Maryland's 4th congressional district wraps around the eastern edge of
Washington, D.C. , taking in most of
Prince George's County and a small portion of
Montgomery County . It is home to several racially diverse middle-class suburbs, including
College Park ,
Fort Washington ,
Greenbelt , and
Laurel . With a median household income of $86,941, it is the wealthiest
black -majority district in the United States.
Like much of the Washington metropolitan area , the 4th district is substantially influenced by the footprint of the nearby federal government . More than 22% of working adults in this district are employed in the public sector. The Washington Metro provides easy access into the nation's capital, where many employees make daily commutes. Various government entities also sit within the 4th district, most notably the United States Census Bureau , NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center . The University of Maryland, College Park —the state's flagship public institution of higher education—is another major presence.
Throughout much of the 20th century, the area within this district was predominately white. But as a thriving black middle class emerged in the region and laws eliminating racial discrimination in housing were passed, many African Americans opted to leave Washington for Prince George's County in search of a better quality of life. By the early 1990s, the county had become majority black, and today white voters comprise just 11% of the 4th district. Recently, the district has experienced large amounts of immigration from El Salvador , Guatemala , and Honduras in Central America, leading to the district having the largest Latino population in Maryland and one of the largest Central American populations out of any district. These racial transformations have turned the district into one of the nation's most Democratic seats, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+40. In 2022, Democrat Glenn Ivey was elected to represent it with 90.1% of the vote.
Recent statewide election results
Historical boundaries
Maryland's fourth congressional district was one of the about 50 original congressional districts. When it was organized in 1788, it covered Baltimore , Baltimore County , and Harford County . According to the 1790 census, the fourth district had a population of 53,913, nearly 20% of whom were slaves.
In 1792, the fourth district was moved to western Maryland, with its eastern boundary being a north to south line running about the midpoint of Frederick County, Maryland . The new district had a population of 36,026, with less than 10% of the population being slaves. The 1800 census population was 38,015, and the boundaries remained unchanged in 1802.
Composition
Clinton – 38,760Chillum – 36,039College Park – 34,740Laurel – 30,060South Laurel – 29,602Landover – 25,998Suitland – 25,839Fairland – 25,396Greenbelt – 24,921Camp Springs – 22,734Fort Washington – 24,261Hyattsville – 21,187Beltsville – 20,133Langley Park – 20,126Seabrook – 19,627Oxon Hill – 18,791East Riverdale – 18,459Glassmanor – 18,430Takoma Park – 17,629Calverton – 17,316Adelphi – 16,823Hillcrest Heights – 15,793Cloverly – 15,285Summerfield – 14,758Glenn Dale – 14,698Lake Arbor – 14,541Accokeek – 13,927New Carrollton – 13,715Forestville – 12,831Walker Mill – 12,187Lanham – 11,282Mitchellville – 11,136
Coral Hills – 9,997Fairwood – 9,983Friendly – 9,937Bladensburg – 9,657Burtonsville – 9,498Temple Hills – 8,350Mount Rainier – 8,333Woodlawn – 7,541Glenarden – 6,402Silver Hill – 6,381Cheverly – 6,170Marlow Heights – 6,169District Heights – 5,959Hillandale – 5,774Ashton-Sandy Spring – 5,746National Harbor – 5,509Springdale – 5,301Peppermill Village – 5,264Seat Pleasant – 4,522West Laurel – 4,428Capitol Heights – 4,050Brentwood – 3,828Berwyn Heights – 3,345Konterra – 3,158Forest Heights – 2,658
Recent elections
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
List of members representing the district
Name
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1789
William Smith (Baltimore )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1789 –
1st
Elected in 1789 .
Samuel Sterett (Baltimore )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1791 –
2nd
Elected in 1790 .[data missing
Thomas Sprigg (Washington County )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1793 –
3rd 4th
Elected in 1792 .Re-elected in 1794 .
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1795 –
George Baer Jr. (Frederick )
Federalist
March 4, 1797 –
5th 6th
Elected in 1796 .Re-elected in 1798 .
Daniel Hiester (Hagerstown )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1801 –
7th 8th
Elected in 1801 .Re-elected in 1803 .
Vacant
March 7, 1804 –
8th
Roger Nelson (Frederick )
Democratic-Republican
November 6, 1804 –
8th 9th 10th 11th
Elected October 1, 1804 to finish Hiester's term .Elected the same day to the next term .Re-elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 .
Vacant
May 14, 1810 –
11th
Samuel Ringgold (Hagerstown )
Democratic-Republican
October 15, 1810 –
11th 12th 13th
Elected October 1, 1810 to finish Nelson's term .Also elected the same day to the next term .Re-elected in 1812 .
George Baer Jr. (Frederick )
Federalist
March 4, 1815 –
14th
Elected in 1814 .
Samuel Ringgold (Hagerstown )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1817 –
15th 16th
Elected in 1816 .
John Nelson (Frederick )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1821 –
17th
Elected in 1820
John Lee (Petersville )
Federalist
March 4, 1823 –
18th
Elected in 1822
Thomas C. Worthington (Frederick )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 –
19th
Elected in 1824
Michael Sprigg (Frostburg )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 –
20th 21st
Elected in 1826 Re-elected in 1829
Francis Thomas (Frederick )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1831 –
22nd
Elected in 1831 .Redistricted to the 7th district
James P. Heath (Baltimore )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 –
23rd
Elected in 1833 .[data missing
From 1835 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket .
Years
Congress
Seat A
Seat B
Name
Party
Electoral history
Name
Party
Electoral history
March 4, 1835 –
24th
Benjamin Chew Howard (Baltimore )
Jacksonian
Elected in 1835 .Re-elected in 1837 .Isaac McKim (Baltimore )
Jacksonian
Redistricted from the 5th district re-elected in 1835 .
March 3, 1837 –
25th
Democratic
Democratic
April 1, 1838 –
Vacant
April 25, 1838 –
John P. Kennedy (Baltimore )
Whig
Elected to finish McKim's term .[data missing
March 4, 1839 –
26th
James Carroll (Baltimore )
Democratic
Elected in 1839 .[data missing
Solomon Hillen (Baltimore )
Democratic
Elected in 1839 .[data missing
March 4, 1841 –
27th
Alexander Randall (Annapolis )
Whig
Elected in 1841 .[data missing
John P. Kennedy (Baltimore )
Whig
Elected in 1841 .[data missing
Name
Party
Years
Congress
Electoral history
Location
John P. Kennedy (Baltimore )
Whig
March 4, 1843 –
28th
Elected late in 1844 .[data missing
William Fell Giles (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1845 –
29th
Elected in 1845 .[data missing
Robert Milligan McLane (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1847 –
30th 31st
Elected in 1847 .Re-elected in 1849 .[data missing
Thomas Yates Walsh (Baltimore )
Whig
March 4, 1851 –
32nd
Elected in 1851 .[data missing
William Thomas Hamilton (Hagerstown )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 –
33rd
Redistricted from the 2nd district re-elected in 1853 .[data missing
Henry Winter Davis (Baltimore )
American
March 4, 1855 –
34th 35th 36th
Elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 .Re-elected in 1859 .[data missing
Henry May (Baltimore )
Union
March 4, 1861 –
37th
Elected in 1861 .[data missing
Francis Thomas (Frankville )
Unconditional Union
March 4, 1863 –
38th 39th 40th
Redistricted from the 5th district re-elected in 1863 .Re-elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .[data missing
Republican
March 4, 1867 –
Patrick Hamill (Oakland )
Democratic
March 4, 1869 –
41st
Elected in 1868 .[data missing
John Ritchie (Frederick )
Democratic
March 4, 1871 –
42nd
Elected in 1870 .[data missing
Thomas Swann (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1873 –
43rd 44th 45th
Redistricted from the 3rd district re-elected in 1872 .Re-elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .[data missing
Robert Milligan McLane (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1879 –
46th 47th
Elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .[data missing
John Van Lear Findlay (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1883 –
48th 49th
Elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .[data missing
Isidor Rayner (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1887 –
50th
Elected in 1886 .[data missing
Henry Stockbridge Jr. (Baltimore )
Republican
March 4, 1889 –
51st
Elected in 1888 .[data missing
Isidor Rayner (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 –
52nd 53rd
Elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 .[data missing
John Kissig Cowen (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1895 –
54th
Elected in 1894 .[data missing
William Watson McIntire (Baltimore )
Republican
March 4, 1897 –
55th
Elected in 1896 .[data missing
James William Denny (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1899 –
56th
Elected in 1898 .[data missing
Charles Reginald Schirm (Baltimore )
Republican
March 4, 1901 –
57th
Elected in 1900 .[data missing
James William Denny (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1903 –
58th
Elected in 1902 .[data missing
John Gill Jr. (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1905 –
59th 60th 61st
Elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .[data missing
John Charles Linthicum (Baltimore )
Democratic
March 4, 1911 –
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 .
Vacant
October 5, 1932 –
72nd
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy (Baltimore )
Democratic
November 8, 1932 –
72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th
Elected to finish Linthicum's term .Re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .[data missing
John Ambrose Meyer (Baltimore )
Democratic
January 3, 1941 –
77th
Elected in 1940 .[data missing
Daniel Ellison (Baltimore )
Republican
January 3, 1943 –
78th
Elected in 1942 .[data missing
George Hyde Fallon (Baltimore )
Democratic
January 3, 1945 –
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st
Elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .[data missing
Paul Sarbanes (Baltimore )
Democratic
January 3, 1971 –
92nd
Elected in 1970 .3rd district
Marjorie Holt (Severna Park )
Republican
January 3, 1973 –
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th
Elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .[data missing
Tom McMillen (Crofton )
Democratic
January 3, 1987 –
100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .[data missing
Albert Wynn (Mitchellville )
Democratic
January 3, 1993 –
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th
Elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .1993–2003 [data missing
2003–2013
Vacant
May 31, 2008 –
110th
Donna Edwards (Oxon Hill )
Democratic
June 17, 2008 –
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th
Elected to finish Wynn's term .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .run for U.S. Senator .
2013–2023
Anthony Brown (Bowie )
Democratic
January 3, 2017 –
115th 116th 117th
Elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .successfully run for Attorney General of Maryland .
Glenn Ivey (Cheverly )
Democratic
January 3, 2023 –
118th
Elected in 2022.
2023–present
See also
Notes
References
^ "My Congressional District" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved September 22, 2024 .^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . The Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022 .^ "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas" . statisticalatlas.com . Retrieved January 14, 2024 .^ Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts, 1788-1841 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978) p. 8-9
^ Parsons. Congressional Districts . p. 42-43
^ Parsons. Congressional Districts . p. 93-94
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