U.S. House district for Maryland
Maryland's 4th congressional district comprises portions of Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County . The seat is represented by Anthony G. Brown , a Democrat .
The district includes most of the majority-black precincts on the Maryland side of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, it still remains concentrated in Prince George's County, but no longer reaches into Anne Arundel County; it takes over areas in Prince George's County formerly incorporated in District 5, including College Park , Greenbelt , and Beltsville , also taking an area of Montgomery County around Burtonsville . The district has the highest median household income of any majority-black congressional district in the United States. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+29, it is the most Democratic district in Maryland.[2]
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Early historical boundaries and population
Maryland's Fourth Congressional District was one of the about 50 original Congressional districts. The First Congress of the United States of America. When it was organized in 1788 it covered Baltimore , Baltimore County , and Harford County . According to the 1790 Census, the Fourth District had a population of 53,913, nearly 20% of whom were slaves.[28]
In 1792, the Fourth District was moved to western Maryland, with its eastern boundary being a north to south line running about the midpoint of Frederick County, Maryland . The new district had a population of 36,026, with less than 10% of the population being slaves.[29] The 1800 Census population was 38,015, and the boundaries remained unchanged in 1802.[30]
List of members representing the district
1789–1835: One seat
#
Name
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
1
William Smith
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791
1st
Elected in 1789 . Retired.
2
Samuel Sterett
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793
2nd
Elected in 1790 .[data unknown/missing ]
3
Thomas Sprigg
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
3rd 4th
Elected in 1792 .Re-elected in 1794 . Retired.
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
4
George Baer Jr.
Federalist
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801
5th 6th
Elected in 1796 .Re-elected in 1798 . Retired.
5
Daniel Hiester
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1801 – March 7, 1804
7th 8th
Elected in 1801 .Re-elected in 1803 . Died.
Vacant
March 7, 1804 – November 6, 1804
8th
6
Roger Nelson
Democratic-Republican
November 6, 1804 – May 14, 1810
8th 9th 10th 11th
Elected October 1, 1804 to finish Hiester's term .Elected the same day to the next term .Re-elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 . Resigned to become associate justice of Maryland's 5th judicial circuit.
Vacant
May 14, 1810 – October 15, 1810
11th
7
Samuel Ringgold
Democratic-Republican
October 15, 1810 – March 3, 1815
11th 12th 13th
Elected October 1, 1810 to finish Nelson's term .Also elected the same day to the next term .Re-elected in 1812 . Lost re-election.
8
George Baer Jr.
Federalist
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
14th
Elected in 1814 . Retired.
9
Samuel Ringgold
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
15th 16th
Elected in 1816 . Retired.
10
John Nelson
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
17th
Elected in 1820 Retired.
11
John Lee
Federalist [a]
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
18th
Elected in 1822 Lost re-election.
12
Thomas C. Worthington
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
19th
Elected in 1824 Retired.
13
Michael Sprigg
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
20th 21st
Elected in 1826 Re-elected in 1829 Lost re-election.
14
Francis Thomas
Jacksonian
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
22nd
Elected in 1831 .Redistricted to the 7th district .
15
James P. Heath
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
23rd
Elected in 1833 .[data unknown/missing ]
1835–1843: Two seats
From 1835 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket .
Years
Congress
Seat A
Seat B
#
Name
Party
Electoral history
#
Name
Party
Electoral history
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
24th
16
Benjamin Chew Howard
Jacksonian
Elected in 1835 .Re-elected in 1837 .
19
Isaac McKim
Jacksonian
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1835 . Died.
March 3, 1837 – April 1, 1838
25th
Democratic
Democratic
April 1, 1838 – April 25, 1838
Vacant
April 25, 1838 – March 3, 1839
20
John P. Kennedy
Whig
Elected to finish McKim's term.[data unknown/missing ]
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
26th
17
James Carroll
Democratic
Elected in 1839 .[data unknown/missing ]
21
Solomon Hillen
Democratic
Elected in 1839 .[data unknown/missing ]
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
27th
18
Alexander Randall
Whig
Elected in 1841 .[data unknown/missing ]
22
John P. Kennedy
Whig
Elected in 1841 .[data unknown/missing ]
1843–present: One seat
#
Name
Party
Years
Congress
Electoral history
23
John P. Kennedy
Whig
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
28th
Elected late in 1844 .[data unknown/missing ]
24
William Fell Giles
Democratic
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
29th
Elected in 1845 .[data unknown/missing ]
25
Robert Milligan McLane
Democratic
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
30th 31st
Elected in 1847 .Re-elected in 1849 .[data unknown/missing ]
26
Thomas Yates Walsh
Whig
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1851 .[data unknown/missing ]
27
William Thomas Hamilton
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1853 .[data unknown/missing ]
28
Henry Winter Davis
American
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861
34th 35th 36th
Elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 .Re-elected in 1859 .[data unknown/missing ]
29
Henry May
Unionist
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
37th
Elected in 1861 .[data unknown/missing ]
30
Francis Thomas
Unconditional Unionist
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
38th 39th 40th
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1863 .Re-elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .[data unknown/missing ]
Republican
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
31
Patrick Hamill
Democratic
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
41st
Elected in 1868 .[data unknown/missing ]
32
John Ritchie
Democratic
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 .[data unknown/missing ]
33
Thomas Swann
Democratic
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879
43rd 44th 45th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1872 .Re-elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .[data unknown/missing ]
34
Robert Milligan McLane
Democratic
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
46th 47th
Elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .[data unknown/missing ]
35
John Van Lear Findlay
Democratic
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
48th 49th
Elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .[data unknown/missing ]
36
Isidor Rayner
Democratic
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
50th
Elected in 1886 .[data unknown/missing ]
37
Henry Stockbridge Jr.
Republican
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
51st
Elected in 1888 .[data unknown/missing ]
38
Isidor Rayner
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
52nd 53rd
Elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 .[data unknown/missing ]
39
John Kissig Cowen
Democratic
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
54th
Elected in 1894 .[data unknown/missing ]
40
William Watson McIntire
Republican
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899
55th
Elected in 1896 .[data unknown/missing ]
41
James William Denny
Democratic
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901
56th
Elected in 1898 .[data unknown/missing ]
42
Charles Reginald Schirm
Republican
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
57th
Elected in 1900 .[data unknown/missing ]
43
James William Denny
Democratic
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
58th
Elected in 1902 .[data unknown/missing ]
44
John Gill Jr.
Democratic
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
59th 60th 61st
Elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .[data unknown/missing ]
45
John Charles Linthicum
Democratic
March 4, 1911 – October 5, 1932
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Died.
Vacant
October 5, 1932 – November 8, 1932
72nd
46
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy
Democratic
November 8, 1932 – January 3, 1941
72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th
Elected to finish Linthicum's term .Re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .[data unknown/missing ]
47
John Ambrose Meyer
Democratic
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
77th
Elected in 1940 .[data unknown/missing ]
48
Daniel Ellison
Republican
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
78th
Elected in 1942 .[data unknown/missing ]
49
George Hyde Fallon
Democratic
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1971
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st
Elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .[data unknown/missing ]
50
Paul Sarbanes
Democratic
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
92nd
Elected in 1970 . Redistricted to the 3rd district .
51
Marjorie Holt
Republican
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1987
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th
Elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .[data unknown/missing ]
52
Tom McMillen
Democratic
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993
100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .[data unknown/missing ]
53
Albert Wynn
Democratic
January 3, 1993 – May 31, 2008
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th
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 . Defeated in primary. Resigned.
Vacant
May 31, 2008 – June 17, 2008
110th
54
Donna Edwards
Democratic
June 17, 2008 – January 3, 2017
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th
Elected to finish Wynn's term .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 . Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
55
Anthony G. Brown
Democratic
January 3, 2017 – Present
115th 116th 117th
Elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Retiring to run for Attorney General of Maryland .
Historical district boundaries
See also
Notes
References
^ "My Congressional District" .
^ a b "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index" . The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021 .
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1974election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ a b http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ Elections, Maryland State Board of. "2008 Special 4th Congressional General Election Official Results" . www.elections.state.md.us .
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ "Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Representative in Congress" . Maryland State Board of Elections. December 2, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015 .
^ "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress" . Maryland Secretary of State. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
^ "Official 2020 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress" . Maryland State Board of Elections . Retrieved December 14, 2020 .
^ Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts, 1788-1841 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978) p. 8-9
^ Parsons. Congressional Districts . p. 42-43
^ Parsons. Congressional Districts . p. 93-94
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