Maryland's 6th congressional district
Maryland's 6th congressional district | |
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Maryland's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | John Delaney (D) |
Area | 3,062.27 sq mi (7,931.2 km2) |
Distribution |
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Population (2015) | 761,921 |
Median income | 73,641 |
Ethnicity |
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Occupation | |
Cook PVI | D+4.[1] |
Maryland's 6th congressional district elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives from the northwest part of the state. Today the district comprises all of Garrett, Allegany, and Washington counties as well as portions of Montgomery and Frederick counties. The seat is currently represented by John Delaney (D).
History
The Maryland 6th District was one of the original districts that had a congressman starting in 1789. At that time, the district essentially had what remains its modern boundaries, consisting of the Maryland panhandle and areas eastward, all the way to the modern western boundary of the District of Columbia. However after the 1790 census Maryland's representation increased to 8 congresspersons. The new sixth district was in the north-east corner of the state east of Baltimore, covering essentially the modern counties of Harford, Cecil and Kent.[2]
In 2012 the district was found to be the ninth least compact congressional district in the United States.[3]
Recent elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2010
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2008
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2006
List of representatives
Representative | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes/Events | |
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1 | Daniel Carroll | March 4, 1789 | March 3, 1791 | Pro-Administration | |
2 | Upton Sheredine | March 4, 1791 | March 3, 1793 | Anti-Administration | |
3 | Gabriel Christie | March 4, 1793 | March 3, 1795 | Anti-Administration | |
March 4, 1795 | March 3, 1797 | Democratic-Republican | |||
4 | William Matthews | March 4, 1797 | March 3, 1799 | Federalist | |
5 | Gabriel Christie | March 4, 1799 | March 3, 1801 | Democratic-Republican | |
6 | John Archer | March 4, 1801 | March 3, 1807 | Democratic-Republican | |
7 | John Montgomery | March 4, 1807 | April 29, 1811 | Democratic-Republican | resigned after being appointed Attorney General of Maryland |
8 | Stevenson Archer | October 26, 1811 | March 3, 1817 | Democratic-Republican | |
9 | Thomas Culbreth | March 4, 1817 | March 3, 1821 | Democratic-Republican | |
10 | Jeremiah Cosden | March 4, 1821 | March 19, 1822 | Democratic-Republican | contested election |
11 | Philip Reed | March 19, 1822 | March 3, 1823 | Democratic-Republican | |
12 | George E. Mitchell | March 4, 1823 | March 3, 1825 | Adams-Clay DR | |
March 4, 1825 | March 3, 1827 | Jacksonian | |||
13 | Levin Gale | March 4, 1827 | March 3, 1829 | Jacksonian | |
14 | George E. Mitchell | December 7, 1829 | June 28, 1832 | Jacksonian | Died |
15 | Charles S. Sewall | October 1, 1832 | March 3, 1833 | Jacksonian | |
16 | William C. Johnson | March 4, 1833 | March 3, 1835 | Anti-Jacksonian | |
17 | Francis Thomas | March 4, 1835 | March 3, 1837 | Jacksonian | Redistricted from the 7th district |
March 4, 1837 | March 3, 1841 | Democratic | |||
18 | John T. Mason, Jr. | March 4, 1841 | March 3, 1843 | Democratic | |
19 | Thomas A. Spence | March 4, 1843 | March 3, 1845 | Whig | |
20 | Edward H. C. Long | March 4, 1845 | March 3, 1847 | Whig | |
21 | John W. Crisfield | March 4, 1847 | March 3, 1849 | Whig | |
22 | John B. Kerr | March 4, 1849 | March 3, 1851 | Whig | |
23 | Joseph S. Cottman | March 4, 1851 | March 3, 1853 | Independent Whig | |
24 | Augustus R. Sollers | March 4, 1853 | March 3, 1855 | Whig | |
25 | Thomas F. Bowie | March 4, 1855 | March 3, 1859 | Democratic | |
26 | George W. Hughes | March 4, 1859 | March 3, 1861 | Democratic | |
27 | Charles B. Calvert | March 4, 1861 | March 3, 1863 | Unionist | |
This seat was abolished after the census of 1860, but was reinstated after the census of 1870. | |||||
28 | Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. | March 4, 1873 | March 3, 1875 | Republican | |
29 | William Walsh | March 4, 1875 | March 3, 1879 | Democratic | |
30 | Milton G. Urner | March 4, 1879 | March 3, 1883 | Republican | |
31 | Louis E. McComas | March 4, 1883 | March 3, 1891 | Republican | |
32 | William M. McKaig | March 4, 1891 | March 3, 1895 | Democratic | |
33 | George Louis Wellington | March 4, 1895 | March 3, 1897 | Republican | |
34 | John McDonald | March 4, 1897 | March 3, 1899 | Republican | |
35 | George A. Pearre | March 4, 1899 | March 3, 1911 | Republican | |
36 | David J. Lewis | March 4, 1911 | March 3, 1917 | Democratic | |
37 | Frederick N. Zihlman | March 4, 1917 | March 3, 1931 | Republican | |
38 | David J. Lewis | March 4, 1931 | January 3, 1939 | Democratic | |
39 | William D. Byron | January 3, 1939 | February 27, 1941 | Democratic | Died |
40 | Katharine Byron | May 27, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | Democratic | |
41 | James G. Beall | January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1953 | Republican | |
42 | DeWitt S. Hyde | January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1959 | Republican | |
43 | John R. Foley | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1961 | Democratic | |
44 | Charles M. Mathias, Jr. | January 3, 1961 | January 3, 1969 | Republican | |
45 | John G. Beall, Jr. | January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1971 | Republican | |
46 | Goodloe E. Byron | January 3, 1971 | October 11, 1978 | Democratic | Died |
47 | Beverly Butcher Byron | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1993 | Democratic | |
48 | Roscoe G. Bartlett | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2013 | Republican | |
49 | John K. Delaney | January 3, 2013 | Present | Democratic | Incumbent |
Election Results
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Beverly B. Byron (inc.) | 106,502 | 65.35 | |
Republican | Christopher P. Fiotes, Jr. | 56,479 | 34.65 | |
Total votes | 162,981 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett | 125,564 | 54.17 | |||
Democratic | Thomas H. Hattery | 106,224 | 45.83 | |||
Total votes | 231,788 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 122,809 | 65.95 | |
Democratic | Paul Muldowney | 63,411 | 34.05 | |
Total votes | 186,220 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 132,853 | 56.83 | |
Democratic | Stephen Crawford | 100,910 | 43.16 | |
Write-ins | 25 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 233,788 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 127,802 | 63.42 | |
Democratic | Timothy D. McCown | 73,728 | 36.58 | |
Total votes | 201,530 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 168,624 | 60.65 | |
Democratic | Donald M. DeArmon | 109,136 | 39.25 | |
Write-ins | 285 | 0.10 | ||
Total votes | 278,045 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 147,825 | 66.17 | |
Democratic | Donald M. DeArmon | 75,575 | 33.83 | |
Total votes | 223,400 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 206,076 | 67.45 | |
Democratic | Kenneth T. Bosley | 90,108 | 29.49 | |
Green | Gregory T. Hemingway | 9,324 | 3.05 | |
Total votes | 305,508 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 141,200 | 58.97 | |
Democratic | Andrew J. Duck | 92,030 | 38.43 | |
Green | Robert E. Kozak | 6,095 | 2.55 | |
Write-ins | 128 | 0.05 | ||
Total votes | 239,453 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 190,926 | 57.76 | |
Democratic | Jennifer Dougherty | 128,207 | 38.79 | |
Libertarian | Gary W. Hoover, Sr. | 11,060 | 3.35 | |
Write-ins | 342 | 0.10 | ||
Total votes | 330,535 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 148,820 | 61.45 | |
Democratic | Andrew J. Duck | 80,455 | 33.22 | |
Libertarian | Dan Massey | 6,816 | 2.81 | |
Constitution | Michael Reed | 5,907 | 2.44 | |
Write-ins | 191 | 0.08 | ||
Total votes | 242,189 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | John Delaney | 181,921 | 58.8 | |||
Republican | Roscoe G. Bartlett (inc.) | 117,313 | 37.9 | |||
Libertarian | Nickolaus Mueller | 9,916 | 3.2 | |||
N/A | Others (write-in) | 399 | 0.1 | |||
Total votes | 309,549 | 100 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Delaney (inc.) | 94,704 | 49.7 | |
Republican | Dan Bongino | 91,930 | 48.2 | |
Green | George Gluck | 3,762 | 2 | |
N/A | Others (write-in) | 140 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 190,536 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ↑ The Historical cal Parties in Congress, p. 74
- ↑ Lazarick, Len (3 October 2012). "Maryland has least compact congressional districts in nation". MarylandReporter.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992/92Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/94Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006/2006Stat.htm#20
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008/2008Stat.htm#stateMD
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf
- 1 2 "Unofficial 2012 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved Nov 12, 2012.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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