Connecticut's 12th State Senate district

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.

Connecticut's 12th State Senate district
Senator	Christine Cohen D–Guilford

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
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
Arthur W. Marsden	Republican	1911–1912	Madison
. . .
Arthur W. Marsden	Republican	1919–1920	Madison
J. W. Sanford, Jr.	Republican	1921–1922	Hamden
. . .
Waldo S. Blakeslee		1931–1932	North Haven
. . .
Roy C. Enquist		1939–1940	Branford
. . .
Raymond Brock		1943–1946	New Haven
. . .
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

1. "Map of Connecticut Senate Districts". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
2. "State Senate Redistricting Plan 2001" (PDF). Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
3. Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
4. Political Graveyard - Connecticut: State Senate, 1880s

External links

• Google Maps - Connecticut General Assembly Senate Districts