Obie Patterson
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| Preceded by | Christine Jones |
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| Succeeded by | Kris Valderrama |
| Constituency | Prince Georges County |
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| Born | March 7, 1938 Lancaster, South Carolina, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Fort Washington, Maryland |
Obie Patterson is an American politician who represented district 26 in the Maryland House of Delegates and is a past chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
[edit] Background
Patterson born in Lancaster, South Carolina on March 7, 1938. He attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina where he earned a B.S. in biology in 1965. Patterson earned a master's degree at the University of Florida in public administration in 1971. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Johnson C. Smith University. Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 1993-94. Member, Pi Sigma National Honor Society. Life member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Member, Roscoe C. Cartwright Prince Hall Masons, Lodge #129. President, Apple Grove-Squire Woods Civic Association, 1993-94. Board of Directors, Prince George's Volunteer Action Center. Award, United Negro College Fund. Award for Outstanding Service in Politics, Prince George's County Educators' Association, 1999. Patterson has three children. [1]
[edit] In the legislature
Patters was a member of House of Delegates from January 11, 1995 to January 10, 2007. He has served as: Assistant Majority Leader, 2006-07. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1995-98 (vice-chair, transportation subcommittee, 1995-98); Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997; Ways and Means Committee, 1999-2007 (education subcommittee, 1999-2000; tax & revenue subcommittee, 2001-03; chair, election law subcommittee, 2003-07); Joint Committee on Protocol, 1999-2007; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003. Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-05. Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-07; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2004-07. Chair, County Affairs Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 1999-2007. During his entire tenure in the General Assembly, Patterson was a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus), and was its treasurer from 1998 to 2002 and its chairman from 2002 to 2004).[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Obie Patterson. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ Former Delegates. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
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