Marjorie Holt

Marjorie Holt

Marjorie Sewell Holt (born September 17, 1920 in Birmingham , Alabama , † January 7, 2018 in Severna Park , Anne Arundel County , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1973 and 1987 she represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Marjorie Holt attended Jacksonville Junior College in 1940 and 1941 . After studying law at the University of Florida , she was admitted to the bar in Florida in 1949 and Maryland in 1962. Since 1962 she practiced this profession in Anne Arundel County , Maryland. Between 1966 and 1972 she was employed by the District Court administration. In the same district she acted as election officer from 1963 to 1965. Politically, she joined the Republican Party . From 1971 to 1972 she was an advisor to the Association of Republican Women in Maryland. During the same period, she was also a member of a commission of the Maryland state government that dealt with the application and enforcement of laws. In 1968, 1976 and 1980 she took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions .

In the 1972 congressional election , Holt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Maryland , where she succeeded Paul Sarbanes on January 3, 1973 . After six re-elections, she was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1987 . During this time, among other things, the end of the Vietnam War and the Watergate affair fell . In Congress, she advocated a more independent foreign policy course for the United States and was against subordination to international organizations. In 1986 she declined to run again.

After the end of her time in the US House of Representatives, Marjorie Holt practiced as a lawyer again. In 1987 she was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the Commission on Arms Control and Disarmament. She was married and spent her old age in Severna Park .

Individual proof

1. ^ Former Congress member Marjorie Holt dies at 97

Web links

• Marjorie Holt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)