Maryland's 4th congressional district

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.

Maryland's 4th congressional district
Maryland's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Anthony G. Brown
D–Bowie
Area318 sq mi (820 km2)
Distribution
  • 97.9% urban
  • 2.1% rural
Population (2000)662,062
Median income$81,151[1]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVID+28[2]

The district is located in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

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 78.3% - 20.7%
2016 President Clinton 77.7% - 19.2%

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

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.[27]

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.[28] The 1800 Census population was 38,015, and the boundaries remained unchanged in 1802.[29]

List of members representing the district

1789–1835: One seat
# Name Party Years Congress 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.
[data unknown/missing]
3 Thomas Sprigg Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795		 3rd
4th		 Elected in 1792.
Re-elected in 1794.
Retired.
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797
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.
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.
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 Jacksonian Federalist 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 C. Sprigg		 Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831		 20th
21st		 Elected in 1826
Re-elected in 1829
[data unknown/missing]
14
Francis Thomas		 Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833		 22nd [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 7th district.
15 James P. Heath Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		 23rd [data unknown/missing]

1835–1843: Two seats

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

Years Congress Seat A Seat B
# Name Party Electoral history # Name Party Electoral history
March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		 24th 16
Benjamin Chew Howard		 Jacksonian Won in 1835 with 6610 votes[30] 19
Isaac McKim		 Jacksonian Redistricted from the 5th district.
Died.
March 3, 1837 –
April 1, 1838		 25th Democratic Democratic
April 25, 1838 –
March 3, 1839		 25th 20
John P. Kennedy		 Whig [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841		 26th 17 James Carroll Democratic [data unknown/missing] 21 Solomon Hillen Democratic [data unknown/missing]
March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		 27th 18
Alexander Randall		 Whig [data unknown/missing] 22
John P. Kennedy		 Whig [data unknown/missing]


1843–present: One seat
# Name Party Years Congress Electoral history
23
John P. Kennedy		 Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 28th [data unknown/missing]
24
William Fell Giles		 Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 29th [data unknown/missing]
25
Robert Milligan McLane		 Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851		 30th
31st		 [data unknown/missing]
26 Thomas Yates Walsh Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd [data unknown/missing]
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		 [data unknown/missing]
29 Henry May Unionist March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 37th [data unknown/missing]
30
Francis Thomas		 Unconditional Unionist March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867		 38th
39th
40th		 Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869		 [data unknown/missing]
31
Patrick Hamill		 Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871		 41st [data unknown/missing]
32 John Ritchie Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		 42nd [data unknown/missing]
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		 [data unknown/missing]
35 John Van Lear Findlay Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887		 48th
49th		 [data unknown/missing]
36
Isidor Rayner		 Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889		 50th [data unknown/missing]
37 Henry Stockbridge Jr. Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891		 51st [data unknown/missing]
38
Isidor Rayner		 Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1895		 52nd
53rd		 [data unknown/missing]
39
John Kissig Cowen		 Democratic March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897		 54th [data unknown/missing]
40 William Watson McIntire Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899		 55th [data unknown/missing]
41 James William Denny Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901		 56th [data unknown/missing]
42
Charles Reginald Schirm		 Republican March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903		 57th [data unknown/missing]
43 James William Denny Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905		 58th [data unknown/missing]
44 John Gill Jr. Democratic March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911		 59th
60th
61st		 [data unknown/missing]
45
John Charles Linthicum		 Democratic March 4, 1911 –
October 5, 1932		 62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd		 Died.
46
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy		 Democratic November 8, 1932 –
January 3, 1941		 72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th		 [data unknown/missing]
47 John Ambrose Meyer Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943		 77th [data unknown/missing]
48 Daniel Ellison Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945		 78th [data unknown/missing]
49
George Hyde Fallon		 Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1971		 79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st		 [data unknown/missing]
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		 [data unknown/missing]
52
Tom McMillen		 Democratic January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993		 100th
101st
102nd		 [data unknown/missing]
53
Albert Wynn		 Democratic January 3, 1993 –
May 31, 2008		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th		 Defeated in primary.
Resigned.
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		 Incumbent

Historical district boundaries
2003 - 2013
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See also

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=24&cd=04
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf
  4. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf
  5. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1974election.pdf
  6. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf
  7. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf
  8. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
  9. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf
  10. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf
  11. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf
  12. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf
  13. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf
  14. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf
  15. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf
  16. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf
  17. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf
  18. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf
  19. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf
  20. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004election.pdf
  21. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf
  22. Elections, Maryland State Board of. "2008 Special 4th Congressional General Election Official Results". www.elections.state.md.us.
  23. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008election.pdf
  24. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf
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  26. "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland Secretary of State. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  27. Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts, 1788-1841 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978) p. 8-9
  28. Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 42-43
  29. Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 93-94
  30. Newport Mercury, The (Newport, Rhode Island) October 10, 1835, p.2

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