Minnesota Senate, District 12

Minnesota's 12th State Senate district
Senator	Torrey Westrom R–Elbow Lake, Grant County

The Minnesota Senate, District 12 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.^[1]

List of Minnesota State senators from District 12

Session	Image	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Residence	Counties represented	Ref.
1st		James Ridpath	N/A	December 2, 1857	December 6, 1859	Tepeeota	Wabasha County.	[2]
2nd		John T. Averill		December 7, 1859	January 7, 1861	Lake City		[3]
3rd		Stiles P. Jones		January 8, 1861	September 25, 1861	Rochester	Olmsted County.	[4]
		Vacant		September 26, 1861	January 6, 1862
4th		John V. Daniels	Republican	January 7, 1862	January 4, 1869	Rochester	Olmsted and Wabasha counties.	[5]
5th			N/A				Olmsted County.
6th
7th
8th
9th			Republican
10th
11th		Joseph A. Leonard		January 5, 1869	January 2, 1871			[6]
12th			N/A
13th		Leonard B. Hodges		January 3, 1871	January 1, 1872	Oronoco		[7]
14th		Amos Coggswell		January 2, 1872	January 3, 1876	Aurora	Steele County.	[8]
15th			Democratic
16th			N/A
17th
18th		Louis L. Wheelock	Republican	January 4, 1876	January 7, 1878	Owatonna		[9]
19th
20th		Eli W. Morehouse	Democratic	January 8, 1878	January 6, 1879			[10]
21st		W. W. Wilkins	N/A	January 7, 1879	January 1, 1883	Medford		[11]
22nd
23rd		Adam C. Hickman		January 2, 1883	January 3, 1887	Owatonna		[12]
24th
25th		Charles Schretz Crandell	Republican	January 4, 1887	January 5, 1891			[13]
26th
27th
28th
29th		Wesley A. Sperry		January 8, 1895	January 2, 1899			[14]
30th
31st		George D. McArthur		January 3, 1899	January 5, 1903	Blue Earth City	Faribault County.	[15]
32nd
33rd		Frank E. Putnam		January 6, 1903	January 4, 1915	Blue Earth		[16]
34th
35th
36th
37th
38th
39th		John Steffen	Nonpartisan	January 5, 1915	January 6, 1919	Troy	Lincoln, Murray and Pipestone counties.	[17]
40th
41st		Floyd E. Lindsley		January 7, 1919	January 1, 1923	Garvin		[18]
42nd
43rd		Louis P. Johnson		January 2, 1923	January 5, 1931	Ivanhoe		[19]
44th
45th
46th
47th		John Vincent Webber		January 6, 1931	October 4, 1946	Slayton		[20]
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
		Vacant		October 5, 1956	January 6, 1946
55th		Hans Pederson	Nonpartisan	January 7, 1947	January 3, 1954	Ruthton		[21]
56th
57th			Conservative
58th
59th		Joseph Vadheim		January 4, 1955	January 7, 1963	Tyler		[22]
60th
61st
62nd
63rd		Michael McGuire	Liberal	January 8, 1963	January 2, 1967	Montgomery	Le Sueur and Scott counties.	[23]
64th
65th		Rollin Glewwe	Conservative	January 3, 1967	January 1, 1973	South Saint Paul	Dakota County.	[24]
66th
67th
68th		Myrton Wegener	DFL	January 2, 1973	January 3, 1983	Bertha	Mille Lacs, Morrison and Todd counties.	[25]
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd		Don Anderson	Independent Republican	January 4, 1983	January 7, 1991	Wadena	Douglas, Otter Tail, Todd and Wadena counties.	[26]
74th
75th
76th
77th		Dallas Sams	DFL	January 8, 1991	January 4, 1991	Staples		[27]
78th		Don Samuelson		January 5, 1993	January 6, 2003	Brainerd	Cass, Crow Wing and Morrison counties.	[28]
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd		Paul Koering	Republican	January 7, 2003	January 3, 2011	Fort Ripley	Crow Wing and Morrison counties.	[29]
84th
85th
86th
87th		Paul Gazelka		January 4, 2011	January 7, 2013	Brainerd		[30]
88th		Torrey Westrom		January 8, 2013	Incumbent	Elbow Lake	Big Stone, Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Traverse and Wilkin counties.	[1]
89th
90th
91st