Mapping Early American Elections

3rd Congress: Maryland 1792

Maryland elected six Federalists and two Anti-Federalists to the Third Congress.

For the Third Congress, Maryland moved to a district system for electing members to Congress. Maryland gained two seats in the House of Representatives following the 1790 Census.

In December 1794 a special election was held which elected Benjamin Edwards to replace Uriah Forrest, who resigned from office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	George Dent	Federalist	971	44.7%	✓
1	John Parnham	Federalist	647	29.8%
1	Philip B. Key	Federalist	555	25.5%
2	John F. Mercer	Anti-Federalist	1,405	57%	✓
2	John Thomas	Federalist	1,039	42.1%
3	Uriah Forrest	Federalist	1,099	71.8%	✓
3	William Dorsey	Anti-Federalist	430	28.1%
4	Thomas Sprigg	Federalist	497	unopposed	✓
5	Samuel Smith	Federalist	1,615	61.1%	✓
5	Charles Ridgely	Anti-Federalist	1,027	38.9%
6	Gabriel Christie	Anti-Federalist	1,993	63.6%	✓
6	William Matthews	Federalist	1,141	36.4%
7	William Hindman	Federalist	1,389	51.7%	✓
7	James Tilghman	Anti-Federalist	1,300	48.3%
8	William Vans Murray	Federalist	1,515	93.8%	✓
8	Littleton Dennis	Federalist	87	5.4%

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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3rd Congress: Maryland 1792

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