Maryland's 4th congressional district

Maryland's 4th congressional district
	Maryland's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Anthony G. Brown; D–Bowie
Area	318 sq mi (820 km2)
Distribution	97.9% urban; 2.1% rural;
Population (2019)	758,795
Median household; income	$88,207
Ethnicity	56.8% Black; 27.6% White; 7.5% Hispanic; 5.6% Asian; 0.2% Native American; 0.2% other;
Occupation	70.7% White-collar; 15.0% Blue-collar; 14.3% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	D+28

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.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 77% - 21%
2004	President	Kerry 78% - 21%
2008	President	Obama 85% - 14%
2012	President	Obama 78% - 20%
2016	President	Clinton 77% - 19%
2020	President	Biden 79% - 19%

Recent elections

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1970^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Sarbanes	54,936	70.05
	Republican	David Fentress	23,491	29.95
Total votes			78,427	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1972^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marjorie Holt	87,534	59.38
	Democratic	Werner Fornos	59,877	40.62
Total votes			147,411	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1974^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marjorie Holt (inc.)	61,208	58.15
	Democratic	Fred L. Wineland	44,059	41.85
Total votes			105,267	100.00
	Republican hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1976^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marjorie Holt (inc.)	95,158	57.67
	Democratic	Werner Fornos	69,855	42.33
Total votes			165,013	100.00
	Republican hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1978^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marjorie Holt (inc.)	71,374	62.04
	Democratic	Sue F. Ward	43,663	37.96
Total votes			115,037	100.00
	Republican hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1980^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marjorie Holt (inc.)	120,985	71.86
	Democratic	James J. Riley	47,375	28.14
Total votes			168,360	100.00
	Republican hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1982^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marjorie Holt (inc.)	75,617	61.20
	Democratic	Patricia O'Brien Aiken	47,947	38.80
Total votes			123,564	100.00
	Republican hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1984^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marjorie Holt (inc.)	114,430	66.24
	Democratic	Howard M. Greenbaum	58,312	33.76
	Write-ins		1	<0.01
Total votes			172,743	100.00
	Republican hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1986^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Thomas McMillen	65,071	50.16
	Republican	Robert R. Neall	64,643	49.84
Total votes			129,714	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1988^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Thomas McMillen (inc.)	128,624	68.30
	Republican	Bradlyn McClanahan	59,688	31.70
Total votes			188,312	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1990^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Thomas McMillen (inc.)	85,601	58.85
	Republican	Bob Duckworth	59,846	41.15
Total votes			145,447	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1992^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn	136,902	75.19
	Republican	Michele Dyson	45,166	24.81
Total votes			182,068	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1994^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	93,148	75.03
	Republican	Michele Dyson	30,999	24.97
Total votes			124,147	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1996^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	142,094	85.19
	Republican	John B. Kimble	24,700	14.81
Total votes			166,794	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1998^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	129,139	85.72
	Republican	John B. Kimble	21,518	14.28
Total votes			150,657	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2000^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	172,624	87.20
	Republican	John B. Kimble	24,973	12.61
	Write-ins		372	0.19
Total votes			197,969	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2002^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	131,644	78.96
	Republican	John B. Kimble	34,890	20.93
	Write-ins		195	0.12
Total votes			166,729	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2004^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	196,809	75.23
	Republican	John McKinnis	52,907	20.22
	Green	Theresa Mitchell Dudley	11,885	4.54
	Write-ins		6	<0.01
Total votes			261,607	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2006^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	141,897	80.67
	Republican	Michael Moshe Starkman	32,792	18.64
	Write-ins		1,214	0.69
Total votes			175,903	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district special election, 2008^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Edwards	16,481	80.54
	Republican	Peter James	3,638	17.78
	Libertarian	Thibeaux Lincecum	216	1.06
	Write-ins		127	0.62
Total votes			20,462	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2008^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Edwards (inc.)	258,704	85.83
	Republican	Peter James	38,739	12.85
	Libertarian	Thibeaux Lincecum	3,384	1.12
	Write-ins		604	0.20
Total votes			301,431	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2010^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Edwards (inc.)	160,228	83.44
	Republican	Robert Broadus	31,467	16.39
	Write-ins		325	0.17
Total votes			192,020	100.00
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2012^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Edwards (inc.)	240,385	77.17
	Republican	Faith M. Loudon	64,560	20.72
	Libertarian	Scott Soffen	6,204	1.99
	N/A	Write-ins	363	0.12
Total votes			311,512	100
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 2014^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Edwards (inc.)	134,628	70.18
	Republican	Nancy Hoyt	54,217	28.26
	Libertarian	Arvin Vohra	2,795	1.46
	N/A	Write-ins	197	0.10
Total votes			191,837	100
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district, 2016^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony G. Brown	237,501	74.1
	Republican	George McDermott	68,670	21.4
	Green	Kamesha T. Clark	8,204	2.6
	Libertarian	Benjamin Lee Krause	5,744	1.8
	n/a	Write-ins	531	0.2
Total votes			320,650	100.0
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony G. Brown (incumbent)	209,642	78.1
	Republican	George McDermott	53,327	19.9
	Libertarian	Dave Bishop	5,326	2.0
	n/a	Write-ins	288	0.1
Total votes			268,583	100.0
	Democratic hold

Maryland's 4th congressional district, 2020^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Brown (incumbent)	282,119	79.6
	Republican	George McDermott	71,671	20.2
	Write-in		739	0.2
Total votes			354,529	100.0
	Democratic hold

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.
3	Thomas Sprigg	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th	Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Retired.
3	Thomas Sprigg	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	3rd 4th	Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Retired.
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	Redistricted to the 7th district.
15	James P. Heath	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd

1835–1843: Two seats

From 1835 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Years	Congress	#	Name	Party	Electoral history	#	Name	Party	Electoral history
Years	Congress	Seat A				Seat B
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	16	Benjamin Chew Howard	Jacksonian	Won in 1835 with 6610 votes^[31]	19	Isaac McKim	Jacksonian	Redistricted from the 5th district. Died.
March 3, 1837 – April 1, 1838	25th			Democratic		19	Isaac McKim	Democratic	Redistricted from the 5th district. Died.
April 1, 1838 – April 25, 1838						Vacant
April 25, 1838 – March 3, 1839						20	John P. Kennedy	Whig
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	17	James Carroll	Democratic		21	Solomon Hillen	Democratic
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	18	Alexander Randall	Whig		22	John P. Kennedy	Whig

1843–present: One seat

#	Name	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
23	John P. Kennedy	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th
24	William Fell Giles	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th
25	Robert Milligan McLane	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st
26	Thomas Yates Walsh	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd
27	William Thomas Hamilton	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 2nd district
28	Henry Winter Davis	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th
29	Henry May	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th
30	Francis Thomas	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th 40th	Redistricted from the 5th district
30	Francis Thomas	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th
31	Patrick Hamill	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st
32	John Ritchie	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd
33	Thomas Swann	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	Redistricted from the 3rd district
34	Robert Milligan McLane	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th
35	John Van Lear Findlay	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th
36	Isidor Rayner	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th
37	Henry Stockbridge Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st
38	Isidor Rayner	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd
39	John Kissig Cowen	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th
40	William Watson McIntire	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th
41	James William Denny	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th
42	Charles Reginald Schirm	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th
43	James William Denny	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th
44	John Gill Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st
45	John Charles Linthicum	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – October 5, 1932	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	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
47	John Ambrose Meyer	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th
48	Daniel Ellison	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th
49	George Hyde Fallon	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1971	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st
50	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd	Redistricted to the 3rd district
51	Marjorie Holt	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1987	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th
52	Tom McMillen	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100th 101st 102nd
53	Albert Wynn	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – May 31, 2008	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	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	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
55	Anthony G. Brown	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th 117th	Incumbent