Maryland's 4th congressional district

Maryland's 4th congressional district
Current Representative		Donna Edwards (D–Fort Washington)
Area	318 mi²
Distribution	97.9% urban, 2.1% rural
Population (2000)	662,062
Median income	$57,727
Ethnicity	27.6% White, 56.8% Black, 5.6% Asian, 7.5% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Occupation	15.0% blue collar, 70.7% white collar, 14.3% gray collar
Cook PVI	D+23

Maryland's 4th congressional district comprises portions of Prince George's County, Montgomery County, and Anne Arundel County. . The seat is represented by Donna Edwards, a Democrat, who has represented the district since 2008.

The district is located in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and has the largest black middle class of any congressional district in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

The district from 2003 to 2013

Recent elections

• United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2012
• United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2010
• United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2008
• Maryland's 4th congressional district special election, 2008
• United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2006

Early historical boundaries and population

Maryland's Fourth Congressional District was one of the about 50 original Congressional districts. The First Congress of the United States of America. When it was organized in 1788 it covered Baltimore, Baltimore County, and Harford County. According to the 1790 Census, the Fourth District had a population of 53,913, nearly 20% of whom were slaves.

In 1792, the Fourth District was moved to western Maryland, with its eastern boundary being a north to south line running about the midpoint of Frederick County, Maryland. The new district had a population of 36,026, with less than 10% of the population being slaves. The 1800 Census population was 38,015, and the boundaries remained unchanged in 1802.

List of representatives

1789 - 1835: One seat

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes/Events
1	William Smith	March 4, 1789	March 3, 1791	Anti-Administration
2	Samuel Sterett	March 4, 1791	March 3, 1793	Anti-Administration
3	Thomas Sprigg	March 4, 1793	March 3, 1795	Anti-Administration
		March 4, 1795	March 3, 1797	Democratic-Republican
4	George Baer, Jr.	March 4, 1797	March 3, 1801	Federalist
5	Daniel Hiester	March 4, 1801	March 7, 1804	Democratic-Republican	Died
6	Roger Nelson	November 6, 1804	May 14, 1810	Democratic-Republican	Resigned to become associate justice of Maryland's 5th judicial circuit
7	Samuel Ringgold	October 15, 1810	March 3, 1815	Democratic-Republican
8	George Baer, Jr.	March 4, 1815	March 3, 1817	Federalist
9	Samuel Ringgold	March 4, 1817	March 3, 1821	Democratic-Republican
10	John Nelson	March 4, 1821	March 3, 1823	Democratic-Republican
11	John Lee	March 4, 1823	March 3, 1825	Jackson Federalist
12	Thomas C. Worthington	March 4, 1825	March 3, 1827	Adams
13	Michael C. Sprigg	March 4, 1827	March 3, 1831	Jackson
14	Francis Thomas	March 4, 1831	March 3, 1833	Jackson	Redistricted to the 7th district
15	James P. Heath	March 4, 1833	March 3, 1835	Jackson

1835 - 1843: Two seats

From 1835 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes/Events
16	Benjamin C. Howard	March 4, 1835	March 3, 1839	Jackson
17	James Carroll	March 4, 1839	March 3, 1841	Democrat
18	Alexander Randall	March 4, 1841	March 3, 1843	Whig

Seat B

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes/Events
19	Isaac McKim	March 4, 1835	April 1, 1838	Jackson	Redistricted from the 5th district, died
20	John P. Kennedy	April 25, 1838	March 3, 1839	Whig
21	Solomon Hillen	March 4, 1839	March 3, 1841	Democrat
22	John P. Kennedy	March 4, 1841	March 3, 1843	Whig

1843 - present: One seat

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes/Events
23	John P. Kennedy	March 4, 1843	March 3, 1845	Whig
24	William Fell Giles	March 4, 1845	March 3, 1847	Democrat
25	Robert Milligan McLane	March 4, 1847	March 3, 1851	Democrat
26	Thomas Yates Walsh	March 4, 1851	March 3, 1853	Whig
27	William Thomas Hamilton	March 4, 1853	March 3, 1855	Democrat	Redistricted from the 2nd district,
28	Henry Winter Davis	March 4, 1855	March 3, 1861	American
29	Henry May	March 4, 1861	March 3, 1863	Unionist
30	Francis Thomas	March 4, 1863	March 3, 1867	Unconditional Unionist	Redistricted from the 5th district
		March 4, 1867	March 3, 1869	Republican
31	Patrick Hamill	March 4, 1869	March 3, 1871	Democrat
32	John Ritchie	March 4, 1871	March 3, 1873	Democrat
33	Thomas Swann	March 4, 1873	March 3, 1879	Democrat	Redistricted from the 3rd district
34	Robert Milligan McLane	March 4, 1879	March 3, 1883	Democrat
35	John Van Lear Findlay	March 4, 1883	March 3, 1887	Democrat
36	Isidor Rayner	March 4, 1887	March 3, 1889	Democrat
37	Henry Stockbridge, Jr.	March 4, 1889	March 3, 1891	Republican
38	Isidor Rayner	March 4, 1891	March 3, 1895	Democrat
39	John Kissig Cowen	March 4, 1895	March 3, 1897	Democrat
40	William Watson McIntire	March 4, 1897	March 3, 1899	Republican
41	James William Denny	March 4, 1899	March 3, 1901	Democrat
42	Charles Reginald Schirm	March 4, 1901	March 3, 1903	Republican
43	James William Denny	March 4, 1903	March 3, 1905	Democrat
44	John Gill, Jr.	March 4, 1905	March 3, 1911	Democrat
45	John Charles Linthicum	March 4, 1911	October 5, 1932	Democrat	Died
46	Ambrose Jerome Kennedy	November 8, 1932	January 3, 1941	Democrat
47	John Ambrose Meyer	January 3, 1941	January 3, 1943	Democrat
48	Daniel Ellison	January 3, 1943	January 3, 1945	Republican
49	George Hyde Fallon	January 3, 1945	January 3, 1971	Democrat
50	Paul Sarbanes	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1973	Democrat	Redistricted to the 3rd district
51	Marjorie Holt	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1987	Republican
52	Charles Thomas McMillen	January 3, 1987	January 3, 1993	Democrat	Redistricted to the 1st district
53	Al Wynn	January 3, 1993	May 31, 2008	Democrat	Defeated in primary, resigned
54	Donna Edwards	June 17, 2008	Present	Democrat	Incumbent