Talmadge Branch
MSA SC 3520-12192
Biography:
Born in North Hampton County, North Carolina, January 30, 1956. Attended Northern High School, Baltimore; Essex Community College, A.A., 1978; Salisbury State College, B.A., liberal studies, 1980. Three children.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 45 (D), Baltimore City, 1995-.
Member, Appropriations Committee, 1995-; Oversight Committee on Personnel,
1995-99; Health & Human Resources Subcommittee, 1995-; Capital Budget
Subcommittee, 1998-. Vice-chair, Oversight Committee on Pensions,
1999-. Member, Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 1996-; Special
Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996-97; Joint Committee on
Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions,
2000-. Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 2000-.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Special assistant to U.S. Representative Parren J. Mitchell, 7th Congressional
District, 1984-87. Baltimore City Mayor's representative to Cecil
Kirk Community,
1992-93. Member, Partnership Policy Council on Block Grants,
1996-98; Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Child Care and
Education, 2000-.
Member, America's Fund; NAACP. Awards received from: Baltimore City
Council, 1981; president, Baltimore City Council, 1985; State Senate, 1985;
Maryland State Conference, NAACP. Mayor's Citation, Baltimore City.
Young Democrat of the Year, Young Democrats of Maryland, 1985.
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