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Marjorie Holt (née Sewell; September 17, 1920 – January 6, 2018), a Republican, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented
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from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1987. She was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from
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. Holt died on January 6, 2018, in Severna Park, Maryland, aged 97.


Early life and education

She was born in
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, and attended Jacksonville Junior College (now Jacksonville University). In 1940–1941 she attended the
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College of Law and was admitted to the Florida bar in 1949 and the Maryland bar in 1962, and commenced practice in
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Political career

In 1972, Holt was elected as a Republican to Congress and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1987. She represented a district that stretched from Brooklyn Park to Eagle Harbor and included Glen Burnie,
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and Crofton. The district also included
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. She did not seek reelection in 1986 and resumed the practice of law in
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. She was nominated by President
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to be a member of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament. She was a resident of Severna Park, Maryland.


See also

* Women in the United States House of Representatives


References


External links

*
Marjorie Sewell Holt papers
at the
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