Mapping Early American Elections

17th Congress: Maryland 1820

Maryland elected four Federalists and five Democratic-Republicans to the Seventeenth Congress. In the 8th district, Thomas Bayly, although listed as a Federalist, received support from both parties.

Maryland used a district system for electing members to Congress. Each district elected one member of Congress except District 5, which elected two members.

In 1823, a special election was held in which Isaac MacKim was elected to the Seventeenth Congress to replace Samuel Smith, who had been elected to the U.S. Senate.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Ralph Neale	Federalist	1,405	54%	✓
1	Nicholas Stonestreet	Federalist	1,197	46%
2	Joseph Kent	Democratic-Republican	1,767	96.9%	✓
3	Henry R. Warfield	Federalist	3,098	99.3%	✓
4	John Nelson	Democratic-Republican	3,501	57.9%	✓
4	Thomas C. Worthington	Federalist	2,534	41.9%
5	Peter Little	Democratic-Republican	7,441	50%	✓
5	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	7,440	50%	✓
6	Jeremiah Cosden	Democratic-Republican	2,340	49.9%
6	Philip Reed	Federalist	2,340	49.9%	✓
7	Robert Wright	Democratic-Republican	1,604	50.5%	✓
7	Thomas Culbreth	Federalist	1,572	49.5%
8	Thomas Bayly	Federalist	4,939	99.5%	✓

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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17th Congress: Maryland 1820

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