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DECATUR W. (BUCKY) TROTTER
Democrat, District 24, Prince George's County
Born in Washington, DC, January 8, 1932. Attended Washington, DC, public schools; Virginia State University, B.S., 1956. Married; two daughters.
General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1975-79. Member, Ways and Means Committee,
1975-79.
Member of Senate, 1983-99. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee,
1983-92; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1984-99. Chair, Legislative
Black Caucus, 1986-88. Member, Special Joint Committee on the Medical
Assistance Program, 1988-92; Joint Expenditure Study Group on Education
and Human Resources, 1991; Finance Committee, 1993-99 (Welfare Reform Subcommittee).
Chair, Rules Committee, 1995-99. Member, Legislative Policy Committee,
1995-99; Joint Audit Committee (formerly Joint Committee on Budget and
Audit), 1995-99; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 1995-99; Joint
Committee on Welfare Reform, 1996-99; Task Force to Study County Property-Tax
Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues, 1997. Senate Chair, Joint Committee
on Fair Practices, 1997-99.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Army, 1950-52. Adult rehabilitation director
for Bureau of Rehabilitation. Member, Town Council, Town of Glenarden,
1961-68. Mayor of Glenarden, 1970-74. Judge, Orphans' Court,
Prince George's County, 1982-83. Member, Task Force on Infrastructure
Financing, 1985-86; Governor's Commission on Black and Minority Health,
1986-88. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988, 1996.
Member, Project Advisory Council, Children and Family Services Reform Initiative,
1989-96; Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission, 1990-95; State Advisory
Board for Juvenile Services, 1990-95; Governor's Task Force on the Fair
Imposition of Capital Punishment in Maryland, 1996; Task Force to Examine
the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996. Former member, Maryland
Municipal League. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority,
1999-; Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 1999-.
Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives.
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