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	60.2% White 30.3% Black 3.7% Asian 3.5% Hispanic 0.1% Native American
Occupation	18.8% Blue-collar 68% White-collar 12.9% Gray-collar
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. You can help!]
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. You can help!]

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. You can help!]
5	Peter Little	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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. You can help!]
8	Isaac McKim
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Jacksonian DR	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
8	John Barney	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	Adams	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
9	Elias Brown	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
10	John T. H. Worthington	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Seat B

#	Name	Years	Party	Electoral history
11	William McCreery	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
12	Alexander McKim	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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. You can help!]
		March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Jacksonian Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	Adams	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	Benjamin C. Howard	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

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. You can help!]
18	William C. Johnson	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
19	Jacob A. Preston	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
20	Albert Constable	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
21	Alexander Evans	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
22	Henry May	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
23	Henry W. Hoffman	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	American	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
24	Jacob M. Kunkel	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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. You can help!]
27	Frederick Stone	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
28	William M. Merrick	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
29	William J. Albert	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
30	Eli J. Henkle	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
31	Andrew G. Chapman	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
32	Hart Benton Holton	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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. You can help!]
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. You can help!]
37	Sydney E. Mudd I	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1911	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
38	Thomas Parran, Sr.	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
39	Frank O. Smith	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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. You can help!]
43	Frank Small, Jr.	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
44	Richard E. Lankford	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
45	Hervey G. Machen	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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

Sources

↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ "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

Maryland's congressional districts

Current districts: 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th

All districts: At-large; 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th

The At-large seat is obsolete.

See also: Maryland's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations; Recent U.S. House elections in Maryland: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

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

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