Maryland's 1st congressional district

Maryland's 1st congressional district
	Maryland's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Andy Harris; R–Cockeysville
Area	3,653.1 sq mi (9,461 km2)
Distribution	64.1% urban; 35.9% rural;
Population (2019)	737,341
Median household; income	$80,022
Ethnicity	85.5% White; 11.2% Black; 1.6% Hispanic; 1.4% Asian; 0.5% other; 0.2% Native American;
Occupation	63.3% White-collar; 21.9% Blue-collar; 14.8% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	R+14

Maryland's 1st congressional district encompasses the entire Eastern Shore of Maryland, including Salisbury, as well as parts of Baltimore, Harford and Carroll counties.

The district is currently represented by Republican Andy Harris, who defeated Democratic incumbent Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. in 2010. The district was the subject of a 2014 boycott following legislation Harris introduced nullifying a District of Columbia law de-criminalizing possession of marijuana.^[3]

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 59–38%
2012	President	Romney 60–37%
2016	President	Trump 61–33%
2020	President	Trump 59–39%

List of members representing the district

#	Member	Party	Years	Con- gress	Electoral history	Location
1	Michael J. Stone	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.	1789–1833 Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties in Southern Maryland.
2	Philip Key	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Elected in 1790. Lost re-election.
3	George Dent	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th 6th	Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired.
3	George Dent	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	3rd 4th 5th 6th
4	John Campbell	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1811	7th 8th 9th 10th 11th	Elected in 1801. Re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
5	Philip Stuart	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1819	12th 13th 14th 15th	Elected in 1810. Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Retired.
6	Raphael Neale	Federalist^[a]	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	16th 17th 18th	Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
7	Clement Dorsey	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831	19th 20th 21st	Elected in 1824. Retired.
8	Daniel Jenifer	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd
9	Littleton Dennis	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – April 14, 1834	23rd	Died.	1833–1843 Dorchester, Somerset, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Vacant			April 14, 1834 – May 29, 1834	23rd
10	John N. Steele	Anti-Jacksonian	May 29, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected to finish Dennis's term.
11	John Dennis	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th
12	Isaac D. Jones	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841.
13	John Causin	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected late in 1844.	1843–1853 Anne Arundel (except for Howard District), Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary's counties in Central Maryland and Southern Maryland.
14	John G. Chapman	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1845.
15	Richard Bowie	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd
16	John R. Franklin	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd		1853–1863 Caroline, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
17	James A. Stewart	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th
18	John W. Crisfield	Unionist Party	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th
19	John A. J. Creswell	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th		1863–1873 Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
20	Hiram McCullough	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th
21	Samuel Hambleton	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd
22	Ephraim King Wilson II	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd		1873–1883 Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
23	Philip Thomas	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th
24	Daniel M. Henry	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th
25	George W. Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Retired.
25	George W. Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Retired.	1883–1893
26	Charles H. Gibson	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	Retired.
27	Henry Page	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – September 3, 1892	52nd	Resigned to become a judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals.
Vacant			September 3, 1892 – November 8, 1892
28	John B. Brown	Democratic	November 8, 1892 – March 3, 1893		Elected to finish Page's term. Retired.
29	Robert Bratton	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – May 10, 1894	53rd	Died.	1893–1903
Vacant			May 10, 1894 – November 6, 1894
30	Winder Laird Henry	Democratic	November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1895		Elected to finish Bratton's term. Retired.
31	Joshua W. Miles	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Lost re-election.
32	Isaac A. Barber	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th
33	John Walter Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – January 12, 1900	56th	Resigned to become Governor of Maryland.
Vacant			January 12, 1900 – November 6, 1900
34	Josiah L. Kerr	Republican	November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1901		Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired.
35	William Humphreys Jackson	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Lost re-election.
35	William Humphreys Jackson	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Lost re-election.	1903–1913 Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
36	Thomas A. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Lost re-election.
37	William Humphreys Jackson	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	Lost re-election.
38	J. Harry Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 30, 1914	61st 62nd 63rd	Resigned to practice law in Washington, D.C.
38	J. Harry Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 30, 1914	61st 62nd 63rd	Resigned to practice law in Washington, D.C.	1913–1933 Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.^[4]^[5]
Vacant			September 30, 1914 – November 3, 1914	63rd
39	Jesse Price	Democratic	November 3, 1914 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected to finish Covington's term. Lost re-election.
40	William N. Andrews	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Lost re-election.
41	Thomas Alan Goldsborough	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – April 5, 1939	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th	Resigned to become associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
41	Thomas Alan Goldsborough	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – April 5, 1939	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th		1933–1943
Vacant			April 5, 1939 – June 8, 1939	76th
42	David Jenkins Ward	Democratic	June 8, 1939 – January 3, 1945	76th 77th 78th	Elected to finish Goldsborough's term. Lost re-election.
42	David Jenkins Ward	Democratic	June 8, 1939 – January 3, 1945	76th 77th 78th	Elected to finish Goldsborough's term. Lost re-election.	1943–1953
43	Dudley Roe	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Lost re-election.
44	Edward T. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Lost re-election.
44	Edward T. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Lost re-election.	1953–1963
45	Thomas F. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Lost re-election.	1953–1963
46	Rogers Morton	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 29, 1971	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.	1963–1973 Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and parts of Baltimore County in Central Maryland.
Vacant			January 29, 1971 – May 25, 1971	92nd
47	William O. Mills	Republican	May 25, 1971 – May 24, 1973	92nd 93rd	Elected to finish Morton's term. Died by suicide.
47	William O. Mills	Republican	May 25, 1971 – May 24, 1973	92nd 93rd	Elected to finish Morton's term. Died by suicide.	1973–1983 Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties in Southern Maryland and parts of Baltimore County, Harford County and Baltimore City in Central Maryland.
Vacant			May 24, 1973 – August 21, 1973	93rd
48	Robert Bauman	Republican	August 21, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected to finish Oswald's term. Lost re-election.
49	Roy Dyson	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Lost re-election.
49	Roy Dyson	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Lost re-election.	1983–1993
50	Wayne Gilchrest	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Re-elected in 2006. Lost renomination.	1983–1993
						1993–2003
						2003–2013 Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and parts of Anne Arundel County in Southern Maryland and Baltimore County in Central Maryland.
51	Frank Kratovil	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
52	Andy Harris	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.
52	Andy Harris	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th		2013–present

Recent election results

2000 Marylands's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest (Incumbent)	165,293	64.40%
	Democratic	Bennett Bozman	91,022	35.46%
	Green	David M. Gross	73	0.03%
	N/A	Write-ins	294	0.11%
Total votes			256,682	100.00%
	Republican hold

2002 Marylands's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest (Incumbent)	192,004	76.83%
	Democratic	Amy D. Tamlyn	57,986	23.20%
Total votes			249,900	100.00%
	Republican hold

2004 Marylands's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest (Incumbent)	245,149	75.89%	−0.94%
	Democratic	Kostas Alexakis	77,872	24.11%	+0.91%
Total votes			323,021	100.00%	?
	Republican hold		Swing

2006 Marylands's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest (Incumbent)	185,177	68.80%	−7.09%
	Democratic	Jim Corwin	83,738	31.11%	+7.00%
	Write-ins		232	0.09%	+0.09%
Total votes			269,147	100.00%	?
	Republican hold		Swing

Maryland's 1st Congressional District: 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank Kratovil	177,065	49.12%	+18.01%
	Republican	Andy Harris	174,213	48.33%	−20.47%
	Libertarian	Richard J. Davis	8,873	2.46%	+2.46%
	No party	Write-ins	329	0.09%
Total votes			360,480	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Maryland's 1st Congressional District: 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Andrew P. Harris	155,118	54.08%	+5.75%
	Democratic	Frank Kratovil (Incumbent)	120,400	41.98%	−7.14%
	Libertarian	Richard J. Davis	10,876	3.79%	+1.33%
	No party	Write-ins	418	0.15%
Total votes			286,812	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Maryland's 1st Congressional District: 2012^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew P. Harris (Incumbent)	214,204	63.4%
	Democratic	Wendy Rosen	92,812	27.5%
	Democratic	John LaFerla (write-in)	14,858	4.4%
	Libertarian	Muir Wayne Boda	12,857	3.8%
	N/A	Others (write-in)	3,029	0.9%
Total votes			337,760	100%
	Republican hold

Maryland's 1st Congressional District: 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew P. Harris (Incumbent)	176,324	70.4%
	Democratic	Bill Tilghman	73,843	29.5%
	N/A	Others (write-in)	233	0.1%
Total votes			250,418	100%
	Republican hold

Maryland's 1st Congressional District: 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew P. Harris (Incumbent)	242,574	67.0%
	Democratic	Joe Werner	103,622	28.6%
	Libertarian	Matt Beers	15,370	4.2%
	N/A	Others (write-in)	531	0.1%
Total votes			362,097	100%
	Republican hold

Maryland's 1st Congressional District: 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew P. Harris (Incumbent)	183,662	60.0%
	Democratic	Jesse Colvin	116,631	38.1%
	Libertarian	Jenica Martin	5,744	1.9%
	N/A	Others (write-in)	149	0.0%
Total votes			306,186	100%
	Republican hold

Maryland's 1st congressional district, 2020^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew P. Harris (incumbent)	250,901	63.4
	Democratic	Mia Mason	143,877	36.4
	Write-in		746	0.2
Total votes			395,524	100.0
	Republican hold

Notes

^ Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

References

^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Trip Gabriel (July 13, 2014). "Marijuana Is at Center of Feud in Capital". The NY Times. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
^ Official Congressional Directory, 63rd Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: Joint Committee on Printing. 1913. p. 43.
^ Official Congressional Directory, 68th Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: Joint Committee on Printing. 1923. p. 41.
^ "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "Official 2020 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

"List of Federal Representatives of the State of Maryland" – via Maryland Archives.

[4] Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] Trip Gabriel (July 13, 2014). "Marijuana Is at Center of Feud in Capital". The NY Times. Retrieved July 13, 2014.

[5] Official Congressional Directory, 63rd Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: Joint Committee on Printing. 1913. p. 43.

[6] Official Congressional Directory, 68th Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: Joint Committee on Printing. 1923. p. 41.

[MD_SBOE-7] "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[MDgenr-8] "Official 2020 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

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