Maryland's at-large congressional seat
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After the 1960 census,
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 ...
was apportioned an eighth representative, an increase of one over its 1950 to 1960 apportionment. From 1963 to 1967, the state kept the seven districts it had used since 1953 and used an
at-large At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than ...
representative. After 1967, however, eight districts were drawn and the at-large district was eliminated. Democrat
Carlton R. Sickles Carlton Ralph Sickles (June 15, 1921 – January 17, 2004) was an American lawyer and a Congressman from . Sickles was born in Hamden, Connecticut. After graduating from Georgetown in 1943, Sickles entered the U.S. Army and served until the end ...
was the sole at-large representative.


List of members representing the district


Further reading

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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External links

* The Montgomery County Committee for Fair Representation was a branch of the State Committee for Fair Representation. Active from 1960-1968, it helped in the change of apportionment in the Maryland General Assembly
Its records
are located at the
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. {{USCongDistStateMD Former congressional districts of the United States At-large United States congressional districts Constituencies established in 1963 1963 establishments in Maryland Constituencies disestablished in 1967 1967 disestablishments in Maryland