Researching Tricia Cotham
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 95 people with the Cotham surname? In that year Cotham was ranked number 3484 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Tricia means "Form of PATRICIA. of nobility" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Tricia Cotham on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tricia Cotham and the Cotham Genealogy
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Cotham Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Tricia Cotham
Tricia Cotham
Patricia (Tricia) Ann Cotham (born 1978) is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 100th district (Mecklenburg County) and congressional candidate. In March 2007, she was appointed by Governor Mike Easley, upon the recommendation of local Democratic Party leaders, to replace state Representative James B. Black, who had resigned.
At 28 years old, Cotham became the youngest member of the 2007-2008 session of the state legislature and the youngest woman to ever serve in the NC House of Representatives. Cotham served as Co-Chair of the House's K-12 Education subcommittee from 2008-2010.
In 2008, she was named UNC Chapel Hill's School of Education's Young Alumna of the Year and the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) graded Cotham an "A+" Legislator.
Prior to serving in the legislature, Cotham began her first year of classroom teaching in 2001, where she taught social studies and was named Most Outstanding First Year Middle School Teacher of the East Region of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District. She started her first year as an Assistant Principal at East Mecklenburg High School in the fall of 2006 and was appointed to the legislature in March 2007.
Cotham chose not to run for re-election in 2016. She later said she would consider running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the newly redrawn 12th congressional district. Cotham filed to run for the seat on March 21, 2016, but lost the primary to incumbent Congresswoman Alma Adams.
Source: Tricia Cotham, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cotham
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