1796 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

Two of the four Democratic-Republicans were replaced by Federalists, bringing the Federalists from a 4–4 split to a 6-2 majority.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Maryland 1	George Dent	Federalist	1792	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George Dent (Federalist) 99.7% Philip Key 0.3%
Maryland 2	Richard Sprigg, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1796 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Sprigg, Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Maryland 3	William Craik	Federalist	1796 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Craik (Federalist) 51.0% Benjamin Edwards 49.0%
Maryland 4	Thomas Sprigg	Democratic-Republican	1792	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ George Baer, Jr. (Federalist) 72.1% Samuel Ringgold (Democratic-Republican) 27.9%
Maryland 5	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	1792	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Maryland 6	Gabriel Christie	Democratic-Republican	1792	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ William Matthews (Federalist) 51.5% Gabriel Christie (Democratic-Republican) 48.5%
Maryland 7	William Hindman	Federalist	1792	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Hindman (Federalist) 62.6% Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican) 37.4%
Maryland 8	William V. Murray	Federalist	1790	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ John Dennis (Federalist) 100%

Maryland's results by district

See also