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5th Congress: Maryland 1796

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Maryland elected six Federalists and two Democratic-Republicans to the Fifth Congress.

Maryland used a district system for electing members to Congress.

Congressional election results, 5th Congress: Maryland 1796
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 George Dent Federalist 785 99.7% ✓
2 Richard Sprigg Democratic-Republican 1,400 unopposed ✓
3 William Craik Federalist 660 51% ✓
3 Benjamin Edwards Federalist 635 49%
4 George Baer Federalist 1,792 72.1% ✓
4 Samuel Ringgold Democratic-Republican 695 27.9%
5 Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican 337 unopposed ✓
6 William Mathews Federalist 1,387 51.5% ✓
6 Gabriel Christie Democratic-Republican 1,307 48.5%
7 William Hindman Federalist 1,665 62.6% ✓
7 Robert Wright Democratic-Republican 995 37.4%
8 John Dennis Federalist 903 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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