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Maryland: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Maryland, 1789-2018 (May be incomplete!)
Charles Carroll of Carrollton 1789-92 John Henry 1789-97 Richard Potts 1793-96 John Eager Howard 1796-1803 James Lloyd 1797-1800 William Hindman 1800-01 Robert Wright 1801-06 Samuel Smith 1803-15 Philip Reed 1806-13 Robert H. Goldsborough 1813-19 Robert Goodloe Harper 1816 Alexander C. Hanson 1816-19 Edward Lloyd 1819-26 William Pinkney 1819-22 Samuel Smith 1822-33 Ezekiel F. Chambers 1826-34 Joseph Kent 1833-37 Robert H. Goldsborough 1835-36 John S. Spence 1836-40 William D. Merrick 1838-45 John L. Kerr 1841-43 James A. Pearce 1843-62 Reverdy Johnson 1845-49 David Stewart 1849-50 Thomas G. Pratt 1850-57 Anthony Kennedy 1857-63 Thomas H. Hicks 1862-65 Reverdy Johnson 1863-68 John A. J. Creswell 1865-67 George Vickers 1868-73 William Pinkney Whyte 1868-69 William T. Hamilton 1869-75 George Robertson Dennis 1873-79 William Pinkney Whyte 1875-81 James B. Groome 1879-85 Arthur P. Gorman 1881-99 Ephraim K. Wilson 1885-91 Charles H. Gibson 1891-97 George L. Wellington 1897-1903 Louis E. McComas 1899-1905 Arthur P. Gorman 1903-06 Isidor Rayner 1905-12 William Pinkney Whyte 1906-08 John Walter Smith 1908-21 William P. Jackson 1912-14 Blair Lee 1914-17 Joseph I. France 1917-23 Ovington E. Weller 1921-27 William Cabell Bruce 1923-29 Millard E. Tydings 1927-51 Phillips L. Goldsborough 1929-35 George L. Radcliffe 1935-47 Herbert R. O'Conor 1947-53 John M. Butler 1951-63 J. Glenn Beall 1953-65 Daniel B. Brewster 1963-69 Joseph D. Tydings 1965-71 Charles McC. Mathias 1969-87 J. Glenn Beall, Jr. 1971-77 Paul S. Sarbanes 1977- Barbara A. Mikulski 1987-2017 Chris Van Hollen 2017-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1819 Apr 23: Alexander C. Hanson, died in office.
  • 1822 Feb 25: William Pinkney, died in office.
  • 1836 Oct 5: Robert H. Goldsborough, died in office.
  • 1837 Nov 24: Joseph Kent, died in office.
  • 1840 Oct 24: John S. Spence, died in office.
  • 1862 Dec 20: James A. Pearce, died in office.
  • 1865 Feb 14: Thomas H. Hicks, died in office.
  • 1891 Feb 24: Ephraim K. Wilson, died in office.
  • 1906 Jun 4: Arthur P. Gorman, died in office.
  • 1908 Mar 17: William Pinkney Whyte, died in office.
  • 1912 Nov 25: Isidor Rayner, died in office.
  • 1913 Nov 4: Blair Lee (Dem), elected; Thomas Parran (Rep), defeated; George L. Wellington (Progressive), defeated; Robert J. Fields (Socialist), defeated; Finley C. Hendrickson (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1914 Nov 3: John Walter Smith (Dem), elected; Edward C. Carrington, Jr. (Rep), defeated; V. Milton Reichard (Progressive), defeated; Charles E. Devlin (Socialist), defeated; Richard H. Holme (Prohibition), defeated; Robert W. Stevens (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Joseph I. France (Rep), elected; David J. Lewis (Dem), defeated; James W. Frizzell (Prohibition), defeated; Sylvester L. Young (Socialist), defeated; Frank N. H. Lang (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Ovington E. Weller (Rep), elected; John Walter Smith (Dem), defeated; George D. Iverson, Jr. (Ind), defeated; William A. Toole (Socialist), defeated; William A. Hawkins (Ind), defeated; Frank N. H. Lang (Labor), defeated.
  • 1922: David J. Lewis, defeated for nomination.
  • 1922 Nov 7: William Cabell Bruce (Dem), elected; Joseph I. France (Rep), defeated; Robert E. Long (Labor), defeated; James L. Smiley (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Millard E. Tydings (Dem), elected; Ovington E. Weller (Rep), defeated; William A. Toole (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Phillips L. Goldsborough (Rep), elected; William Cabell Bruce (Dem), defeated; William A. Toole (Socialist), defeated; Robert W. Stevens (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Millard E. Tydings (Dem), elected; Wallace Williams (Rep), defeated; William A. Toole (Socialist), defeated; Noah S. Twigg (Socialist Labor), defeated; Carl Bradley (Communist), defeated.
  • 1934 Nov 6: George L. Radcliffe (Dem), elected; Joseph I. France (Rep), defeated; Elisabeth Gilman (Socialist), defeated; Ada Smith Lang (Socialist Labor), defeated; Samuel Gale (Communist), defeated.
  • 1938: David J. Lewis, defeated for nomination.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Millard E. Tydings (Dem), elected; Oscar Leser (Rep), defeated; George W. Hunt (Union), defeated; Elisabeth Gilman (Socialist), defeated; Frank N. H. Lang (Labor), defeated; Harry Straw (Communist), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: George L. Radcliffe (Dem), elected; Harry W. Nice (Rep), defeated; Edwin B. Abbott (Socialist), defeated; David L. Elliott, defeated; Robert Kadish (Socialist Labor), defeated; Albert E. Blumberg (Communist), defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Millard E. Tydings (Dem), elected; Blanchard Randall, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Herbert R. O'Conor (Dem), elected; D. John Markey (Rep), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: John M. Butler (Rep), elected; Millard E. Tydings (Dem), defeated; Sam Fox (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1952 Nov 4: J. Glenn Beall (Rep), elected; George P. Mahoney (Dem), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: John M. Butler (Rep), elected; George P. Mahoney (Dem), defeated.
  • 1958: George P. Mahoney (Dem), defeated for nomination.
  • 1958 Nov 4: J. Glenn Beall (Rep), elected; Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
  • 1962 May 15: Blair Lee III (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1962 May 15: Harry L. Simms (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1962 Nov 6: Daniel B. Brewster (Dem), elected; Edward T. Miller (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964: Louis L. Goldstein (Dem), defeated in primary; Harry C. Byrd (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Joseph D. Tydings (Dem), elected; J. Glenn Beall (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968 Sep 10: Daniel B. Brewster (Dem), nominated; Ross Z. Pierpont (Dem), defeated in primary; Walter G. Finch (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard R. Howes (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1968 Sep 10: Charles McC. Mathias (Rep), nominated; Harry L. Simms (Rep), defeated in primary; Paul F. Wattay (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Charles McC. Mathias (Rep), elected; Daniel B. Brewster (Dem), defeated; George P. Mahoney (American Independent), defeated.
  • 1970: George P. Mahoney (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1970 Sep 15: Harry L. Simms (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1970 Nov 3: J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (Rep), elected; Joseph D. Tydings (Dem), defeated; Harvey Wilder (American Independent), defeated.
  • 1974: Ross Z. Pierpont (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1974 Sep 10: Charles McC. Mathias (Rep), nominated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Charles McC. Mathias (Rep), elected; Barbara A. Mikulski (Dem), defeated.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Paul S. Sarbanes (Dem), elected; J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Bruce Bradley (Ind), defeated.
  • 1980 May 13: Charles McC. Mathias (Rep), nominated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Charles McC. Mathias (Rep), elected; Edward T. Conroy (Dem), defeated.
  • 1982 Nov 2: Paul S. Sarbanes (Dem), elected; Lawrence J. Hogan (Rep), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Barbara A. Mikulski (Dem), elected; Linda Chavez (Rep), defeated.
  • 1988 Nov 8: Paul S. Sarbanes (Dem), elected; Alan L. Keyes (Rep), defeated.
  • 1992: Ross Z. Pierpont (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Barbara A. Mikulski (Dem), elected; Alan L. Keyes (Rep), defeated.
  • 1994: Ross Z. Pierpont (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Paul S. Sarbanes (Dem), elected; Bill Brock (Rep), defeated.
  • 1998 Sep 15: Barbara A. Mikulski (Dem), nominated; Ann L. Mallory (Dem), defeated in primary; Kauko H. Kokkonen (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Sep 15: Ross Z. Pierpont (Rep), nominated; John Taylor (Rep), defeated in primary; Michael Gloth (Rep), defeated in primary; Kenneth Wayman (Rep), defeated in primary; Bradlyn McClanahan (Rep), defeated in primary; Howard David Greyber (Rep), defeated in primary; John Stafford (Rep), defeated in primary; George Liebmann (Rep), defeated in primary; Barry Steve Asbury (Rep), defeated in primary; Thomas Scott (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Barbara A. Mikulski (Dem), elected; Ross Z. Pierpont (Rep), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Paul S. Sarbanes (Dem), elected; Paul H. Rappaport (Rep), defeated; Corrogan R. Vaughn, defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Barbara A. Mikulski (Dem), elected; E. J. Pipkin (Rep), defeated; Maria Allwine (Green), defeated; Thomas Trump (Constitution), defeated; Robert Gemmill II, defeated; Ray Bly, defeated.
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