Idamae Garrott (December 24, 1916 – June 13, 1999) was an American politician from

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and a member of the Democratic Party. She was a member of the

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(1987–1994); the

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(1979–1987); and the Montgomery County Council (1966–1974; president, 1971). Garrott lost the 1974 election for Montgomery County Executive to Republican James P. Gleason and the 1976 Democratic primary race for the

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to Lanny Davis. She got started in politics in 1952 when she helped found the Montgomery County

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, of which she was president from 1962 to 1966. Garrott was noted for advocating slow growth in development. She was described in the ''Montgomery Journal'' as "passionately opposed" to the Inter-County Connector (ICC) and "the godmother of the anti-ICC movement". 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. Garrott was also credited with saving the historic Linden Oak in the 1970s by getting the Washington Metro's Red Line rerouted around it.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garrott, Idamae 1916 births 1999 deaths 20th-century American women politicians Democratic Party Maryland state senators Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Politicians from Silver Spring, Maryland Politicians from Washington, D.C. Western Maryland College alumni Women in Maryland politics Members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland) 20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly