Maryland's 7th congressional district

Maryland's 7th congressional district
Maryland's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Elijah Cummings (D–Baltimore)
Area	294.25 mi2
Distribution	95% urban, 4.6% rural
Population (2000)	662,060
Median income	$38,885
Ethnicity	34.9% White, 59.1% Black, 3.6% Asian, 1.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.6% other
Occupation	16.2% blue collar, 6.7% white collar, 17% gray collar
Cook PVI	D+23

Maryland's 7th congressional district elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years. The seat is currently represented by Elijah Cummings (D). It encompasses just over half of Baltimore City, most of the majority African American sections of Baltimore County, and the majority of Howard County, Maryland. The district was created following the census of 1950, which gave Maryland one additional representative in the House.

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

	Name	Party	Congress	Tenure	Notes/Events
District created in 1793
1	William Hindman	Pro-Administration	3rd	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Redistricted from the 2nd district
		Federalist	4th, 5th	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799
2	Joseph H. Nicholson	Democratic-Republican	6th, 7th, 8th, 9th	March 4, 1799 – March 1, 1806	Resigned
3	Edward Lloyd	Democratic-Republican	9th, 10th	December 3, 1806– March 3, 1809
4	John Brown	Democratic-Republican	11th	March 4, 1809– ??, 1810	Resigned after appointment as Clerk of Court of Queen Anne's County
5	Robert Wright	Democratic-Republican	11th, 12th, 13th, 14th	November 29, 1810– March 3, 1817
6	Philip Reed	Democratic-Republican	15th	March 4, 1817– March 3, 1819
7	Stevenson Archer	Democratic-Republican	16th	March 4, 1819– March 3, 1821
8	Robert Wright	Democratic-Republican	17th	March 4, 1821– March 3, 1823
9	William Hayward, Jr.	Crawford D-R	18th	March 4, 1823– March 3, 1825
10	John Leeds Kerr	Adams	19th, 20th	March 4, 1825– March 3, 1829
11	Richard Spencer	Jackson	21st	March 4, 1829– March 3, 1831
12	John Leeds Kerr	Anti-Jackson	22nd	March 4, 1831– March 3, 1833
13	Francis Thomas	Jackson	23rd	March 4, 1833– March 3, 1835	Redistricted from the 4th district, Redistricted to the 6th district
14	Daniel Jenifer	Anti-Jackson	24th	March 4, 1835– March 3, 1837
		Whig	25th, 26th	March 4, 1837– March 3, 1841
15	Augustus R. Sollers	Whig	27th	March 4, 1841– March 3, 1843
This seat was abolished after the census of 1840, but was reinstated after the census of 1950.
16	Samuel Friedel	Democratic	83rd, 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st	January 3, 1953– January 3, 1971
17	Parren Mitchell	Democratic	92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th	January 3, 1971– January 3, 1987
18	Kweisi Mfume	Democratic	100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th	January 3, 1987– February 15, 1996	Resigned to become CEO of the NAACP
19	Elijah Cummings	Democratic	104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 113th, 114th	April 16, 1996– Present	Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Maryland's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

Sources

• Archives of Maryland Historical List United States Representatives Maryland State Archives
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present