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Charles O. Baldwin (b. 1952) —
also known as Chuck Baldwin —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., May 3,
1952.
Son of Edwin J. Baldwin.
Pastor; talk show
host; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; Constitution candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Rosemary Barkett (b. 1939) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas,
August
29, 1939.
Catholic nun; lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1979-84; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1985-94; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1992-94; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1994-.
Female.
Catholic.
Syrian
ancestry.
Inducted 1986 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.
Still living as of 2000.
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Karl N. Flagg —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Born in Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Son of John Henry Flagg, Sr. and Effie Lee Flagg.
Ordained minister; funeral
director; mayor of
Palatka, Fla., 2000-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Eligius Fromentin (c.1767-1822) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in France,
about 1767.
Catholic priest; school
teacher; lawyer;
clerk of the Orleans Territory House of Representatives, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-19; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1821; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1821.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
6, 1822 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clennon Washington King, Jr. (c.1921-2000) —
also known as Clennon King; "The Black Don
Quixote" —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1921.
Minister; Independent Afro-American candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1996.
African
ancestry.
Attempted
to enroll in the then-all-white University of Mississippi in
1958, and was sent to the state's insane
asylum; attempted to join and integrate Jimmy
Carter's all-white Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on the eve of
the 1976 presidential election. Jailed on
numerous occasions for his flamboyant tactics.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
12, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albany, Ga.
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Pam Olsen (born c.1955) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born about 1955.
Republican. Pastor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Son of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell.
Democrat. Baptist minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington (divorced 1945); married, August 1,
1945, to Hazel Scott (divorced 1960); married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer;
went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John R. Scott —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Republican. Clergyman; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1896
(speaker),
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Scott (born c.1954) —
also known as Tom Scott —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., about 1954.
Minister; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1996-2004; member, Tampa City Council,
2007-11; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Church
of God. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Everett R. Shafer (1911-2005) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Esty, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
3, 1911.
Democrat. Baptist minister; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52,
1955-58.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Moose;
Blue
Key; National
Education Association.
Died August 9,
2005 (age 93 years, 310
days).
Interment at Eden Cemetery, Crescent City, Fla.
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