1803 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland
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Elections in Maryland |
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Government |
Maryland gained 1 seat in reapportionment after the 1800 census. Rather than increasing the number of districts, however, Maryland made the Maryland 5 a plural district with 2 seats.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 1] |
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Maryland 1 | John Campbell | Federalist | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Campbell (Federalist) 79.5% William Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 20.5% |
Maryland 2 | Walter Bowie | Democratic-Republican | 1802 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Walter Bowie (Democratic-Republican) 99.5% Others 0.5% |
Maryland 3 | Thomas Plater | Federalist | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Plater (Federalist) 51.9% Patrick Magruder (Democratic-Republican) 41.7% Richard Wooten (Federalist) 6.4% |
Maryland 4 | Daniel Hiester | Democratic-Republican | 1788 (Pennsylvania) 1801 |
Incumbent re-elected. | √ Daniel Hiester (Democratic-Republican) 60.0% Eli Williams (Federalist) 40.0% |
Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1792 | Incumbent retired to run for Senate. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Nicholas R. Moore (Democratic-Republican) 53.8% √ William McCreery (Democratic-Republican) 38.3% George Buchanan (Federalist) 7.8% |
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. | ||||
Maryland 6 | John Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Archer (Democratic-Republican) 100.0% |
Maryland 7 | Joseph H. Nicholson | Democratic-Republican | 1798 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph H. Nicholson (Democratic-Republican) 99.6% Others 0.4% |
Maryland 8 | John Dennis | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Dennis (Federalist) 94.9% Joshua Prideaux (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% Samuel Heath 1.1% Others 0.7% |
See also
[edit]- United States House of Representatives elections, 1802 and 1803
- List of United States representatives from Maryland
- Maryland's 2nd congressional district special election, 1802
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed