Maryland's 5th congressional district

Maryland's 5th congressional district
Maryland's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Steny Hoyer (D–Mechanicsville)
Area 1,504.25 sq mi (3,896.0 km2)
Distribution
  • 75.19% urban
  • 25.81% rural
Population (2000) 662,060
Median income 62,661
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVI D+16[1]

Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties, as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. The district is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer, the House Minority Whip.

History

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 election results from presidential races

Year Results
2000 Gore 57% – 41%
2004 Kerry 57% – 42%
2008 Obama 65% – 33%
2012 Obama 66.2% – 32.3%
2016 H. Clinton 63.6% – 32.6%

Recent elections

Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny Hoyer (inc.) 166,231 65.09
Republican Thomas E. Hutchins 89,109 34.89
N/A Write-ins 125 0.05
Total votes 255,375 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny Hoyer (inc.) 137,903 69.36
Republican Joseph T. Crawford 60,758 30.56
Green Bob S. Auerbach (write-in) 158 0.08
Total votes 198,819 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Steny Hoyer (inc.) 204,867 68.72% -0.64
Republican Brad Jewitt 87,189 29.25% -1.31
Green Bob S. Auerbach 4,224 1.42% +1.34
Constitution Steve Krukar 1,849 0.62% +0.62
Total votes 298,129 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th congressional district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Steny Hoyer (inc.) 168,114 82.68% +13.96
Green Steve Warner 33,464 16.46% +15.04
Constitution Peter Kuhnert 635 0.31% -0.31
Write-ins 1,110 0.55% +0.55
Total votes 203,323 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Steny Hoyer 253,854 73.65% -9.03
Republican Collins Bailey 82,631 23.97% +23.97
Libertarian Darlene H. Nicolas 7,829 2.27% +2.27
No party Write-ins 377 0.11%
Total votes 344,691 100.00
Democratic hold Swing
Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Steny Hoyer 155,110 64.26% -9.39
Republican Charles Lollar 83,575 34.62% +10.65
Libertarian H Gavin Shickle 2,578 1.07% -1.20
No party Write-ins 120 0.05%
Total votes 241,383 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th Congressional District: 2012[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny H. Hoyer 238,618 69.4
Republican Tony O'Donnell 95,271 27.7
Green Bob Auerbach 5,040 1.5
Libertarian Arvin Vohra 4,503 1.3
N/A Others (write-in) 388 0.1
Total votes 343,820 100
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny H. Hoyer 144,725 64
Republican Chris Chaffee 80,752 35.7
N/A Others 563 .3
Total votes 226,040 100
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny H. Hoyer 223,582 67.3
Republican Mark Arness 98,768 29.7
Total votes 322,350 100
Democratic hold

List of representatives

1789–1803: One seat

# Name Years Party Electoral history
1 George Gale March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791		 Pro-Administration [Data unknown/missing.]
2 William Vans Murray March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793		 Pro-Administration Redistricted to the 8th district.
3 Samuel Smith March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1803		 Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]

1803–1833: Two seats

From 1803 to 1833, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A

# Name Years Party Electoral history
4 Nicholas R. Moore March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1811		 Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
5 Peter Little March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813		 Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
6 Nicholas R. Moore March 4, 1813 –
???, 1815		 Democratic-Republican Resigned. before convening of 14th Congress
7 Samuel Smith January 31, 1816 –
December 17, 1822		 Democratic-Republican Resigned. after being elected to US Senate
8 Isaac McKim January 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1823		 Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 Jacksonian DR [Data unknown/missing.]
8 John Barney March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829		 Adams [Data unknown/missing.]
9 Elias Brown March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831		 Jacksonian [Data unknown/missing.]
10 John T. H. Worthington March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833		 Jacksonian [Data unknown/missing.]

Seat B

# Name Years Party Electoral history
11 William McCreery March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1809		 Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
12 Alexander McKim March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1815		 Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
13 William Pinkney March 4, 1815 –
April 18, 1816		 Democratic-Republican Resigned. to accept position as Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia
14 Peter Little September 2, 1816 –
March 3, 1823		 Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 Jacksonian Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829		 Adams [Data unknown/missing.]
15 Benjamin C. Howard March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833		 Jacksonian [Data unknown/missing.]

1833 - present: One seat

# Name Years Party Electoral history
16 Isaac McKim March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		 Jacksonian Redistricted to the 4th district
17 George C. Washington March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		 Anti-Jacksonian [Data unknown/missing.]
18 William C. Johnson March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843		 Whig [Data unknown/missing.]
19 Jacob A. Preston March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 Whig [Data unknown/missing.]
20 Albert Constable March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
21 Alexander Evans March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1853		 Whig [Data unknown/missing.]
22 Henry May March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
23 Henry W. Hoffman March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857		 American [Data unknown/missing.]
24 Jacob M. Kunkel March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
25 Francis Thomas March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 Unionist Redistricted to the 4th district
26 Benjamin G. Harris March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
27 Frederick Stone March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
28 William M. Merrick March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
29 William J. Albert March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
30 Eli J. Henkle March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1881		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
31 Andrew G. Chapman March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
32 Hart Benton Holton March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885		 Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
33 Barnes Compton March 4, 1885 –
March 20, 1890		 Democratic Lost election contest.
34 Sydney E. Mudd I March 20, 1890 –
March 3, 1891		 Republican Successfully contested election.
[Data unknown/missing.]
35 Barnes Compton March 4, 1891 –
May 15, 1894		 Democratic Resigned.
36 Charles E. Coffin November 6, 1894 –
March 3, 1897		 Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
37 Sydney E. Mudd I March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1911		 Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
38 Thomas Parran, Sr. March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913		 Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
39 Frank O. Smith March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
40 Sydney E. Mudd II March 4, 1915 –
October 11, 1924		 Republican Died.
41 Stephen W. Gambrill November 4, 1924 –
December 19, 1938		 Democratic Died.
42 Lansdale Sasscer February 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1953		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
43 Frank Small, Jr. January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955		 Republican [Data unknown/missing.]
44 Richard E. Lankford January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1965		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
45 Hervey G. Machen January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1969		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing.]
46 Lawrence J. Hogan January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1975		 Republican Ran for governor.
47 Gladys Spellman January 3, 1975 –
February 24, 1981		 Democratic Seat declared vacant for health reasons.
48 Steny Hoyer May 19, 1981 –
Present		 Democratic First elected to finish Spellman's term.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - Present

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved Nov 12, 2012.
  • Archives of Maryland Historical List United States Representatives Maryland State Archives
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 38°33′N 76°57′W / 38.55°N 76.95°W / 38.55; -76.95

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