Maryland's 5th congressional district

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.

Maryland's 5th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area1,504.25 sq mi (3,896.0 km2)
Distribution
  • 74.19% urban
  • 25.81% rural
Population (2023)812,172
Median household
income
$122,220[1]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVID+15[2]

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

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Year Results
2000 Gore 57% – 41%
2004 Kerry 57% – 42%
2008 Obama 65% – 33%
2012 Obama 66% – 32%
2016 Clinton 63% – 32%
2020 Biden 69% – 30%

Composition

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# County Seat Population
1 Anne Arundel Annapolis 594,582
9 Calvert Prince Frederick 94,728
17 Charles La Plata 171,973
33 Prince George's Upper Marlboro 947,430
37 St. Mary's Leonardtown 115,281

Cities of 10,000 or more people

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2,500 – 10,000 people

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Recent elections

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2000s

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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
Write-in 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-in 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 (inc.) 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
Write-in 377 0.11 -0.44
Total votes 344,691 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

2010s

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Maryland's 5th Congressional District Election: 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steny Hoyer (inc.) 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
Write-in 120 0.05% -0.06
Total votes 241,383 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th Congressional District: 2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny H. Hoyer (inc.) 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
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 (inc.) 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 (inc.) 242,989 67.4
Republican Mark Arness 105,931 29.4
Libertarian Jason Summers 11,078 3.1
Write-in 636 0.2
Total votes 360,634 100
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny Hoyer (incumbent) 213,796 70.3
Republican William Devine III 82,361 27.1
Green Patrick Elder 4,082 1.3
Libertarian Jacob Pulcher 3,592 1.2
Write-in 279 0.1
Republican Johnny Rice (write-in) 99 0.0
Total votes 304,479 100
Democratic hold

2020s

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Maryland's 5th congressional district, 2020[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny Hoyer (incumbent) 274,210 68.8
Republican Chris Palombi 123,525 31.0
Write-in 1,104 0.3
Total votes 398,839 100
Democratic hold
Maryland's 5th congressional district, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steny Hoyer (incumbent) 182,478 65.9
Republican Chris Palombi 94,000 33.9
Write-in 442 0.2
Total votes 276,920 100
Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

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1789–1803: one seat

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Name Years Cong
ress
Party Electoral history
District created March 4, 1789
 
George Gale
(Somerset County)
March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791
1st Pro-Administration Elected in 1789.
Lost re-election.
 
William Vans Murray
(Cambridge)
March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793
2nd Pro-Administration Elected in 1790.
Redistricted to the 8th district.
 
Samuel Smith
(Baltimore)
March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1803
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Democratic-Republican Elected in 1792.
Re-elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1801.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.

1803–1833: two seats

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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

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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)
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
 

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

Sources

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  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Biographies - Gladys Noon Spellman". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "Steny Hoyer, Representative for Maryland's 5th Congressional District". GovTrack.us. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  6. ^ "Official 2020 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

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