United States congressional delegations from Maryland

This page displays the historical members of U.S. Congress from Maryland.

Current members

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Here is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional members from Maryland.

Current Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maryland
Party		U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
	Democratic Party	2	7	9
	Republican Party	0	1	1
TOTALS		2	8	10

U.S. Senate

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Maryland are:

Name:	Party:	Position:	Assumed Office:	Term Ends:	Next Election:	Official Website:	Predecessor:
Barbara Mikulski		U.S. Senate, Maryland	1987	January 3, 2017	November 8, 2016	Link	Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (R)
Ben Cardin		U.S. Senate, Maryland	2007	January 3, 2019	November 2018	Link	Paul Sarbanes (D)

U.S. House

The current members of the U.S. House from Maryland are:

Name:	Party:	Position:	Assumed Office:	Term Ends:	Next Election:	Official Website:	Predecessor:
Andy Harris		District 1	2011	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Frank Kratovil (D)
Chris Van Hollen		District 8	2003	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Connie Morella (R)
Donna Edwards		District 4	2008	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Al Wynn (D)
Dutch Ruppersberger		District 2	2003	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Robert Ehrlich (R)
Elijah Cummings		District 7	1996	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Kweisi Mfume (D)
John Delaney		District 6	2013	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Roscoe Bartlett (R)
John Sarbanes		District 3	2007	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Ben Cardin (D)
Steny Hoyer		District 5	1981	January 3, 2015	November 4, 2014	Link	Gladys Spellman (D)

Historical members

The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Maryland.

Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from Louisiana
Party	Total
Republican	16
Democratic	25
Federalist	6
Pro-Administration	3
Anti-Jacksonian	2
Whig	7
Unionist	3
Total Senators	62

Class 1 Senators from Maryland

Class 1 Senators from Maryland
Senator	Years Served	Party
Charles Carroll	1789-1792	PRO-ADMIN
Richard Potts	1793-1796	PRO-ADMIN,F
John E. Howard	1796-1803	F
Samuel Smith	1803-1815	Republican
Robert G. Harper	1816-1816	F
Alexander Contee Hanson	1816-1819	F
William Pinkney	1819-1822	Republican
Samuel Smith	1822-1833	Republican
Joseph Kent	1833-1837	AJ,W
William D. Merrick	1838-1845	W
Reverdy Johnson	1845-1849	W
David Stewart	1849-1850	W
Thomas G. Pratt	1850-1857	W,OP
Anthony Kennedy	1857-1863	AM,U
Reverdy Johnson	1863-1868	Democratic
William Pinkney Whyte	1868-1869	Democratic
William T. Hamilton	1869-1875	Democratic
William Pinkney Whyte	1875-1881	Democratic
Arthur P. Gorman	1881-1899	Democratic
Louis E. McComas	1899-1905	Republican
Isidor Rayner	1905-1912	Democratic
William P. Jackson	1912-1914	Republican
Blair Lee	1914-1917	Democratic
Joseph I. France	1917-1923	Republican
William Cabell Bruce	1923-1929	Democratic
Phillips Lee Goldsborough	1929-1935	Republican
George L. P. Radcliffe	1935-1947	Democratic
Herbert R. O'Conor	1947-1953	Democratic
J. Glenn Beall, Sr.	1953-1965	Republican
Joseph D. Tydings	1965-1971	Democratic
J. Glenn Beall, Jr.	1971-1977	Republican
Paul S. Sarbanes	1977-2007	Democratic
Benjamin L. Cardin	2007-Present	Democratic

Class 3 Senators from Maryland

Class 3 Senators from Maryland
Senator	Years Served	Party
John Henry	1789-1797	PRO-ADMIN,F
James Lloyd	1797-1800	F
William Hindman	1800-1801	F
Robert Wright	1801-1806	Republican
Philip Reed	1806-1813	Republican
Robert H. Goldsborough	1813-1819	F
Edward Lloyd	1819-1826	Republican
Ezekiel F. Chambers	1826-1834	ADAMS,AJ
Robert H. Goldsborough	1835-1836	AJ
John S. Spence	1836-1840	AJ,W
John Leeds Kerr	1841-1843	W
James A. Pearce	1843-1862	Democratic
Thomas H. Hicks	1862-1865	U
John A. J. Creswell	1865-1867	U
George Vickers	1868-1873	Democratic
George R. Dennis	1873-1879	Democratic
James B. Groome	1879-1885	Democratic
Ephraim King Wilson	1885-1891	Democratic
Charles H. Gibson	1891-1897	Democratic
George L. Wellington	1897-1903	Republican
Arthur P. Gorman	1903-1906	Democratic
William Pinkney Whyte	1906-1908	Democratic
John Walter Smith	1908-1921	Democratic
Ovington E. Weller	1921-1927	Republican
Millard E. Tydings	1927-1951	Democratic
John Marshall Butler	1951-1963	Republican
Daniel B. Brewster	1963-1969	Democratic
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.	1969-1987	Republican
Barbara A. Mikulski	1987-Present	Democratic

The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Maryland.

• 1700s
• 1800s
• 1900s
• 2000s

Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 1700s from Maryland
Party	Total
Anti-Administration	10
Federalist	9
Democratic-Republican	7
Pro-Administration	9
Total Representatives	35

Representatives to the U.S. House in Maryland in the 1700s

Representative	Years Served	Party
Michael J. Stone	1789–1791	Admin
Joshua Seney	1789–1792
Benjamin Contee	1789–1791	Admin
William Smith	1789–1791	Admin
George Gale	1789–1791	ProAdmin
Daniel Carroll	1789–1791	ProAdmin
Philip Key	1791–1793	ProAdmin
William Pinkney	1791	ProAdmin
Samuel Sterett	1791–1793	Admin
William V. Murray	1791–1795	ProAdmin
Upton Sheredine	1791–1793	Admin
William Hindman	1793–1795	ProAdmin
John F. Mercer	1792–1794	Admin
George Dent	1793–1795	ProAdmin
Uriah Forrest	1793–1794	ProAdmin
Thomas Sprigg	1793–1795	Admin
Samuel Smith	1793–1795	Admin
Gabriel Christie	1793–1795	Admin
William Hindman	1795–1799	Federalist
William V. Murray	1795–1797	Federalist
Gabriel Duvall	1794–1795
Benjamin Edwards	1795	ProAdmin
George Dent	1795–1801	Federalist
Gabriel Duvall	1795–1796	DemocraticRepublican
Jeremiah Crabb	1795–1796	Federalist
Thomas Sprigg	1795–1797	DemocraticRepublican
Samuel Smith	1795–1803	DemocraticRepublican
Gabriel Christie	1795–1797	DemocraticRepublican
Richard Sprigg, Jr.	1796–1799
William Craik	1796–1801	Federalist
George Baer, Jr.	1797–1801	Federalist
William Matthews	1797–1799	Federalist
John Dennis	1797–1805	Federalist
John C. Thomas	1799–1801	Federalist
Gabriel Christie	1799–1801	DemocraticRepublican
Joseph H. Nicholson	1799–1806	DemocraticRepublican

Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 1800s from Maryland
Party	Total
Democratic	43
Republican	19
Unionist	6
Federalist	13
Whig	26
Jacksonian	24
Democratic-Republican	35
American	5
Unconditional Unionist	5
Conservative	1
National Republican	5
Total Representatives	182

Representatives to the U.S. House in Maryland in the 1800s

Representative	Years Served	Party
Richard Sprigg, Jr.	1801–1802	DemocraticRepublican
Daniel Hiester	1801–1804	DemocraticRepublican
Thomas Plater	1801–1805	Federalist
John Archer	1801–1807	DemocraticRepublican
John Campbell	1801–1811	Federalist
Walter Bowie	1802–1805	DemocraticRepublican
William McCreery	1803–1809	DemocraticRepublican
Nicholas R. Moore	1803–1811	DemocraticRepublican
Roger Nelson	1804–1810	DemocraticRepublican
Leonard Covington	1805–1807	DemocraticRepublican
Patrick Magruder	1805–1807	DemocraticRepublican
Charles Goldsborough	1805–1817	Federalist
Edward Lloyd	1806–1809	DemocraticRepublican
Archibald Van Horne	1807–1811	DemocraticRepublican
John Montgomery	1807–1811	DemocraticRepublican
Philip B. Key	1807–1813	Federalist
John Brown	1809–1810	DemocraticRepublican
Alexander McKim	1809–1815	DemocraticRepublican
Samuel Ringgold	1810–1815	DemocraticRepublican
Robert Wright	1810–1817	DemocraticRepublican
Peter Little	1811–1813	DemocraticRepublican
Joseph Kent	1811–1815	DemocraticRepublican
Stevenson Archer	1811–1817	DemocraticRepublican
Philip Stuart	1811–1819	Federalist
Nicholas R. Moore	1813–1815	DemocraticRepublican
Alexander C. Hanson	1813–1816	Federalist
William Pinkney	1815–1816	DemocraticRepublican
George Baer, Jr.	1815–1817	Federalist
John C. Herbert	1815–1819	Federalist
George Peter	1816–1819	Federalist
Samuel Smith	1816–1822	DemocraticRepublican
Peter Little	1816–1823	DemocraticRepublican
Philip Reed	1817–1819	DemocraticRepublican
Samuel Ringgold	1817–1821	DemocraticRepublican
Thomas Culbreth	1817–1821	DemocraticRepublican
Thomas Bayly	1817–1823	Federalist
Henry R. Warfield	1819–1821	DemocraticRepublican
Stevenson Archer	1819–1821	DemocraticRepublican
Raphael Neale	1819–1825	Federalist
Joseph Kent	1819–1825	DemocraticRepublican
Jeremiah Cosden	1821–1822	DemocraticRepublican
Henry R. Warfield	1821–1823	DemocraticRepublican
John Nelson	1821–1823	DemocraticRepublican
Robert Wright	1821–1823	DemocraticRepublican
Philip Reed	1822–1823	DemocraticRepublican
Isaac McKim	1823	DemocraticRepublican
Henry R. Warfield	1823–1825	Federalist
John Lee	1823–1825	Federalist
Peter Little	1823–1825	Jacksonian
Isaac McKim	1823–1825	Jacksonian
George E. Mitchell	1823–1825	Jacksonian
William Hayward, Jr.	1823–1825	Jacksonian
John S. Spence	1823–1825	Jacksonian
Joseph Kent	1825–1826	Jacksonian
George Peter	1825–1827	Jacksonian
Thomas C. Worthington	1825–1827	Jacksonian
George E. Mitchell	1825–1827	Jacksonian
Robert N. Martin	1825–1827	Jacksonian
Peter Little	1825–1829	Jacksonian
John Barney	1825–1829	Jacksonian
John Leeds Kerr	1825–1829	Jacksonian
Clement Dorsey	1825–1831	Jacksonian
John C. Weems	1826–1829	Jacksonian
Michael C. Sprigg	1827–1829	Jacksonian
Levin Gale	1827–1829	Jacksonian
Ephraim King Wilson	1827–1829	Jacksonian
George Corbin Washington	1827–1833	Jacksonian
Michael C. Sprigg	1829–1831	Democratic
Elias Brown	1829–1831	Democratic
Richard Spencer	1829–1831	Democratic
Ephraim King Wilson	1829–1831	Democratic
George E. Mitchell	1829–1832	Democratic
Benedict J. Semmes	1829–1833	National Republican
Benjamin C. Howard	1829–1833	Democratic
Daniel Jenifer	1831–1833	National Republican
John T. H. Worthington	1831–1833	Democratic
John Leeds Kerr	1831–1833	National Republican
John S. Spence	1831–1833	Jacksonian
Francis Thomas	1831–1841	Democratic
Charles S. Sewall	1832–1833	Democratic
Littleton P. Dennis	1833–1834	Jacksonian
Richard B. Carmichael	1833–1835	Democratic
James P. Heath	1833–1835	Democratic
William Cost Johnson	1833–1835	Jacksonian
John T. Stoddert	1833–1835	Democratic
James Turner	1833–1837	Democratic
Isaac McKim	1833–1838	Democratic
John N. Steele	1834–1837	Jacksonian
James A. Pearce	1835–1837	National Republican
George C. Washington	1835–1837	Jacksonian
Daniel Jenifer	1835–1837	National Republican
Benjamin C. Howard	1835–1839	Democratic
James A. Pearce	1837–1839	Whig
John Dennis	1837–1841	Whig
John T. H. Worthington	1837–1841	Democratic
Daniel Jenifer	1837–1841	Whig
William C. Johnson	1837–1843	Whig
John P. Kennedy	1838–1839	Whig
Philip Thomas	1839–1841	Democratic
Solomon Hillen	1839–1841	Democratic
James Carroll	1839–1841	Democratic
James Wray Williams	1841–1842	Democratic
Isaac D. Jones	1841–1843	Whig
James A. Pearce	1841–1843	Whig
Alexander Randall	1841–1843	Whig
John T. Mason	1841–1843	Democratic
Augustus R. Sollers	1841–1843	Whig
John P. Kennedy	1841–1845	Whig
Charles S. Sewall	1843	Democratic
John M. S. Causin	1843–1845	Whig
Francis Brengle	1843–1845	Whig
John Wethered	1843–1845	Whig
Jacob A. Preston	1843–1845	Whig
Thomas A. Spence	1843–1845	Whig
Thomas J. Perry	1845–1847	Democratic
William F. Giles	1845–1847	Democratic
Albert Constable	1845–1847	Democratic
Edward H. C. Long	1845–1847	Whig
John G. Chapman	1845–1849	Whig
Thomas W. Ligon	1845–1849	Democratic
James D. Roman	1847–1849	Whig
John W. Crisfield	1847–1849	Whig
Robert Milligan McLane	1847–1851	Democratic
Alexander Evans	1847–1853	Whig
John B. Kerr	1849–1851	Whig
Richard J. Bowie	1849–1853	Whig
Edward Hammond	1849–1853	Democratic
William T. Hamilton	1849–1855	Democratic
Thomas Yates Walsh	1851–1853	Whig
Joseph S. Cottman	1851–1853	Whig
John R. Franklin	1853–1855	Whig
Jacob Shower	1853–1855	Democratic
Joshua Van Sant	1853–1855	Democratic
Henry May	1853–1855	Democratic
Augustus R. Sollers	1853–1855	Whig
Henry William Hoffman	1855–1857	American
James B. Ricaud	1855–1859	American
Thomas F. Bowie	1855–1859	Democratic
James A. Stewart	1855–1861	Democratic
J. Morrison Harris	1855–1861	American
Henry Winter Davis	1855–1861	American
Jacob Michael Kunkel	1857–1861	Democratic
Edwin H. Webster	1859–1861	American
George W. Hughes	1859–1861	Democratic
John W. Crisfield	1861–1863	Unionist
Edwin H. Webster	1861–1863	Unionist
Cornelius Leary	1861–1863	Unionist
Henry May	1861–1863	Unionist
Francis Thomas	1861–1863	Unionist
Charles Benedict Calvert	1861–1863	Unionist
John A. J. Creswell	1863–1865	Republican
Edwin H. Webster	1863–1865	Unconditional Unionist
Henry Winter Davis	1863–1865	Unconditional Unionist
Francis Thomas	1863–1867	Unconditional Unionist
Benjamin G. Harris	1863–1867	Democratic
Charles E. Phelps	1865–1867	Unconditional Unionist
John L. Thomas, Jr.	1865–1867	Unconditional Unionist
Hiram McCullough	1865–1869	Democratic
Charles E. Phelps	1867–1869	Conservative
Francis Thomas	1867–1869	Republican
Frederick Stone	1867–1871	Democratic
Stevenson Archer	1867–1875	Democratic
Patrick Hamill	1869–1871	Democratic
Samuel Hambleton	1869–1873	Democratic
Thomas Swann	1869–1879	Democratic
John Ritchie	1871–1873	Democratic
William M. Merrick	1871–1873	Democratic
Ephraim King Wilson II	1873–1875	Democratic
William J. Albert	1873–1875	Republican
Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.	1873–1875	Republican
William J. O'Brien	1873–1877	Democratic
Philip Thomas	1875–1877	Democratic
Charles B. Roberts	1875–1879	Democratic
William Walsh	1875–1879	Democratic
Eli J. Henkle	1875–1881	Democratic
Daniel M. Henry	1877–1881	Democratic
William Kimmel	1877–1881	Democratic
Robert Milligan McLane	1879–1883	Democratic
Milton G. Urner	1879–1883	Republican
J. Frederick C. Talbott	1879–1885	Democratic
Andrew G. Chapman	1881–1883	Democratic
George W. Covington	1881–1885	Democratic
Fetter Hoblitzell	1881–1885	Democratic
Hart B. Holton	1883–1885	Republican
John Van Lear Findlay	1883–1887	Democratic
Louis E. McComas	1883–1891	Republican
William H. Cole	1885–1886	Democratic
Frank T. Shaw	1885–1889	Democratic
Barnes Compton	1885–1890	Democratic
Charles H. Gibson	1885–1891	Democratic
Harry W. Rusk	1886–1897	Democratic
Isidor Rayner	1887–1889	Democratic
Henry Stockbridge, Jr.	1889–1891	Republican
Herman Stump	1889–1893	Democratic
Sydney Emanuel Mudd I	1890–1891	Republican
Henry Page	1891–1892	Democratic
Barnes Compton	1891–1894	Democratic
Isidor Rayner	1891–1895	Democratic
William M. McKaig	1891–1895	Democratic
John B. Brown	1892–1893	Democratic
Robert F. Bratton	1893–1894	Democratic
J. Frederick C. Talbott	1893–1895	Democratic
Winder L. Henry	1894–1895	Democratic
Charles E. Coffin	1894–1897	Republican
Joshua W. Miles	1895–1897	Democratic
John K. Cowen	1895–1897	Democratic
George L. Wellington	1895–1897	Republican
William Benjamin Baker	1895–1901	Republican
Isaac A. Barber	1897–1899	Republican
William S. Booze	1897–1899	Republican
William W. McIntire	1897–1899	Republican
John McDonald	1897–1899	Republican
Sydney Emanuel Mudd I	1897–1911	Republican
John Walter Smith	1899–1900	Democratic
James W. Denny	1899–1901	Democratic
Frank C. Wachter	1899–1907	Republican
George A. Pearre	1899–1911	Republican

Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 1900s from Maryland
Party	Total
Democratic	55
Republican	33
Total Representatives	88

Representatives to the U.S. House in Maryland in the 1900s

Representative	Years Served	Party
Josiah L. Kerr	1900–1901	Republican
Albert Blakeney	1901–1903	Republican
Charles R. Schirm	1901–1903	Republican
William Humphreys Jackson	1901–1905	Republican
James W. Denny	1903–1905	Democratic
J. Frederick C. Talbott	1903–1918	Democratic
Thomas A. Smith	1905–1907	Democratic
John Gill, Jr.	1905–1911	Democratic
William Humphreys Jackson	1907–1909	Republican
Harry B. Wolf	1907–1909	Democratic
John Kronmiller	1909–1911	Republican
J. Harry Covington	1909–1914	Democratic
George Konig	1911–1913	Democratic
Thomas Parran, Sr.	1911–1913	Republican
David J. Lewis	1911–1917	Democratic
J. Charles Linthicum	1911–1932	Democratic
Frank Owens Smith	1913–1915	Democratic
Charles P. Coady	1913–1921	Democratic
Jesse D. Price	1914–1919	Democratic
Sydney Emanuel Mudd II	1915–1924	Republican
Frederick N. Zihlman	1917–1931	Republican
Carville D. Benson	1918–1921	Democratic
William N. Andrews	1919–1921	Republican
Albert A. Blakeney	1921–1923	Republican
John P. Hill	1921–1927	Republican
T. Alan Goldsborough	1921–1939	Democratic
Millard Tydings	1923–1927	Democratic
Stephen W. Gambrill	1924–1938	Democratic
William P. Cole, Jr.	1927–1929	Democratic
Vincent L. Palmisano	1927–1939	Democratic
Linwood L. Clark	1929–1931	Republican
David J. Lewis	1931–1939	Democratic
William P. Cole, Jr.	1931–1942	Democratic
Ambrose J. Kennedy	1932–1941	Democratic
William D. Byron	1939–1941	Democratic
David J. Ward	1939–1945	Democratic
Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.	1939–1947	Democratic
Lansdale G. Sasscer	1939–1953	Democratic
John A. Meyer	1941–1943	Democratic
Katharine E. Byron	1941–1943	Democratic
Daniel Ellison	1943–1945	Republican
H. Streett Baldwin	1943–1947	Democratic
J. Glenn Beall	1943–1953	Republican
Dudley Roe	1945–1947	Democratic
George Hyde Fallon	1945–1971	Democratic
Hugh A. Meade	1947–1949	Democratic
Edward T. Miller	1947–1959	Republican
Edward Garmatz	1947–1973	Democratic
William P. Bolton	1949–1951	Democratic
James P. Devereux	1951–1959	Republican
Frank Small, Jr.	1953–1955	Republican
DeWitt S. Hyde	1953–1959	Republican
Samuel Friedel	1953–1971	Democratic
Richard E. Lankford	1955–1965	Democratic
John R. Foley	1959–1961	Democratic
Thomas F. Johnson	1959–1963	Democratic
Daniel B. Brewster	1959–1963	Democratic
Charles Mathias, Jr.	1961–1969	Republican
Carlton R. Sickles	1963–1967	Democratic
Rogers Morton	1963–1971	Republican
Clarence Long	1963–1985	Democratic
Hervey G. Machen	1965–1969	Democratic
Gilbert Gude	1967–1977	Republican
J. Glenn Beall, Jr.	1969–1971	Republican
Lawrence Hogan	1969–1975	Republican
William O. Mills	1971–1973	Republican
Paul Sarbanes	1971–1977	Democratic
Goodloe Byron	1971–1978	Democratic
Parren Mitchell	1971–1987	Democratic
Robert Bauman	1973–1981	Republican
Marjorie Holt	1973–1987	Republican
Gladys Spellman	1975–1981	Democratic
Newton Steers	1977–1979	Republican
Barbara Mikulski	1977–1987	Democratic
Michael D. Barnes	1979–1987	Democratic
Beverly Byron	1979–1993	Democratic
Roy Dyson	1981–1991	Democratic
Steny Hoyer	1981–present	Democratic
Helen Bentley	1985–1995	Republican
C. Thomas McMillen	1987–1993	Democratic
Kweisi Mfume	1987–1996	Democratic
Connie Morella	1987–2003	Republican
Ben Cardin	1987–2007	Democratic
Wayne Gilchrest	1991–2009	Republican
Albert Wynn	1993–2008	Democratic
Roscoe Bartlett	1993–2013	Republican
Robert L. Ehrlich	1995–2003	Republican
Elijah Cummings	1996–present	Democratic

Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 2000s from Maryland
Party	Total
Democratic	6
Republican	1
Total Representatives	7

Representatives to the U.S. House in Maryland in the 2000s

Representative	Years Served	Party
Dutch Ruppersberger	2003–present	Democratic
Chris Van Hollen	2003–present	Democratic
John Sarbanes	2007–present	Democratic
Donna Edwards	2008–present	Democratic
Frank Kratovil	2009–2011	Democratic
Andrew P. Harris	2011–present	Republican
John Delaney	2013–present	Democratic