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Maryland's 1st congressional district

97 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Andy Harris R.

Holders
97
41 D · 20 R · 15 F · 9 W · 4 U · 4 AJ · 2 A · 1 U · 1 UU
Longest tenure
12 years
Edward Tylor Miller
Current
12 years
Andy Harris, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/md-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Michael Jenifer Stone · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04Philip Key · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04George Dent · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · FederalistGeorge Dent · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistGeorge Dent · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistGeorge Dent · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistJohn Campbell · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistJohn Campbell · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · FederalistJohn Campbell · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · FederalistJohn Campbell · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · FederalistJohn Campbell · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistPhilip Stuart · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistPhilip Stuart · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistPhilip Stuart · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistPhilip Stuart · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistRaphael Neale · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistRaphael Neale · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistRaphael Neale · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Clement Dorsey · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsClement Dorsey · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsClement Dorsey · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04Daniel Jenifer · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianLittleton Purnell Dennis · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJohn Nevett Steele · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJohn Dennis · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJohn Dennis · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigIsaac Dashiell Jones · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn M. S. Causin · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJohn Grant Chapman · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJohn Grant Chapman · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigRichard Johns Bowie · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigRichard Johns Bowie · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn Rankin Franklin · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJames Augustus Stewart · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJames Augustus Stewart · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJames Augustus Stewart · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJohn Woodland Crisfield · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistJohn Angel James Creswell · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistHiram McCullough · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Hambleton · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratEphraim King Wilson · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratPhillip Francis Thomas · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Maynadier Henry · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Maynadier Henry · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Covington · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Covington · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hopper Gibson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hopper Gibson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratCharles Hopper Gibson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Brewer Brown · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratRobert Franklin Bratton · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Weldon Miles · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Ambrose Barber · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Walter Smith · 1899-12-04 – 1900-01-13 · DemocratJosiah Leeds Kerr · 1900-11-06 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Humphreys Jackson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Humphreys Jackson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Alexander Smith · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Humphreys Jackson · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJames Harry Covington · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Harry Covington · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Harry Covington · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJesse Dashiell Price · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJesse Dashiell Price · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Noble Andrews · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Alan Goldsborough · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratThomas Alan Goldsborough · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratThomas Alan Goldsborough · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratThomas Alan Goldsborough · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratThomas Alan Goldsborough · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratThomas Alan Goldsborough · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratThomas Alan Goldsborough · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratDavid Jenkins Ward · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratEdward Tylor Miller · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Francis Johnson · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRogers Clark Ballard Morton · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanRogers Clark Ballard Morton · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanRogers Clark Ballard Morton · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Edmund Bauman · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Edmund Bauman · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · RepublicanRoyden Patrick Dyson · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratRoyden Patrick Dyson · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · DemocratWayne T. Gilchrest · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanWayne T. Gilchrest · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanWayne T. Gilchrest · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanFrank Kratovil Jr. · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratAndy Harris · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanAndy Harris · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanJohn Nevett Steele · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti JacksonianHenry Page · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWinder Laird Henry · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJesse Dashiell Price · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratDavid Jenkins Ward · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratDudley George Roe · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Oswald Mills · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanWayne T. Gilchrest · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Edmund Bauman · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Republican
Andy Harris R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Andy Harris R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Frank Kratovil Jr. D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Wayne T. Gilchrest R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Wayne T. Gilchrest R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Wayne T. Gilchrest R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Wayne T. Gilchrest R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Royden Patrick Dyson D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Royden Patrick Dyson D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Robert Edmund Bauman R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Robert Edmund Bauman R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Edmund Bauman R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
William Oswald Mills R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Thomas Francis Johnson D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Edward Tylor Miller R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Dudley George Roe D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
David Jenkins Ward D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
David Jenkins Ward D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Noble Andrews R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Jesse Dashiell Price D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Jesse Dashiell Price D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Harry Covington D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Jesse Dashiell Price D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Harry Covington D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Harry Covington D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Humphreys Jackson R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Thomas Alexander Smith D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Humphreys Jackson R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Humphreys Jackson R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Josiah Leeds Kerr R
Nov 6, 1900 – Mar 4, 1901 · 4 months
John Walter Smith D
Dec 4, 1899 – Jan 13, 1900 · 40 days
Isaac Ambrose Barber R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Joshua Weldon Miles D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Robert Franklin Bratton D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Winder Laird Henry D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Brewer Brown D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Henry Page D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Hopper Gibson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Hopper Gibson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Hopper Gibson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
George Washington Covington D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Washington Covington D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Daniel Maynadier Henry D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Daniel Maynadier Henry D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Phillip Francis Thomas D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Ephraim King Wilson D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Samuel Hambleton D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Hiram McCullough D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
John Angel James Creswell UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Woodland Crisfield U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
James Augustus Stewart D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
James Augustus Stewart D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Augustus Stewart D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Rankin Franklin W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Richard Johns Bowie W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Richard Johns Bowie W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Grant Chapman W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Grant Chapman W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John M. S. Causin W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Isaac Dashiell Jones W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Dennis W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Dennis W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
John Nevett Steele AJ
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Littleton Purnell Dennis AJ
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Nevett Steele AJ
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Daniel Jenifer AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Clement Dorsey
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Clement Dorsey A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Clement Dorsey A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Raphael Neale
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Raphael Neale F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Raphael Neale F
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Philip Stuart F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Philip Stuart F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Philip Stuart F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Philip Stuart F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
John Campbell F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
John Campbell F
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
John Campbell F
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John Campbell F
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
John Campbell F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
George Dent F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
George Dent F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
George Dent F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
George Dent F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Philip Key
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
Michael Jenifer Stone
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.