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List of United States senators from Maryland

List of United States senators from Maryland

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This is a list of United States senators from Maryland, which ratified the United States Constitution April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do so.[1] To provide for continuity of government, the framers divided senators into staggered classes that serve six-year terms, and Maryland's senators are in the first and third classes.[2] Before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, which allowed for direct election of senators, Maryland's senators were chosen by the Maryland General Assembly, which ratified the amendment on April 1, 2010. Until the assembly appointed George L. Wellington of Cumberland in 1897, senators in class 3 were chosen from the Eastern Shore while senators in class 1 were chosen from the remainder of the state. Barbara Mikulski has been Maryland's longest-serving senator (1987–2017).

Current delegation
Ben Cardin (D)
Chris Van Hollen (D)

List of senators

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Maryland Historical Chronology, 1700-1799". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
  2. [2]
    "The Senate and the United States Constitution". United States senate Historical Office. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
  3. [3]
    "Maryland 1802 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 30, 2018., citing Votes and Proceedings of the Maryland State Senate, 1802. 10.
  4. [4]
    "Maryland 1809 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 18, 2018., citing The Hornet (Fredericktown, Md.). Nov 29, 1809.
  5. [5]
    "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Jan 19, 1878".
  6. [6]
    Byrd, p. 121.
  7. [7]
    "WELLINGTON IS ELECTED". The New York Times. January 23, 1896. p. 5.
  8. [8]
    "Ratified Mr. German's Election". The New York Times. January 16, 1902. p. 3.
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