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from
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
, which ratified the
United States Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the natio ...
April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do so. To provide for continuity of government, the framers divided senators into staggered classes that serve six-year terms, and Maryland's senators are in the first and third classes. Before the passage of the
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and2 of the Constitution, under whi ...
in 1913, which allowed for direct election of senators, Maryland's senators were chosen by the
Maryland General Assembly The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the State House in Annapolis. It is a bicameral body: the upper chamber, the Maryland Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber ...
, which ratified the amendment on April 1, 2010. Until the assembly appointed George L. Wellington of
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in 1897, senators in class 3 were chosen from the Eastern Shore while senators in class 1 were chosen from the remainder of the state.
Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...
has been Maryland's longest-serving senator (1987–2017).


List of senators

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Charles Carroll , rowspan=2 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Nov 30, 1792 , Elected in 1788. , 1 , , rowspan=5 , 1 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1788. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Dec 10, 1797 , rowspan=9 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=9 align=right , John Henry ! rowspan=9 , 1 , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1791.Resigned to remain in the
Maryland Senate The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single-m ...
. , rowspan=7 , 2 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 30, 1792 –
Jan 10, 1793 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Richard Potts Richard Potts (July 19, 1753November 26, 1808) was an American politician and jurist. Early life and career Potts was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and lived there until he moved with his family to the Barbados Islands in 1757. He returne ...
, rowspan=3 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 10, 1793 –
Oct 24, 1796 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Carroll's term.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=8 , 2 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1795.Resigned to become
Governor of Maryland The Governor of the State of Maryland is the head of government of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state and has a broad range of appointive powers ...
. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Oct 24, 1796 –
Nov 30, 1796 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 3 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
John Eager Howard John Eager Howard (June 4, 1752October 12, 1827) was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1788, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, the Con ...
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Federalist The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''. History Europe federation In Europe, proponents of de ...
, rowspan=8 nowrap , Nov 30, 1796 –
Mar 3, 1803 , Elected to finish Carroll's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 , Re-elected in 1796.Lost re-election. , rowspan=7 , 3 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Henry's term.Resigned. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 11, 1797 –
Dec 1, 1800 , rowspan=2 ,
Federalist The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''. History Europe federation In Europe, proponents of de ...
, rowspan=2 align=right , James Lloyd ! rowspan=2 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Dec 1, 1800 –
Dec 12, 1800 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Henry's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 12, 1800 –
Nov 19, 1801 , rowspan=2 ,
Federalist The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''. History Europe federation In Europe, proponents of de ...
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William Hindman ! rowspan=2 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=6 , 3 , Appointed to fill the vacancy after the Legislature failed to elect.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish term.Resigned to become
Governor of Maryland The Governor of the State of Maryland is the head of government of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state and has a broad range of appointive powers ...
. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 19, 1801 –
Nov 12, 1806 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert Wright ! rowspan=3 , 4 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 4 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Samuel Smith , rowspan=9 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=9 nowrap , Mar 4, 1803 –
Mar 3, 1815 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1802. , rowspan=5 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Nov 12, 1806 –
Nov 25, 1806 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Wright's term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Nov 25, 1806 –
Mar 3, 1813 , rowspan=4 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Philip Reed ! rowspan=4 , 5 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1806. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1809. , rowspan=4 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=7 , 5 , Legislature failed to elect. , nowrap , Mar 3, 1813 –
May 21, 1813 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1813 to finish term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , May 21, 1813 –
Mar 3, 1819 , rowspan=6 ,
Federalist The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''. History Europe federation In Europe, proponents of de ...
, rowspan=6 align=right , Robert Henry Goldsborough ! rowspan=6 , 6 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1815 –
Jan 29, 1816 , Legislature failed to elect , rowspan=8 , 6 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" ! 5 , align=left ,
Robert Goodloe Harper Robert Goodloe Harper (January 1765January 14, 1825), was an American politician and a federalist. He was a member of the United States Senate from Maryland, serving from January 1816 until his resignation in December of the same year. He also ...
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Federalist The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''. History Europe federation In Europe, proponents of de ...
, nowrap , Jan 29, 1816 –
Dec 6, 1816 , Elected to finish term.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 6, 1816 –
Dec 20, 1816 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Alexander Hanson , rowspan=3 ,
Federalist The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''. History Europe federation In Europe, proponents of de ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 20, 1816 –
Apr 23, 1819 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Harper's term.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 6 , rowspan=2 , Legislature did not elect until after the term began. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1819 –
Dec 20, 1819 , rowspan=2 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 23, 1819 –
Dec 21, 1819 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 7 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
William Pinkney William Pinkney (March 17, 1764February 25, 1822) was an American statesman and diplomat, and was appointed the seventh U.S. Attorney General by President James Madison. Biography William Pinkney was born in 1764 in Annapolis in the Province ...
, rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 20, 1819 –
Feb 25, 1822 , Elected in 1819 to finish Harper's term. , rowspan=5 , Elected late in 1819. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Dec 21, 1819 –
Jan 14, 1826 , rowspan=5 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Edward Lloyd ! rowspan=6 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1821.Died. , rowspan=7 , 7 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Feb 25, 1822 –
Dec 17, 1822 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 8 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Samuel Smith , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=8 nowrap , Dec 17, 1822 –
Mar 3, 1833 , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Pinkney's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 7 , Re-elected in 1825.Resigned. , , Jacksonian , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jan 14, 1826 –
Jan 24, 1826 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Lloyd's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 24, 1826 –
Dec 20, 1834 , rowspan=5 , National
Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Ezekiel F. Chambers ! rowspan=5 , 8 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1827. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=7 , 8 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1831.Resigned to become judge of the
Maryland Court of Appeals The Supreme Court of Maryland is the highest court of the U.S. state of Maryland. Its name was changed on December 14, 2022, from the Maryland Court of Appeals, after a voter-approved change to the state constitution. The court, which is compose ...
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Joseph Kent Joseph Kent (January 14, 1779November 24, 1837), a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837. He also served in the House of Representatives, serving the second district of Maryland from 1811 to ...
, rowspan=6 , National
Republican , rowspan=7 nowrap , Mar 4, 1833 –
Nov 24, 1837 , rowspan=7 , Elected in 1833.Died. , rowspan=9 , 9 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Dec 20, 1834 –
Jan 13, 1835 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Chambers's term.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 13, 1835 –
Oct 5, 1836 , rowspan=2 , National
Republican , rowspan=2 align=right , Robert Henry Goldsborough ! rowspan=2 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Oct 5, 1836 –
Dec 31, 1836 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Chambers's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Dec 31, 1836 –
Oct 24, 1840 , , National
Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
John S. Spence John Selby Spence (February 29, 1788October 24, 1840) was an American politician. Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 18 ...
! rowspan=5 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , , Whig , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 9 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1837.Died. , rowspan=4 , Whig , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 24, 1837 –
Jan 4, 1838 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 10 , rowspan=6 align=left , William Duhurst Merrick , rowspan=6 , Whig , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 4, 1838 –
Mar 3, 1845 , Elected to finish Kent's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1839. , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Oct 24, 1840 –
Jan 5, 1841 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Spence's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 5, 1841 –
Mar 3, 1843 , rowspan=2 , Whig , rowspan=2 align=right ,
John Leeds Kerr John Leeds Kerr (January 15, 1780February 21, 1844) was an Americans, American politician. Early years Kerr was born in 1780 at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated from St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), St. John's Col ...
! rowspan=2 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 10 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1843. , rowspan=13 nowrap , Mar 4, 1843 –
Dec 20, 1862 , rowspan=10 , Whig , rowspan=13 align=right ,
James Pearce ! rowspan=13 , 12 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Reverdy Johnson , rowspan=3 , Whig , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1845 –
Mar 7, 1849 , rowspan=3 , Election year unknown.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. , rowspan=6 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 11 , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1849. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 7, 1849 –
Dec 6, 1849 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 12 , align=left ,
David Stewart , , Democratic , nowrap , Dec 6, 1849 –
Jan 12, 1850 , Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 13 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Thomas Pratt , rowspan=4 , Whig , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 12, 1850 –
Mar 3, 1857 , Elected to finish Johnson's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1851. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1855. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 14 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Anthony Kennedy Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by Presid ...
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American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1863 , rowspan=5 , Election year unknown.
, rowspan=5 , 13 , , rowspan=3 , Democratic , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Unionist , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 13 , Re-elected in 1861.Died. , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Dec 20, 1862 –
Dec 29, 1862 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Pearce's term. Elected in 1864 to finish Pearce's term.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 29, 1862 –
Feb 14, 1865 , , Unionist , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Thomas Holliday Hicks Thomas Holliday Hicks (September 2, 1798February 14, 1865) was a politician in the divided border-state of Maryland during the American Civil War. As governor, opposing the Democrats, his views accurately reflected the conflicting local loyalt ...
! rowspan=2 , 13 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 15 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Reverdy Johnson , rowspan=2 , Unionist , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1863 –
Jul 10, 1868 , rowspan=6 , Election year unknown.Resigned to become
U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United States ambassador to the United Kingdom (known formally as the ambassador of the United States to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the president of the United States and the American government to the monarch ...
. , rowspan=8 , 14 , rowspan=2 , , Unconditional Unionist , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 ,   , rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 14, 1865 –
Mar 9, 1865 , rowspan=2 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Hicks's term. , nowrap , Mar 9, 1865 –
Mar 3, 1867 , , Unconditional Unionist , rowspan=1 align=right ,
John Creswell John Andrew Jackson Creswell (November 18, 1828December 23, 1891) was an American politician and abolitionist from Maryland, who served as United States Representative, United States Senator, and as Postmaster General of the United States app ...
! 14 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 14 , Philip F. Thomas (D) was elected but failed to qualify due to his support for the Confederacy. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1867 –
Mar 7, 1868 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Thomas's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 7, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 align=right ,
George Vickers George Vickers (November 19, 1801October 8, 1879), a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, was a United States Senate, United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1868 to 1873. He cast the deciding vote in the Senate that saved Presi ...
! rowspan=5 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jul 10, 1868 –
Jul 13, 1868 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! 16 , align=left ,
William Whyte , , Democratic , nowrap , Jul 13, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1869 , Appointed to finish Johnson's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William T. Hamilton , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1869 –
Mar 3, 1875 , rowspan=3 , Election year unknown.Retired to run for Governor. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Election year unknown. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
George R. Dennis ! rowspan=3 , 16 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William Whyte , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1874.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1878. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1879 –
Mar 3, 1885 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
James Black Groome ! rowspan=3 , 17 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 19 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Arthur Pue Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
, rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1899 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1880. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1890.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1885 –
Feb 24, 1891 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Ephraim Wilson ! rowspan=3 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1886. , rowspan=5 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 ,   , rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 24, 1891 –
Nov 19, 1891 , rowspan=2 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Wilson's term. Elected in 1892 to finish Wilson's term.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 19, 1891 –
Mar 3, 1897 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Charles H. Gibson ! rowspan=3 , 19 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1892.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1896.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1903 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
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George L. Wellington ! rowspan=3 , 20 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Louis E. McComas Louis Emory McComas (October 28, 1846 – November 10, 1907) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both branches of the United States Congress and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District o ...
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Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 3, 1905 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1898.Retired to become judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. , rowspan=3 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=7 , 20 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1902.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1903 –
Jun 4, 1906 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Arthur Pue Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
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Isidor Rayner Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...
, rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1905 –
Nov 25, 1912 , rowspan=7 , Elected in 1904. , rowspan=7 , 21 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Jun 4, 1906 –
Jun 8, 1906 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Gorman's term. Elected in 1908 to finish Gorman's term.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jun 8, 1906 –
Mar 17, 1908 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
William Whyte ! rowspan=2 , 22 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ,   , nowrap , Mar 17, 1908 –
Mar 25, 1908 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Gorman's term, having already been elected to the next term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 25, 1908 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=10 , Democratic , rowspan=10 align=right ,
John Walter Smith ! rowspan=10 , 23 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 21 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1908. , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1910.Died. , rowspan=6 , 22 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 25, 1912 –
Nov 29, 1912 ,   , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 22 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
William P. Jackson , rowspan=2 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 29, 1912 –
Jan 28, 1914 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Rayner's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 23 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Blair Lee , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 28, 1914 –
Mar 3, 1917 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1913 to finish Rayner's term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 24 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Joseph I. France Joseph Irwin France (October 11, 1873January 26, 1939) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1917 to 1923. Early life France was born in Cameron, Missouri, the son of Hanna Fletcher (née ...
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Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1917 –
Mar 3, 1923 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1916.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1920.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Mar 3, 1927 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
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Ovington Weller Ovington Eugene Weller (January 23, 1862 – January 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921 to 1927. Early life Weller was born in Reisterstown, Maryland, and attended the publi ...
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William Cabell Bruce William Cabell Bruce (March 12, 1860May 9, 1946) was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929. Background Bruce was born in Charlotte County, V ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1923 –
Mar 3, 1929 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1922.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 24 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1926. , rowspan=12 nowrap , Mar 4, 1927 –
Jan 3, 1951 , rowspan=12 , Democratic , rowspan=12 align=right ,
Millard Tydings Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 19 ...
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Phillips Lee Goldsborough Phillips Lee Goldsborough I (August 6, 1865October 22, 1946), was an American Republican politician and member of the United States Senate representing State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935. He was also the 47th Governor of Maryland from 1912 to ...
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Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1929 –
Jan 3, 1935 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1928.Retired to run for Governor. , rowspan=3 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1932. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 27 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
George L. P. Radcliffe George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (August 22, 1877July 29, 1974) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate who represented Maryland from 1935 to 1947. Background Radcliffe was born on a farm at Lloyds, near Cambridge, Maryland. He attend ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1935 –
Jan 3, 1947 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1934. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1940.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1944.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Herbert O'Conor Herbert Romulus O'Conor (November 17, 1896March 4, 1960) was an American lawyer serving as the 51st Governor of Maryland from 1939 to 1947. He also served in the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1947 to 1953. He was a Democrat. ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1947 –
Jan 3, 1953 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1946.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1950. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1951 –
Jan 3, 1963 , rowspan=6 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
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John Marshall Butler John Marshall Butler (July 21, 1897March 14, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1951 to 1963. Early life and career Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to John Harvey and ...
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J. Glenn Beall James Glenn Beall (June 5, 1894 – January 14, 1971) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland. Early ...
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Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1965 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1952. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1956.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1958.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1962.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1963 –
Jan 3, 1969 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Daniel Brewster Daniel Baugh Brewster Jr. (November 23, 1923 – August 19, 2007) was an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1963 until 1969. He was also a member of the Marylan ...
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Joseph Tydings Joseph Davies Tydings (né Cheesborough; May 4, 1928 – October 8, 2018) was an American lawyer and politician. He was most notable for his service as a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing Maryland from 1965 to 1971. Bo ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1965 –
Jan 3, 1971 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1964.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1968. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1969 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=9 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
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Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 – January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of ...
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J. Glenn Beall Jr. , rowspan=3 ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 3, 1977 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1970.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 32 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 ...
, rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 2007 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1980.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1986. , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Jan 3, 2017 , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 align=right ,
Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...
! rowspan=15 , 29 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1988. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1992. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 36 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1998. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2000.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 33 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Ben Cardin Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representat ...
, rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2007 –
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2006. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 38 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2010.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2012. , rowspan=3 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2016. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2017 –
Present , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Chris Van Hollen Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (born January 10, 1959) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maryland since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Van Hollen served as the U.S. representative ...
! rowspan=6 , 30 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 40 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election. , rowspan=3, 41 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , 41 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.


Living former senators

, there is one living former U.S. senator from Maryland. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was
Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 ...
(served 1977–2007) on December 6, 2020.


Superlatives


Longest service


Shortest service


Youngest at beginning of service


Oldest at end of service


See also

*
United States congressional delegations from Maryland These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The current dean of the Maryland delegation is Representative and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD ...
* List of United States representatives from Maryland * Elections in Maryland


References

* {{U.S. congressional delegations
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...