# | Member | Party | Years | Con- gress | Electoral history | District location |
District created March 4, 1793 |
1 | William Hindman (Talbot County) | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd 4th 5th | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | 1793–1803 [data missing] |
Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 |
2 | Joseph H. Nicholson (Chestertown) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 1, 1806 | 6th 7th 8th 9th | Elected November 29, 1798 to begin member-elect Joshua Seney's term. Re-elected in 1801. Re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Resigned. |
1803–1813 [data missing] |
Vacant | March 1, 1806 – December 3, 1806 | 9th | |
3 | Edward Lloyd (Wye Mills) | Democratic-Republican | December 3, 1806 – March 3, 1809 | 9th 10th | Elected September 27 and October 4, 1806, to finish Nicholson's term. Re-elected October 6, 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired. |
4 | John Brown (Centerville) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – ??, 1810 | 11th | Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Resigned to become Clerk of Court of Queen Anne's County. |
Vacant | ??, 1810 – November 29, 1810 | |
5 | Robert Wright (Queenstown) | Democratic-Republican | November 29, 1810 – March 3, 1817 | 11th 12th 13th 14th | Elected to finish Brown's term and to the next term on the same ballot. Re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
1813–1823 [data missing] |
6 | Thomas Culbreth (Denton) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | 15th 16th | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. |
7 | Robert Wright (Queenstown) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | 17th | Elected in 1820. Retired. |
8 | William Hayward Jr. (Easton) | Democratic-Republican (Crawford) | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th | Elected in 1822. Retired. | 1823–1833 [data missing] |
9 | John Leeds Kerr (Easton) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | 19th 20th | Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election. |
10 | Richard Spencer (Easton) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | 21st | Elected in 1829. Lost re-election. |
11 | John Leeds Kerr (Easton) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | 22nd | Elected in 1831. [data missing] |
12 | Francis Thomas (Frederick) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | 23rd | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1833. Redistricted to the 6th district. | 1833–1843 [data missing] |
13 | Daniel Jenifer (Milton Hill) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | 24th | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. [data missing] |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | 25th 26th |
14 | Augustus R. Sollers (Prince Frederick) | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1841. [data missing] |
Seat eliminated after the 1840 census. |
Seat re-created after the 1950 census. |
15 | Samuel Friedel (Baltimore) | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971 | 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-nomination. | 1953–1963 [data missing] |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
16 | Parren Mitchell (Baltimore) | Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987 | 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th | Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
1983–1993 [data missing] |
17 | Kweisi Mfume (Baltimore) | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – February 15, 1996 | 101st 102nd 103rd 104th | Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Resigned to become CEO of the NAACP. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Vacant | February 15, 1996 – April 16, 1996 | 104th | |
18 | Elijah Cummings (Baltimore) | Democratic | April 16, 1996 – October 17, 2019 | 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th | Elected to finish Mfume's term. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Died. |
2003–2013 |
2013–2023 |
Vacant | October 17, 2019 – May 5, 2020 | 116th |
19 | Kweisi Mfume (Baltimore) | Democratic | May 5, 2020 – present | 116th 117th 118th | Elected to finish Cummings's term and seated May 5, 2020. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2023–present |