Melissa R. Kelly was appointed in 2001 to represent District 9B, which covers a portion of Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...

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Background

Delegate Kelly was appointed by Governor Parris Glendening

Parris Glendening

Parris Nelson Glendening , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995 to January 15, 2003...

 in 2001 to replace her husband, James M. Kelly

James M. Kelly

James McNeal "Vegas" Kelly is a NASA Astronaut and a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force.-Education:Born in Burlington, Iowa, James Kelly graduated from Burlington Community High School in 1982. He received a B.S. degree in astronautical engineering from the United States Air Force...

, who resigned from the seat when he was appointed by President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 to a special assistant position in the White House

White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

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Education

Kelly graduated from Towson State University in 1987 with a B.S. with honors in biology.
Graduate from the Culinary Institute of America in hyde park New York. top of her class.

Career

Melissa Kelly's tenure in the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

 lasted only several months. In January 2002, she resigned and Emil B. Pielke

Emil B. Pielke

Emil B. Pielke was appointed in 2002 to represent District 9B, which covers a portion of Baltimore County, Maryland.-Background:...

 was appointed to replace her.

Since 1999, Kelly has been a biology teacher at Towson Catholic High School in Towson, Maryland

Towson, Maryland

Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 at the 2010 census...

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External links

• http://archive1.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa13704.html