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Robert H. Kittleman (January 31, 1926 – September 11, 2004) was a State Senator in Maryland's District 9, which covers parts of Carroll County and Howard County for the two years prior to his death. Prior to that he was a Maryland State Delegate for nearly 19 years in District 14B, which covered parts of Howard and Montgomery County. In the House he served as Minority Leader for a number of years. He was the father of Maryland former State Senator and former Howard County Executive Allan H. Kittleman.
Robert H. Kittleman | |
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Member of the Maryland Senate from the 9th district | |
In office January 8, 2003 – September 11, 2004 | |
Preceded by | Andy Harris |
Succeeded by | Allan H. Kittleman |
Member of the Maryland Senate from the 14th district | |
In office January 11, 2002 – January 8, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Christopher J. McCabe |
Succeeded by | Rona E. Kramer |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 14B district | |
In office January 12, 1983 – January 10, 2002 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Burgess Anne E. Baker |
Succeeded by | Gail H. Bates |
Personal details | |
Born | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | January 31, 1926
Died | September 11, 2004 78) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Sue Kittleman, Patrica Pyles Kittleman, Trent Kittleman[1] |
Children | 5, including Allan H. Kittleman |
Kittleman received his B.S. in engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1947.
Kittleman served in the United States Navy from 1943-46 stationed at Guam. He then worked for Westinghouse Electric Company for 26 years until 1984. He also was a farmer during this time.[2]
Bob was an active participant in the civil rights movement, pursuing desegregation of Howard County Schools which lasted more than a decade past the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling.[3] As chair of the NAACP Education Committee, he argued their case to the Board of Education (see BOE minutes, page 154) [4] and later became the only white president of the Howard County branch of the NAACP.[5]
He was a chair of the Howard County Republican Central Committee, and was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). In 1978 Kittleman ran for the Howard County Council, In 1982, he made his first run for Maryland House of Delegates.[6]
Kittleman received many awards including First Life Achievement Award in 1986 and the John W. Holland Humanitarian Award in 2004.
Year | Office | Election | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | |||
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1978 | Howard County Council, District 5 | General | Robert H. Kittleman | Republican | |||||||||||||
2002 | Maryland State Senate | General | Robert Kittleman | Republican | 40,133 | 98.2% | Write Ins | 746 |
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Robert H. Kittleman, Rep. | 40,133 | 98.2% | Won |
Other Write-Ins | 746 | 1.8% | Lost |
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