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Tom Adams (b. 1917) —
of Florida.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 11,
1917.
Son of Thomas Burton Adams and Carolyn (Hamilton) Adams.
Real estate and insurance
business; member of Florida
state senate, 1956-60; secretary of
state of Florida, 1961-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1971-75.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Newcomen
Society; Phi
Delta Theta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carlotta Townsend Alderman (1882-1967) —
also known as Carlotta Latise Townsend; Mrs. J. D.
Alderman —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., March 1,
1882.
Daughter of William Columbus Townsend and Susan Elizabeth (Dekle)
Townsend.
Democrat. Realtor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died June 3,
1967 (age 85 years, 94
days).
Interment at Dekle
Cemetery, Lake Butler, Fla.
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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer, in
Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March 24,
2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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Katharine Eleanor Ausherman (1872-1961) —
also known as Katharine E. Ausherman; Katharine Eleanor
Sheeler —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born June 24,
1872.
Daughter of Conrad Sheeler and Mary (Walker) Sheeler.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1928.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died February
27, 1961 (age 88 years, 248
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Alfred S. Austin (born c.1929) —
also known as Al Austin —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born about 1929.
Son of R. S. Austin.
Republican. Real estate developer; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1972,
2004;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) —
also known as Steven B. Ayres —
of New York.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
27, 1861.
Son of Stephen Ayres and Artemisia (Dunlap) Ayres.
Real estate business; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, in Park West Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1929 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Clearwater
Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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Braxton Beacham (1864-1924) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
12, 1864.
Real estate developer; movie
theater owner; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 1906-07.
Died September
24, 1924 (age 60 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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John Ellis Bush (b. 1953) —
also known as Jeb Bush —
of Florida.
Born in Midland, Midland
County, Tex., February
11, 1953.
Son of George
Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara (Pierce) Bush.
Republican. Real estate business; Governor of
Florida, 1999-2007; defeated, 1994.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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William S. Day —
also known as Bill Day —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Connecticut.
Real estate business; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1952-53, 1954.
Still living as of 1954.
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Son of Ossian A. Drane and Josephine F. (Dickey) Drane.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance
and real estate business; orange
grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power
Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Mark Adam Foley (b. 1954) —
also known as Mark A. Foley —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
8, 1954.
Republican. Real estate agent; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1990-92; defeated, 1986; member
of Florida
state senate, 1993-94; U.S.
Representative from Florida 16th District, 1995-2006; resigned
2006.
Catholic.
Gay.
Forced to
resign in September, 2006, over sexually
explicit messages he had sent to teenage Congressional pages; no
criminal charges were filed.
Still living as of 2010.
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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Son of William
E. Gilchrist and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; real estate dealer; orange
grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Springs Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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Leon E. Giuffreda (1913-1999) —
of Centereach, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 1,
1913.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1966-76.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks.
Died November
8, 1999 (age 86 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose M. Gazzano. |
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Charlene Glancy (born c.1960) —
of Casselberry, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born about 1960.
Realtor; mayor
of Casselberry, Fla., 2008-.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bob Goff (born c.1948) —
of Casselberry, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born about 1948.
School
teacher; real estate agent; mayor
of Casselberry, Fla., 2004-08; defeated, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Katherine Harris (b. 1957) —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., April 5,
1957.
Republican. Real estate broker; member of Florida
state senate, 1994-98; secretary of
state of Florida, 1999-2002; U.S.
Representative from Florida 13th District, 2003-07; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2006.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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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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Jonas Cleveland Mitchell —
also known as Joe Mitchell —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Real estate business; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1938-50.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Brailey Odham (1919-1996) —
also known as Brailey Odham —
of Sanford, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
6, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; automobile
dealer; oil
distributor; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1947-50; candidate in primary for
Governor
of Florida, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; builder;
real estate broker.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 76 years, 290
days).
Interment at Palm
Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
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Albert W. Robert (b. 1864) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1864.
Real estate and insurance
business; U.S. Consul in Algiers, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Myron Rosner (born c.1960) —
of North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,
about 1960.
General
contractor; realtor; mayor
of North Miami Beach, Fla., 2009-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah Zabel (Circuit Judge). |
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Melvin Floyd Sembler (b. 1930) —
also known as Melvin F. Sembler; Mel
Sembler —
of Florida.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., 1930.
Republican. Chairman of the board of The Sembler Company, shopping
center developers; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1989-93; Nauru, 1989-93; Italy, 2001; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1994-2000.
Still living as of 2001.
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John Leroy Shores —
also known as Leroy Shores —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Laundry
owner; real estate business; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1956-58.
Still living as of 1958.
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James A. Stafford (d. 2002) —
of Lake Worth, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Williston, Levy
County, Fla.
Son of William M. Stafford (newspaper publisher).
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; real estate
broker; appraiser;
mayor
of Lake Worth, Fla., 1954-55.
Died in Williston, Levy
County, Fla., August 2,
2002.
Interment at Willis
Family Cemetery, Williston, Fla.
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Edwin John Turanchik (born c.1956) —
also known as Ed Turanchik;
"Choo-Choo" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born about 1956.
Son of John Turanchik.
Anderson Coalition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
1980;
lawyer;
real estate developer; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1990-2000; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives:
Married 1992
to Jenny Pierson. |
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