Idamae Garrott
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December 24, 1916
Idamae Garrott | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Maryland Senate from the 19th district | |
| In office 1987–1994[1] | |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Teitelbaum[2] |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 19th district | |
| In office 1979–1987[1] | |
| Preceded by | Eugene J. Zander[4] |
| Montgomery County Council | |
| In office 1966–1974[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Idamae Thomas Riley[5] December 24, 1916 |
| Died | June 13, 1999 (aged 82) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
William Garrott (m. 1948) |
| Relatives | 2 children, 2 grandchildren[5] |
| Alma mater | Western Maryland College[1] |
| Profession | Teacher[1] |
Idamae Garrott (December 24, 1916 – June 13, 1999) was an American politician from Silver Spring, Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party.[1][5] She was a member of the Maryland Senate (1987–1994); the Maryland House of Delegates (1979–1987); and the Montgomery County Council (1966–1974; president, 1971).[1][5]
Garrott lost the 1974 election for Montgomery County Executive to Republican James P. Gleason and the 1976 Democratic primary race for the House of Representatives to Lanny Davis.[5] She got started in politics in 1952 when she helped found the Montgomery County League of Women Voters, of which she was president from 1962 to 1966.[2][5]
Garrott was noted for advocating slow growth in development.[2] She was described in the Montgomery Journal as "passionately opposed" to the Inter-County Connector (ICC) and "the godmother of the anti-ICC movement".[2] The executive director of the Humane Society of Baltimore County described her posthumously as "the most prominent advocate of animal protection legislation in Maryland's General Assembly", and as a leader in the effort to make dog fighting illegal in Maryland (the last of the 50 states to ban dog fighting), introducing legislation every year for 10 years.[6] Garrott was also credited with saving the historic Linden Oak in the 1970s by getting the Washington Metro's Red Line rerouted around it.[7][8]