Representative
Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of
House Majority Leader
.
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 statewide election results
Recent elections
2000s
2010s
2020s
List of members representing the district
1789–1803: one seat
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
Member
Party
Electoral history
Member
Party
Electoral history
8th
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
Ruxton
)
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1803 .Re-elected in 1804 .Re-elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 . Lost re-election.
Reistertown
)
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1803 .Re-elected in 1804 .Re-elected in 1806 . Retired.
9th
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
10th
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
11th
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
Baltimore
)
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1808 .Re-elected in 1810 .Re-elected in 1812 . Retired.
12th
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Baltimore
)
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1810 . Lost re-election.
13th
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Ruxton
)
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1812 .Re-elected in 1814 . Resigned.
14th
March 4, 1815 – ????, 1815
Baltimore
)
Democratic-Republican
U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia
.
???, 1815 – February 4, 1816
Vacant
February 4, 1816 – April 18, 1816
Baltimore
)
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 (Freedom )
Democratic-Republican [a]
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.
15th
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
16th
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
17th
March 4, 1821 – December 17, 1822
December 17, 1822 – January 4, 1823
Vacant
January 4, 1823 – March 3, 1823
Baltimore
)
Democratic-Republican [a]
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.
18th
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
19th
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Baltimore
)
Anti-Jacksonian
Elected in 1824 .Re-elected in 1826 . Lost re-election.
Anti-Jacksonian
20th
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
21st
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Elias Brown (Freedom )
Jacksonian
Elected in 1829 . Lost re-election.
Baltimore
)
Jacksonian
]
22nd
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
)
Jacksonian
]
1833–present: one seat
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
Location
Baltimore
)
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
23rd
.
)
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
24th
]
William C. Johnson (Jefferson )
Whig
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
25th 26th 27th
]
)
Whig
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
28th
]
Albert Constable (Perryman )
Democratic
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
29th
]
Alexander Evans (Elkton )
Whig
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
30th 31st 32nd
]
Baltimore
)
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
]
Henry W. Hoffman (Cumberland )
Know Nothing
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
]
)
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
35th 36th
]
Francis Thomas (Frankville )
Unionist
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
37th
.
)
Democratic
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
38th 39th
]
Port Tobacco
)
Democratic
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
40th 41st
]
William M. Merrick (Ilchester )
Democratic
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
]
Baltimore
)
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
]
Brooklyn
)
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
44th 45th 46th
]
)
Democratic
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th
Elected in 1880
. Lost re-election.
Hart Benton Holton (Powhatan )
Republican
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
48th
]
Barnes Compton (Laurel )
Democratic
March 4, 1885 – March 20, 1890
49th 50th 51st
Re-elected in 1886
. Lost election contest.
)
Republican
March 20, 1890 – March 3, 1891
51st
]
Barnes Compton (Laurel )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – May 15, 1894
52nd 53rd
Re-elected in 1892
. Resigned.
Vacant
May 15, 1894 – November 6, 1894
53rd
)
Republican
November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1897
53rd 54th
]
)
Republican
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1911
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
]
Thomas Parran Sr. (St. Leonard )
Republican
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
62nd
]
Frank O. Smith (Dunkirk )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
63rd
]
Sydney E. Mudd II (La Plata )
Republican
March 4, 1915 – October 11, 1924
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th
Re-elected in 1922
. Died.
Vacant
October 11, 1924 – November 4, 1924
68th
Stephen W. Gambrill (Laurel )
Democratic
November 4, 1924 – December 19, 1938
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th
Re-elected in 1938
. Died.
Vacant
December 19, 1938 – February 3, 1939
75th 76th
)
Democratic
February 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd
]
Frank Small Jr. (Clinton )
Republican
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
83rd
]
)
Democratic
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965
84th 85th 86th 87th 88th
]
)
Democratic
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
89th 90th
]
Lawrence Hogan (Landover )
Republican
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975
91st 92nd 93rd
.
Gladys Spellman (Laurel )
Democratic
January 3, 1975 – February 24, 1981
94th 95th 96th 97th
Re-elected in 1980
. Seat declared vacant for health reasons.
Vacant
February 24, 1981 – May 19, 1981
97th
Steny Hoyer (Mechanicsville )
Democratic
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
.
1983–1993 [data missing ]
1993–2003 [data missing ]
2003–2013
2013–2023
2023–present
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Notes
Sources
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