United States congressional delegations from Maryland

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These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

Contents

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

Current members

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
DistrictMember
(Residence) [1] 		PartyIncumbent since CPVI
(2022) [2] 		District map
1st Andy Harris 115th Congress (cropped).jpg
Andy Harris
(Cambridge)		RepublicanJanuary 3, 2011R+11 Maryland's 1st congressional district (since 2023).svg
2nd Johnny Olszewski 119th congress (cropped).jpg
Johnny Olszewski
(Edgemere)		DemocraticJanuary 3, 2025D+7 Maryland's 2nd congressional district in Baltimore (since 2023).svg
3rd Sarah Elfreth 119th congress (cropped).jpg
Sarah Elfreth
(Annapolis)		DemocraticJanuary 3, 2025D+10 Maryland's 3rd congressional district in Baltimore (since 2023).svg
4th Rep. Glenn Ivey official portrait, 118th Congress (cropped).jpg
Glenn Ivey
(Cheverly)		DemocraticJanuary 3, 2023D+40 Maryland's 4th congressional district in Washington (since 2023).svg
5th Steny Hoyer, official photo as Whip (cropped additional).jpg
Steny Hoyer
(Mechanicsville)		DemocraticMay 19, 1981D+15 Maryland's 5th congressional district (since 2023).svg
6th McClain Delaney April 119th Congress (cropped).jpg
April McClain-Delaney
(Potomac)		DemocraticJanuary 3, 2025D+2 Maryland's 6th congressional district (since 2023).svg
7th Kweisi Mfume, official portrait, 116th Congress (cropped).jpg
Kweisi Mfume
(Baltimore)		DemocraticMay 5, 2020D+30 Maryland's 7th congressional district in Baltimore (since 2023).svg
8th Jamie Raskin Official Portrait 2019 (cropped).jpg
Jamie Raskin
(Takoma Park)		DemocraticJanuary 3, 2017D+29 Maryland's 8th congressional district in Washington (since 2023).svg

1789–1793: Six seats

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

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

Maryland gained one representative, up to nine. The fifth district had two representatives: one from Baltimore City, and the other from Baltimore County, Maryland.

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district 7th district 8th district
Seat ASeat B
8th
(1803–1805)		 John Campbell (F) Walter Bowie (DR) Thomas Plater (DR) Daniel Hiester (DR) William McCreery (DR) Nicholas R.
Moore (DR)		 John Archer (DR) Joseph Hopper
Nicholson (DR)		 John Dennis (F)
Roger Nelson (DR)
9th
(1805–1807)		 Leonard Covington (DR) Patrick Magruder (DR) Charles
Goldsborough (F)
Edward Lloyd (DR)
10th
(1807–1809)		 Archibald Van
Horne (DR)		 Philip Barton
Key (F)		 John Montgomery (DR)
11th
(1809–1811)		 Alexander McKim (DR) John Brown (DR)
Samuel Ringgold (DR) Robert Wright (DR)
12th
(1811–1813)		 Philip Stuart (F) Joseph Kent (DR) Peter Little (DR)
Stevenson Archer (DR)
13th
(1813–1815)		 Alexander C.
Hanson (F)		 Nicholas R.
Moore (DR)
14th
(1815–1817)		 John C.
Herbert (F)		 George Baer Jr. (F) William Pinkney (DR)
George Peter (F) Peter Little (DR) [a] Samuel Smith (DR)
15th
(1817–1819)		 Samuel Ringgold (DR) Philip Reed (DR) Thomas Culbreth (DR) Thomas Bayly (F)
16th
(1819–1821)		 Raphael Neale (F) [b] Joseph Kent (DR) [b] Henry Ridgely
Warfield (DR)		 Stevenson Archer (DR)
17th
(1821–1823)		 Henry Ridgely
Warfield (F) [b] 		John Nelson (DR) Jeremiah Cosden (DR) Robert Wright (DR)
Isaac McKim (DR) [a] Philip Reed (DR)
18th
(1823–1825)		 John Lee (F) [a] George Edward
Mitchell (DR) [b] 		William
Hayward Jr. (DR) [c] 		John S. Spence (DR) [b]
19th
(1825–1827)		 Clement Dorsey (NR) Joseph Kent (NR) George Peter (J) Thomas Contee
Worthington (J)		 Peter Little (NR) John Barney (NR) George Edward
Mitchell (J)		 John Leeds Kerr (NR) Robert N. Martin (NR)
John Crompton
Weems (J)
20th
(1827–1829)		 George C.
Washington (NR)		 Michael Sprigg (J) Levin Gale (J) Ephraim King
Wilson (NR)
21st
(1829–1831)		 Benedict Joseph
Semmes (NR)		 Elias Brown (J) Benjamin Chew
Howard (J)		 George Edward
Mitchell (J)		 Richard Spencer (J) Ephraim King
Wilson (J)
22nd
(1831–1833)		 Daniel Jenifer (NR) Francis Thomas (J) John T. H.
Worthington (J)		 John Leeds Kerr (NR) John S. Spence (NR)
Charles S. Sewall (J)

1833–1843: Eight seats

Maryland lost one representative, down to eight. The fourth district had two representatives from 1835 to 1843.

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district 7th district 8th district
23rd
(1833–1835)		 Littleton Purnell
Dennis (NR)		 Richard Bennett
Carmichael (J)		 James Turner (J) James P. Heath (J) Isaac McKim (J) William Cost
Johnson (NR)		 Francis Thomas (J) John Truman
Stoddert (J)
Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district 7th district
Seat ASeat B
24th
(1835–1837)		 John N.
Steele (NR)		 James Pearce (NR) James P. Heath (J) Benjamin Chew
Howard (J)		 Isaac McKim (J) George C.
Washington (NR)		 Francis Thomas (J) Daniel Jenifer (NR)
25th
(1837–1839)		 John Dennis (W) James Pearce (W) John T. H.
Worthington (D)		 Benjamin Chew
Howard (D)		 Isaac McKim (D) William Cost
Johnson (W)		 Francis Thomas (D) Daniel Jenifer (W)
John P. Kennedy (W)
26th
(1839–1841)		 Philip Francis
Thomas (D)		 Solomon Hillen Jr. (D) James Carroll (D)
27th
(1841–1843)		 Isaac D.
Jones (W)		 James Pearce (W) James Wray
Williams (D)		 Alexander Randall (W) John P. Kennedy (W) John Thomson
Mason (D)		 Augustus Rhodes
Sollers (W)
Charles S. Sewall (D)

1843–1863: Six seats

Maryland lost two representatives, down to six.

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
28th
(1843–1845)		 John Causin (W) Francis Brengle (W) John Wethered (W) John P. Kennedy (W) Jacob A. Preston (W) Thomas A. Spence (W)
29th
(1845–1847)		 John G.
Chapman (W)		 Thomas J. Perry (D) Thomas Watkins
Ligon (D)		 William F. Giles (D) Albert Constable (D) Edward H. C. Long (W)
30th
(1847–1849)		 James Dixon Roman (W) Robert Milligan
McLane (D)		 Alexander Evans (W) John W. Crisfield (W)
31st
(1849–1851)		 Richard Bowie (W) William T.
Hamilton (D)		 Edward Hammond (D) John Bozman Kerr (W)
32nd
(1851–1853)		 Thomas Yates
Walsh (W)		 Joseph S.
Cottman (W)
33rd
(1853–1855)		 John Rankin
Franklin (W)		 Jacob Shower (D) Joshua Van Sant (D) William T.
Hamilton (D)		 Henry May (D) Augustus Rhodes
Sollers (W)
34th
(1855–1857)		 James Augustus
Stewart (D)		 James B.
Ricaud (KN)		 J. Morrison
Harris (KN)		 Henry Winter
Davis (KN)		 Henry William
Hoffman (KN)		 Thomas Fielder
Bowie (D)
35th
(1857–1859)		 Jacob M.
Kunkel (D)
36th
(1859–1861)		 Edwin H.
Webster (KN)		 George W.
Hughes (D)
37th
(1861–1863)		 John W. Crisfield (U) Edwin H.
Webster (U)		 Cornelius Leary (U) Henry May (U) Francis Thomas (U) Charles Benedict
Calvert (U)

1863–1873: Five seats

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

Maryland gained one representative, up to six for the next 80 years.

1953–1963: Seven seats

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

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.

CongressDistrict
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th At-large
88th (1963–1965) Rogers Morton (R) Clarence Long (D) Edward
Garmatz (D)		 George Hyde
Fallon (D)		 Richard Lankford (D) Charles Mathias (R) Samuel Friedel (D) Carlton R.
Sickles (D)
89th (1965–1967) Hervey Machen (D)
90th (1967–1969) 8th
Gilbert Gude (R)
91st (1969–1971) Lawrence Hogan (R) J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R)
92nd (1971–1973) Paul Sarbanes (D) Goodloe Byron (D) Parren Mitchell (D)
William O. Mills (R)
93rd (1973–1975) Paul Sarbanes (D) Marjorie Holt (R)
Robert Bauman (R)
94th (1975–1977) Gladys Spellman (D)
95th (1977–1979) Barbara
Mikulski (D)		 Newton Steers (R)
96th (1979–1981) Beverly Byron (D) Michael D.
Barnes (D)
97th (1981–1983) Roy Dyson (D)
Steny Hoyer (D)
98th (1983–1985)
99th (1985–1987) Helen Delich
Bentley (R)
100th (1987–1989) Ben Cardin (D) Tom McMillen (D) Kweisi Mfume (D) Connie Morella (R)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993) Wayne Gilchrest (R)
103rd (1993–1995) Albert Wynn (D) Roscoe Bartlett (R)
104th (1995–1997) Bob Ehrlich (R)
Elijah Cummings (D)
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005) Dutch
Ruppersberger
(D)		 Chris
Van Hollen (D)
109th (2005–2007)
110th (2007–2009) John Sarbanes (D)
Donna Edwards (D)
111th (2009–2011) Frank Kratovil (D)
112th (2011–2013) Andy Harris (R)
113th (2013–2015) John Delaney (D)
114th (2015–2017)
115th (2017–2019) Anthony Brown (D) Jamie Raskin (D)
116th (2019–2021) David Trone (D)
Kweisi Mfume (D)
117th (2021–2023)
118th (2023–2025) Glenn Ivey (D)
119th (2025–2027) Johnny Olszewski (D) Sarah Elfreth (D) April McClain-Delaney (D)
Congress 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
District

United States Senate

Current U.S. senators from Maryland
Maryland

CPVI (2022): [3]
D+14
 Class I senator Class III senator
Angela Alsobrooks Sep2023.jpg
Angela Alsobrooks
(Junior senator)
(Upper Marlboro)		 Chris Van Hollen official portrait 115th Congress (cropped).jpg
Chris Van Hollen
(Senior senator)
(Kensington)
PartyDemocraticDemocratic
Incumbent sinceJanuary 3, 2025January 3, 2017

The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of six-year Senate terms.

Key

Anti-Administration (AA)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Jacksonian (J)
Know Nothing (KN)
National Republican (NR)
Republican (R)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Whig (W)

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Supported the Adams–Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
  3. ↑ Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.

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References

  1. ↑ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  2. ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  3. ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
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