Maryland's 7th congressional district

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Maryland's 7th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives encompasses almost the entire city of Baltimore, and some of Baltimore County. The district was created following the census of 1790, which gave Maryland one additional representative in the House. It was abolished in 1843, but was restored in 1950 as a west Baltimore district. It has been drawn as a majority-African American district since 1973. Democrat Kweisi Mfume is the current representative, winning a special election on April 28, 2020, to finish the term of Elijah Cummings, who died in October 2019.^[1] Mfume had previously held the seat from 1987 to 1996.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[2]^[3]^[4]
2008	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Obama 81% – 17%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Obama 84% – 16%
2012	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Cardin 72% – 10%
2014	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Brown 68% – 32%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Clinton 78% – 18%
2016	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Van Hollen 77% – 18%
2018	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Cardin 81% – 15%
	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Jealous 61% – 38%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Frosh 81% – 19%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Biden 81% – 17%
2022	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Van Hollen 83% – 16%
	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Moore 81% – 15%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Brown 83% – 17%
	Comptroller	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Lierman 80% – 20%
2024	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Harris 78% – 19%
2024	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Alsobrooks 73% – 25%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[5]

Baltimore County (10)

Arbutus, Baltimore Highlands, Catonsville (part; also 2nd), Dundalk, Edgemere, Lansdowne, Lochearn, Milford Mill (part; also 2nd), Rosedale (part; also 2nd), Woodlawn (part; also 2nd)

Independent cities (1)

Baltimore (most; also 2nd)

List of members representing the district

#	Member	Party	Years	Con- gress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1793
1	File:William Hindman.jpg William Hindman (Talbot County)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr, and re-elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election.	1793–1803 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1		Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	Template:USCongressOrdinal
2	File:JosephHopperNicholson.jpg Joseph H. Nicholson (Chestertown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 1, 1806	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected November 29, 1798 to begin member-elect Joshua Seney's term. Re-elected in 1801. Re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Resigned.
2	1803–1813 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
Vacant			March 1, 1806 – December 3, 1806	Template:USCongressOrdinal
3		File:Edwardlloydofmaryland.jpg Edward Lloyd (Wye Mills)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1806 – March 3, 1809	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected September 27 and October 4, 1806, to finish Nicholson's term. Re-elected October 6, 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
4		John Brown (Centerville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – ??, 1810	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Resigned to become Clerk of Court of Queen Anne's County.
Vacant			??, 1810 – November 29, 1810		Template:USCongressOrdinal
5		File:Robertwrightofmaryland.jpg Robert Wright (Queenstown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	November 29, 1810 – March 3, 1817	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Brown's term and to the next term on the same ballot. Re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
5		1813–1823 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
6			Thomas Culbreth (Denton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
7	File:Robertwrightofmaryland.jpg Robert Wright (Queenstown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1820. Retired.
8	William Hayward Jr. (Easton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Democratic-Republican (Crawford)	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1822. Retired.	1823–1833 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
9	File:John Leeds Kerr profile.jpg John Leeds Kerr (Easton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
10	Richard Spencer (Easton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1829. Lost re-election.
11	File:John Leeds Kerr profile.jpg John Leeds Kerr (Easton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1831. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
12	File:Francis Thomas of Maryland - photo portrait seated.jpg Francis Thomas (Frederick)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1833. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.	1833–1843 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
13	Daniel Jenifer (Milton Hill)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
13		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	Template:USCongressOrdinal
14	Augustus R. Sollers (Prince Frederick)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1841. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Seat eliminated after the 1840 census.
Seat re-created after the 1950 census.
15	File:Samuel Friedel.jpg Samuel Friedel (Baltimore)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2; style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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. Lost re-nomination.	1953–1963 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
15	1963–1973 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			Template:USCongressOrdinal
16	1963–1973 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	File:Parren Mitchell.png Parren Mitchell (Baltimore)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1970. Re-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. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland.
	1973–1983 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
	1983–1993 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
17	1983–1993 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".	File:Kweisi Mfume.jpg Kweisi Mfume (Baltimore)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1987 – February 15, 1996	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Resigned to become CEO of the NAACP.
17	1993–2003 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".			January 3, 1987 – February 15, 1996	Template:USCongressOrdinal
Vacant			February 15, 1996 – April 16, 1996	Template:USCongressOrdinal
18		File:Elijah Cummings official photo.jpg Elijah Cummings (Baltimore)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	April 16, 1996 – October 17, 2019	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Mfume's term. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Died.
			2003–2013 File:United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 7 map.png
	2013–2023 File:Maryland US Congressional District 7 (since 2013).tif
Vacant			October 17, 2019 – May 5, 2020	Template:USCongressOrdinal
19		File:Maryland Congressman Kweisi Mfume, 117th Congress.jpg Kweisi Mfume (Baltimore)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	May 5, 2020 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Cummings's term and seated May 5, 2020. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
19			2023–present File:Maryland's 7th congressional district in Baltimore (since 2023).svg	May 5, 2020 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal