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Baltimore City Hall, the meeting place of the council, in 2010
Current composition of the council:
  •   Democratic (15)

The Baltimore City Council is the legislature of Baltimore, Maryland. It was bicameral from its founding in 1797 until its branches merged to form a unicameral legislature in 1923.[1] The First Branch, the lower house, initially had two members from each of its eight wards with year-long terms. Wards became single-member in 1846 and terms were increased to two years in 1899, then four years in 1911. The First Branch had 28 wards when it was merged.[2]

The Second Branch, the upper house, was originally composed of eight members with two-year terms elected by an electoral college, with an elector being elected from each First Branch ward. In 1807, the branch became directly elected, with one member elected from each ward; from 1846 to 1900, members represented two wards. The ward system was replaced with four two-member districts, representing six wards, and an at-large elected president in 1900. Members of the districts had four-year staggered terms, where one member was elected each two years. Both members became elected at once in 1910 and a fifth and sixth district were added in 1915 and 1919 respectively; these districts only had one member.[3]

After the merger of the two branches, the unicameral council had three members from each of its six districts and an at-large president with four-year terms. A fourth member was added to the fifth and third districts in 1947 and 1951, respectively; these extra members were removed in 1967. After Question P was passed in 2002, the council was reorganized to have a single member from 14 districts and an at-large president.[4] After the 2020 election, its members – Zeke Cohen, Danielle McCray, Ryan L. Dorsey, Mark Conway, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Sharon Green Middleton, James Torrence, Kristerfer A. L. Burnett, John T. Bullock, Phylicia Porter, Eric T. Costello, Robert R. Stokes, Sr., Antonio Glover, and Odette Ramos – as well as its president, Nick Mosby, are all from the Democratic Party.[5]

First Branch

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Changes in the amount of First Branch wards[2]
Year Wards
1797 8
1817 11
1818 12
1842 14
1844 20
1882 22
1898 24
1918 28
Members of the First Branch of the Baltimore City Council
Wards First member(s) Last member Refs.
Name
(Tenure) 		Party Name
(Tenure) 		Party
1 James Carey
(1797–1798) 		Charles Holzman
(1919–1923) 		[6]
Ephraim Robinson
(1797–1799)
2 George Buchanan
(1797–1798) 		Jacob L. Antonie
(1919–1923) 		[7]
Samuel Owings
(1797)
3 Zebulon Hollingsworth
(1801) 		Vincent L. Palmisano
(1915–1923) 		[8]
Robert Smith
(1801)
4 Hercules Courtenay
(1797) 		John C. Huthwelker
(1919–1923) 		[9]
William Wilson
(1797)
5 Adam Fonerden
(1797–1802)[nb 1] 		Samuel Lasch
(1911–1923) 		[10]
Thomas Hollingsworth
(1797–1801)
6 James A. Buchanan
(1797) 		James R. Cadden
(1915–1923) 		[11]
Peter Frick
(1797–1802)
7 David Brown
(1797) 		August Klecker
(1915–1923) 		[12]
James Edwards
(1797–1798)
8 Joseph Biays
(1797–1800) 		John G. Scott
(1915–1923) 		[13]
William Trimble
(1797)
9 Arthur Mitchell
(1818) 		Harry J. McClellan
(1915–1923) 		[14]
Robert Taylor
(1818)
10 Isaac Philips
(1818) 		John A.J. McKenna
(1915–1923) 		[15]
Samuel R. Smith
(1797–1799)
11 Lewis Pascault
(1818) 		Edward S. Stanley
(1919–1923) 		[16]
John H. Rodgers
(1818)
12 John Brevett
(1819–1820) 		Wilson J. Carroll
(1919–1923) 		[17]
Upton Bruce
(1819)
13 Valentine Dushane
(1842) 		L. Edward Wolf
(1919–1923) 		[18]
William A. Hack
(1842–1843)
14 Henry Snyder
(1842–1845) 		Warner T. McGuinn
(1919–1923) 		[19]
James Zimmerman
(1842–1843)
15 Thomas Hooper
(1846) 		John T. Ford
(1915–1923) 		[20]
16 William M. Starr
(1846) 		John B. Nichols
(1919–1923) 		[21]
17 John S. Brown
(1846) 		William L. Fitzgerald
(1919–1923) 		[22]
18 Felix McCurley
(1846) 		Edward Gross
(1911–1923) 		[23]
19 William A. Hack
(1846–1848) 		John F. O'Meara
(1911–1913) 		[24]
20 Michael Gross
(1846–1847) 		Adam Hechmer
(1919–1923) 		[25]
21 WIlliam H. Brown
(1889) 		William Weisberger
(1915–1923) 		[26]
22 F. Albert Kurtz
(1889) 		Charles W. Warrenberger
(1919–1923) 		[27]
23 William Grecht
(1899–1900) 		George R. Wicklein
(1919–1923) 		[28]
24 John P. Galvin
(1899–1900) 		Frank F. Busch
(1919–1923) 		[29]
25[nb 2] Edmund J. Upton
(1919–1923) 		Edmund J. Upton
(1919–1923) 		[30]
26[nb 2] Frank W. Jacoby
(1919–1923) 		Frank W. Jacoby
(1919–1923) 		[31]
27[nb 2] G. Edward Markley
(1919–1923) 		G. Edward Markley
(1919–1923) 		[32]
28[nb 2] George Y. Everhart
(1919–1923) 		George Y. Everhart
(1919–1923) 		[33]

Second Branch

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Single-ward members (1809–1846)

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Members of the Second Branch of the Baltimore City Council (1809–1846)
Ward First member Last member Refs.
Name
(Tenure) 		Party Name
(Tenure) 		Party
1 Henry Stouffer
(1809–1811) 		Henry R. Lauderman
(1833–1835, 1837–1839, 1843–1846) 		[34]
2 Henry Payson
(1809–1819) 		John E. Stansbury
(1841–1846) 		[35]
3 James Calhoun
(1809–1817) 		Samuel Boyd
(1839–1845) 		[36]
4 Robert Gilmore
(1809–1811) 		Samuel Barnes
(1845–1846) 		[37]
5 Cumberland Dugan
(1809–1811, 1815–1817) 		Hugh Bolton
(1843–1847) 		[38]
6 Jacob Miller
(1809–1819) 		Robert Howard
(1843–1845) 		[39]
7 William MacDonald
(1809–1813) 		Michael Coughey
(1845–1846) 		[40]
8 James Biays
(1809–1819) 		Stephen Collins
(1845–1846) 		[41]
9 Henry Payson
(1819–1821) 		William J. Wright
(1843–1846) 		[42]
10 Benjamin Ellicott
(1819–1827) 		John L. Reese
(1843–1846) 		[43]
11 Adam Welsh
(1819–1823) 		Francis Forman
(1845–1846) 		[44]
12 George Warner
(1819–1823) 		James Essender
(1845–1846) 		[45]
13 David Taylor
(1843–1845) 		William Baker
(1845–1846) 		[46]
14 William Bender
(1843–1845) 		Beale H. Richardson
(1845–1846) 		[47]

Dual-ward members (1846–1900)

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Members of the Second Branch of the Baltimore City Council (1846–1900)
Wards First member Last member Refs.
Name
(Tenure) 		Party Name
(Tenure) 		Party
1–2 Henry R. Lauderman
(1846–1847) 		James C. Jenkins
(1898–1900) 		[48]
3–4 John Keene
(1846–1847) 		Charles W. Hatter Sr.
(1898–1900) 		[49]
5–6 Hugh Bolton
(1846–1849, 1851–1853) 		George Gebelein
(1898–1900) 		[50]
7–8 Robert Howard
(1846–1847) 		Michael J. Gaffney
(1898–1900) 		[51]
9–10 Henry Meyers
(1846–1847) 		John F. Sommerlock
(1898–1900) 		[52]
11–12 B.H. Richardson
(1846–1847) 		Albert H. Hock
(1898–1900) 		[53]
13–14 John Green Jr.
(1846–1849) 		Robert L. Stevens
(1898–1900) 		[54]
15–16 Isaac M. Denson
(1846–1847) 		Henry H. Imhofe
(1898–1900) 		[55]
17–18 Elias Ware Jr.
(1846–1847, 1849–1851) 		John W. Rumney
(1898–1900) 		[56]
19–20 William Baker
(1846–1847) 		John C. Simering
(1898–1900) 		[57]
21–22 Edmund M. Hoffman
(1889–1890) 		Jacob Fizone
(1898–1900) 		[58]

Districts and president (1900–1923)

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Districts and their corresponding wards[3]
District Wards
1
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
2
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 12
  • 13
  • 15
3
  • 10
  • 11
  • 14
  • 16
  • 19
  • 20
4
  • 17
  • 18
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
Members of the Second Branch of the Baltimore City Council (1900–1923)
District First member(s) Last member(s) Refs.
Name
(Tenure) 		Party Name
(Tenure) 		Party
1 John Hubert
(1900–1906) 		William F. Jacobs
(1919–1923) 		[59]
Louis A. Dieter
(1900–1904) 		Leo A. McMahon
(1919–1923)
2 John Moylan
(1900–1902) 		Edwin R. Downes
(1906–1923) 		[60]
James B. Guyton
(1900–1904) 		William G. Towers
(1919–1923)
3 Moses N. Frank
(1900–1902) 		Duke Bond
(1908–1923) 		[61]
Richard M. Venable
(1900–1904) 		Beverly W. Smith
(1915–1923)
4 James G. Linthicum
(1900–1902) 		William Allen
(1919–1923) 		[62]
Harry F. Linderman
(1900–1904) 		Richard N. Sheckells
(1911–1923)
5 William H.E. Chase
(1915–1919) 		William Schluderberg
(1919–1923) 		[63]
6[nb 3] Henry Franklin
(1919–1923) 		Henry Franklin
(1919–1923) 		[64]
President W. Skipworth Wilmer
(1900–1901)[nb 4] 		Howard Bryant
(1919–1923) 		[65]

Unicameral council

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Multi-member districts (1923–2002)

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Members of the Baltimore City Council (1923–present)
District First members Last members Refs.
Name
(Tenure) 		Party Name
(Tenure) 		Party
1 Frank G. Dotterneich
(1923–1931) 		John L. Cain
(1991–2004) 		[66]
John C. Heethwecker
(1923–1927) 		Nicholas C. D'Adamo Jr.
(1987–2004)
Edward J. Novack
(1923–1931) 		Lois Garey
(1995–2004)
2 Ambrose J. Kennedy
(1923–1927) 		Paula Johnson Branch
(1991–2004) 		[67]
August Kleka
(1927–1934) 		Bea Gaddy
(1999–2004)
Edward S. Stanley
(1923–1927) 		Jack Young
(1999–2004)
3
(–)
(–) 		[68]

(–)
(–)

(–)
(–)
4
(–)
(–) 		[69]

(–)
(–)

(–)
(–)
5
(–)
(–) 		[70]

(–)
(–)

(–)
(–)
6
(–)
(–) 		[71]

(–)
(–)

(–)
(–)


Notes

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  1. ^ Fonderden resigned February 26, 1802
  2. ^ a b c d The 25th through 28th wards of the First Branch only had one member before the branches were merged.
  3. ^ The sixth district of the Second Branch only had one member before the branches were merged.
  4. ^ Wilmer resigned May 16, 1901

References

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  3. ^ a b "Baltimore City Council, Second Branch". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
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  22. ^ "Baltimore City Council, First Branch, Seventeenth Ward". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
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  50. ^ "Baltimore City Council, Second Branch, Wards 5-6, 1846-1900". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
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  55. ^ "Baltimore City Council, Second Branch, Wards 15-16, 1846-1900". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
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  61. ^ "Baltimore City Council, Second Branch, Third District, 1900-1923". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  62. ^ "Baltimore City Council, Second Branch, Fourth District, 1900-1923". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  63. ^ "Baltimore City Council, Second Branch, Fifth District, 1915-1923". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  64. ^ "Baltimore City Council, Second Branch, Sixth District, 1919-1923". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
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