Texas Senate, District 12 – Wikipedia

Name Party Years Legislature Counties served 1 John McNeel February 16, 1846 –
December 13, 1847 1st Brazoria, Matagorda 2 Stephen W. Perkins December 13, 1847 –
November 5, 1849 2nd 3 Isaac W. Brashear November 5, 1849 –
November 3, 1851 3rd Harris 4 James A. Truitt November 3, 1851 –
November 7, 1853 4th Panola, Shelby 5 William G. W. Jowers November 7, 1853 –
November 5, 1855 5th Anderson, Houston 6 William M. Taylor November 5, 1855 –
November 7, 1859 6th
7th 7 Alexis T. Rainey November 7, 1859 –
February 13, 1860 8th 8 Steward Alexander Miller January 21, 1861 –
November 4, 1861 9 Benjamin T. Selman November 4, 1861 –
February 7, 1870 9th
10th
11th Smith, Van Zandt, Wood 10 George Ruby Republican February 8, 1870 –
January 13, 1874 12th
13th Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda Benjamin Cromwell Franklin Democratic Elected but never sworn 14th 11 Thomas Miller Joseph Democratic March 19, 1874 –
April 18, 1876 12 Finis E. Piner Democratic April 18, 1876 –
January 14, 1879 15th Collin, Denton 13 William D. Lair Democratic January 14, 1879 –
January 9, 1883 16th
17th 14 Alvah Chesley Democratic January 9, 1883 –
January 13, 1885 18th Austin, Burleson, Fort Bend, Waller, Washington 15 Hermann Knittel Democratic January 13, 1885 –
January 8, 1889 19th
20th 16 Ernst Gustav Maetze Democratic January 8, 1889 –
October 12, 1891 21st
22nd 17 William W. Searcy Democratic March 14, 1892 –
January 10, 1893 22nd 18 Robert E. Steele Democratic January 10, 1893 –
January 12, 1897 23rd
24th Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson 19 John A. Wayland Democratic January 12, 1897 –
January 13, 1903 25th
26th
27th 20 Alfred J. Harper Democratic January 13, 1903 –
September 17, 1910 28th
29th
30th
31st 21 James R. Astin Democratic January 10, 1911 –
January 9, 1917 32nd
33rd
30th
34th 22 Edmond A. Decherd, Jr. Democratic January 9, 1917 –
April 16, 1918 35th 23 Robert L. Williford Democratic January 14, 1919 –
January 11, 1921 36th 24 D. Leon Harp Democratic March 12, 1921 –
January 9, 1923 37th 25 William E. Doyle Democratic July 18, 1921 –
January 13, 1925 37th
38th 26 Pierce B. Ward Democratic January 13, 1925 –
January 8, 1929 39th
40th Ellis, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell 27 Will M. Martin Democratic January 8, 1929 –
January 12, 1937 41st
42nd
43rd
44th 28 Vernon Lemens Democratic January 12, 1937 –
January 9, 1945 45th
46th
47th
48th 29 A. B. Crawford Democratic January 9, 1945 –
January 11, 1949 49th
50th 30 Crawford Martin Democratic January 11, 1949 –
January 13, 1953 51st
52nd Democratic January 13, 1953 –
January 8, 1963 53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Ellis, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell 31 J. P. Word Democratic January 8, 1963 –
January 10, 1967 58th
59th Democratic January 10, 1967 –
January 9, 1973 60th
61st
62nd Bandera, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Ellis, Erath, Gillespie, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Somervell 32 Betty Andujar Republican January 9, 1973 –
January 11, 1983 63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th Tarrant 33 Hugh Q. Parmer Democratic January 11, 1983 –
January 8, 1991 68th
69th
70th
71st 34
Mike Moncrief Democratic January 8, 1991 –
January 12, 1993 72nd Democratic January 12, 1993 –
January 10, 1995 73rd Dallas, Tarrant Democratic January 10, 1995 –
January 14, 2003 74th
75th
76th
77th Tarrant 35 Jane Nelson Republican January 14, 2003 –
January 3, 2023 78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th Denton, Tarrant 36 Tan Parker Republican January 10, 2023 –
present 88th