Joseph Bartenfelder | |
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Secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture | |
In office February 13, 2015 –January 18, 2023 | |
Governor | Larry Hogan |
Deputy | Steve Connelly |
Preceded by | Earl F. Hance |
Succeeded by | Kevin Atticks |
Member of the Baltimore County Council from District 6 | |
In office December 6,1994 –December 6,2010 | |
Succeeded by | Cathy Bevins |
Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 8th district | |
In office 1983–1994 | |
Preceded by | Louis L. DePazzo,Daniel J. Minnick,Jr.,Robert R. Staab |
Succeeded by | Katherine Klausmeier |
Personal details | |
Born | Baltimore,Maryland,U.S. | January 3,1957
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 4 |
Education | Towson University (BS) |
Occupation | Farmer |
Joseph Bartenfelder (born January 3,1957) is an American politician and farmer from Maryland. He was appointed Secretary of Agriculture for Maryland by then-Governor-elect Larry Hogan in 2014. [1]
Bartenfelder graduated from St. Joseph School and Calvert Hall College High School. [2] He earned a degree in business administration from Towson University. [2] [3]
In 1978,Bartenfelder ran for the Maryland House of Delegates for the first time. [3] In 1982,he won his first state delegate seat and represented District 8 in the house until 1994. [2] [3] [4]
In 1994,Bartenfelder began working on the Baltimore County Council. [2] In 1996,he became chairman of the Baltimore County Council. [5] He also served as chair of the Spending and Affordability Committee for four years while on the County Council. [3]
In 2010,he ran in the primary to be Baltimore County Executive,which he lost to Kevin Kamenetz. [2] [3] [6]
Bartenfelder was appointed Maryland Secretary of Agriculture by then-Governor-elect Larry Hogan in 2014. [1]
Bartenfelder is married and has four children. [3] On Thanksgiving,November 24,2022,police charged him with hunting wetland or upland game birds “with the aid of bait or on or over any baited area,”which carries a minimum $500 fine and a maximum of $1500 for a first offense. Lauren Moses,public information officer for Natural Resources Police,could not say whether this was Bartenfelder’s first charge. [7]
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