Connecticut's 12th State Senate district
{{Short description|American legislative district}}
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|residence=Guilford
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}}Connecticut's 12th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate. The district consists of the towns of Branford, North Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, and Madison.{{cite web|url=http://www.cslib.org/pathfinders/electionmaps/ |title=Map of Connecticut Senate Districts |publisher=Connecticut State Library |accessdate=May 29, 2013}} Its current senator is Christine Cohen.
The district boundaries established after the 2010 census are the same as those established after the 2000 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/red2011/Documents/2010MAP/20112010MAP-20110426_Senate%20Districts.pdf |title=State Senate Redistricting Plan 2001 |publisher=Connecticut General Assembly |accessdate=May 29, 2013}}
List of senators
= 1830 to 1900 =
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| Senator
! Party ! Years of service ! Hometown ! Notes |
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| align=left nowrap | 100px Charles Hawley[https://books.google.com/books?id=ul0EAAAAYAAJ Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881]
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1830–1831 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | Thaddeus Betts
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1831–1832 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Charles Hawley
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1832–1836 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | Benjamin Isaacs
| | 1836–1837 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Charles Hawley
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1837–1838 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Thomas B. Butler
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1838–1840 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | Joshua Ferris
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1840–1842 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Clark Bissell
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1842–1844 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | Darius Mead
| | 1844–1846 | |
| align=left nowrap | Charles Marvin
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1846–1848 | Wilton | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Thomas B. Butler
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1848–1849 | Norwalk | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
| align=left nowrap | Joshua Ferris
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1849–1851 | Stamford | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
| align=left nowrap | Charles Marvin
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1851–1852 | Wilton | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Thomas B. Butler
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1852–1854 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px William T. Minor
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1854–1855 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Orris S. Ferry
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1855–1857 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px James H. Hoyt
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1857–1858 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Julius Curtis
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1858–1859 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | Matthew F. Merritt
| | 1859–1860 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Julius Curtis
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1860–1861 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | Aaron Homer Byington
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1861–1863 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | Morgan Morgans
| {{party shading/Whig}} | Whig | 1863–1865 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | Charles Ballard
| | 1865–1867 | Darien | |
| align=left nowrap | William C. Street
| | 1867–1869 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Huested W. R. Hoyt
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1869–1870 | |
| align=left nowrap | Elbert A. Woodward
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1870–1871 | Fled the country in 1871 due to charges stemming from the Tammany Hall corruption scandal |
| align=left nowrap | Asa Woodward
| | 1871–1873 | Norwalk | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Huested W. R. Hoyt
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1873–1874 | |
| align=left nowrap | Galen A. Carter
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1874–1875 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Frederick Bruggerhof
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1875–1877 | Darien | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Oliver Hoyt
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1877–1882 | Stamford | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Edwin L. Scofield[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen1880s.html Political Graveyard - Connecticut: State Senate, 1880s]
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1883–1884 | Stamford | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px R. Jay Walsh
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1885–1888 | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Benjamin P. Mead
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1889–1892 | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Leander P. Jones
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1893–1894 | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px George E. Lounsbury
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1895–1896 | |
| align=left nowrap | 100px Edwin O. Keeler
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1897–1900 | Norwalk | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
= 1900 to present =
At this point redistricting caused Fairfield County to be represented in the Senate by the 25th and 26th district.
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! Senators ! Party ! Years ! District home ! Note | ||||
| Arthur W. Marsden | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1911–1912 | Madison | |
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| Arthur W. Marsden | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1919–1920 | Madison | |
| J. W. Sanford, Jr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1921–1922 | Hamden | |
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| Waldo S. Blakeslee | | | 1931–1932 | North Haven | |
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| Roy C. Enquist | | | 1939–1940 | Branford | |
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| Raymond Brock | | | 1943–1946 | New Haven | |
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| Lucy Hammer | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1961–1973 | Branford | |
| Stanley H. Page | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1973–1977 | Guilford | |
| Barbara Reimer | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1977–1979 | Branford | |
| Regina R. Smith | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1979–1985 | Northford | |
| Richard S. Eaton Sr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1985–1987 | Guilford | |
| Thomas J. Sullivan, Jr. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1987–1991 | Guilford | |
| William Aniskovich | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1991–2005 | Branford | |
| Edward Meyer | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 2005–2015 | Guilford | |
| Edward M. Kennedy Jr. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 2015–2019 | Branford | |
| Christine Cohen | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 2019–present | Guilford |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&vps=3&msa=0&msid=218298310379999517817.000464dd7ec164d14658d&start=8&num=200 Google Maps - Connecticut General Assembly Senate Districts]
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