Citizenship Test Answers for Maryland
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in Maryland.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for Maryland
Annapolis
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change. The three below change with elections. Every name on this page is checked each night against the congressional record and, for governors, two independent public records, and a name is left out rather than printed when the sources disagree.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for Maryland now
- Angela D. Alsobrooks
- Chris Van Hollen
You only need to give one of these names.
Maryland has two U.S. senators, like every state. You only need to name one of them. Senators are elected to six-year terms, so this answer changes; give the name of a senator serving on the day of your interview.
Look up Maryland's senators at senate.gov
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
All 8 of Maryland's representatives, by district
| District | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Harris |
| 2 | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. |
| 3 | Sarah Elfreth |
| 4 | Glenn Ivey |
| 5 | Steny H. Hoyer |
| 6 | April McClain Delaney |
| 7 | Kweisi Mfume |
| 8 | Jamie Raskin |
If you do not know your district, the lookup below finds it from your ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for Maryland now
Wes Moore
Governors are elected and change, so answer with whoever is serving on the day of your
interview. Your state government's official .gov website is the reliable
place to check.
Background on Maryland
Annapolis is Maryland's capital, a small colonial city on the Chesapeake, while Baltimore is many times its size. Maryland is one of the thirteen original states and became the 7th state in 1788 by ratifying the Constitution. It has 8 congressional districts and 10 electoral votes. Two national landmarks sit inside the state's history: Maryland gave up the land that became the District of Columbia, which is why D.C. residents answer these state questions differently, and the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor in 1814 produced the words of The Star-Spangled Banner, a question the test asks by name. Annapolis itself served briefly as the national capital in 1783 and 1784, before the Constitution existed.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and it names no senator, representative or governor itself: those names change with elections, so they appear only in the answers above, which are checked every night.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.