4th Congress: Maryland 1794

Maryland elected five Federalists and three Democratic-Republicans to the Fourth Congress.

Maryland used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In October 1796 a special election was held in which Richard Sprigg was elected to replace Gabriel Duvall, who resigned from office. Another special election was held in which William Craik was elected to replace Jeremiah Crabb, who resigned from office.

Congressional election results, 4th Congress: Maryland 1794
District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	George Dent	Federalist	1,600	67.6%	✓
1	Philip B. Key	Federalist	768	32.4%
2	Gabriel Duvall	Democratic-Republican	1,234	69.5%	✓
2	Richard A. Contee	Federalist	542	30.5%
3	Jeremiah Crabb	Federalist	1,188	unopposed	✓
4	Thomas Sprigg	Federalist	1,698	61.4%	✓
4	Roger Nelson	Federalist	1,066	38.6%
5	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	203	unopposed	✓
6	Gabriel Christie	Democratic-Republican	2,282	70.4%	✓
6	Robert Wright	Federalist	958	29.6%
7	William Hindman	Federalist	1,395	63.8%	✓
7	George Jackson	Democratic-Republican	586	26.8%
7	William Whitely	Democratic-Republican	204	9.3%
8	William Vans Murray	Federalist	2,343	unopposed	✓

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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