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1822 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

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Maryland elected its members October 7, 1822.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1 Raphael Neale Federalist 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Raphael Neale (Adams-Clay Federalist) 64.7%
  • Thomas Blackiston (Federalist) 34.9%
  • Others 0.4%
Maryland 2 Joseph Kent Democratic-Republican 1810
1814 (Lost)
1818
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Joseph Kent (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 99.5%
  • Others 0.5%
Maryland 3 Henry R. Warfield Federalist 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 4 John Nelson Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
  • John Lee (Jackson Federalist) 30.9%
  • Thomas C. Worthington (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 30.1%
  • Michael Sprigg (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 24.8%
  • Casper Weaver (Democratic-Republican) 6.6%
  • William Gabby (Democratic-Republican) 6.1%
  • Joseph Swearingin (Democratic-Republican) 1.5%
Maryland 5
Plural district with 2 seats
Peter Little Democratic-Republican 1810
1812 (Lost)
1816
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Peter Little (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 44.1%
  • Samuel Smith (Crawford Democratic-Republican) 43.2%
  • John Patterson (Democratic-Republican) 12.7%
Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican 1792
1803 (Retired)
1816
Incumbent re-elected but resigned December 22, 1822,[1] leading to a pair of special elections for the current and next congresses.
Maryland 6 Philip Reed Democratic-Republican 1816
1818 (Lost)
1820
Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
  • George E. Mitchell (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 94.3%
  • Peregrine L. Lynch (Democratic-Republican) 4.2%
  • Philip Reed (Democratic-Republican) 0.3%
  • Others 1.2%
Maryland 7 Robert Wright Democratic-Republican 1810
1816 (Lost)
1820
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
  • William Hayward Jr. (Crawford Democratic-Republican) 54.6%
  • Thomas Emory (Democratic-Republican) 45.4%
Maryland 8 Thomas Bayly Federalist 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
  • John S. Spence (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 66.5%
  • James Murray (Federalist) 33.5%
  • Others 0.1%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2019 – via History.house.gov.