Maryland's 1st congressional district

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Maryland's 1st congressional district
Current Representative		Andrew P. Harris (R–Cockeysville)
Area	3,653.1 mi²
Distribution	64.1% urban, 35.9% rural
Population (2000)	662,062
Median income	$51,918
Ethnicity	85.5% White, 11.2% Black, 1.4% Asian, 1.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% other
Occupation	21.9% blue collar, 63.3% white collar, 14.8% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+13

Maryland's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Maryland. The district encompasses the entire Eastern Shore, including Salisbury, as well as parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford counties.

The district is currently represented by Republican Andy Harris who defeated Democratic incumbent Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. in 2010.

List of representatives

The following is a list of those who have represented the district. Also present below are significant events in the history of the district.^[1]

	Representative	Tenure	Party	Notes/Events	Area
1	Michael J. Stone	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789– March 4, 1791		Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties in Southern Maryland.
2	Philip Key	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791– March 4, 1793
3	George Dent	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793– March 4, 1795
		Federalist	March 4, 1795– March 4, 1801
4	John Campbell	Federalist	March 4, 1801– March 4, 1811
5	Philip Stuart	Federalist	March 4, 1811– March 4, 1819
6	Raphael Neale	Federalist	March 4, 1819– March 4, 1823
		Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823– March 4, 1825
7	Clement Dorsey	Adams	March 4, 1825– March 4, 1829
		Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1829– March 4, 1831
8	Daniel Jenifer	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1831– March 4, 1833
9	Littleton Dennis	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1833– April 14, 1834	Died	Dorchester, Somerset, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Vacant			April 14, 1834– May 29, 1834
10	John N. Steele	Anti-Jackson	May 29, 1834– March 4, 1837
11	John Dennis	Whig	March 4, 1837– March 4, 1841
12	Isaac D. Jones	Whig	March 4, 1841– March 4, 1843
13	John Causin	Whig	March 4, 1843– March 4, 1845		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 4, 1849
15	Richard Bowie	Whig	March 4, 1849– March 4, 1853
16	John R. Franklin	Democratic	March 4, 1853– March 4, 1855		Caroline, Dorchester, Queene Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
17	James A. Stewart	Democratic	March 4, 1855– March 4, 1861
18	John W. Crisfield	Unionist Party	March 4, 1861– March 4, 1863
19	John A. J. Creswell	Republican	March 4, 1863– March 4, 1865		Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queene Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
20	Hiram McCullough	Democratic	March 4, 1865– March 4, 1869
21	Samuel Hambleton	Democratic	March 4, 1869– March 4, 1873
22	Ephraim King Wilson II	Democratic	March 4, 1873– March 4, 1875		Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queene Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
23	Philip Thomas	Democratic	March 4, 1875– March 4, 1877
24	Daniel M. Henry	Democratic	March 4, 1877– March 4, 1881
25	George W. Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1881– March 4, 1885
26	Charles H. Gibson	Democratic	March 4, 1885– March 4, 1891
27	Henry Page	Democratic	March 4, 1891– September 3, 1892	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 4, 1893
29	Robert Bratton	Democratic	March 4, 1893– May 10, 1894	Died
Vacant			May 10, 1894– November 6, 1894
30	Winder Laird Henry	Democratic	November 6, 1894– March 4, 1895
31	Joshua W. Miles	Democratic	March 4, 1895– March 4, 1897
32	Isaac A. Barber	Republican	March 4, 1897– March 4, 1899
33	John Walter Smith	Democratic	March 4 1899– January 12, 1900	Resigned to become Governor of Maryland.
Vacant			January 12, 1900– November 6, 1900
34	Josiah L. Kerr	Republican	November 6, 1900– March 4, 1901
35	William Humphreys Jackson	Republican	March 4, 1901– March 4, 1903
			March 4, 1903– March 4, 1905		Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queene Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
36	Thomas A. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1905– March 4, 1907
37	William Humphreys Jackson	Republican	March 4, 1907– March 4, 1909
38	James Harry Covington	Democratic	March 4, 1909– September 30, 1914	Resigned to practice law in Washington, D.C.
Vacant			September 30, 1914– November 3, 1914
39	Jesse D. Price	Democratic	November 3, 1914– March 4, 1919
40	William N. Andrews	Republican	March 4, 1919– March 4, 1921
41	Thomas Alan Goldsborough	Democratic	March 4, 1921– April 5, 1939	Resigned having been appointed an associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
Vacant			April 5, 1939– June 8, 1939
42	David J. Ward	Democratic	June 8, 1939– January 3, 1945
43	Dudley Roe	Democratic	January 3, 1945– January 3, 1947
44	Edward T. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1947– January 3, 1959
45	Thomas F. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1959– January 3, 1963
46	Rogers Morton	Republican	January 3, 1963– January 3, 1967	Resigned having been appointed United States Secretary of the Interior
			January 3, 1967 – January 29, 1971		Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queene Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and parts of Baltimore County in Central Maryland.
47	William O. Mills	Republican	May 25, 1971– May 24, 1973	Died by suicide	Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queene Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties in Southern Maryland and Harford County in Central Maryland.
Vacant			May 24, 1973 – August 21, 1973
48	Robert Bauman	Republican	August 21, 1973– January 3, 1981
49	Roy Dyson	Democratic	January 3, 1981– January 3, 1991
50	Wayne Gilchrest	Republican	January 3, 1991– January 6, 2009		Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queene 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 City in Central Maryland.
51	Frank Kratovil	Democratic	January 3, 2009– January 3, 2011
52	Andrew P. Harris	Republican	January 3, 2011– present	Incumbent

Recent Election Results

2002

Maryland's 1st Congressional District Runoff Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest*	192,004	76.68%
	Democratic	Ann Tamlyn	57,986	23.16%
	No party	Others	423	0.17%
Totals			250,413	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2004

Maryland's 1st Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest*	245,149	75.77%
	Democratic	Kostas Alexakis	77,872	24.07%
	No party	Others	505	0.16%
Totals			323,526	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Maryland's 1st Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest*	185,353	68.80%
	Democratic	James Corwin	83,817	31.11%
	No party	Others	232	0.09%
Totals			269,402	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008

Maryland's 1st Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Frank M. Kratovil, Jr.	177,065	49.12%
	Republican	Andy Harris	174,213	48.33%
	Libertarian	Richard J. Davis	8,873	2.46%
	No party	Others	319	0.09%
Totals			360,470	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

Maryland's 1st Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Andy Harris	155,118	54.08%
	Democratic	Frank M. Kratovil, Jr.*	120,400	41.98%
	Libertarian	Richard J. Davis	10,876	3.79%
	No party	Others	418	0.15%
Totals			286,812	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

1. ^ *List of Federal Representatives of the State of Maryland, Maryland Archives.