Maryland's 1st congressional district

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

Maryland's 1st congressional district
Maryland's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Andy Harris R–Cockeysville
Area	3,653.1 sq mi (9,461 km^2)
Distribution	64.1% urban 35.9% rural
Population (2000)	662,062
Median income	$73,206[1]
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[2]

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 59.6–38.4%
2012	President	Romney 60.3–37.8%
2016	President	Trump 61.9–33.5%

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.
		Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801
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	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th 18th	Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
		Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
7	Clement Dorsey	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831	19th 20th 21st	Elected in 1824. [data unknown/missing]
8	Daniel Jenifer	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing]
9	Littleton Dennis	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – April 14, 1834	23rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.	1833–1843 Dorchester, Somerset, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Vacant			April 14, 1834 – May 29, 1834
10	John N. Steele	Whig	May 29, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected to finish Dennis's term. [data unknown/missing]
11	John Dennis	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	[data unknown/missing]
12	Isaac D. Jones	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. [data unknown/missing]
13	John Causin	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected late in 1844. [data unknown/missing]	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. [data unknown/missing]
15	Richard Bowie	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
16	John R. Franklin	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]	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	[data unknown/missing]
18	John W. Crisfield	Unionist Party	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
19	John A. J. Creswell	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]	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	[data unknown/missing]
21	Samuel Hambleton	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]
22	Ephraim King Wilson II	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]	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	[data unknown/missing]
24	Daniel M. Henry	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[data unknown/missing]
25	George W. Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
						1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
26	Charles H. Gibson	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
27	Henry Page	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – September 3, 1892	52nd	[data unknown/missing] 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	[data unknown/missing] Died.	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
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	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
32	Isaac A. Barber	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	[data unknown/missing]
33	John Walter Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – January 12, 1900	56th	[data unknown/missing] 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	[data unknown/missing] 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	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
37	William Humphreys Jackson	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
38	J. Harry Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 30, 1914	61st 62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to practice law in Washington, D.C.
						1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
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	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
41	Thomas Alan Goldsborough	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – April 5, 1939	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
						1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
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.
						1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
43	Dudley Roe	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
44	Edward T. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
						1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
45	Thomas F. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
46	Rogers Morton	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 29, 1971	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing] 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.
						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	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
						1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
50	Wayne Gilchrest	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	[data unknown/missing] Re-elected in 2006. Lost renomination.
						1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
						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	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.
						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[4]

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

See also

• Maryland's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
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.
4. "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

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