Edward Garmatz

Edward Alexander Garmatz ( born February 7, 1903 in Baltimore, Maryland, † July 22, 1986 ) was an American politician. Between 1947 and 1973 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Garmatz attended the common schools and the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. Between 1920 and 1942 he worked in the electricity industry; 1941 to 1944 he worked for the State Racing Commission of Maryland. After that, he was until 1947 the police judge. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party. Following the resignation of Mr Thomas D' Alesandro Garmatz was at the due election for the third seat of Maryland as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 15 July 1947. After twelve elections he could remain until January 3, 1973 at the Congress. In this time were, among others, the beginning of the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and domestic politics, the civil rights movement.

From 1965 to 1973 was Edward Garmatz Chairman of the Committee for Fisheries and Merchant Marine. In 1972 he gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked for the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, a union. In 1978, he came under suspicion of bribery, but was not confirmed. He died July 22, 1986 in Baltimore.