Texas Senate, District 12 Explained

State:	Texas
Percent Asian:	8.5
Population:	983,996
Percent Hispanic:	21.1
District:	12
Percent Black:	10.3
Percent White:	59.8
Residence:	Flower Mound
Party:	Republican
Representative:	Tan Parker
Chamber:	Senate

District 12 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Wise County, and portions of Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

The current senator from District 12 is Tan Parker.

Biggest cities in the district

District 12 has a population of 818,893 with 588,816 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.^[2]

	Name	County	Pop.^[3]
1	Fort Worth	Tarrant	137,584
2	Lewisville	Denton	94,449
3	Carrollton	Denton	69,743
4	Flower Mound	Denton/Tarrant	64,669
5	Frisco	Denton	44,500

District officeholders

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

Election history

1992

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Senate Districts PLANS2168 . WTAW . 25 July 2024.
2. Web site: District Population Analysis with County Subtotals. 2021-01-20. The Texas State Senate.
3. Web site: Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District. 2020-07-02. The Texas State Senate.