocratic-Republican1815 – 1820
Michael WallaceDemocratic-Republican1819 – 1822
Henry Winter[3]Democratic1831 – 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[4]
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[5]
Peter S. Michler[6]Anti-Masonic1835 – 1836
Robert P. FlemingDemocratic1839 – 1842
Joseph Fearon Quay, Sr.Whig1843 – 1844
Jesse C. Horton[7]Democratic1851 – 1852
William HarrisWhig1847 – 1848
Henry FultonDemocratic1851 – 1852Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1849 to 1850[8]
William Fisher PackerDemocratic1851 – 1852Pennsylvania State Representative in 1847. 14th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861[9]
Jacob Samils HaldemanDemocratic-Republican1853 – 1856Pennsylvania State Representative from 1850 to 1851. Minister Resident of the United States at Stockholm from 1861 to 1864[10]
Henry JohnsonRepublican1861 – 1864
Jasper Billings Stark[11]Democratic1865 – 1866
Lazarus D. ShoemakerRepublican1867 – 1870U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1871 to 1875[12]
Samuel G. TurnerDemocratic1869 – 1870
Jacob George Heilman[13]Republican1873 – 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
James Slingluff Boyd[14]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[15]
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[16] and resigned on July 2, 1964[17]
Wilmot E. FlemingRepublican1964 – 1978Pennsylvania State Representative for Montgomery County from 1963 to 1964[18]
Stewart J. GreenleafRepublican1979 – 2019Upper Moreland TownshipPennsylvania State Representative for the 152nd district from 1977 to 1978[19]
Maria CollettDemocratic2019 – presentLower Gwynedd TownshipOn 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. "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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