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Maryland's congressional delegations
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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
Main article: List of United States representatives from Maryland
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.
1789–1793: Six seats
| Congress | |
|---|---|
| **** | |
| (1789–1791) | |
| **** | |
| (1791–1793) | |
| William Hindman (PA) |
1793–1803: Eight seats
Maryland gained two representatives, up to eight.
| Congress | |
|---|---|
| **** | |
| (1793–1795) | |
| {{Party cell | Anti-Administration Party (US) |
| **** | |
| (1795–1797) | |
| rowspan=2 | Richard Sprigg Jr. (DR) |
| **** | |
| (1797–1799) | |
| **** | |
| (1799–1801) | |
| **** | |
| (1801–1803) | |
| 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 | Seat A | Seat B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **** | ||||
| (1803–1805) | rowspan=7 | John Campbell (F) | rowspan=2 | Walter Bowie (DR) |
| rowspan=5 | Roger Nelson (DR) | |||
| **** | ||||
| (1805–1807) | rowspan=2 | Leonard Covington (DR) | rowspan=2 | Patrick Magruder (DR) |
| rowspan=2 | Edward Lloyd (DR) | |||
| **** | ||||
| (1807–1809) | rowspan=3 | Archibald Van | ||
| Horne (DR) | rowspan=5 | Philip Barton | ||
| Key (F) | ||||
| **** | ||||
| (1809–1811) | rowspan=5 | Alexander McKim (DR) | John Brown (DR) | |
| rowspan=4 | Samuel Ringgold (DR) | rowspan=6 | Robert Wright (DR) | |
| **** | ||||
| (1811–1813) | rowspan=6 | Philip Stuart (F) | rowspan=3 | Joseph Kent (DR) |
| rowspan=4 | Stevenson Archer (DR) | |||
| **** | ||||
| (1813–1815) | rowspan=2 | Alexander C. | ||
| Hanson (F) | rowspan=2 | Nicholas R. | ||
| Moore (DR) | ||||
| **** | ||||
| (1815–1817) | rowspan=3 | John C. | ||
| Herbert (F) | rowspan=2 | George Baer Jr. (F) | ||
| rowspan=2 | George Peter (F) | {{Party cell | Democratic-Republican Party | Peter Little (DR) |
| **** | ||||
| (1817–1819) | rowspan=2 | Samuel Ringgold (DR) | Philip Reed (DR) | |
| **** | ||||
| (1819–1821) | rowspan=4 | Raphael Neale (F) | {{Party cell | Democratic-Republican Party |
| **** | ||||
| (1821–1823) | {{Party cell | Federalist Party | Henry Ridgely | |
| Warfield (F) | ||||
| rowspan=2 | Isaac McKim (DR) | Philip Reed (DR) | ||
| **** | ||||
| (1823–1825) | John Lee (F) | {{Party cell | Democratic-Republican Party | |
| **** | ||||
| (1825–1827) | Anti-Jacksonian Party}} | Clement Dorsey (NR) | {{Party cell | Anti-Jacksonian Party |
| rowspan=2 | John Crompton | |||
| Weems (J) | ||||
| **** | ||||
| (1827–1829) | Anti-Jacksonian Party}} | George C. | ||
| Washington (NR) | Jacksonian Party}} | Michael Sprigg (J) | ||
| **** | ||||
| (1829–1831) | rowspan=3 | Benedict Joseph | ||
| Semmes (NR) | Elias Brown (J) | |||
| **** | ||||
| (1831–1833) | rowspan=2 | Daniel Jenifer (NR) | rowspan=2 | Francis Thomas (J) |
| 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 | Congress | Seat A | Seat B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **** | |||||
| (1833–1835) | Littleton Purnell | ||||
| Dennis (NR) | Richard Bennett | ||||
| Carmichael (J) | James Turner (J) | ||||
| **** | |||||
| (1835–1837) | John N. | ||||
| Steele (NR) | {{Party cell | Anti-Jacksonian Party | top}} | James Pearce (NR) | |
| **** | |||||
| (1837–1839) | rowspan=3 | John Dennis (W) | {{Party cell | Whig Party (US) | James Pearce (W) |
| John P. Kennedy (W) | |||||
| **** | |||||
| (1839–1841) | Philip Francis | ||||
| Thomas (D) | Solomon Hillen Jr. (D) | James Carroll (D) | |||
| **** | |||||
| (1841–1843) | Whig Party (US)}} | Isaac D. | |||
| Jones (W) | Whig Party (US)}} | James Pearce (W) | James Wray | ||
| Williams (D) | |||||
| Charles S. Sewall (D) |
1843–1863: Six seats
Maryland lost two representatives, down to six.
| Congress |
|---|
| **** |
| (1843–1845) |
| **** |
| (1845–1847) |
| **** |
| (1847–1849) |
| **** |
| (1849–1851) |
| **** |
| (1851–1853) |
| **** |
| (1853–1855) |
| **** |
| (1855–1857) |
| **** |
| (1857–1859) |
| **** |
| (1859–1861) |
| **** |
| (1861–1863) |
1863–1873: Five seats
Maryland lost one representative, down to five.
| Congress | |
|---|---|
| **** (1863–1865) | |
| **** (1865–1867) | |
| John L. Thomas Jr. (U) | |
| **** (1867–1869) | |
| **** (1869–1871) | |
| **** (1871–1873) |
1873–1953: Six seats
Maryland gained one representative, up to six for the next 80 years.
| Congress | |
|---|---|
| **** (1873–1875) | |
| **** (1875–1877) | |
| **** (1877–1879) | |
| **** (1879–1881) | |
| **** (1881–1883) | |
| **** (1883–1885) | |
| **** (1885–1887) | |
| Democratic Party (US)}} | Harry W. Rusk (D) |
| **** (1887–1889) | |
| **** (1889–1891) | |
| Sydney E. Mudd I (R) | |
| **** (1891–1893) | |
| John B. Brown (D) | |
| **** (1893–1895) | |
| Winder Laird Henry (D) | |
| **** (1895–1897) | |
| **** (1897–1899) | |
| **** (1899–1901) | |
| Josiah Kerr (R) | |
| **** (1901–1903) | |
| **** (1903–1905) | |
| **** (1905–1907) | |
| **** (1907–1909) | |
| **** (1909–1911) | |
| **** (1911–1913) | |
| **** (1913–1915) | |
| **** (1915–1917) | |
| **** (1917–1919) | |
| **** (1919–1921) | |
| **** (1921–1923) | |
| **** (1923–1925) | |
| **** (1925–1927) | |
| **** (1927–1929) | |
| **** (1929–1931) | |
| **** (1931–1933) | |
| **** (1933–1935) | |
| **** (1935–1937) | |
| **** (1937–1939) | |
| **** (1939–1941) | |
| **** (1941–1943) | |
| Katharine Byron (D) | |
| **** (1943–1945) | |
| **** (1945–1947) | |
| **** (1947–1949) | |
| **** (1949–1951) | |
| **** (1951–1953) |
1953–1963: Seven seats
Maryland gained one representative, up to seven.
| Congress |
|---|
| **** (1953–1955) |
| **** (1955–1957) |
| **** (1957–1959) |
| **** (1959–1961) |
| **** (1961–1963) |
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.
| Congress | District | Congress | District | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **** (1963–1965) | rowspan=6 | Rogers Morton (R) | rowspan=15 | Clarence Long (D) | rowspan=7 | Edward |
| Garmatz (D) | ||||||
| **** (1965–1967) | rowspan=3 | Hervey Machen (D) | ||||
| **** (1967–1969) | ||||||
| rowspan=7 | Gilbert Gude (R) | |||||
| **** (1969–1971) | rowspan=5 | Lawrence Hogan (R) | J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) | |||
| **** (1971–1973) | rowspan=2 | Paul Sarbanes (D) | rowspan=6 | Goodloe Byron (D) | rowspan=11 | Parren Mitchell (D) |
| rowspan=2 | William O. Mills (R) | |||||
| **** (1973–1975) | rowspan=3 | Paul Sarbanes (D) | rowspan=9 | Marjorie Holt (R) | ||
| rowspan=4 | Robert Bauman (R) | |||||
| **** (1975–1977) | rowspan=4 | Gladys Spellman (D) | ||||
| **** (1977–1979) | rowspan=6 | Barbara | ||||
| Mikulski (D) | Newton Steers (R) | |||||
| **** (1979–1981) | rowspan=8 | Beverly Byron (D) | rowspan=5 | Michael D. | ||
| Barnes (D) | ||||||
| **** (1981–1983) | rowspan=6 | Roy Dyson (D) | ||||
| rowspan=26 | Steny Hoyer (D) | |||||
| **** (1983–1985) | ||||||
| **** (1985–1987) | rowspan=5 | Helen Delich | ||||
| Bentley (R) | ||||||
| **** (1987–1989) | rowspan=11 | Ben Cardin (D) | rowspan=3 | Tom McMillen (D) | rowspan=5 | Kweisi Mfume (D) |
| **** (1989–1991) | ||||||
| **** (1991–1993) | rowspan=11 | Wayne Gilchrest (R) | ||||
| **** (1993–1995) | rowspan=9 | Albert Wynn (D) | rowspan=12 | Roscoe Bartlett (R) | ||
| **** (1995–1997) | rowspan=5 | Bob Ehrlich (R) | ||||
| rowspan=14 | Elijah Cummings (D) | |||||
| **** (1997–1999) | ||||||
| **** (1999–2001) | ||||||
| **** (2001–2003) | ||||||
| **** (2003–2005) | rowspan=13 | Dutch | ||||
| Ruppersberger | ||||||
| (D) | rowspan=8 | Chris | ||||
| Van Hollen (D) | ||||||
| **** (2005–2007) | ||||||
| **** (2007–2009) | rowspan=11 | John Sarbanes (D) | ||||
| rowspan=5 | Donna Edwards (D) | |||||
| **** (2009–2011) | Frank Kratovil (D) | |||||
| **** (2011–2013) | rowspan=9 | Andy Harris (R) | ||||
| **** (2013–2015) | rowspan=3 | John Delaney (D) | ||||
| **** (2015–2017) | ||||||
| **** (2017–2019) | rowspan=4 | Anthony Brown (D) | rowspan=6 | Jamie Raskin (D) | ||
| **** (2019–2021) | rowspan=4 | David Trone (D) | ||||
| rowspan=4 | Kweisi Mfume (D) | |||||
| **** (2021–2023) | ||||||
| **** (2023–2025) | rowspan=2 | Glenn Ivey (D) | ||||
| **** (2025–2027) | Johnny Olszewski (D) | Sarah Elfreth (D) | April McClain Delaney (D) |
United States Senate
| CPVI (2025): |
|---|
! Class I senator ! Class III senator
|- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[File:Sen. Angela Alsobrooks official Senate photo, 119th Congress Higher def (cropped).jpg|frameless|151x151px]] Angela Alsobrooks (Junior senator) (Upper Marlboro) | [[File:Chris Van Hollen official portrait 115th Congress (cropped).jpg |x150px]] Chris Van Hollen (Senior senator) (Kensington)
|- ! Party | |
|- ! Incumbent since | January 3, 2025 | January 3, 2017 |}
Main article: List of United States senators from Maryland
The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of six-year Senate terms.
| Class I senators | Congress | Class III senators | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 | Charles Carroll (PA) | **** (1789–1791) | |||
| **** (1791–1793) | |||||
| rowspan=2 | Richard Potts (PA) | ||||
| **** (1793–1795) | |||||
| Richard Potts (F) | **** (1795–1797) | ||||
| rowspan=7 | John Eager Howard (F) | ||||
| **** (1797–1799) | |||||
| rowspan=2 | James Lloyd (F) | ||||
| **** (1799–1801) | |||||
| Federalist Party}} | William Hindman (F) | ||||
| **** (1801–1803) | |||||
| rowspan=3 | Robert Wright (DR) | ||||
| rowspan=7 | Samuel Smith (DR) | **** (1803–1805) | |||
| **** (1805–1807) | |||||
| rowspan=4 | Philip Reed (DR) | ||||
| **** (1807–1809) | |||||
| **** (1809–1811) | |||||
| **** (1811–1813) | |||||
| **** (1813–1815) | rowspan=4 | Robert Henry | |||
| Goldsborough (F) | |||||
| Robert Goodloe Harper (F) | **** (1815–1817) | ||||
| rowspan=3 | Alexander C. Hanson (F) | ||||
| **** (1817–1819) | |||||
| **** (1819–1821) | {{Party cell | Democratic-Republican Party | |||
| rowspan=2 | William Pinkney (DR) | ||||
| **** (1821–1823) | |||||
| Democratic-Republican Party | right | top}} | Samuel Smith (DR) | ||
| **** (1823–1825) | |||||
| Jacksonian Party | right | bottom}} | Samuel Smith (J) | **** (1825–1827) | |
| Anti-Jacksonian Party}} | Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR) | ||||
| **** (1827–1829) | |||||
| **** (1829–1831) | |||||
| **** (1831–1833) | |||||
| rowspan=4 | Joseph Kent (NR) | **** (1833–1835) | |||
| rowspan=2 | Robert Henry | ||||
| Goldsborough (NR) | |||||
| **** (1835–1837) | |||||
| {{Party cell | Anti-Jacksonian Party | top}} | John S. Spence (NR) | ||
| Joseph Kent (W) | **** (1837–1839) | ||||
| rowspan=5 | William Duhurst Merrick (W) | ||||
| **** (1839–1841) | |||||
| rowspan=2 | John Leeds Kerr (W) | ||||
| **** (1841–1843) | |||||
| **** (1843–1845) | Whig Party (US) | ||||
| rowspan=3 | Reverdy Johnson (W) | **** (1845–1847) | |||
| **** (1847–1849) | |||||
| **** (1849–1851) | |||||
| David Stewart (W) | |||||
| Whig Party (US) | right}} | Thomas Pratt (W) | |||
| **** (1851–1853) | |||||
| **** (1853–1855) | |||||
| **** (1855–1857) | |||||
| rowspan=2 | Anthony Kennedy (KN) | **** (1857–1859) | |||
| **** (1859–1861) | |||||
| rowspan=2 | Anthony Kennedy (U) | **** (1861–1863) | |||
| {{Party cell | Unionist Party (US) | top}} | Thomas Holliday Hicks (U) | ||
| Reverdy Johnson (U) | **** (1863–1865) | ||||
| rowspan=2 | Reverdy Johnson (D) | **** (1865–1867) | John Creswell (UU) | ||
| **** (1867–1869) | rowspan=4 | George Vickers (D) | |||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | |||||
| rowspan=3 | William T. Hamilton (D) | **** (1869–1871) | |||
| **** (1871–1873) | |||||
| **** (1873–1875) | rowspan=3 | George R. Dennis (D) | |||
| rowspan=3 | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | **** (1875–1877) | |||
| **** (1877–1879) | |||||
| **** (1879–1881) | rowspan=3 | James Black Groome (D) | |||
| rowspan=9 | Arthur P. Gorman (D) | **** (1881–1883) | |||
| **** (1883–1885) | |||||
| **** (1885–1887) | rowspan=3 | Ephraim K. Wilson II (D) | |||
| **** (1887–1889) | |||||
| **** (1889–1891) | |||||
| **** (1891–1893) | rowspan=3 | Charles H. Gibson (D) | |||
| **** (1893–1895) | |||||
| **** (1895–1897) | |||||
| **** (1897–1899) | rowspan=3 | George L. Wellington (R) | |||
| rowspan=3 | Louis E. McComas (R) | **** (1899–1901) | |||
| **** (1901–1903) | |||||
| **** (1903–1905) | rowspan=2 | Arthur P. Gorman (D) | |||
| rowspan=6 | Isidor Rayner (D) | **** (1905–1907) | |||
| rowspan=2 | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||
| **** (1907–1909) | |||||
| rowspan=9 | John Walter Smith (D) | ||||
| **** (1909–1911) | |||||
| **** (1911–1913) | |||||
| rowspan=2 | William P. Jackson (R) | ||||
| **** (1913–1915) | |||||
| rowspan=2 | Blair Lee I (D) | ||||
| **** (1915–1917) | |||||
| rowspan=3 | Joseph I. France (R) | **** (1917–1919) | |||
| **** (1919–1921) | |||||
| **** (1921–1923) | rowspan=3 | Ovington Weller (R) | |||
| rowspan=3 | William Cabell Bruce (D) | **** (1923–1925) | |||
| **** (1925–1927) | |||||
| **** (1927–1929) | rowspan=12 | Millard Tydings (D) | |||
| rowspan=3 | Phillips Lee | ||||
| Goldsborough (R) | **** (1929–1931) | ||||
| **** (1931–1933) | |||||
| **** (1933–1935) | |||||
| rowspan=6 | George L. P. Radcliffe (D) | **** (1935–1937) | |||
| **** (1937–1939) | |||||
| **** (1939–1941) | |||||
| **** (1941–1943) | |||||
| **** (1943–1945) | |||||
| **** (1945–1947) | |||||
| rowspan=3 | Herbert O'Conor (D) | **** (1947–1949) | |||
| **** (1949–1951) | |||||
| **** (1951–1953) | rowspan=6 | John Marshall Butler (R) | |||
| rowspan=6 | J. Glenn Beall (R) | **** (1953–1955) | |||
| **** (1955–1957) | |||||
| **** (1957–1959) | |||||
| **** (1959–1961) | |||||
| **** (1961–1963) | |||||
| **** (1963–1965) | rowspan=3 | Daniel Brewster (D) | |||
| rowspan=3 | Joseph Tydings (D) | **** (1965–1967) | |||
| **** (1967–1969) | |||||
| **** (1969–1971) | rowspan=9 | Charles Mathias (R) | |||
| rowspan=3 | J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) | **** (1971–1973) | |||
| **** (1973–1975) | |||||
| **** (1975–1977) | |||||
| rowspan=15 | Paul Sarbanes (D) | **** (1977–1979) | |||
| **** (1979–1981) | |||||
| **** (1981–1983) | |||||
| **** (1983–1985) | |||||
| **** (1985–1987) | |||||
| **** (1987–1989) | rowspan=15 | Barbara Mikulski (D) | |||
| **** (1989–1991) | |||||
| **** (1991–1993) | |||||
| **** (1993–1995) | |||||
| **** (1995–1997) | |||||
| **** (1997–1999) | |||||
| **** (1999–2001) | |||||
| **** (2001–2003) | |||||
| **** (2003–2005) | |||||
| **** (2005–2007) | |||||
| rowspan=9 | Ben Cardin (D) | **** (2007–2009) | |||
| **** (2009–2011) | |||||
| **** (2011–2013) | |||||
| **** (2013–2015) | |||||
| **** (2015–2017) | |||||
| **** (2017–2019) | rowspan=5 | Chris Van Hollen (D) | |||
| **** (2019–2021) | |||||
| **** (2021–2023) | |||||
| **** (2023–2025) | |||||
| rowspan=1 | Angela Alsobrooks (D) | **** (2025–2027) |
Key
Notes
References
References
- Dubin, Michael J.. (March 1, 1998). "United States Congressional Elections, 1788–1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses". McFarland and Company.
- (6 March 2025). "2025 Cook PVI: State Map and List".
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