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U.S. Senators from Maryland:
Name Dates of Service
Class 1
Charles Carroll (PRO-ADMIN)
Richard Potts (PRO-ADMIN,F)
John E. Howard (F)
Samuel Smith (R)
Robert G. Harper (F)
Alexander Contee Hanson (F)
William Pinkney (R)
Samuel Smith (R,CRR,J)
Joseph Kent (AJ,W)
William D. Merrick (W)
Reverdy Johnson (W)
David Stewart (W)
Thomas G. Pratt (W,OP)
Anthony Kennedy (AM,U)
Reverdy Johnson (U,D)
William Pinkney Whyte (D)
William T. Hamilton (D)
William Pinkney Whyte (D)
Arthur P. Gorman (D)
Louis E. McComas (R)
Isidor Rayner (D)
William P. Jackson (R)
Blair Lee (D)
Joseph I. France (R)
William Cabell Bruce (D)
Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)
George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
Herbert R. O'Conor (D)
J. Glenn Beall, Sr. (R)
Joseph D. Tydings (D)
J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (R)
Paul S. Sarbanes (D)
Benjamin L. Cardin (D)
1789-1792
1793-1796
1796-1803
1803-1815
1816-1816
1816-1819
1819-1822
1822-1833
1833-1837
1838-1845
1845-1849
1849-1850
1850-1857
1857-1863
1863-1868
1868-1869
1869-1875
1875-1881
1881-1899
1899-1905
1905-1912
1912-1914
1914-1917
1917-1923
1923-1929
1929-1935
1935-1947
1947-1953
1953-1965
1965-1971
1971-1977
1977-2007
2007---

Name Dates of Service
Class 3
John Henry (PRO-ADMIN,F)
James Lloyd (F)
William Hindman (F)
Robert Wright (R)
Philip Reed (R)
Robert H. Goldsborough (F)
Edward Lloyd (R,CRR,J)
Ezekiel F. Chambers (ADAMS,AJ)
Robert H. Goldsborough (AJ)
John S. Spence (AJ,W)
John Leeds Kerr (W)
James A. Pearce (W,OP,D)
Thomas H. Hicks (U,UU)
John A. J. Creswell (UU)
George Vickers (D)
George R. Dennis (D)
James B. Groome (D)
Ephraim King Wilson (D)
Charles H. Gibson (D)
George L. Wellington (R)
Arthur P. Gorman (D)
William Pinkney Whyte (D)
John Walter Smith (D)
Ovington E. Weller (R)
Millard E. Tydings (D)
John Marshall Butler (R)
Daniel B. Brewster (D)
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (R)
Barbara A. Mikulski (D)
1789-1797
1797-1800
1800-1801
1801-1806
1806-1813
1813-1819
1819-1826
1826-1834
1835-1836
1836-1840
1841-1843
1843-1862
1862-1865
1865-1867
1868-1873
1873-1879
1879-1885
1885-1891
1891-1897
1897-1903
1903-1906
1906-1908
1908-1921
1921-1927
1927-1951
1951-1963
1963-1969
1969-1987
1987---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more):
Millard E. Tydings
Paul Sarbanes
 
Maryland Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): Spiro T. Agnew

President Pro Tempore: John E. Howard, Samuel Smith

Democratic Conference Secretary: Barbara A. Mikulski

Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:

Armed Services: Millard E. Tydings

Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs: Paul Sarbanes

District of Columbia: Joseph D. Tydings

Rules and Administration: Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
Maryland Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Charles Carroll of Carrollton by Richard E. Brooks (Statuary Hall); John Hanson by Richard E. Brooks (Senate connecting corridor).

Busts:

Vice Presidents Collection: Spiro T. Agnew, by William Behrends (Senate wing, second floor, east corridor)

Chief Justices Collection: Roger B. Taney by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Room S-141 of the Capitol, the old Supreme Court chamber).

Paintings: Declaration of Independence at the Independence Hall, Philadelphia by John Trumbull (Rotunda); General George Washington Resigning His Commission to Congress As Commander in Chief of the Army, Annapolis, Maryland, December 23, 1783 by John Trumbull (Rotunda).

 
  

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