Maryland's 4th congressional district

Maryland's 4th congressional district
Maryland's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Donna Edwards (D–Fort Washington)
Area 318 mi2
Distribution 97.9% urban, 2.1% rural
Population (2000) 662,062
Median income $57,727
Ethnicity 27.6% White, 56.8% Black, 5.6% Asian, 7.5% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Occupation 15.0% blue collar, 70.7% white collar, 14.3% gray collar
Cook PVI D+23[1]

Maryland's 4th congressional district comprises portions of Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County. The seat is represented by Donna Edwards, a Democrat, who has represented the district since 2008.

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

Recent elections

Maryland's 4th congressional district election, 1970[2]
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[3]
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[4]
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[5]
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[6]
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[7]
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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
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[11]
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[12]
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[13]
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[14]
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[15]
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[16]
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[17]
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[18]
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[19]
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[20]
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[21]
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[22]
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[23]
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[24]
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

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.[26]

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

List of representatives

1789–1835: One seat

Name Took office Left office Party Notes/Events
1 William Smith March 4, 1789 March 3, 1791 Anti-Administration
2 Samuel Sterett March 4, 1791 March 3, 1793 Anti-Administration
3 Thomas Sprigg March 4, 1793 March 3, 1795 Anti-Administration
March 4, 1795 March 3, 1797 Democratic-Republican
4 George Baer, Jr. March 4, 1797 March 3, 1801 Federalist
5 Daniel Hiester March 4, 1801 March 7, 1804 Democratic-Republican Died
6 Roger Nelson November 6, 1804 May 14, 1810 Democratic-Republican Resigned to become associate justice of Maryland's 5th judicial circuit
7 Samuel Ringgold October 15, 1810 March 3, 1815 Democratic-Republican
8 George Baer, Jr. March 4, 1815 March 3, 1817 Federalist
9 Samuel Ringgold March 4, 1817 March 3, 1821 Democratic-Republican
10 John Nelson March 4, 1821 March 3, 1823 Democratic-Republican
11 John Lee March 4, 1823 March 3, 1825 Jacksonian Federalist
12 Thomas C. Worthington March 4, 1825 March 3, 1827 Adams
13 Michael C. Sprigg March 4, 1827 March 3, 1831 Jacksonian
14 Francis Thomas March 4, 1831 March 3, 1833 Jacksonian Redistricted to the 7th district
15 James P. Heath March 4, 1833 March 3, 1835 Jacksonian

1835–1843: Two seats

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

Seat A

Name Took office Left office Party Notes/Events
16 Benjamin Chew Howard March 4, 1835 March 3, 1837 Jacksonian
March 4, 1837 March 3, 1839 Democratic
17 James Carroll March 4, 1839 March 3, 1841 Democratic
18 Alexander Randall March 4, 1841 March 3, 1843 Whig

Seat B

Name Took office Left office Party Notes/Events
19 Isaac McKim March 4, 1835 April 1, 1838 Jacksonian Redistricted from the 5th district, died
20 John P. Kennedy April 25, 1838 March 3, 1839 Whig
21 Solomon Hillen March 4, 1839 March 3, 1841 Democratic
22 John P. Kennedy March 4, 1841 March 3, 1843 Whig

1843 - present: One seat

Name Took office Left office Party Notes/Events
23 John P. Kennedy March 4, 1843 March 3, 1845 Whig
24 William Fell Giles March 4, 1845 March 3, 1847 Democratic
25 Robert Milligan McLane March 4, 1847 March 3, 1851 Democratic
26 Thomas Yates Walsh March 4, 1851 March 3, 1853 Whig
27 William Thomas Hamilton March 4, 1853 March 3, 1855 Democratic Redistricted from the 2nd district
28 Henry Winter Davis March 4, 1855 March 3, 1861 American
29 Henry May March 4, 1861 March 3, 1863 Unionist
30 Francis Thomas March 4, 1863 March 3, 1867 Unconditional Unionist Redistricted from the 5th district
March 4, 1867 March 3, 1869 Republican
31 Patrick Hamill March 4, 1869 March 3, 1871 Democratic
32 John Ritchie March 4, 1871 March 3, 1873 Democratic
33 Thomas Swann March 4, 1873 March 3, 1879 Democratic Redistricted from the 3rd district
34 Robert Milligan McLane March 4, 1879 March 3, 1883 Democratic
35 John Van Lear Findlay March 4, 1883 March 3, 1887 Democratic
36 Isidor Rayner March 4, 1887 March 3, 1889 Democratic
37 Henry Stockbridge, Jr. March 4, 1889 March 3, 1891 Republican
38 Isidor Rayner March 4, 1891 March 3, 1895 Democratic
39 John Kissig Cowen March 4, 1895 March 3, 1897 Democratic
40 William Watson McIntire March 4, 1897 March 3, 1899 Republican
41 James William Denny March 4, 1899 March 3, 1901 Democratic
42 Charles Reginald Schirm March 4, 1901 March 3, 1903 Republican
43 James William Denny March 4, 1903 March 3, 1905 Democratic
44 John Gill, Jr. March 4, 1905 March 3, 1911 Democratic
45 John Charles Linthicum March 4, 1911 October 5, 1932 Democratic Died
46 Ambrose Jerome Kennedy November 8, 1932 January 3, 1941 Democratic
47 John Ambrose Meyer January 3, 1941 January 3, 1943 Democratic
48 Daniel Ellison January 3, 1943 January 3, 1945 Republican
49 George Hyde Fallon January 3, 1945 January 3, 1971 Democratic
50 Paul Sarbanes January 3, 1971 January 3, 1973 Democratic Redistricted to the 3rd district
51 Marjorie Holt January 3, 1973 January 3, 1987 Republican
52 Tom McMillen January 3, 1987 January 3, 1993 Democratic
53 Albert Wynn January 3, 1993 May 31, 2008 Democratic Defeated in primary, resigned
54 Donna Edwards June 17, 2008 Present Democratic Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  2. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf
  3. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf
  4. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1974election.pdf
  5. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf
  6. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf
  7. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
  8. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf
  9. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf
  10. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf
  11. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf
  12. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf
  13. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf
  14. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf
  15. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf
  16. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf
  17. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf
  18. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf
  19. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004election.pdf
  20. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf
  21. ↑ http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2008/2008_special_4th_congressional_general_results.html
  22. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008election.pdf
  23. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf
  24. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf
  25. ↑ "Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. December 2, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  26. ↑ Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts, 1788-1841 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978) p. 8-9
  27. ↑ Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 42-43
  28. ↑ Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 93-94

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