Connecticut's 12th State Senate district facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Connecticut's 12th State Senate district
Senator	Christine Cohen D–Guilford

Connecticut's 12th Senate District elects one member of the Connecticut 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 Hawley	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. Scofield	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

List of senators 1900 to the present

At this point redistricting caused Fairfield County to be represented in the Senate by the 25th and 26th District.