| State: | Maryland |
| District Number: | 7 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Kweisi Mfume |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Baltimore |
| English Area: | 294.25 |
| Percent Urban: | 95 |
| Percent Rural: | 5 |
| Population: | 744,504 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $56,870[1] |
| Percent White: | 29.9 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 8.5 |
| Percent Black: | 53.2 |
| Percent Asian: | 3.7 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.9 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.8 |
| Percent Blue Collar: | 16.2 |
| Percent White Collar: | 66.8 |
| Percent Gray Collar: | 17 |
| Cpvi: | D+30[2] |
Maryland's 7th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives encompasses almost the entire city of Baltimore and some of Baltimore County. The district was created following the census of 1790, which gave Maryland one additional representative in the House. It was abolished in 1843 but was restored in 1950 as a west Baltimore district. It has been drawn as a majority-African American district since 1973. Democrat Kweisi Mfume is the current representative, winning a special election on April 28, 2020, to finish the term of Elijah Cummings, who died in October 2019.[3] Mfume had previously held the seat from 1987 to 1996.
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 84% - 14% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 73% - 26% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 78% - 19% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 76% - 22% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 74% - 22% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 78% - 20% |
| Member | Party | Years | Con- gress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1793 | ||||||||
| 1 | William Hindman | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | 1793–1803 | ||
| Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | ||||||
| 2 | Joseph H. Nicholson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 1, 1806 | Elected November 29, 1798 to begin member-elect Joshua Seney's term. Re-elected in 1801. Re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Resigned. | ||||
| 1803–1813 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 1, 1806 – December 3, 1806 | ||||||
| 3 | Edward Lloyd | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 3, 1806 – March 3, 1809 | Elected September 27 and October 4, 1806, to finish Nicholson's term. Re-elected October 6, 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired. | |||
| 4 | John Brown | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1809 – ??, 1810 | Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Resigned to become Clerk of Court of Queen Anne's County. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | ??, 1810 – November 29, 1810 | ||||||
| 5 | Robert Wright | Democratic-Republican | November 29, 1810 – March 3, 1817 | Elected to finish Brown's term and to the next term on the same ballot. Re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. | ||||
| 1813–1823 | ||||||||
| 6 | Thomas Culbreth | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. | |||
| 7 | Robert Wright | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1820. Retired. | |||
| 8 | William Hayward Jr. | Democratic-Republican (Crawford) | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. Retired. | 1823–1833 | ||
| 9 | John Leeds Kerr | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election. | |||
| 10 | Richard Spencer | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1829. Lost re-election. | |||
| 11 | John Leeds Kerr | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1831. | |||
| 12 | Francis Thomas | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833. Redistricted to the . | 1833–1843 | ||
| 13 | Daniel Jenifer | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. | |||
| Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | ||||||
| 14 | Augustus R. Sollers | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. | |||
| Seat eliminated after the 1840 census. | ||||||||
| Seat re-created after the 1950 census. | ||||||||
| 15 | Samuel Friedel | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1971 | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-nomination. | 1953–1963 | |||
| 1963–1973 | ||||||||
| 16 | Parren Mitchell | Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987 | Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland. | ||||
| 1973–1983 | ||||||||
| 1983–1993 | ||||||||
| 17 | Kweisi Mfume | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – February 15, 1996 | Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Resigned to become CEO of the NAACP. | ||||
| 1993–2003 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 15, 1996 – April 16, 1996 | ||||||
| 18 | Elijah Cummings | Democratic | April 16, 1996 – October 17, 2019 | Elected to finish Mfume's term. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Died. | ||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| 2013–2023 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | October 17, 2019 – May 5, 2020 | ||||||
| 19 | Kweisi Mfume | Democratic | May 5, 2020 – present | Elected to finish Cummings's term and seated May 5, 2020. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | ||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||