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Edith J. Patterson
Edith Jerry Patterson (born November 18, 1945) is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing district 28 in Charles County, since 2015. She previously served as a county commissioner from 2002 to 2010 and a member of the Board of Education for Charles County from 1983 to 1995.
Patterson was born in Doswell, Virginia, on November 18, 1945, where she attended John M. Gandy High School in neighboring Ashland. She attended Virginia Union University in 1968, where she earned a B.S. degree in biology and chemistry. After five years of teaching as a biology and physics teacher in Washington, D.C., she moved to Pomfret, Maryland, in 1973, and attended Bowie State University, where she earned a M.Ed. in guidance and counseling, and George Washington University in 1991, where she earned a Ed.D. in higher education administration. After graduating, she worked as a consultant for various groups, including the Congressional Black Caucus, the United States Department of Education, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
In 1983, Patterson was elected to the Charles County Board of Education, becoming the first African American to serve on the board. In her final year on the board, she served as its chair.
Patterson entered into politics in 2000 when she became a member of the Charles County Democratic Central Committee. In 2005, the Charles County Democratic Central Committee appointed Patterson to serve as county commissioner, filling a vacancy after commissioner F. Wayne Cooper moved up to the board president after Murray D. Levy resigned to fill a vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates left by the resignation of state delegate Van Mitchell. She was the first African American to serve on the council and became the first African American elected commissioner alongside commissioners' Vice President Reuben B. Collins II in 2006. In 2010, Patterson lost her re-election bid to Charles County commissioners' President Candice Quinn Kelly by a margin of 114 votes.
In August 2010, Patterson was elected to serve on the Maryland Association of Counties Board of Directors.
In April 2012, Governor Martin O'Malley appointed Patterson to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. In accepting her appointment, Patterson retired after 37 years from the College of Southern Maryland, where she worked as the longtime director of the college's Educational Talent Search program.
In February 2014, Patterson again filed to run for Maryland House of Delegates. She came third place in the Democratic primary with 20.8 percent of the vote, squeaking out a narrow victory of about 700 votes. She received 23.78 percent of the vote in the general election.
In 2004 and 2016, Patterson served as a delegate for the Democratic National Committee.
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Edith J. Patterson
Edith Jerry Patterson (born November 18, 1945) is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing district 28 in Charles County, since 2015. She previously served as a county commissioner from 2002 to 2010 and a member of the Board of Education for Charles County from 1983 to 1995.
Patterson was born in Doswell, Virginia, on November 18, 1945, where she attended John M. Gandy High School in neighboring Ashland. She attended Virginia Union University in 1968, where she earned a B.S. degree in biology and chemistry. After five years of teaching as a biology and physics teacher in Washington, D.C., she moved to Pomfret, Maryland, in 1973, and attended Bowie State University, where she earned a M.Ed. in guidance and counseling, and George Washington University in 1991, where she earned a Ed.D. in higher education administration. After graduating, she worked as a consultant for various groups, including the Congressional Black Caucus, the United States Department of Education, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
In 1983, Patterson was elected to the Charles County Board of Education, becoming the first African American to serve on the board. In her final year on the board, she served as its chair.
Patterson entered into politics in 2000 when she became a member of the Charles County Democratic Central Committee. In 2005, the Charles County Democratic Central Committee appointed Patterson to serve as county commissioner, filling a vacancy after commissioner F. Wayne Cooper moved up to the board president after Murray D. Levy resigned to fill a vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates left by the resignation of state delegate Van Mitchell. She was the first African American to serve on the council and became the first African American elected commissioner alongside commissioners' Vice President Reuben B. Collins II in 2006. In 2010, Patterson lost her re-election bid to Charles County commissioners' President Candice Quinn Kelly by a margin of 114 votes.
In August 2010, Patterson was elected to serve on the Maryland Association of Counties Board of Directors.
In April 2012, Governor Martin O'Malley appointed Patterson to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. In accepting her appointment, Patterson retired after 37 years from the College of Southern Maryland, where she worked as the longtime director of the college's Educational Talent Search program.
In February 2014, Patterson again filed to run for Maryland House of Delegates. She came third place in the Democratic primary with 20.8 percent of the vote, squeaking out a narrow victory of about 700 votes. She received 23.78 percent of the vote in the general election.
In 2004 and 2016, Patterson served as a delegate for the Democratic National Committee.