The Minnesota's 12th Senate District is one of 67 Minnesota State Senate districts. It encompasses parts of Big Stone County, Douglas County, Grant County, Pope County, Stearns County, Stevens County, Swift County, Traverse County and Wilkin County. The seat has been held by Republican Torrey Westrom of Elbow Lake, Minnesota since 2013.
List of senators +List of Minnesota State senators from District 12SessionImageSenatorPartyTerm startTerm endResidenceCounties representedRef.1stJames RidpathN/ADecember 2, 1857December 6, 1859TepeeotaWabasha County.2ndJohn T. AverillDecember 7, 1859January 7, 1861Lake City3rdStiles P. JonesJanuary 8, 1861September 25, 1861RochesterOlmsted County.VacantSeptember 26, 1861January 6, 18624thJohn V. DanielsRepublicanJanuary 7, 1862January 4, 1869RochesterOlmsted and Wabasha counties.5thN/AOlmsted County.6th7th8th9thRepublican10th11thJoseph A. LeonardJanuary 5, 1869January 2, 187112thN/A13thLeonard B. HodgesJanuary 3, 1871January 1, 1872Oronoco14thAmos CoggswellJanuary 2, 1872January 3, 1876AuroraSteele County.15thDemocratic16thN/A17th18thLouis L. WheelockRepublicanJanuary 4, 1876January 7, 1878Owatonna19th20thEli W. MorehouseDemocraticJanuary 8, 1878January 6, 187921stW. W. WilkinsN/AJanuary 7, 1879January 1, 1883Medford22nd23rdAdam C. HickmanJanuary 2, 1883January 3, 1887Owatonna24th25thCharles Schretz CrandellRepublicanJanuary 4, 1887January 5, 189126th27th28th29thWesley A. SperryJanuary 8, 1895January 2, 189930th31stGeorge D. McArthurJanuary 3, 1899January 5, 1903Blue Earth CityFaribault County.32nd33rdFrank E. PutnamJanuary 6, 1903January 4, 1915Blue Earth34th35th36th37th38th39thJohn SteffenNonpartisanJanuary 5, 1915January 6, 1919TroyLincoln, Murray and Pipestone counties. 40th41stFloyd E. LindsleyJanuary 7, 1919January 1, 1923Garvin42nd43rdLouis P. JohnsonJanuary 2, 1923January 5, 1931Ivanhoe44th45th46th47thJohn Vincent WebberJanuary 6, 1931October 4, 1946Slayton48th49th50th51st52nd53rd54thVacantOctober 5, 1956January 6, 194655thHans PedersonNonpartisanJanuary 7, 1947January 3, 1954Ruthton56th57thConservative58th59thJoseph VadheimJanuary 4, 1955January 7, 1963Tyler60th61st62nd63rdMichael McGuireLiberalJanuary 8, 1963January 2, 1967MontgomeryLe Sueur and Scott counties.64th65thRollin GlewweConservativeJanuary 3, 1967January 1, 1973South Saint PaulDakota County.66th67th68thMyrton WegenerDFLJanuary 2, 1973January 3, 1983BerthaMille Lacs, Morrison and Todd counties.69th70th71st72nd73rdDon AndersonIndependent RepublicanJanuary 4, 1983January 7, 1991WadenaDouglas, Otter Tail, Todd and Wadena counties.74th75th76th77thDallas SamsDFLJanuary 8, 1991January 4, 1991Staples78thDon SamuelsonJanuary 5, 1993January 6, 2003BrainerdCass, Crow Wing and Morrison counties.79th80th81st82nd83rdPaul KoeringRepublicanJanuary 7, 2003January 3, 2011Fort RipleyCrow Wing and Morrison counties.84th85th86th87thPaul GazelkaJanuary 4, 2011January 7, 2013Brainerd88thTorrey WestromJanuary 8, 2013IncumbentElbow LakeBig Stone, Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Traverse and Wilkin counties.89th90th91st92ndBig Stone, Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift93rd94th
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