1820 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland
| Elections in Maryland |
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Maryland elected its members October 2, 1820.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Maryland 1 | Raphael Neale | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Raphael Neale (Federalist) 54.0% Nicholas Stonestreet (Federalist) 46.0% |
| Maryland 2 | Joseph Kent | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 (Lost) 1818 |
Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph Kent (Democratic-Republican) 96.9% John C. Herbert (Federalist) 2.2% |
| Maryland 3 | Henry R. Warfield | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Henry R. Warfield (Federalist) 99.3% |
| Maryland 4 | Samuel Ringgold | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 (Lost) 1816 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Nelson (Democratic-Republican) 57.9% Thomas C. Worthington (Federalist) 41.9% |
| Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1792 1803 (Retired) 1816 |
Incumbent re-elected. | √ Peter Little (Democratic-Republican) 50.0% √ Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 50.0% |
| Peter Little | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1812 (Lost) 1816 |
Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Maryland 6 | Stevenson Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1811 (Special) 1816 (Lost) 1818 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected by lot after tied vote. Democratic-Republican hold.[lower-alpha 1] |
√ Jeremiah Cosden (Democratic-Republican) 49.9% Philip Reed (Democratic-Republican) 49.9% |
| Maryland 7 | Thomas Culbreth | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican) 50.5% Thomas Culbreth (Democratic-Republican) 49.5% |
| Maryland 8 | Thomas Bayly | Federalist | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Bayly (Federalist) 99.5% |
See also
Notes
- In Maryland's 6th district, Philip Reed later successfully contested the tie, claiming 7 votes for him that had not been counted,[1] and was seated March 22, 1822.[2]
References
- "Maryland 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 18, 2019. (see footnotes 1, 2, and 5)
- "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 4, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
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