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U.S. Senate seat, Maryland (class 1)

43 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Angela D. Alsobrooks D.

Holders
43
17 D · 11 R · 5 W · 4 F · 2 J · 1 PA · 1 U · 1 IRD · 1 U
Longest tenure
30 years
Paul S. Sarbanes
Current
21 months
Angela D. Alsobrooks, since Jan 3, 2025
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Charles Carroll · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationCharles Carroll · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04John Eager Howard · 1796-12-05 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistSamuel Smith · 1803-10-17 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Smith · 1809-05-22 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Goodloe Harper · 1816-01-01 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Pinkney · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pinkney · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Smith · 1827-12-03 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Kent · 1833-12-02 – 1838-01-01 · WhigWilliam Duhurst Merrick · 1838-01-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigWilliam Duhurst Merrick · 1839-12-02 – 1845-03-04 · WhigReverdy Johnson · 1845-12-01 – 1850-01-01 · WhigThomas George Pratt · 1850-01-12 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratAnthony Kennedy · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistReverdy Johnson · 1863-12-07 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Thomas Hamilton · 1869-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Pinkney Whyte · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratArthur Pue Gorman · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratArthur Pue Gorman · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratArthur Pue Gorman · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratLouis Emory McComas · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanIsidor Rayner · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratIsidor Rayner · 1911-04-04 – 1912-11-26 · DemocratWilliam Purnell Jackson · 1912-11-29 – 1914-01-29 · RepublicanJoseph Irvin France · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Cabell Bruce · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratPhillips Lee Goldsborough · 1929-04-15 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanHerbert Romulus O’Conor · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJames Glenn Beall · 1959-01-07 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Davies Tydings · 1965-01-04 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Glenn Beall Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanPaul S. Sarbanes · 1977-01-04 – 2007-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin L. Cardin · 2007-01-04 – 2025-01-04 · DemocratRichard Potts · 1793-01-10 – 1796-10-15 · FederalistAlexander Contee Hanson · 1816-12-20 – 1819-04-24 · FederalistSamuel Smith · 1822-01-01 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonDavid Stewart · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigWilliam Pinkney Whyte · 1868-01-01 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratBlair Lee · 1914-01-28 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Lovic Pierce Radcliffe · 1935-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJames Glenn Beall · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanAngela D. Alsobrooks · 2025-01-03 – present · Democrat
Angela D. Alsobrooks D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Benjamin L. Cardin D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2025 · 18 years
Paul S. Sarbanes D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 2007 · 30 years
John Glenn Beall Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1977 · 6 years
Joseph Davies Tydings D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1971 · 6 years
James Glenn Beall R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1965 · 6 years
James Glenn Beall R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Herbert Romulus O’Conor D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1947 · 12 years
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1935 · 5.7 years
William Cabell Bruce D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Joseph Irvin France R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Blair Lee D
Jan 28, 1914 – Mar 4, 1917 · 3.1 years
William Purnell Jackson R
Nov 29, 1912 – Jan 29, 1914 · 14 months
Isidor Rayner D
Apr 4, 1911 – Nov 26, 1912 · 20 months
Isidor Rayner D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Louis Emory McComas R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
Arthur Pue Gorman D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
Arthur Pue Gorman D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Arthur Pue Gorman D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
William Pinkney Whyte D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
William Thomas Hamilton D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1875 · 6 years
William Pinkney Whyte D
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1869 · 14 months
Reverdy Johnson D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1869 · 5.2 years
Anthony Kennedy U
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Thomas George Pratt IRD
Jan 12, 1850 – Mar 4, 1857 · 7.1 years
David Stewart W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Reverdy Johnson W
Dec 1, 1845 – Jan 1, 1850 · 4.1 years
William Duhurst Merrick W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1845 · 5.3 years
William Duhurst Merrick W
Jan 4, 1838 – Mar 4, 1839 · 14 months
Joseph Kent W
Dec 2, 1833 – Jan 1, 1838 · 4.1 years
Samuel Smith J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1833 · 5.3 years
Samuel Smith J
Jan 1, 1822 – Mar 4, 1827 · 5.2 years
William Pinkney R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
William Pinkney R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Alexander Contee Hanson F
Dec 20, 1816 – Apr 24, 1819 · 2.3 years
Robert Goodloe Harper F
Jan 1, 1816 – Mar 4, 1817 · 14 months
Samuel Smith R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5.8 years
Samuel Smith R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1809 · 5.4 years
John Eager Howard F
Dec 5, 1796 – Mar 4, 1803 · 6.2 years
Richard Potts F
Jan 10, 1793 – Oct 15, 1796 · 3.8 years
Charles Carroll
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
Charles Carroll PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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