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. Its current senator is Christine Cohen. The district boundaries established after the 2010 census are the same as those established after the 2000 census.
List of senators 1830 to 1900 Senator Party Years of service Hometown Notes Charles HawleyRoll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881 Whig 1830–1831 Stamford Thaddeus Betts Whig 1831–1832 Norwalk Charles Hawley Whig 1832–1836 Stamford Benjamin Isaacs 1836–1837 Norwalk Charles Hawley Whig 1837–1838 Stamford Thomas B. Butler Whig 1838–1840 Norwalk Joshua Ferris Whig 1840–1842 Stamford Clark Bissell Whig 1842–1844 Norwalk Darius Mead 1844–1846 Greenwich Charles Marvin Whig 1846–1848 Wilton Thomas B. Butler Whig 1848–1849 Norwalk Served as Senate President Pro Tempore Joshua Ferris Whig 1849–1851 Stamford Served as Senate President Pro Tempore Charles Marvin Whig 1851–1852 Wilton Thomas B. Butler Whig 1852–1854 Norwalk William T. Minor Republican 1854–1855 Stamford Orris S. Ferry Republican 1855–1857 Norwalk James H. Hoyt Democratic 1857–1858 Stamford Julius Curtis Republican 1858–1859 Stamford Matthew F. Merritt 1859–1860 Stamford Julius Curtis Republican 1860–1861 Stamford Aaron Homer Byington Republican 1861–1863 Norwalk Morgan Morgans Whig 1863–1865 Stamford Charles Ballard 1865–1867 Darien William C. Street 1867–1869 Norwalk Huested W. R. Hoyt Republican 1869–1870 Greenwich Elbert A. Woodward Democratic 1870–1871 South Norwalk Fled the country in 1871 due to charges stemming from the Tammany Hall corruption scandal Asa Woodward 1871–1873 Norwalk Huested W. R. Hoyt Republican 1873–1874 Greenwich Galen A. Carter Democratic 1874–1875 Stamford Frederick Bruggerhof Democratic 1875–1877 Darien Oliver Hoyt Republican 1877–1882 Stamford Served as Senate President Pro Tempore Edwin L. ScofieldPolitical Graveyard - Connecticut: State Senate, 1880s Republican 1883–1884 Stamford R. Jay Walsh Republican 1885–1888 Greenwich Served as Senate President Pro Tempore Benjamin P. Mead Republican 1889–1892 New Canaan Leander P. Jones Republican 1893–1894 Greenwich George E. Lounsbury Republican 1895–1896 Ridgefield Edwin O. Keeler 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.
+ List of representatives 1900 to present Senators Party Years District home Note Michael Kenealy Republican 1901–1903 Stamford James F. Walsh Republican 1903–1905 Greenwich Alfred E. Hammer Republican 1905–1907 Branford Samuel Hodgkinson Republican 1907–1909 Wallingford Frank L. Stiles Republican 1909–1911 North Haven Arthur W. Marsden Republican 1911–1913 Madison Edwin R. Kelsey Republican 1913–1915 Branford Dwight W. Tuttle Republican 1915–1917 East Haven Frederick H. Rolf Republican 1917–1919 Guilford Arthur W. Marsden Republican 1919–1921 Madison J. W. Sanford Jr. Republican 1921–1923 Hamden R. Earle Beers Republican 1923–1925 North Branford John E. Brainard Republican 1925–1927 Branford Henry F. Hall Republican 1927–1929 Hamden Harry R. Durant Republican 1929–1931 Guilford Waldo S. Blakeslee Republican 1931–1933 North Haven Walter H. Goodrich Republican 1933–1935 East Haven David R. Robbins Republican 1935–1937 Wallingford William C. White Republican 1937–1939 Guilford Roy C. Enquist Republican 1939–1943 Branford Raymond Brock Republican 1943–1947 New Haven Herbert S. MacDonald Republican 1947–1949 North Haven William Jaspers Republican 1949–1953 East Haven Philander Cooke Republican 1953–1957 Wallingford John H. Filer Republican 1957–1959 Hamden Russell I. Boyce Democratic 1959–1961 Wallingford Lucy Hammer Republican 1961–1973 Branford Stanley H. Page Republican 1973–1977 Guilford Barbara Reimers 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
External links Google Maps - Connecticut General Assembly Senate Districts