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

{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
|state = Maryland
|district number = 5
|image name = United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 5 map.png
|image width = 300
|image caption = 
|representative = [[Steny Hoyer]]
|party = Democratic
|english area =1,504.25
|metric area = 
|percent urban = 75.19
|percent rural = 25.81
|population = 662,060
|population year = 2000
|median income = 62,661
|percent white = 60.2
|percent black = 30.3
|percent asian = 3.7
|percent native american = 0.1
|percent hispanic = 3.5
|percent other race = 
|percent blue collar = 18.8
|percent white collar = 68
|percent gray collar = 12.9
|cpvi = D+9
}}

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

== Sources ==
* [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/fedrepmems.html Archives of Maryland Historical List United States Representatives] Maryland State Archives

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==External links==
*[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=MD&district=5 Maryland’s 5th Congressional District & Map @ Govtrack.us]