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James Calhoun Adkins, Jr. (1915-1994) —
also known as James C. Adkins, Jr. —
of Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., January
18, 1915.
Son of James Calhoun Adkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Adkins.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1964-69; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Lions; Woodmen;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1994 (age 79 years, 157
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Robertson Allen (1912-1978) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., January
6, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1949-51, 1955-59; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958 (Democratic primary); delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1975-78; died in
office 1978.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 18,
1978 (age 66 years, 163
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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Leslie Cornelius Arends (1895-1985) —
also known as Leslie C. Arends —
of Melvin, Ford
County, Ill.
Born in Melvin, Ford
County, Ill., September
27, 1895.
Son of George Teis Arends and Talea (Weiss) Arends.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-74 (17th District 1935-73,
15th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 17,
1985 (age 89 years, 293
days).
Interment at Melvin
Cemetery, Melvin, Ill.
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Stan Bainter (b. 1931) —
of Florida.
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., January
23, 1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 25th District, 1987-.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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William Julius Barker (1886-1968) —
also known as William J. Barker —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., June 25,
1886.
Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59;
took senior status 1959.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 13,
1968 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tampa, Fla.
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Ross Bass (1918-1993) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., March 17,
1918.
Son of Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist; soft drink
bottler; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,
1976; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died January
1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Allan George Bense (b. 1951) —
also known as Allan G. Bense —
of Panama City, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Panama City, Bay
County, Fla., October
6, 1951.
Republican. Golf course
contractor; member of Florida
state house of representatives 6th District, 1999-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 2004; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2004.
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Clarence Nathaniel Bergstrom (1895-1969) —
also known as Clarence N. Bergstrom —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Florida.
Born in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-43; Judge, Illinois
Court of Claims, 1947.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in September, 1969
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Milton Blackburn (1912-1982) —
also known as Charles Blackburn —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., May 31,
1912.
Son of Smith Alford Blackburn and Laura (Browning) Blackburn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Woodford County Democratic Party, 1952-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Chi; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in August, 1982
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Interment at Coral Ridge Cemetery, Cape Coral, Fla.
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John Bozeman (1793-1848) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., April 27,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; county judge in
Georgia, 1829-35; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1830.
Methodist.
Died in White Springs, Hamilton
County, Fla., November
10, 1848 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Interment at Swift
Creek Church Cemetery, Hamilton County, Fla.
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Charles Brand (1871-1966) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, November
1, 1871.
Son of John F. Brand and Fannie E. (Patrick) Brand.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
banker;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1921-22; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1923-33.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Melbourne Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., May 23,
1966 (age 94 years, 203
days).
Interment at Melbourne
Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
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Irlo Bronson, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Bud Bronson —
of Florida.
Born in Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla., June 4,
1936.
Son of Irlo
Overstreet Bronson.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 79th District, 1983-.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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Armstead Brown (b. 1875) —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., June 6,
1875.
Son of Henry Clay Brown and Susan Agnes (Dowdell) Brown.
Lawyer;
Chambers
County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15;
general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway,
and Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil Farris Bryant (1914-2002) —
also known as C. Farris Bryant —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., July 26,
1914.
Son of Charles Cecil Bryant and Lela (Farris) Bryant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1942, 1946-55; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1953-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1960
(alternate); Governor of
Florida, 1961-65.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Jaycees;
Alpha
Kappa Psi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 1,
2002 (age 87 years, 218
days).
Interment at Highland
Memorial Park, Ocala, Fla.
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William Haydon Burns (1912-1987) —
also known as Haydon Burns —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 17,
1912.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public
relations business; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1949-65; Governor of
Florida, 1965-67.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died November
22, 1987 (age 75 years, 250
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr. (1903-1973) —
also known as Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
15, 1903.
Son of Joseph
Wellington Byrns.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1939-41.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Exchange
Club; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 8,
1973 (age 69 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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David Carpenter (1815-1891) —
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., April 19,
1815.
Son of Clement Carpenter and Sarah (Gilmore) Carpenter.
Republican. Real estate
business; banker;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-71.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Dora, Lake
County, Fla., December
22, 1891 (age 76 years, 247
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Blissfield, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Clement Carpenter and Sarah (Gilmore) Carpenter; married 1834 to Tibza
Pease (1812-1839); married 1840 to Mary L.
Ellis (died 1848); married 1848 to
Hepsibeth Worth (died 1910). |
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Cynthia Moore Chestnut (b. 1949) —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., July 25,
1949.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2008.
Female.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Junior
League; Alpha
Kappa Alpha; NAACP; Altrusa;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2008.
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Randall Norton Christmas (1920-1969) —
also known as Randall N. Christmas; Randy
Christmas —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Ocilla, Irwin
County, Ga., October
14, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1955-57; defeated, 1957.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of heart
disease, at North Shore Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
1969 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Southern
Memorial, North Miami Beach, Fla.
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Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) —
also known as Harold R. Collier —
of Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
12, 1915.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th
District 1973-75).
Methodist. Member, Moose; Elks.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mamie White Colvin (1883-1955) —
also known as Mamie W. Colvin; Mamie White —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Westview, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 12,
1883.
Daughter of Rev. Levi White and Mary Belle (Hudelson) White.
Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1918; Prohibition candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1920;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1922; Dry candidate
for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
30, 1955 (age 72 years, 140
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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George Crady (b. 1931) —
of Yulee, Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., June 14,
1931.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 12th District, 1977-.
Methodist. Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Lions; Moose.
Still living as of 1999.
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William Cato Cramer (1922-2003) —
also known as William C. Cramer; Bill Cramer;
"Mr. Republican" —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August 4,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Florida state legislature, 1950-52; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-71 (1st District 1955-63, 12th
District 1963-67, 8th District 1967-71); defeated, 1952; first
Republican congressman from Florida since Reconstruction; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1964-68; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1970; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1972.
Methodist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Order of
Ahepa.
Died, from complications of a heart
attack, in South Pasadena, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
18, 2003 (age 81 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Faye Culp (b. 1939) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born December
6, 1939.
Republican. School
teacher; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1987; member of Florida
state house of representatives 57th District, 1995-98, 2003-10;
defeated, 1992.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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David William Davis (1873-1959) —
also known as D. W. Davis —
of American Falls, Power
County, Idaho; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Wales,
April
23, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1912-14; Governor of
Idaho, 1919-23; Commissioner of Reclamation and Director of
Finance, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1924-32.
Methodist. Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August 5,
1959 (age 86 years, 104
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Son of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Son of Charles Edward Early (born 1862) and Ida (Clark) Early.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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James Burrows Edwards (b. 1927) —
also known as Jim Edwards —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Hawthorne, Alachua
County, Fla., June 24,
1927.
Republican. Dentist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1971; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1973-74; Governor of
South Carolina, 1975-79; U.S.
Secretary of Energy, 1981-82.
Episcopalian
or Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Dental Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Earl Ehrhart (b. 1959) —
of Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in a hospital
at Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., August 8,
1959.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives 36th District, 1988-2000.
Methodist. Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2000.
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Howard E. Futch (b. 1928) —
of Florida.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 30th District, 1993-.
Methodist. Member, Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dorothy W. Glisson (c.1914-2001) —
of Florida.
Born about 1914.
Secretary
of state of Florida, 1974-75.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Altrusa.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April 10,
2001 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Harry C. Goode, Jr. (b. 1938) —
of Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla., March 6,
1938.
Republican. Mayor
of Melbourne, Fla., 1979-86, 2009; member of Florida
state house of representatives 31st District, 1987-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Andrew Gray (1882-1975) —
also known as R. A. Gray —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Concord, Pike
County, Ga., August 2,
1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
state of Florida, 1930-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1940.
Methodist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
American
Legion; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1975
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) —
also known as Ralph W. Gwinn —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., March 29,
1884.
Son of John Harvey Gwinn and Edith (Harvey) Gwinn.
Republican. Lawyer; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,
1940, 1942.
Methodist or Christian
Reformed. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
27, 1962 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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James Andrew Haley (1899-1981) —
also known as James A. Haley; Jim Haley —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
4, 1899.
Son of Andrew Jackson Haley and Mary Lee (Stevenson) Haley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
chair
of Sarasota County Democratic Party, 1925-53; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate), 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1953-77 (7th District 1953-73, 8th
District 1973-77).
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks.
Former president and director, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., August 6,
1981 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) —
also known as Lee H. Hamilton —
of Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., April 20,
1931.
Son of Frank A. Hamilton and Myra (Jones) Hamilton.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996.
Methodist. Member, Rotary; Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Tau Omega; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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Alcee Lamar Hastings (b. 1936) —
also known as Alcee L. Hastings —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla., September
5, 1936.
Democrat. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-89;
candidate for secretary of
state of Florida, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Florida 23rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Impeached
and removed from
office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery
charges.
Still living as of 2009.
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Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Son of Albert Sydney Herlong and Cora (Knight) Herlong.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi Kappa
Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) —
also known as Spessard L. Holland —
of Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., July 10,
1892.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Holland and Fannie V. (Spessard) Holland.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Florida,
1921-29; member of Florida
state senate, 1932-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Florida, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1946-71.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., November
6, 1971 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood (1810-1888) and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood
(1818-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Citizens Title and
Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Holly Eugene Hubbell (1893-1969) —
also known as Holly E. Hubbell —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Hemlock, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 31,
1893.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 2nd District,
1951-60; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Saginaw County
2nd District, 1961.
Methodist. Member, Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
27, 1969 (age 76 years, 271
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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Harold W. Hungerford (1902-1982) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Elsie, Clinton
County, Mich., June 30,
1902.
Son of George C. Hungerford (born 1873) and Esther Hungerford
(1876-1910).
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1947-64; defeated, 1944 (Ingham County 1st District), 1964 (58th
District); member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1967-70.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
5, 1982 (age 79 years, 220
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John B. Johnson (b. 1868) —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla., October
15, 1868.
Son of Archibald Johnson and Martha Elizabeth (Bachlotte) Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Florida
state senate, 1907-23; Florida
state attorney general, 1925-27.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dennis L. Jones (b. 1941) —
of Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., April 5,
1941.
Republican. Chiropractor;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-.
Methodist. Member, Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 1999.
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Suzanne Kosmas (b. 1944) —
of New Smyrna Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1944.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 28th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Methodist. Greek
ancestry. Member, Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Bradford Lancaster (1790-1856) —
also known as Joseph B. Lancaster —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Kentucky, 1790.
Son of John Lancaster and Catherine (Miles) Lancaster.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1846-47; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1848-50; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1856; died in office 1856.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., November
25, 1856 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.
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Henry W. Lengyel (1920-1999) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 28,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
legislative counsel to State Senator Henry A.
Wise, 1955-58; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1958-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 1963-64.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
26, 1999 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., April 6,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1923-27; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1925-27; Governor of
Indiana, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
10, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thomas F. Lewis (b. 1924) —
also known as Tom Lewis —
of North Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
26, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; aircraft
industry executive, 1957-73; real
estate and investments, 1972-82; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-81; member of Florida
state senate, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1983-95 (12th District 1983-93, 16th
District 1993-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984.
Methodist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1998.
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Evelyn J. Lynn (b. 1930) —
of Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
2, 1930.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 27th District, 1995-.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1999.
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Raymer Francis Maguire (b. 1890) —
also known as Raymer F. Maguire —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ocoee, Orange
County, Fla., November
30, 1890.
Son of David Oscar Maguire and Margaret Martha (Francis) Maguire.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; 17th Circuit State's
Attorney, 1923-27; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerry Louis Maygarden (b. 1948) —
also known as Jerry L. Maygarden —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., December
22, 1948.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1991-94; member of Florida
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1995-2002.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Kappa Phi; Rotary; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2002.
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Marion T. McCarthy (1909-1978) —
of Blackford, Webster
County, Ky.
Born in Blackford, Webster
County, Ky., June 25,
1909.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; elected 1933, 1935, 1937;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1936.
Methodist.
Died May 4,
1978 (age 68 years, 313
days).
Interment at Fred
Hunter Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Fla.
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Roscoe Conkling McCulloch (1880-1958) —
also known as Roscoe C. McCulloch —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, November
27, 1880.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1915-21; defeated, 1912;
candidate for nomination for Governor of
Ohio, 1920; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 17,
1958 (age 77 years, 110
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Jerry G. Melvin (b. 1929) —
of Florida.
Born in Bonifay, Holmes
County, Fla., July 22,
1929.
Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1968-78, 1995-; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1978.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Jefferson B. Miller (b. 1959) —
also known as Jeff Miller —
of Chumuckla, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., June 27,
1959.
Republican. Real estate
broker; sheriff's
deputy; member of Florida
state house of representatives 1st District, 1998-2001; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 2001-.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2009.
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O. R. Minton, Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Rick Minton —
of Florida.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
1, 1950.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 78th District, 1993-.
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1999.
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Owen H. Page, Jr. (b. 1915) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
11, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1949-52;
member of Georgia
state senate 1st District, 1955-56.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1956.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Charles Breckinridge Parkhill (b. 1859) —
also known as Charles B. Parkhill —
of Florida.
Born in Leon
County, Fla., June 23,
1859.
Son of George W. Parkhill and Elizabeth (Bellamy) Parkhill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1888-90; circuit judge in Florida, 1904-05; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1905-11; appointed 1905.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Parkhill and Elizabeth (Bellamy) Parkhill; married 1884 to
Genevieve Perry (died 1885); married, November
30, 1891, to Helen Wall. |
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Durell Peaden, Jr. (b. 1945) —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in DeFuniak Springs, Walton
County, Fla., August
24, 1945.
Physician;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 5th District, 1995-; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1999.
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James Hardin Peterson (1894-1978) —
also known as J. Hardin Peterson —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Batesburg, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 1894.
Son of Newton Fay Peterson and Willa E. (Geiger) Peterson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; citrus
grower; Polk
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1933-51; chairman,
First State Bank of
Lakeland.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., March 28,
1978 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Bill Posey (b. 1947) —
of Rockledge, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
18, 1947.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 32nd District, 1993-; member of Florida
state senate, 2001-.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2009.
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April 15,
1889.
Son of James William Randolph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Randolph.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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Audley Rawson (1893-1981) —
also known as William Audley Rawson —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born near Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., April 5,
1893.
Son of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson.
Republican. Farmer;
Elkland Township Supervisor, 1931-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1935-42;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1943-46; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Tuscola County Republican Party, 1950; lobbyist
for the Michigan Association of Insurance
Companies.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
27, 1981 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson; married, December
22, 1914, to Mary Lena Day (died 1969); married 1971 to Mildred
Hutchinson. |
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John C. Rayson (b. 1949) —
of Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., March 29,
1949.
Son of Leland
H. Rayson and Barbara C. Rayson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 90th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) —
of Tinley Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., August
23, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-77.
Methodist. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of metastatic
melanoma, in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., January
8, 2001 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick (1846-1931) and Alice Esther (Wood)
Riddick (1848-1873).
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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DeeDee Ritchie (b. 1953) —
of Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Leesville, Vernon
Parish, La., September
22, 1953.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1999-.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dwight Laing Rogers (1886-1954) —
also known as Dwight L. Rogers —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born near Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., August
17, 1886.
Son of William Millard Rogers and Augusta (Laing) Rogers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1930-38; U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1945-54; died in office
1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1952.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sphinx; Kiwanis.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
1, 1954 (age 68 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Paul Grant Rogers (b. 1921) —
also known as Paul G. Rogers —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Ocilla, Irwin
County, Ga., June 4,
1921.
Son of Dwight
Laing Rogers.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-79 (6th District 1955-67, 9th
District 1967-73, 11th District 1973-79).
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1998.
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Charles W. Sembler II (b. 1965) —
also known as Charlie Sembler —
of Florida.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March 26,
1965.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 80th District, 1991-.
Methodist. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist; later United
Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Kelley R. Smith (b. 1946) —
of Florida.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., October
25, 1946.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 21st District, 1991-.
Methodist. Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Jaycees;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1999.
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J. R. Spratt (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Spratt —
of Florida.
Born in Hamlet, Richmond
County, N.C., March 10,
1947.
Son of J.
R. Spratt (1917?-).
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 77th District, 1997-.
Methodist. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Gale Hamilton Stalker (1889-1985) —
also known as Gale H. Stalker —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Palm Bay, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Long Eddy, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
7, 1889.
Republican. Lumber
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1923-35.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
4, 1985 (age 95 years, 362
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Ormond Beach, Fla.
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John Stansel Taylor (1871-1936) —
also known as John S. Taylor —
of Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Hillsborough County (part now in Pinellas
County), Fla., March 21,
1871.
Democrat. Citrus
grower; banker;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1905-10; mayor of
Largo, Fla., 1911; member of Florida
state senate; elected 1912; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1928; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1932.
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla., August
15, 1936 (age 65 years, 147
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leslie Waters (b. 1947) —
of Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., 1947.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 51st District, 1999-.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Pi Beta
Phi; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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James Mark Wilcox (1890-1956) —
also known as J. Mark Wilcox —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Willacoochee, Atkinson
County, Ga., 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1944.
Methodist.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Park Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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Charles William Young (b. 1930) —
also known as C. W. 'Bill' Young —
of Seminole, Pinellas
County, Fla.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.; Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla.; Indian Shores, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Harmarville, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
16, 1930.
Republican. Member of Florida
state senate, 1961-71; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1971-2008 (8th District 1971-73, 6th
District 1973-83, 8th District 1983-93, 10th District 1993-2008).
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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