Maryland's 5th congressional district

Maryland's 5th congressional district
Maryland's 5th congressional district
	Maryland's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Steny Hoyer; D–Mechanicsville
Area	1,504.25 sq mi (3,896.0 km2)
Distribution	75.19% urban; 25.81% rural;
Population (2000)	662,060
Median household; income	$96,325
Ethnicity	60.2% White; 30.3% Black; 3.7% Asian; 3.5% Hispanic; 0.1% Native American;
Occupation	68% White-collar; 18.8% Blue-collar; 12.9% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	D+16

Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties, as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. The district is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer, the current House Majority Leader.

History

When it was defined in 1788, the 5th Congressional District centered on Salisbury, Maryland. It consisted of the current Maryland counties of Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester.

In 1792 the boundaries of Maryland's congressional districts were redrawn, and the 5th District was made to include Baltimore and Baltimore County.

Recent election results from presidential races

Year	Results
2000	Gore 57% – 41%
2004	Kerry 57% – 42%
2008	Obama 65% – 33%
2012	Obama 66.2% – 32.3%
2016	H. Clinton 63.6% – 32.6%

Recent elections

Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer (inc.)	166,231	65.09
	Republican	Thomas E. Hutchins	89,109	34.89
	N/A	Write-ins	125	0.05
Total votes			255,375	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer (inc.)	137,903	69.36
	Republican	Joseph T. Crawford	60,758	30.56
	Green	Bob S. Auerbach (write-in)	158	0.08
Total votes			198,819	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer (inc.)	204,867	68.72%	−0.64
	Republican	Brad Jewitt	87,189	29.25%	−1.31
	Green	Bob S. Auerbach	4,224	1.42%	+1.34
	Constitution	Steve Krukar	1,849	0.62%	+0.62
Total votes			298,129	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer (inc.)	168,114	82.68%	+13.96
	Green	Steve Warner	33,464	16.46%	+15.04
	Constitution	Peter Kuhnert	635	0.31%	−0.31
	Write-ins		1,110	0.55%	+0.55
Total votes			203,323	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer	253,854	73.65%	−9.03
	Republican	Collins Bailey	82,631	23.97%	+23.97
	Libertarian	Darlene H. Nicolas	7,829	2.27%	+2.27
	No party	Write-ins	377	0.11
Total votes			344,691	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing

Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer	155,110	64.26%	−9.39
	Republican	Charles Lollar	83,575	34.62%	+10.65
	Libertarian	H Gavin Shickle	2,578	1.07%	−1.20
	No party	Write-ins	120	0.05%
Total votes			241,383	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th Congressional District: 2012^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steny H. Hoyer	238,618	69.4
	Republican	Tony O'Donnell	95,271	27.7
	Green	Bob Auerbach	5,040	1.5
	Libertarian	Arvin Vohra	4,503	1.3
	N/A	Others (write-in)	388	0.1
Total votes			343,820	100
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steny H. Hoyer	144,725	64
	Republican	Chris Chaffee	80,752	35.7
	N/A	Others	563	.3
Total votes			226,040	100
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steny H. Hoyer	223,582	67.3
	Republican	Mark Arness	98,768	29.7
Total votes			322,350	100
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 5th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer (incumbent)	213,796	70.3
	Republican	William Devine III	82,361	27.1
	Green	Patrick Elder	4,082	1.3
	Libertarian	Jacob Pulcher	3,592	1.2
	n/a	Write-ins	279	0.1
	Republican	Johnny Rice (write-in)	99	0.0
Total votes			304,479	100.0
	Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

1789–1803: One seat

Name	Years	Congress	Party	Electoral history
George Gale	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st	Pro-Administration	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.
William Vans Murray	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Pro-Administration	Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Samuel Smith	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1803	3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1801. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.

1803–1833: Two seats

From 1803 to 1833, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Con- gress	Years	Seat A			Seat B
Con- gress	Years	Member	Party	Electoral history	Member	Party	Electoral history
7th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Nicholas R. Moore	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Lost re-election.	William McCreery	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.
8th	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
9th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
10th	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811				Alexander McKim	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired.
11th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Peter Little	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1810. Lost re-election.
12th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Nicholas R. Moore	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Resigned.
13th	March 4, 1815 – ????, 1815	Nicholas R. Moore	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Resigned.	William Pinkney	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. Resigned to become U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia.
	???, 1815 – February 4, 1816	Vacant
	February 4, 1816 – April 18, 1816	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	Elected January 27, 1816 to finish Moore's term and seated February 4, 1816. Re-elected later in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822, but resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
	April 18, 1816 – December 2, 1816				Vacant
	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817				Peter Little	Democratic-Republican	Elected September 3, 1816 to finish Pinkney's term and seated December 2, 1816. Re-elected later in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
14th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
15th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
16th	March 4, 1821 – December 17, 1822
	December 17, 1822 – January 4, 1823	Vacant
	January 4, 1823 – March 3, 1823	Isaac McKim	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Smith's term and seated January 8, 1823. Also elected to finish Smith's term in the next Congress. Lost re-election.
17th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Isaac McKim	Jacksonian Democratic-Republican			Jacksonian Democratic-Republican
18th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	John Barney	Anti-Jacksonian	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.		Anti-Jacksonian
19th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	John Barney	Anti-Jacksonian	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.		Anti-Jacksonian
20th	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Elias Brown	Jacksonian	Elected in 1829. [data missing]	Benjamin C. Howard	Jacksonian	Elected in 1829. [data missing]
21st	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	John T. H. Worthington	Jacksonian	[data missing]	Benjamin C. Howard	Jacksonian	Elected in 1829. [data missing]

1833–present: One seat

Name	Years	Congress	Party	Electoral history
Isaac McKim	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Jacksonian	Redistricted to the 4th district
George C. Washington	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Anti-Jacksonian	[data missing]
William C. Johnson	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th	Whig	[data missing]
Jacob A. Preston	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Whig	[data missing]
Albert Constable	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Democratic	[data missing]
Alexander Evans	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	Whig	[data missing]
Henry May	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Democratic	[data missing]
Henry W. Hoffman	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Know Nothing	[data missing]
Jacob M. Kunkel	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Democratic	[data missing]
Francis Thomas	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Unionist	Redistricted to the 4th district
Benjamin G. Harris	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Democratic	[data missing]
Frederick Stone	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Democratic	[data missing]
William M. Merrick	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Democratic	[data missing]
William J. Albert	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Republican	[data missing]
Eli J. Henkle	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	Democratic	[data missing]
Andrew G. Chapman	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Democratic	[data missing]
Hart Benton Holton	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Republican	[data missing]
Barnes Compton	March 4, 1885 – March 20, 1890	49th 50th 51st	Democratic	Lost election contest.
Sydney E. Mudd I	March 20, 1890 – March 3, 1891	51st	Republican	Successfully contested election. [data missing]
Barnes Compton	March 4, 1891 – May 15, 1894	52nd 53rd	Democratic	Resigned.
Charles E. Coffin	November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Republican	[data missing]
Sydney E. Mudd I	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1911	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	Republican	[data missing]
Thomas Parran, Sr.	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Republican	[data missing]
Frank O. Smith	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Democratic	[data missing]
Sydney E. Mudd II	March 4, 1915 – October 11, 1924	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Republican	Died.
Stephen W. Gambrill	November 4, 1924 – December 19, 1938	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Democratic	Died.
Lansdale Sasscer	February 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Democratic	[data missing]
Frank Small Jr.	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Republican	[data missing]
Richard E. Lankford	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Democratic	[data missing]
Hervey G. Machen	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	Democratic	[data missing]
Lawrence Hogan	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	Republican	Ran for governor.
Gladys Spellman	January 3, 1975 – February 24, 1981	94th 95th 96th 97th	Democratic	Seat declared vacant for health reasons.
Steny Hoyer	May 19, 1981 – Present	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Democratic	Elected to finish Spellman's term.

Historical district boundaries

Sources

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=24&cd=05
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved Nov 12, 2012.

Archives of Maryland Historical List United States Representatives Maryland State Archives
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[MD_SBOE-3] "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved Nov 12, 2012.

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