Connecticut's 12th State Senate district
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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.[1] Its current senator is Christine Cohen.
The district boundaries established after the 2010 census are the same as those established after the 2000 census.[2]
List of senators
1830 to 1900
Senator | Party | Years of service | Hometown | Notes |
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Charles Hawley[3] | Whig | 1830–1831 | Stamford | |
Thaddeus Betts[3] | Whig | 1831–1832 | Norwalk | |
Charles Hawley[3] | Whig | 1832–1836 | Stamford | |
Benjamin Isaacs[3] | 1836–1837 | Norwalk | ||
Charles Hawley[3] | Whig | 1837–1838 | Stamford | |
Thomas B. Butler[3] | Whig | 1838–1840 | Norwalk | |
Joshua Ferris[3] | Whig | 1840–1842 | Stamford | |
Clark Bissell[3] | Whig | 1842–1844 | Norwalk | |
Darius Mead[3] | 1844–1846 | Greenwich | ||
Charles Marvin[3] | Whig | 1846–1848 | Wilton | |
Thomas B. Butler[3] | Whig | 1848–1849 | Norwalk | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
Joshua Ferris[3] | Whig | 1849–1851 | Stamford | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
Charles Marvin[3] | Whig | 1851–1852 | Wilton | |
Thomas B. Butler[3] | Whig | 1852–1854 | Norwalk | |
William T. Minor[3] | Republican | 1854–1855 | Stamford | |
Orris S. Ferry[3] | Republican | 1855–1857 | Norwalk | |
James H. Hoyt[3] | Democratic | 1857–1858 | Stamford | |
Julius Curtis[3] | Republican | 1858–1859 | Stamford | |
Matthew F. Merritt[3] | 1859–1860 | Stamford | ||
Julius Curtis[3] | Republican | 1860–1861 | Stamford | |
Aaron Homer Byington[3] | Republican | 1861–1863 | Norwalk | |
Morgan Morgans[3] | Whig | 1863–1865 | Stamford | |
Charles Ballard[3] | 1865–1867 | Darien | ||
William C. Street[3] | 1867–1869 | Norwalk | ||
Huested W. R. Hoyt[3] | Republican | 1869–1870 | Greenwich | |
Elbert A. Woodward[3] | Democratic | 1870–1871 | South Norwalk | Fled the country in 1871 due to charges stemming from the Tammany Hall corruption scandal |
Asa Woodward[3] | 1871–1873 | Norwalk | ||
Huested W. R. Hoyt[3] | Republican | 1873–1874 | Greenwich | |
Galen A. Carter[3] | Democratic | 1874–1875 | Stamford | |
Frederick Bruggerhof[3] | Democratic | 1875–1877 | Darien | |
Oliver Hoyt[3] | Republican | 1877–1882 | Stamford | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
Edwin L. Scofield[4] | Republican | 1883–1884 | Stamford | |
R. Jay Walsh[4] | Republican | 1885–1888 | Greenwich | Served as Senate President Pro Tempore |
Benjamin P. Mead[4] | Republican | 1889–1892 | New Canaan | |
Leander P. Jones[4] | Republican | 1893–1894 | Greenwich | |
George E. Lounsbury[4] | Republican | 1895–1896 | Ridgefield | |
Edwin O. Keeler[4] | 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.
Senators | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Arthur W. Marsden | Republican | 1911–1912 | Madison | |
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Arthur W. Marsden | Republican | 1919–1920 | Madison | |
J. W. Sanford, Jr. | 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 | Republican | 1961–1973 | Branford | |
Stanley H. Page | Republican | 1973–1977 | Guilford | |
Barbara Reimer | Republican | 1977–1979 | Branford | |
Regina R. Smith | Democratic | 1979–1985 | Northford | |
Richard S. Eaton Sr. | Republican | 1985–1987 | Guilford | |
Thomas J. Sullivan, Jr. | Democratic | 1987–1991 | Guilford | |
William Aniskovich | Republican | 1991–2005 | Branford | |
Edward Meyer | Democratic | 2005–2015 | Guilford | |
Edward M. Kennedy Jr. | Democratic | 2015–2019 | Branford | |
Christine Cohen | Democratic | 2019–present | Guilford |
See also
- History of Norwalk, Connecticut
- List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut
- List of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk
References
- ^ "Map of Connecticut Senate Districts". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ "State Senate Redistricting Plan 2001" (PDF). Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
- ^ a b c d e f Political Graveyard - Connecticut: State Senate, 1880s
External links
- Google Maps - Connecticut General Assembly Senate Districts
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