Althea Garrison
Politician, Person
1940 –
Who is Althea Garrison?
Althea Garrison is an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts who was elected as a Republican to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1992 and served one term from 1993 to 1995. Both before and after Garrison's successful bid for office, she has run unsuccessfully in multiple elections for the state legislature and Boston City Council, as a Republican, Democrat, or independent, which has resulted in her being described in the media as a "perennial candidate". Garrison is also known as the first transgender or transsexual person to be elected to a state legislature in the United States.
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- Born
- Oct 7, 1940
Hahira - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Suffolk University
- Lesley University
- Newbury College
- Lived in
- Dorchester
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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