Maryland's 2nd congressional district

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The Second Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years. The district comprises parts of Harford, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel Counties, as well as small portions of the City of Baltimore. The seat is currently represented by Dutch Ruppersberger (D).


[edit] List of representatives from the 2nd district

Name Took office Left office Party
1 Joshua Seney March 4, 1789 December 6, 1792 None
2 William Hindman January 30, 1793 March 3, 1793 Federalist
3 John Francis Mercer March 4, 1793 April 13, 1794 None
4 Gabriel Duvall November 11, 1794 March 28, 1796 Democratic-Republican
5 Richard Sprigg, Jr. May 5, 1796 March 3, 1799 Democratic-Republican
6 John Chew Thomas March 4, 1799 March 3, 1801 Federalist
7 Richard Sprigg, Jr. March 4, 1801 February 11, 1802 Democratic-Republican
8 Walter Bowie March 24, 1802 March 3, 1805 Democratic-Republican
9 Leonard Covington March 4, 1805 March 3, 1807 Democratic-Republican
10 Archibald Van Horne March 4, 1807 March 3, 1811 Democratic-Republican
11 Joseph Kent March 4, 1811 March 3, 1815 Democratic-Republican
12 John Carlyle Herbert March 4, 1815 March 3, 1819 Federalist
13 Joseph Kent March 4, 1819 January 6, 1826 Democratic-Republican
14 John Crompton Weems February 1, 1826 March 3, 1829 None
15 Benedict Joseph Semmes March 4, 1829 March 3, 1833 None
16 Richard Bennett Carmichael March 4, 1833 March 3, 1835 Jacksonian
17 James Alfred Pearce March 4, 1835 March 3, 1839 Whig
18 Philip Francis Thomas March 4, 1839 March 3, 1841 Democrat
19 James Alfred Pearce March 4, 1841 March 3, 1843 Whig
20 Francis Brengle March 4, 1843 March 3, 1845 Whig
21 Thomas Johns Perry March 4, 1845 March 3, 1847 Democrat
22 James Dixon Roman March 4, 1847 March 3, 1849 Whig
23 William Thomas Hamilton March 4, 1849 March 3, 1853 Democrat
24 Jacob Shower March 4, 1853 March 3, 1855 Democrat
25 James Barroll Ricaud March 4, 1855 March 3, 1859 American/Know-Nothing
26 Edwin Hanson Webster March 4, 1859 July, 1865 Unionist
27 John Lewis Thomas, Jr. December 4, 1865 March 3, 1867 Unconditional Unionist
28 Stevenson Archer March 4, 1867 March 3, 1875 Democrat
29 Charles Boyle Roberts March 4, 1875 March 3, 1879 Democrat
30 Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott March 4, 1879 March 3, 1885 Democrat
31 Frank Thomas Shaw March 4, 1885 March 3, 1889 Democrat
32 Herman Stump March 4, 1889 March 3, 1893 Democrat
33 Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott March 4, 1893 March 3, 1895 Democrat
34 William Benjamin Baker March 4, 1895 March 3, 1901 Republican
35 Albert Alexander Blakeney March 4, 1901 March 3, 1903 Republican
36 Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott March 4, 1903 October 5, 1918 Democrat
37 Carville Dickinson Benson November 5, 1918 March 3, 1921 Democrat
38 Albert Alexander Blakeney March 4, 1921 March 3, 1923 Republican
39 Millard Evelyn Tydings March 4, 1923 March 3, 1927 Republican
40 William Purington Cole, Jr. March 4, 1927 March 3, 1929 Democrat
41 Linwood Leon Clark March 4, 1929 March 3, 1931 Republican
42 William Purington Cole, Jr. March 4, 1931 October 26, 1942 Democrat
43 Harry Streett Baldwin January 3, 1943 January 3, 1947 Democrat
44 Hugh Allen Meade January 3, 1947 January 3, 1949 Republican
45 William P. Bolton January 3, 1949 January 3, 1951 Democrat
46 James Patrick Sinnott Devereux January 3, 1951 January 3, 1959 Republican
47 Daniel Baugh Bewster January 3, 1959 January 3, 1963 Democrat
48 Clarence Dickinson Long January 3, 1963 January 3, 1985 Democrat
49 Helen Delich Bentley January 3, 1985 January 3, 1995 Republican
50 Robert Leroy Ehrlich January 3, 1995 January 3, 2003 Republican
51 Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III January 3, 2003 Present Democrat

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    Maryland's congressional districts
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    From 1803 to 1833, Maryland had nine seats and the 5th district had two representatives.
    From 1835 to 1843, Maryland had eight seats and the 4th district had two representatives.
    See also: Maryland's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations
    All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps


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