Daisy L. Elliott | |
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| Member of theMichigan House of Representatives from the 8th district | |
| In office January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Vaughn |
| Succeeded by | Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick |
| Member of theMichigan House of Representatives from the8th district Wayne County 4th district: 1963–1964 22nd district: 1965–1972 | |
| In office January 1, 1963 – December 31, 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Yates |
| Succeeded by | Ed Vaughn |
| Member of the1961–1962 Michigan Constitutional Convention from the Wayne County 4th district | |
| In office October 1, 1961 – August 1, 1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daisy Elizabeth Lenoir (1917-11-26)November 26, 1917 Filbert, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 2015(2015-12-22) (aged 98) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Profession | Realtor, politician |
| Awards | Michigan Women's Hall of Fame 2016 |
Daisy L. Elliott (November 26, 1917 – December 22, 2015) was an American politician and realtor from thestate of Michigan.[1]
Elliott was bornDaisy Elizabeth Lenoir inFilbert, West Virginia, and resided inDetroit, Michigan. She was a delegate to the 1961–1962 Michigan Constitutional Convention from Wayne County's 4th district, which resulted inMichigan's Constitution of 1963.[citation needed]
ADemocrat, she represented Wayne County's 4th district in theMichigan House of Representatives from 1963 to 1964,Michigan's 22nd district, which replaced Wayne County's 4th district, from 1965 to 1972, and Michigan's 8th district from 1973 to 1978. She was an unsuccessful candidate in the primary for theMichigan Senate 5th district in 1978.[1] then regained her old seat in the Michigan House in 1980. In politics, Elliott was nothing if not persistent: she was defeated five times in the primaries for State Representative (the 1st district in 1950, the 11th district in 1954, and the 4th district in 1956, 1958 and 1960) before finally winning in 1962.
While serving in the Michigan State House of Representatives, she co-authored theElliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, which passed in 1976, withMelvin L. Larsen.[2]
In April 1982, Elliott was arrested for possessing a stolen 1977Cadillac.[3] She was defeated byCarolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in the Democratic primary that year, and, after numerous appeals, had her conviction upheld in 1984.[4] She served sixty days in jail before being released in June 1985.[5]
She was a member of Democratic Party,National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),League of Women Voters, andJunior League.[1]
She died on December 22, 2015, aged 98, at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit.[6][7] She is interred atWoodlawn Cemetery near the Rosa L. Parks Freedom Chapel.
In 2016, she was inducted into theMichigan Women's Hall of Fame.[8] On June 30, 2020, the Lewis Cass Building in Lansing was renamed theElliott-Larsen Building in honor of Larsen and Elliot.[9]
| Preceded by | State Representative for Wayne County's 4th district 1963–1964 | Succeeded by Replaced with Michigan's 22nd district |
| Preceded by Created from Wayne County's 4th district | State Representative for Michigan's 22nd district 1965–1972 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | State Representative for Michigan's 8th district 1973–1978 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | State Representative for Michigan's 8th district 1981–1982 | Succeeded by |