List of United States Senators from Maryland

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The List of United States Senators from Maryland lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections of the senators of class 1 took place in 2018, the senators of class 3 were re-elected in November 2016.

class 1

Ben Cardin
Chris Van Hollen

Maryland has been a US state since April 28, 1788 and to date has had 30 class 1 senators in Congress , three of whom, Samuel Smith, Reverdy Johnson and William Whyte, each served two non-consecutive terms. Maryland did not send senators until 1789.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Charles Carroll of Carrollton 1789-1792 federalist September 19, 1737 - November 14, 1832
Richard Potts 1793-1796 federalist July 19, 1753 - November 26, 1808
John Eager Howard 1796-1803 federalist June 4, 1752 - October 12, 1827
Samuel Smith 1803-1815 Democratic Republican July 27, 1752 - April 22, 1839
Robert Goodloe Harper 1816 federalist January 1765 - January 14, 1825
Alexander Contee Hanson 1816-1819 federalist February 27, 1786 - April 23, 1819
William Pinkney 1819-1822 Democratic Republican March 17, 1764 - February 25, 1822
Samuel Smith 1822-1833 Democratic Republican
from 1829 Democrat 		July 27, 1752 - April 22, 1839
Joseph Kent 1833-1837 Whig January 14, 1779 - November 24, 1837
William Duhurst Merrick 1838-1845 Whig October 25, 1793 - February 5, 1857
Reverdy Johnson 1845-1849 Whig May 21, 1796 - February 10, 1876
David Stewart 1849-1850 Whig September 13, 1800 - January 5, 1858
Thomas George Pratt 1850-1857 Whig February 18, 1804 - November 9, 1869
Anthony Kennedy 1857-1863 Know-Nothing Party
from 1861 Unionist 		December 21, 1810 - July 31, 1892
Reverdy Johnson 1863-1868 Unionist
from 1865 Democrat 		May 21, 1796 - February 10, 1876
William Pinkney Whyte 1868-1869 democrat August 8, 1824 - March 17, 1908
William Thomas Hamilton 1869-1875 democrat September 8, 1820 - October 26, 1888
William Pinkney Whyte 1875-1881 democrat August 8, 1824 - March 17, 1908
Arthur Pue Gorman 1881-1899 democrat March 11, 1839 - June 4, 1906
Louis Emory McComas 1899-1905 republican October 28, 1846 - November 10, 1907
Isidor Rayner 1905-1912 democrat April 11, 1850 - November 25, 1912
William Purnell Jackson 1912-1914 republican January 11, 1868 - March 7, 1939
Francis Preston Blair Lee 1914-1917 democrat August 9, 1857 - December 25, 1944
Joseph Irwin France 1917-1923 republican October 11, 1873 - January 26, 1939
William Cabell Bruce 1923-1929 democrat March 12, 1860 - May 9, 1946
Phillips Lee Goldsborough 1929-1935 republican August 6, 1865 - October 22, 1946
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe 1935-1947 democrat August 22, 1877 - July 29, 1974
Herbert Romulus O'Conor 1947-1953 democrat November 17, 1896 - March 4, 1960
James Glenn Beall 1953-1965 republican June 5, 1894 - January 14, 1971
Joseph Davies Tydings 1965-1971 democrat May 4, 1928 - October 8, 2018
John Glenn Beall Jr. 1971-1977 republican June 19, 1927 - March 24, 2006
Paul Spyros Sarbanes 1977-2007 democrat * February 3, 1933
Benjamin Louis Cardin since 2007 democrat * October 5, 1943

Class 3

Maryland has 30 class 3 senators to date , one of whom, Robert Goldsborough, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
John Henry 1789-1797 federalist November 1750 - December 16, 1798
James Lloyd 1797-1800 federalist 1745-1820
William Hindman 1800-1801 federalist April 1, 1743 - January 19, 1822
Robert Wright 1801-1806 Democratic Republican November 20, 1752 - September 7, 1826
Philip Reed 1806-1813 Democratic Republican 1760 - November 2, 1829
Robert Henry Goldsborough 1813-1819 federalist January 4, 1779 - October 5, 1836
Edward Lloyd 1819-1826 Democratic Republican July 22, 1779 - June 2, 1834
Ezekiel Forman Chambers 1826-1834 National Republicans February 28, 1788 - January 30, 1867
Robert Henry Goldsborough 1834-1836 Whig January 4, 1779 - October 5, 1836
John Selby Spence 1836-1840 Whig February 29, 1788 - October 24, 1840
John Leeds Kerr 1841-1843 Whig January 15, 1780 - February 21, 1844
James Alfred Pearce 1843-1862 Whig from 1857 Democrat December 14, 1805 - December 20, 1862
Thomas Holliday Hicks 1862-1865 unionist September 2, 1798 - February 14, 1865
John Angel James Creswell 1865-1867 unionist November 18, 1828 - December 23, 1891
Philip Francis Thomas a 1867-1868 democrat September 12, 1810 - October 2, 1890
George Vickers 1868-1873 democrat November 19, 1801 - October 8, 1879
George Robertson Dennis 1873-1879 democrat April 8, 1822 - August 13, 1882
James Black Groome 1879-1885 democrat April 4, 1838 - October 5, 1893
Ephraim King Wilson 1885-1891 democrat December 22, 1821 - February 24, 1891
Charles Hopper Gibson 1891-1897 democrat January 19, 1842 - March 31, 1900
George Louis Wellington 1897-1903 republican January 28, 1852 - March 20, 1927
Arthur Pue Gorman 1903-1906 democrat March 11, 1839 - June 4, 1906
William Pinkney Whyte 1906-1908 democrat August 8, 1824 - March 17, 1908
John Walter Smith 1908-1921 democrat February 5, 1845 - April 19, 1925
Ovington Eugene Weller 1921-1927 republican January 23, 1862 - January 5, 1947
Millard Evelyn Tydings 1927-1951 democrat April 6, 1890 - February 9, 1961
John Marshall Butler 1951-1963 republican July 21, 1897 - March 14, 1978
Daniel Baugh Brewster 1963-1969 democrat November 23, 1923 - August 19, 2007
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. 1969-1987 republican July 24, 1922 - January 25, 2010
Barbara Ann Mikulski 1987-2017 democrat * July 20, 1936
Christopher Van Hollen from 2017 democrat * January 10, 1959
  • a) Thomas was elected, but not accepted into the Senate because he supported the southern states

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