Maryland's 5th Congressional District

Maryland's 5th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Maryland's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Steny Hoyer (Democrat) currently represents Maryland's 5th Congressional District. See Steny Hoyer's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Maryland's 5th Congressional District:

• Gladys Spellman — Democrat (until 1981)
• Lawrence Hogan — Republican (until 1975)
• Hervey Machen — Democrat (until 1969)
• Richard Lankford — Democrat (until 1965)
• Frank Small — Republican (until 1955)
• Lansdale Sasscer — Democrat (until 1953)
• Stephen Gambrill — Democrat (until 1939)
• Sydney Mudd — Republican (until 1925)
• Frank Smith — Democrat (until 1915)
• Thomas Parran — Republican (until 1913)

Maryland U.S. Senators

• Angela Alsobrooks — Democrat Senator
• Chris Van Hollen — Democrat Senator
• Benjamin Cardin — Democrat Senator
• Barbara Mikulski — Democrat Senator
• Paul Sarbanes — Democrat Senator
• Charles Mathias — Republican Senator
• John Beall — Republican Senator
• Joseph Tydings — Democrat Senator
• Daniel Brewster — Democrat Senator
• James Beall — Republican Senator
• John Butler — Republican Senator
• Herbert O’Conor — Democrat Senator
• Millard Tydings — Democrat Senator
• George Radcliffe — Democrat Senator
• Phillips Goldsborough — Republican Senator
• William Bruce — Democrat Senator
• Ovington Weller — Republican Senator
• Joseph France — Republican Senator
• John Smith — Democrat Senator
• Blair Lee — Democrat Senator
• William Jackson — Republican Senator
• Isidor Rayner — Democrat Senator
• William Whyte — Democrat Senator
• Arthur Gorman — Democrat Senator
• Louis McComas — Republican Senator
• George Wellington — Republican Senator
• Charles Gibson — Democrat Senator
• Ephraim Wilson — Democrat Senator
• James Groome — Democrat Senator
• George Dennis — Democrat Senator
• William Hamilton — Democrat Senator
• George Vickers — Democrat Senator
• Reverdy Johnson — Democrat Senator
• John Creswell — Unconditional Unionist Senator
• Thomas Hicks — Unconditional Unionist Senator
• Anthony Kennedy — Unionist Senator
• James Pearce — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Pratt — Ind. Republican-Democrat Senator
• David Stewart — Whig Senator
• William Merrick — Whig Senator
• John Kerr — Whig Senator
• John Spence — Whig Senator
• Joseph Kent — Whig Senator
• Robert Goldsborough — Whig Senator
• Ezekiel Chambers — Adams Senator
• Samuel Smith — Jackson Senator
• Edward Lloyd — Jackson Senator
• William Pinkney — Republican Senator
• Alexander Hanson — Federalist Senator
• Robert Harper — Federalist Senator
• John Howard — Federalist Senator
• William Hindman — Federalist Senator
• James Lloyd — Federalist Senator
• John Henry — Federalist Senator
• Richard Potts — Federalist Senator
• Charles Carroll — Senator

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