Daniel Garrison

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Dr. Daniel H. Garrison
Republican Party
Congressman
Began Present Office: 2008
Electoral District	1st Congressional district
State	Idaho
Region and Superregion	Big Sky Country, Northwest
Previous Offices	Mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Born	Sep. 28, 1963 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Spouse	Aimée Michèle Rousseau (married 1987)
Religion	Roman-Catholic
Residence	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Occupation	Hotel management
Education	University of Paris; Oxford University; University of Notre Dame

Dr. Daniel H. Garrison (born Sep. 28, 1963) is the United States Representative for the State of Idaho's 1st Congressional district. Previously he served as Mayor of his hometown of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho as well as Owner and Vice-President of the 'Morey Ski Resort Group' which he founded in 1990 together with his wife Aimée Michèle.

Biographical Data

Dan Garrison and his wife Aimée, 2008

Daniel Garrison was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in 1963 as only son to Sean Garrison and Marie Vasser. His father worked for the U.S: Department of State mostly in France. Marie Garrison, his mother was born in France and met James, a soldier in the U.S. Army back then, here in 1945. Daniel Garrison has one sister, Véronique Garrison.

Daniel attended kindergarten and elementary school in Paris before returning to Idaho where he graduated from Coeur D'Alene Senior High School in 1981.

After highschool Daniel returned to France and enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he graduated in 1985 with a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations. During his studies at the Sorbonne he met Aimée Michèle Rousseau, a student of the Arts.

Following Daniel’s graduation from the Sorbonne the coupled moved to Oxford, England where Daniel graduated with an M.A. in History in 1987. The same year the couple got married in Grenoble, France and moved to the United States soon afterwards.

Back in the U.S. Daniel enrolled at the University of Notre Dame where he completed his Ph.D. in Political Science in 1990. The same year Daniel and Aimée’s first daughter Laetitia was born. Their second daughter Madeleine was born in 1993, their only son Matthieu followed in 1996.

The Garrison family returned to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in 1990 where Daniel and Aimée realized a long dream of theirs when they build and opened the ‘Lakeside Mountain Resort’ which soon became the number one address in Northern Idaho. Since the opening of the ‘Lakeside Mountain Resort’ Daniel and his wife have opened seven more hotels, five in the Rocky Mountains, one in the French Alps and one in the Swiss Alps.

In 2002 Daniel was elected Mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and in 2008 he successfully campaigned for Idaho’s First Congressional District. He serves in the United States House of Representatives since then.

Education Overview

• B.A. Political Science and International Relations, University of Paris (La Sorbonne), 1985

• M.A., History, Oxford University, 1987

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 1990

Election Results

House of Representatives