UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2004


                            First United Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




              Maryland                               0-14237                    52-1380770
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     (State or other jurisdiction of        (Commission file number)           (IRS Employer
     incorporation or organization)                                          Identification No.)



                 19 South Second Street, Oakland, Maryland 21550
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


                                 (301) 334-9471
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                       N/A
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)





Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On May 7, 2004,  First United  Corporation  (the  "Corporation")  issued an
earnings release  describing the  Corporation's  financial results for the three
months ended March 31,  2004,  a copy of which is furnished  herewith as Exhibit
99.1.

     The  information  contained in this Item 12 shall not be deemed "filed" for
purposes of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended,  or the Exchange Act,  except as shall be expressly set
forth by specific reference in such a filing.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  Section  13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                            FIRST UNITED CORPORATION


Dated:  May 7, 2004                      By: /s/ Robert W. Kurtz
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                                            Robert W. Kurtz
                                            President and CFO





                                  Exhibit Index

Exhibit           Description

99.1              Earnings release dated May 7, 2004.