5th Congressional District

Maryland's 5th congressional district encompasses Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties and portions of Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties.

The Fifth Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years. The district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert Counties, as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties. The seat is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader.

History

When it was formed 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 elections

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

List of representatives

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1	George Gale	March 4, 1789	March 3, 1791	Pro-Administration
2	William Vans Murray	March 4, 1791	March 3, 1793	Federalist
3	Samuel Smith	March 4, 1793	March 3, 1803	Democratic Republican
In 1803, the Fifth District gained a second representative, and thus elected two representatives for each Congressional term:
4	William McCreery	March 4, 1803	March 3, 1809	Democratic Republican
5	Nicholas Ruxton Moore	March 4, 1803	March 3, 1811	Democratic Republican
6	Alexander McKim	March 4, 1809	March 3, 1815	Democratic Republican
7	Peter Little	March 4, 1811	March 3, 1813	Democratic Republican
8	Nicholas Ruxton Moore	March 4, 1813	1815	Democratic Republican
9	William Pinkney	March 4, 1815	April 18, 1816	Democratic Republican
10	Samuel Smith	January 31, 1816	December 17, 1822	Democratic Republican
11	Peter Little	September 2, 1816	March 3, 1829	Democratic Republican
12	Isaac McKim	January 4, 1823	March 3, 1825	Jacksonian
13	John Barney	March 4, 1825	March 3, 1829	Adams
14	Elias Brown	March 4, 1829	March 3, 1831	Jacksonian
15	John Tolley Hood Worthington	March 4, 1831	March 3, 1833	Jacksonian
16	Benjamin Chew Howard	March 4, 1829	March 3, 1833	Jacksonian
After 1833, the Fifth District reverted back to electing just one representative:
17	Isaac McKim	March 4, 1833	March 3, 1835	Jacksonian
18	George Corbin Washington	March 4, 1835	March 3, 1837	Anti-Jacksonian
19	William Cost Johnson	March 4, 1837	March 3, 1843	Whig
20	Jacob Alexander Preston	March 4, 1843	March 3, 1845	Whig
21	Albert Constable	March 4, 1845	March 3, 1847	Democratic
22	Alexander Evans	March 4, 1847	March 3, 1853	Whig
23	Henry May	March 4, 1853	March 3, 1855	Democratic
24	Henry William Hoffman	March 4, 1855	March 3, 1857	American
25	Jacob Michael Kunkel	March 4, 1857	March 3, 1861	Democratic
26	Francis Thomas	March 4, 1861	March 3, 1863	Unionist
27	Benjamin Gwinn Harris	March 4, 1863	March 3, 1867	Democratic
28	Frederick Stone	March 4, 1867	March 3, 1871	Democratic
29	William Matthew Merrick	March 4, 1871	March 3, 1873	Democratic
30	William Julian Albert	March 4, 1873	March 3, 1875	Republican
31	Eli Jones Henkle	March 4, 1875	March 3, 1881	Democratic
32	Andrew Grant Chapman	March 4, 1881	March 3, 1883	Democratic
33	Hart Benton Holton	March 4, 1883	March 3, 1885	Republican
34	Barnes Compton	March 4, 1885	March 20, 1890	Democratic
35	Sydney Emanuel Mudd I	March 20, 1890	March 3, 1891	Republican
36	Barnes Compton	March 4, 1891	May 15, 1894	Democratic
37	Charles Edward Coffin	November 6, 1894	March 3, 1897	Republican
38	Sydney Emanuel Mudd I	March 4, 1897	March 3, 1911	Republican
39	Thomas Parran, Sr.	March 4, 1911	March 3, 1913	Republican
40	Frank Owens Smith	March 4, 1913	March 3, 1915	Democratic
41	Sydney Emanuel Mudd II	March 4, 1915	October 11, 1924	Republican
42	Stephen Warfield Gambrill	November 4, 1924	December 19, 1938	Democratic
43	Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer	February 3, 1939	January 3, 1953	Democratic
44	Frank Small, Jr.	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1955	Republican
45	Richard Estep Lankford	January 3, 1955	January 3, 1965	Democratic
46	Hervey Gilbert Machen	January 3, 1965	January 3, 1969	Democratic
47	Lawrence Joseph Hogan	January 3, 1969	January 3, 1975	Republican
48	Gladys Noon Spellman	January 3, 1975	January 3, 1981	Democratic
49	Steny Hoyer	May 19, 1981	present	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic

Sources

• Archives of Maryland Historical List United States Representatives Maryland State Archives

External links

• Maryland’s 5th Congressional District & Map @ Govtrack.us