1820 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

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Maryland elected its members October 2, 1820.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Maryland 1 Raphael Neale Federalist 1818 Incumbent re-elected.Raphael Neale (Federalist) 54.0%
Nicholas Stonestreet (Federalist) 46.0%
Maryland 2 Joseph Kent Democratic-Republican 1810
1814 (Lost)
1818
Incumbent re-elected.Joseph Kent (Democratic-Republican) 96.9%
John C. Herbert (Federalist) 2.2%
Maryland 3 Henry R. Warfield Federalist 1818 Incumbent re-elected.Henry R. Warfield (Federalist) 99.3%
Maryland 4 Samuel Ringgold Democratic-Republican 1810
1814 (Lost)
1816
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
John Nelson (Democratic-Republican) 57.9%
Thomas C. Worthington (Federalist) 41.9%
Maryland 5
Plural district with 2 seats
Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican 1792
1803 (Retired)
1816
Incumbent re-elected.Peter Little (Democratic-Republican) 50.0%
Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 50.0%
Peter Little Democratic-Republican 1810
1812 (Lost)
1816
Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 6 Stevenson Archer Democratic-Republican 1811 (Special)
1816 (Lost)
1818
Incumbent retired.
New member elected by lot after tied vote.
Democratic-Republican hold. [lower-alpha 1]
Jeremiah Cosden (Democratic-Republican) 49.9%
Philip Reed (Democratic-Republican) 49.9%
Maryland 7 Thomas Culbreth Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican) 50.5%
Thomas Culbreth (Democratic-Republican) 49.5%
Maryland 8 Thomas Bayly Federalist 1816 Incumbent re-elected.Thomas Bayly (Federalist) 99.5%

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Notes

  1. In Maryland's 6th district , Philip Reed later successfully contested the tie, claiming 7 votes for him that had not been counted, [1] and was seated March 22, 1822. [2]

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References

  1. "Maryland 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved February 18, 2019. (see footnotes 1, 2, and 5)
  2. "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 4, 2019 via History.house.gov.