Maryland's 7th congressional district

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Maryland's 7th congressional district
Current Representative		Elijah Cummings (D–Baltimore)
Area	294.25 mi²
Distribution	95% urban, 4.6[citation needed]% rural
Population (2000)	662,060
Median income	$38,885
Ethnicity	34.9% White, 59.1% Black, 3.6% Asian, 1.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.6% other
Occupation	16.2% blue collar, 6.7% white collar, 17% gray collar
Cook PVI	D+25

Maryland's 7th congressional district elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years. The seat is currently represented by Elijah Cummings (D). It encompasses the majority African American sections of Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland, in addition to the majority of Howard County, Maryland. The district was created following the census of 1950, which gave Maryland one additional representative in the House.

Recent elections

• United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2010
• United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2008
• United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2006

List of representatives

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes/Events
District created in 1793
1	William Hindman	March 4, 1793	March 3, 1795	Pro-Administration	Redistricted from the 2nd district
		March 4, 1795	March 3, 1797	Federalist
2	Joseph H. Nicholson	March 4, 1799	March 1, 1806	Democratic-Republican	Resigned
3	Edward Lloyd	December 3, 1806	March 3, 1809	Democratic-Republican
4	John Brown	March 4, 1809	??, 1810	Democratic-Republican	Resigned after appointment as Clerk of Court of Queen Anne's County
5	Robert Wright	November 29, 1810	March 3, 1817	Democratic-Republican
6	Philip Reed	March 4, 1817	March 3, 1819	Democratic-Republican
7	Stevenson Archer	March 4, 1819	March 3, 1821	Democratic-Republican
8	Robert Wright	March 4, 1821	March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican
9	William Hayward, Jr.	March 4, 1823	March 3, 1825	Crawford D-R
10	John Leeds Kerr	March 4, 1825	March 3, 1829	Adams
11	Richard Spencer	March 4, 1829	March 3, 1831	Jackson
12	John Leeds Kerr	March 4, 1831	March 3, 1833	Anti-Jackson
13	Francis Thomas	March 4, 1833	March 3, 1835	Jackson	Redistricted from the 4th district, Redistricted to the 6th district
14	Daniel Jenifer	March 4, 1835	March 3, 1837	Anti-Jackson
		March 4, 1837	March 3, 1841	Whig
15	Augustus R. Sollers	March 4, 1841	March 3, 1843	Whig
This seat was abolished after the census of 1840, but was reinstated after the census of 1950.
16	Samuel Friedel	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1971	Democratic
17	Parren Mitchell	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1987	Democratic
18	Kweisi Mfume	January 3, 1987	February 15, 1996	Democratic	Resigned to become CEO of the NAACP
19	Elijah Cummings	April 16, 1996	Present	Democratic	Incumbent

Sources

• Archives of Maryland Historical List United States Representatives Maryland State Archives
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present