United States congressional delegations from Maryland
These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The current dean of the Maryland delegation is Representative and former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-5), having served in the House since 1981.
U.S. House of Representatives
[edit]Current members
[edit]List of members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has 8 members: 7 Democrats and 1 Republican.
| Current U.S. representatives from Maryland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence)[1] |
Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2022)[2] |
District map |
| 1st |  Andy Harris (Cambridge) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 | R+11 | 
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| 2nd |  Dutch Ruppersberger (Cockeysville) |
Democratic | January 3, 2003 | D+7 | 
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| 3rd |  John Sarbanes (Baltimore) |
Democratic | January 3, 2007 | D+10 | 
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| 4th |  Glenn Ivey (Cheverly) |
Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+40 | 
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| 5th |  Steny Hoyer (Mechanicsville) |
Democratic | May 19, 1981 | D+15 | 
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| 6th |  David Trone (Potomac) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+2 | 
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| 7th |  Kweisi Mfume (Baltimore) |
Democratic | May 5, 2020 | D+30 | 
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| 8th |  Jamie Raskin (Takoma Park) |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 | D+29 | 
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1789–1793: Six seats
[edit]| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district | 6th district |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (1789–1791) |
Michael Jenifer Stone (AA) |
Joshua Seney (AA) | Benjamin Contee (AA) | William Smith (AA) | George Gale (PA) | Daniel Carroll (PA) |
| 2nd (1791–1793) |
Philip Key (C/PA) | Joshua Seney (C/AA) | William Pinkney (C/PA) | Samuel Sterett (C/AA) | William Vans Murray (C/PA) |
Upton Sheredine (C/AA) |
| William Hindman (PA) | John Francis Mercer (AA) |
1793–1803: Eight seats
[edit]Maryland gained two representatives, up to eight.
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district | 6th district | 7th district | 8th district |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd (1793–1795) |
George Dent (PA) | John Francis Mercer (AA) |
Uriah Forrest (PA) | Thomas Sprigg (AA) | Samuel Smith (AA) | Gabriel Christie (AA) | William Hindman (PA) | William Vans Murray (PA) |
| Gabriel Duvall (AA) | Benjamin Edwards (PA) | |||||||
| 4th (1795–1797) |
George Dent (F) | Gabriel Duvall (DR) | Jeremiah Crabb (F) | Thomas Sprigg (DR) | Samuel Smith (DR) | Gabriel Christie (DR) | William Hindman (F) | William Vans Murray (F) |
| Richard Sprigg Jr. (DR) | William Craik (F) | |||||||
| 5th (1797–1799) |
George Baer Jr. (F) | William Matthews (F) | John Dennis (F) | |||||
| 6th (1799–1801) |
John Chew Thomas (F) | Gabriel Christie (DR) | Joseph Hopper Nicholson (DR) | |||||
| 7th (1801–1803) |
John Campbell (F) | Richard Sprigg Jr. (DR) | Thomas Plater (DR) | Daniel Hiester (DR) | John Archer (DR) | |||
| Walter Bowie (DR) |
1803–1833: Nine seats
[edit]Maryland gained one representative, up to nine. The fifth district had two representatives: one from Baltimore City, and the other from Baltimore County, Maryland.
1833–1843: Eight seats
[edit]Maryland lost one representative, down to eight. The fourth district had two representatives from 1835 to 1843.
1843–1863: Six seats
[edit]Maryland lost two representatives, down to six.
1863–1873: Five seats
[edit]Maryland lost one representative, down to five.
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38th (1863–1865) | John Creswell (UU) | Edwin H. Webster (UU) |
Henry Winter Davis (UU) | Francis Thomas (UU) | Benjamin G. Harris (D) |
| 39th (1865–1867) | Hiram McCullough (D) | Charles E. Phelps (UU) | |||
| John L. Thomas Jr. (UU) | |||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | Stevenson Archer (D) | Charles E. Phelps (Con) | Francis Thomas (R) | Frederick Stone (D) | |
| 41st (1869–1871) | Samuel Hambleton (D) | Thomas Swann (D) | Patrick Hamill (D) | ||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | John Ritchie (D) | William Matthews Merrick (D) |
1873–1953: Six seats
[edit]Maryland gained one representative, up to six for the next 80 years.
1953–1963: Seven seats
[edit]Maryland gained one representative, up to seven.
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | 5th district | 6th district | 7th district |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83rd (1953–1955) | Edward Tylor Miller (R) |
James Devereux (R) | Edward Garmatz (D) |
George Hyde Fallon (D) |
Frank Small Jr. (R) | DeWitt Hyde (R) | Samuel Friedel (D) |
| 84th (1955–1957) | Richard Lankford (D) | ||||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | |||||||
| 86th (1959–1961) | Thomas Francis Johnson (D) |
Daniel Brewster (D) | John R. Foley (D) | ||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | Charles Mathias (R) |
1963–present: Eight seats
[edit]Maryland gained one representative, up to eight. From 1963 through 1967, the eighth seat was elected at-large statewide. Starting in 1967, however, the state was redistricted and an eighth district was created.
United States Senate
[edit]| Current U.S. senators from Maryland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maryland
|
Class I senator | Class III senator | ||
 Ben Cardin (Senior senator) (Baltimore) |
 Chris Van Hollen (Junior senator) (Kensington) | |||
| Party | Democratic | Democratic | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2017 | ||
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of six-year Senate terms.
| Class I senators | Congress | Class III senators | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Carroll (PA) | 1st (1789–1791) | John Henry (PA) | ||
| 2nd (1791–1793) | ||||
| Richard Potts (PA) | ||||
| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
| Richard Potts (F) | 4th (1795–1797) | John Henry (F) | ||
| John Eager Howard (F) | ||||
| 5th (1797–1799) | ||||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||||
| 6th (1799–1801) | ||||
| William Hindman (F) | ||||
| 7th (1801–1803) | ||||
| Robert Wright (DR) | ||||
| Samuel Smith (DR) | 8th (1803–1805) | |||
| 9th (1805–1807) | ||||
| Philip Reed (DR) | ||||
| 10th (1807–1809) | ||||
| 11th (1809–1811) | ||||
| 12th (1811–1813) | ||||
| 13th (1813–1815) | Robert Henry Goldsborough (F) | |||
| Robert Goodloe Harper (F) | 14th (1815–1817) | |||
| Alexander C. Hanson (F) | ||||
| 15th (1817–1819) | ||||
| 16th (1819–1821) | Edward Lloyd (DR) | |||
| William Pinkney (DR) | ||||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||||
| Samuel Smith (DR) | ||||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||||
| Samuel Smith (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | Edward Lloyd (J) | ||
| Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR) | ||||
| 20th (1827–1829) | ||||
| 21st (1829–1831) | ||||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
| Joseph Kent (NR) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
| Robert Henry Goldsborough (NR) | ||||
| 24th (1835–1837) | ||||
| John S. Spence (NR) | ||||
| Joseph Kent (W) | 25th (1837–1839) | John S. Spence (W) | ||
| William Duhurst Merrick (W) | ||||
| 26th (1839–1841) | ||||
| John Leeds Kerr (W) | ||||
| 27th (1841–1843) | ||||
| 28th (1843–1845) | James Pearce (W) | |||
| Reverdy Johnson (W) | 29th (1845–1847) | |||
| 30th (1847–1849) | ||||
| 31st (1849–1851) | ||||
| David Stewart (W) | ||||
| Thomas Pratt (W) | ||||
| 32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
| 33rd (1853–1855) | ||||
| 34th (1855–1857) | ||||
| Anthony Kennedy (KN) | 35th (1857–1859) | James Pearce (D) | ||
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||||
| Anthony Kennedy (U) | 37th (1861–1863) | |||
| Thomas Holliday Hicks (U) | ||||
| Reverdy Johnson (U) | 38th (1863–1865) | Thomas Holliday Hicks (UU) | ||
| Reverdy Johnson (D) | 39th (1865–1867) | John Creswell (UU) | ||
| 40th (1867–1869) | George Vickers (D) | |||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||
| William T. Hamilton (D) | 41st (1869–1871) | |||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | ||||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | George R. Dennis (D) | |||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | 44th (1875–1877) | |||
| 45th (1877–1879) | ||||
| 46th (1879–1881) | James Black Groome (D) | |||
| Arthur P. Gorman (D) | 47th (1881–1883) | |||
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||||
| 49th (1885–1887) | Ephraim K. Wilson II (D) | |||
| 50th (1887–1889) | ||||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | Charles H. Gibson (D) | |||
| 53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th (1897–1899) | George L. Wellington (R) | |||
| Louis E. McComas (R) | 56th (1899–1901) | |||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||||
| 58th (1903–1905) | Arthur P. Gorman (D) | |||
| Isidor Rayner (D) | 59th (1905–1907) | |||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| John Walter Smith (D) | ||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
| William P. Jackson (R) | ||||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | ||||
| Blair Lee I (D) | ||||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| Joseph I. France (R) | 65th (1917–1919) | |||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||||
| 67th (1921–1923) | Ovington Weller (R) | |||
| William Cabell Bruce (D) | 68th (1923–1925) | |||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | Millard Tydings (D) | |||
| Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) |
71st (1929–1931) | |||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
| George L. P. Radcliffe (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| 77th (1941–1943) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| Herbert O'Conor (D) | 80th (1947–1949) | |||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | John Marshall Butler (R) | |||
| J. Glenn Beall (R) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | Daniel Brewster (D) | |||
| Joseph Tydings (D) | 89th (1965–1967) | |||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | Charles Mathias (R) | |||
| J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) | 92nd (1971–1973) | |||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| Paul Sarbanes (D) | 95th (1977–1979) | |||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | Barbara Mikulski (D) | |||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| Ben Cardin (D) | 110th (2007–2009) | |||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | Chris Van Hollen (D) | |||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
Key
[edit]See also
[edit]
- List of United States congressional districts
- Maryland's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Maryland
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- ^ a b c d e Supported the Adams–Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- ^ Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
References
[edit]- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.