1st CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester & Somerset counties & parts of Anne Arundel County & Baltimore City)
2nd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore & Harford counties)
3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(parts of Baltimore City & Anne Arundel, Baltimore & Howard counties)
4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(parts of Prince George's & Montgomery counties)
5th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(Calvert, Charles & St. Mary's counties & parts of Anne Arundel & Prince George's counties)
6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett and Washington counties & part of Howard County)
7th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(parts of Baltimore City & Baltimore County)
8th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(part of Montgomery County)
The United States House of Representatives consists of 435 members. The number of members for each state is determined by the state's population in the federal census. Based on the 1990 federal census, Maryland has eight U.S. Representatives elected to serve two-year terms.
The legislature of each state prescribes when elections are to be held for U.S. Representatives (U.S. Constitution, Art. 1, sec. 4). Since 1868, Maryland has elected its U.S. Representatives on the first Tuesday in November of each even-numbered year.
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