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Politician Professors in Florida
University and College Faculty, Professors, Deans


  Andrew Augustine Caffrey (1920-1993) — Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., October 2, 1920. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; law professor; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1960-86; took senior status 1986; senior judge, 1986-93. Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., October 6, 1993 (age 73 years, 4 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  Delos Fall (1848-1921) — of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 29, 1848. Son of Benjamin Franklin Fall (1810-1869) and Anna Maria (Bassett) Fall (1813-1898). Republican. College professor; Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1901-04; candidate for mayor of Albion, Mich., 1906; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 9th District, 1907-08. The Christian hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" (1912) was written in his house in Albion, by his tenant Rev. George Bennard. Died in Bradenton, Manatee County, Fla., February 19, 1921 (age 73 years, 21 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Second cousin thrice removed of Timothy Pitkin; son of Benjamin Franklin Fall (1810-1869) and Anna Maria (Bassett) Fall (1813-1898); married, July 24, 1877, to Ida Andrews (1856-1920). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cary D. Landis (b. 1873) — of DeLand, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Claypool, Kosciusko County, Ind., May 10, 1873. Son of David Landis and Elizabeth Landis. Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools; lawyer; law professor; Florida state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 4, 1895, to Margaret Weaver.
  Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) — also known as Ruth Bryan; Ruth Bryan Rohde; Mrs. Borge Rohde — of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., October 2, 1885. Daughter of William Jennings Bryan and Mary Elizabeth (Baird) Bryan (1861-1930). Democrat. Lecturer; U.S. Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1933-36. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; Delta Gamma. first woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted 1992 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame. Died in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 26, 1954 (age 68 years, 297 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Ordrup Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  Relatives: Granddaughter of Silas Lillard Bryan; daughter of William Jennings Bryan and Mary Elizabeth (Baird) Bryan (1861-1930); niece of Charles Wayland Bryan; married, May 3, 1910, to Reginald Owen (died 1927); married, July 11, 1936, to Borge Rohde; mother of Helen Rudd Brown. See Bryan-Jennings family of Illinois.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) — of Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Ames, Story County, Iowa. Born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., April 12, 1821. Republican. First principal, in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich. (later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president, in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later Iowa State University); college professor; author. Welch Hall, at Eastern Michigan University, is named for him. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 14, 1889 (age 67 years, 336 days). Interment at Iowa State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

 

 


 
   
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