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Maryland's 3rd congressional district

Maryland's 3rd congressional district
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Area 292.74 mi²
Distribution 98.4% urban, 1.3% rural
Population (2000) 662,062
Median income $52,906
Ethnic composition 77.3% White, 16.3% Black, 3.2% Asian, 2.9% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American
Occupation 15.7% blue collar, 71.7% white collar, 12.5% gray collar
Cook Partisan Voting Index D +7

The Third Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years. The district comprises portions of Baltimore, Howard and Anne Arundel counties, as well as a significant part of the independent city of Baltimore. The seat is currently represented by John Sarbanes (D).

The last three people to represent Maryland in the United States Senate were all representatives of the third district. Those include the two current Maryland senators, Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski, as well as retired senator Paul Sarbanes.

The district's odd shape is arguably because of gerrymandering to favor Democratic candidates following the 2000 Census.[1]

Recent elections

List of representatives from the 3rd district

Name Took office Left office Party
1 Benjamin Contee March 4, 1789 March 3, 1791 Anti-Administration
2 William Pinkney March 4, 1791 November, 1791 Democratic Republican
3 John Francis Mercer February 5, 1792 March 3, 1793 None
4 Uriah Forrest March 4, 1793 November 8, 1794 Pro-Administration
5 Benjamin Edwards January 2, 1795 March 3, 1795 Pro-Administration
6 Jeremiah Crabb March 4, 1795 June 1, 1796 Federalist
7 William Craik December 5 1796 March 3 1801 Federalist
8 Thomas Plater March 4 1801 March 3 1805 Federalist
9 Patrick Magruder March 4 1805 March 3 1807 Democratic-Republican
10 Philip Barton Key March 4 1807 March 3 1813 Federalist
11 Alexander Contee Hanson March 4 1813 1816 Federalist
12 George Peter October 7 1816 March 3 1819 Federalist
13 Henry Ridgely Warfield March 4 1819 March 3 1825 None
14 George Peter March 4 1825 March 3 1827 Federalist
15 George Corbin Washington March 4 1827 March 3 1833 Anti-Jacksonian
16 James P. Heath March 4 1833 March 3 1835 Jacksonian
17 James Turner March 4 1835 March 3 1837 Jacksonian
18 John Tolley Hood Worthington March 4 1837 March 3 1841 Jacksonian
19 James Wray Williams March 4 1841 December 2 1842 Democrat
20 Charles S. Sewall January 2 1843 March 3 1843 Jacksonian
21 John Wethered March 4 1843 March 3 1845 Whig
22 Thomas Watkins Ligon March 4 1845 March 3 1849 Democrat
23 Edward Hammond March 4 1849 March 3 1853 Democrat
24 Joshua Van Sant March 4 1853 March 3 1855 Democrat
25 James Morrison Harris March 4 1855 March 3 1861 American/Know-Nothing
26 Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary March 4 1861 March 3, 1863 Unionist
27 Henry Winter Davis March 4 1863 March 3 1865 Unconditional Unionist
28 Charles Edward Phelps March 4 1865 March 3 1869 Conservative
29 Thomas Swann March 4 1869 March 3 1873 Democrat
30 William James O'Brien March 4 1873 March 3 1877 Democrat
31 William Kimmel March 4 1877 March 3 1881 Democrat
32 Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell March 4 1881 March 3 1885 Democrat
33 William Hinson Cole March 4 1885 July 8 1886 Democrat
34 Harry Welles Rusk November 2 1886 March 3 1897 Democrat
35 William Samuel Booze March 4 1897 March 3 1899 Republican
36 Frank Charles Wachter March 4 1899 March 3 1907 Democrat
37 Harry Benjamin Wolf March 4 1907 March 3 1909 Democrat
38 John Kronmiller March 4 1909 March 3 1911 Republican
39 George Konig March 4 1911 May 31 1913 Democrat
40 Charles Pearce Coady March 4 1913 March 3 1921 Democrat
41 John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill March 4 1921 March 3 1927 Republican
42 Vincent Luke Palmisano March 4 1927 January 3 1939 Democrat
43 Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. January 3 1939 May 16 1947 Democrat
44 Edward Alexander Garmatz July 15 1947 January 3 1973 Democrat
45 Paul Spyros Sarbanes January 3 1973 January 3 1977 Democrat
46 Barbara Ann Mikulski January 3 1977 January 3 1987 Democrat
47 Benjamin Louis Cardin January 3 1987 January 3 2007 Democrat
48 John Peter Spyros Sarbanes January 3 2007 Democrat

References

  1. ^ Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows, Even Stranger Congressional Boundaries. Maryland Newsline, University of Maryland (20 February 2004). Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
Maryland's congressional districts
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From 1803 to 1833, Maryland had nine seats and the 5th district had two representatives.
From 1835 to 1843, Maryland had eight seats and the 4th district had two representatives.
See also: Maryland's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations
All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps

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