United States congressional delegations from Maryland
These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Marylander United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 8 members, including 7 Democrats and 1 Republican.
| District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
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| 1st |  Andrew P. Harris (R-Cockeysville)
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Republican | R+14 | January 3, 2011 – present | 
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| 2nd |  Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Baltimore)
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Democratic | D+7 | January 3, 2003 – present | 
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| 3rd | .jpg) John Sarbanes (D-Baltimore/Annapolis)
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Democratic | D+7 | January 3, 2007 – present | 
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| 4th | .jpg) Anthony G. Brown (D-Largo)
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Democratic | D+23 | January 3, 2017 – present | 
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| 5th |  Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville)
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Democratic | D+11 | May 19, 1981 – present | 
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| 6th |  John Delaney (D-Frederick)
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Democratic | D+4 | January 3, 2013 – present | 
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| 7th | .jpg) Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore)
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Democratic | D+23 | April 16, 1996 – present | 
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| 8th |  Jamie Raskin (D-Takoma Park)
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Democratic | D+10 | January 3, 2017 – present | 
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Delegation timeline (1789 – present)
Tables showing membership in the Maryland federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
1789–1793: Six seats
| Congress | District | |||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |||
| 1st (1789–1791) |
Michael J. Stone (Anti-Admin) | Joshua Seney (Anti-Admin) | Benjamin Contee (Anti-Admin) | William Smith (Anti-Admin) | George Gale (Pro-Admin) | Daniel Carroll (Pro-Admin) | ||
| 2nd (1791–1793) |
Philip Key (Pro-Admin) | William Pinkney (Pro-Admin) | Samuel Sterett (Anti-Admin) | William V. Murray (Pro-Admin) | Upton Sheredine (Anti-Admin) | |||
| William Hindman (Pro-Admin) | John F. Mercer (Anti-Admin) | |||||||
1793–1803: Eight seats
Maryland gained two representatives, up to eight.
| Congress | District | |||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 3rd (1793–1795) |
George Dent (Pro-Admin) | John F. Mercer (Anti-Admin) | Uriah Forrest (Pro-Admin) | Thomas Sprigg (Anti-Admin) | Samuel Smith (Anti-Admin) | Gabriel Christie (Anti-Admin) | William Hindman (Pro-Admin) | William V. Murray (Pro-Admin) |
| Gabriel Duvall (Anti-Admin) | Benjamin Edwards (Pro-Admin) | |||||||
| 4th (1795–1797) |
George Dent (F) | Gabriel Duvall (D-R) | Jeremiah Crabb (F) | Thomas Sprigg (D-R) | Samuel Smith (D-R) | Gabriel Christie (D-R) | William Hindman (F) | William V. Murray (F) |
| Richard Sprigg, Jr. (D-R) | William Craik (F) | |||||||
| 5th (1797–1799) |
George Baer, Jr. (F) | William Matthews (F) | John Dennis (F) | |||||
| 6th (1799–1801) |
John C. Thomas (F) | Gabriel Christie (D-R) | Joseph H. Nicholson (D-R) | |||||
| 7th (1801–1803) |
John Campbell (F) | Richard Sprigg, Jr. (D-R) | Thomas Plater (D-R) | Daniel Hiester (D-R) | John Archer (D-R) | |||
| Walter Bowie (D-R) | ||||||||
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.
1833–1843: Eight seats
Maryland lost one representative, down to eight. The fourth district had two representatives from 1835–1843.
| Congress | District | ||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | ||
| 23rd (1833–1835) |
Littleton P. Dennis (Anti-J) | Richard B. Carmichael (J) | James Turner (J) | James P. Heath (J) | Isaac McKim (J) | William Cost Johnson (Anti-J) | Francis Thomas (J) | John T. Stoddert (J) | |
| District | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |||
| Seat A | Seat B | ||||||||
| 24th (1835–1837) |
John N. Steele (Anti-J) | James A. Pearce (Anti-J) | James P. Heath (J) | Benjamin C. Howard (J) | Isaac McKim (J) | George C. Washington (Anti-J) | Francis Thomas (J) | Daniel Jenifer (Anti-J) | |
| 25th (1837–1839) |
John Dennis (W) | James A. Pearce (W) | John T. H. Worthington (D) | Benjamin C. Howard (D) | Isaac McKim (D) | William C. Johnson (W) | Francis Thomas (D) | Daniel Jenifer (W) | |
| John P. Kennedy (W) | |||||||||
| 26th (1839–1841) |
Philip Thomas (D) | Solomon Hillen (D) | James Carroll (D) | ||||||
| 27th (1841–1843) |
Isaac D. Jones (W) | James A. Pearce (W) | James Wray Williams Charles S. Sewall (D) |
Alexander Randall (W) | John P. Kennedy (W) | John T. Mason (D) | Augustus R. Sollers (W) | ||
1843–1863: Six seats
Maryland lost two representatives, down to six.
1863–1873: Five seats
Maryland lost one representative, down to five.
| Congress | District | ||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| 38th (1863–1865) |
John A. J. Creswell (R) | Edwin H. Webster (U) | Henry Winter Davis (U) | Francis Thomas (U) | Benjamin G. Harris (D) |
| 39th (1865–1867) |
Hiram McCullough (D) | Charles E. Phelps (U) | |||
| John L. Thomas Jr. | |||||
| 40th (1867–1869) |
Stevenson Archer (D) | Charles E. Phelps (Conservative) |
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 M. 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 | District | |||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||
| 83rd (1953–1955) |
Edward T. Miller (R) | James P. Devereux (R) | Edward Garmatz (D) | George Hyde Fallon (D) | Frank Small, Jr. (R) | DeWitt S. Hyde (R) | Samuel Friedel (D) | |
| 84th (1955–1957) |
Richard E. Lankford (D) | |||||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||||||
| 86th (1959–1961) |
Thomas F. Johnson (D) | Daniel B. Brewster (D) | John R. Foley (D) | |||||
| 87th (1961–1963) |
Charles Mathias, Jr. (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.
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United States Senate
Current delegation
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
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Senator Ben Cardin
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Senate delegation timeline (1789 – present)
Tables showing membership in the Maryland federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States. The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual six-year Senate terms.
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 3 Senators | ||
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| Charles Carroll (Pro-Admin) |
- | 1st (1789–1791) |
- | John Henry (Pro-Admin) |
| - | 2nd (1791–1793) | |||
| Richard Potts (Pro-Admin) | ||||
| 3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
| Richard Potts (F) | 4th (1795–1797) |
- | John Henry (F) | |
| John E. Howard (F) | ||||
| - | 5th (1797–1799) | |||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||||
| 6th (1799–1801) | ||||
| William Hindman (F) | ||||
| 7th (1801–1803) |
- | |||
| Robert Wright (D-R) | ||||
| Samuel Smith (D-R) | - | 8th (1803–1805) | ||
| 9th (1805–1807) | ||||
| Philip Reed (D-R) | ||||
| 10th (1807–1809) |
- | |||
| - | 11th (1809–1811) | |||
| 12th (1811–1813) | ||||
| 13th (1813–1815) |
- | Robert H. Goldsborough (F) | ||
| Robert G. Harper (F) | - | 14th (1815–1817) | ||
| Alexander C. Hanson (F) | ||||
| 15th (1817–1819) | ||||
| 16th (1819–1821) |
- | Edward Lloyd (D-R) | ||
| William Pinkney (D-R) | ||||
| - | 17th (1821–1823) | |||
| Samuel Smith (D-R) | ||||
| Samuel Smith (Crawford D-R) |
18th (1823–1825) |
Edward Lloyd (Crawford D-R) | ||
| Samuel Smith (Jacksonian D-R) |
19th (1825–1827) |
- | Edward Lloyd (Jacksonian D-R) | |
| Ezekiel F. Chambers (Adams-Clay Republican) | ||||
| - | 20th (1827–1829) | |||
| Samuel Smith (D) | 21st (1829–1831) |
Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR) | ||
| 22nd (1831–1833) |
- | |||
| Joseph Kent (NR) | - | 23rd (1833–1835) | ||
| Robert H. Goldsborough (NR) | ||||
| 24th (1835–1837) | ||||
| John S. Spence (NR) | ||||
| Joseph Kent (W) | 25th (1837–1839) |
- | John S. Spence (W) | |
| William D. Merrick (W) | ||||
| - | 26th (1839–1841) | |||
| John Leeds Kerr (W) | ||||
| 27th (1841–1843) | ||||
| 28th (1843–1845) |
- | James A. Pearce (W) | ||
| Reverdy Johnson (W) | - | 29th (1845–1847) | ||
| 30th (1847–1849) | ||||
| 31st (1849–1851) |
- | |||
| David Stewart (W) | ||||
| Thomas Pratt (W) | ||||
| - | 32nd (1851–1853) | |||
| 33rd (1853–1855) | ||||
| Thomas Pratt (Independent W) | 34th (1855–1857) |
- | James A. Pearce (Independent W) | |
| Anthony Kennedy (K-N) | - | 35th (1857–1859) |
James A. Pearce (D) | |
| 36th (1859–1861) | ||||
| Anthony Kennedy (U) | 37th (1861–1863) |
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| Thomas H. Hicks (Unconditional U) | ||||
| Reverdy Johnson (U) | - | 38th (1863–1865) | ||
| Reverdy Johnson (D) | 39th (1865–1867) |
John Creswell (Unconditional U) | ||
| 40th (1867–1869) |
- | George Vickers (D) | ||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||
| William T. Hamilton (D) | - | 41st (1869–1871) | ||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | ||||
| 43rd (1873–1875) |
- | George R. Dennis (D) | ||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | - | 44th (1875–1877) | ||
| 45th (1877–1879) | ||||
| 46th (1879–1881) |
- | James B. Groome (D) | ||
| Arthur P. Gorman (D) | - | 47th (1881–1883) | ||
| 48th (1883–1885) | ||||
| 49th (1885–1887) |
- | Ephraim King Wilson II (D) | ||
| - | 50th (1887–1889) | |||
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||||
| 52nd (1891–1893) |
- | Charles H. Gibson (D) | ||
| - | 53rd (1893–1895) | |||
| 54th (1895–1897) | ||||
| 55th (1897–1899) |
- | George L. Wellington (R) | ||
| Louis E. McComas (R) | - | 56th (1899–1901) | ||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||||
| 58th (1903–1905) |
- | Arthur P. Gorman (D) | ||
| Isidor Rayner (D) | - | 59th (1905–1907) | ||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| John Walter Smith (D) | ||||
| 61st (1909–1911) |
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| - | 62nd (1911–1913) | |||
| William P. Jackson (R) | ||||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | ||||
| Blair Lee I (D) | ||||
| 64th (1915–1917) |
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| Joseph I. France (R) | - | 65th (1917–1919) | ||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||||
| 67th (1921–1923) |
- | Ovington E. Weller (R) | ||
| William Cabell Bruce (D) | - | 68th (1923–1925) | ||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) |
- | Millard E. Tydings (D) | ||
| Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | - | 71st (1929–1931) | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) |
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| George L. P. Radcliffe (D) | - | 74th (1935–1937) | ||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) |
- | |||
| - | 77th (1941–1943) | |||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) |
- | |||
| Herbert O'Conor (D) | - | 80th (1947–1949) | ||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) |
- | John M. Butler (R) | ||
| James Glenn Beall (R) | - | 83rd (1953–1955) | ||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) |
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| - | 86th (1959–1961) | |||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) |
- | Daniel B. Brewster (D) | ||
| Joseph D. Tydings (D) | - | 89th (1965–1967) | ||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) |
- | Charles Mathias, Jr. (R) | ||
| John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R) | - | 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) |
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| Paul Sarbanes (D) | - | 95th (1977–1979) | ||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) |
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| - | 98th (1983–1985) | |||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) |
- | Barbara Mikulski (D) | ||
| - | 101st (1989–1991) | |||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) |
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| - | 104th (1995–1997) | |||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) |
- | |||
| - | 107th (2001–2003) | |||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) |
- | |||
| Benjamin L. Cardin (D) | - | 110th (2007–2009) | ||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) |
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| - | 113th (2013–2015) | |||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| - | 115th (2017–2019) |
- | Chris Van Hollen (D) | |
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Living former U.S. Senators from Maryland
As of October 2018[update], there are two former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Maryland who are currently living at this time, one from Class 1, one from Class 3.
| Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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| Paul Sarbanes | 1977–2007 | 1 | February 3, 1933 |
| Barbara Mikulski | 1987–2017 | 3 | July 20, 1936 |
See also
References
- ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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