Maryland's 5th congressional district
U.S. House district for Maryland
Maryland's 5th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Area 1,504.25 sq mi (3,896.0 km2 ) Distribution Population (2022) 789,972 Median household income $121,284[1] Ethnicity Occupation Cook PVI D+15[2]
Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles , St. Mary's , and Calvert counties (a region known as Southern Maryland ), as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties . The district is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer , who from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023 was 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.
This district is safely Democratic, and has been in Democratic hands uninterrupted since the retirement of Lawrence Hogan (father of future Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan ) in 1975. He was succeeded by Gladys Spellman , who served from 1975 until the seat was declared vacant by the House due to her falling into a coma in 1980. Hoyer won a special election that year to complete her term, and has held the seat since.[3] [4]
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
Nicholas R. Moore (Ruxton )
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1803 .Re-elected in 1804 .Re-elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 . Lost re-election.
William McCreery (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
Alexander McKim (Baltimore )
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1808 .Re-elected in 1810 .Re-elected in 1812 . Retired.
12th
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Peter Little (Baltimore )
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1810 . Lost re-election.
13th
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Nicholas R. Moore (Ruxton )
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1812 .Re-elected in 1814 . Resigned.
14th
March 4, 1815 – ????, 1815
William Pinkney (Baltimore )
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 (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
Isaac McKim (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
John Barney (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.
Benjamin C. Howard (Baltimore )
Jacksonian
Elected in 1829 .Re-elected in 1831 .[data missing ]
22nd
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
John T. H. Worthington (Golden )
Jacksonian
Elected in 1831 .[data missing ]
1833–present: one seat
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
Location
Isaac McKim (Baltimore )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
23rd
Elected in 1833 . Redistricted to the 4th district .
George C. Washington (Rockville )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
24th
Elected in 1835 .[data missing ]
William C. Johnson (Jefferson )
Whig
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
25th 26th 27th
Elected in 1837 .Re-elected in 1839 .Re-elected in 1841 .[data missing ]
Jacob A. Preston (Perryman )
Whig
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
28th
Elected late in 1844 .[data missing ]
Albert Constable (Perryman )
Democratic
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
29th
Elected in 1845 .[data missing ]
Alexander Evans (Elkton )
Whig
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
30th 31st 32nd
Elected in 1847 .Re-elected in 1849 .Re-elected in 1851 .[data missing ]
Henry May (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1853 .[data missing ]
Henry W. Hoffman (Cumberland )
Know Nothing
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1855 .[data missing ]
Jacob M. Kunkel (Frederick )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
35th 36th
Elected in 1857 .Re-elected in 1859 .[data missing ]
Francis Thomas (Frankville )
Unconditional Union
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
37th
Elected in 1861 . Redistricted to the 4th district .
Benjamin G. Harris (Leonardtown )
Democratic
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
38th 39th
Elected in 1863 .Re-elected in 1864 .[data missing ]
Frederick Stone (Port Tobacco )
Democratic
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
40th 41st
Elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 .[data missing ]
William M. Merrick (Ilchester )
Democratic
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 .[data missing ]
William J. Albert (Baltimore )
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
Elected in 1872 .[data missing ]
Eli J. Henkle (Brooklyn )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
44th 45th 46th
Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .[data missing ]
Andrew G. Chapman (La Plata )
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
Elected in 1882 .[data missing ]
Barnes Compton (Laurel )
Democratic
March 4, 1885 – March 20, 1890
49th 50th 51st
Elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 . Lost election contest.
Sydney E. Mudd I (Bryantown )
Republican
March 20, 1890 – March 3, 1891
51st
Successfully contested election .[data missing ]
Barnes Compton (Laurel )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – May 15, 1894
52nd 53rd
Elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 . Resigned.
Vacant
May 15, 1894 – November 6, 1894
53rd
Charles E. Coffin (Muirkirk )
Republican
November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1897
53rd 54th
Elected to finish Compton's term .Re-elected in 1894 .[data missing ]
Sydney E. Mudd I (La Plata )
Republican
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1911
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
Elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .[data missing ]
Thomas Parran Sr. (St. Leonard )
Republican
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
62nd
Elected in 1910 .[data missing ]
Frank O. Smith (Dunkirk )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
63rd
Elected in 1912 .[data missing ]
Sydney E. Mudd II (La Plata )
Republican
March 4, 1915 – October 11, 1924
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th
Elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .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
Elected to finish Mudd's term .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 .Re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 . Died.
Vacant
December 19, 1938 – February 3, 1939
75th 76th
Lansdale Sasscer (Upper Marlboro )
Democratic
February 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd
Elected to finish Gambrill's term .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .[data missing ]
Frank Small Jr. (Clinton )
Republican
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
83rd
Elected in 1952 .[data missing ]
Richard E. Lankford (Annapolis )
Democratic
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965
84th 85th 86th 87th 88th
Elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .[data missing ]
Hervey G. Machen (Hyattsville )
Democratic
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
89th 90th
Elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .[data missing ]
Lawrence Hogan (Landover )
Republican
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975
91st 92nd 93rd
Elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 . Retired to run for Governor .
Gladys Spellman (Laurel )
Democratic
January 3, 1975 – February 24, 1981
94th 95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .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
Elected to finish Spellman's term. Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
1983–1993 [data missing ]
1993–2003 [data missing ]
2003–2013
2013–2023
2023–present
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