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Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (1917-2006) —
also known as Tom Adams —
of Florida.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March
11, 1917.
Democrat. 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; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1974.
Baptist. Member, Rotary;
Newcomen
Society; Phi
Delta Theta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Killed in an automobile
accident on I-10, in Suwannee
County, Fla., May 22,
2006 (age 89 years, 72
days).
Interment at Fountainhead Memorial Park, Palm Bay, 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.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida.
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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Lyle B. Austin (1893-1981) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 6,
1893.
Republican. Purchasing agent, Olds Motor
Works; real estate
broker; Lansing city assessor; chair of
Ingham County Republican Party, 1934-37, 1947-50; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1948;
Ingham
County Treasurer, 1939; postmaster at Lansing,
Mich., 1953-61 (acting, 1953-54).
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
12, 1981 (age 87 years, 190
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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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.
Pastor;
talk
show host; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; candidate for President
of the United States, 2008 (Constitution), 2012 (Reform).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Randy Ball (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, March
17, 1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 29th District, 1995-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) —
also known as Wilfred G. Bassett —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 26,
1911.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., February
5, 1986 (age 74 years, 255
days).
Interment at East
Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Franklin Bassett and Estella Maggie (Remey) Bassett; married
1933 to
Vera Agnes Scheffel. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Carter Randolph Bibb (b. 1875) —
also known as C. R. Bibb —
of Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
6, 1875.
Republican. Dentist;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1944.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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David Bitner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., December
11, 1948.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 71st District, 1993-.
Baptist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (1916-2007) —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Hoschton, Jackson
County, Ga., November
16, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Rudolph Bradley (b. 1946) —
also known as Rudy Bradley —
of Florida.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., May 16,
1946.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 55th District, 1995-.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Corrine Brown (b. 1946) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
11, 1946.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1983-93; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Rivers Henderson Buford, Sr. (1878-1959) —
also known as Rivers H. Buford —
of Wewahitchka, Gulf
County, Fla.; Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.; Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., January
18, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1901; Gadsden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-11; State's Attorney, Marianna
Judicial Circuit, 1912-21; Florida
state attorney general, 1921-25; resigned 1925; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-48; appointed 1925; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1931-33.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in 1959
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Old
Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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Larcenia J. Bullard (b. 1947) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Allendale, Allendale
County, S.C., July 21,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 118th District, 1993-.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush (1916-1991) —
also known as Dorothy V. Bush; Dorothy McElroy;
Dorothy Vredenburgh —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
8, 1916.
Democrat. Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1944-89; Convention Secretary
(1944,
1948,
1964,
1968,
1988),
speaker (1944,
1948,
1968,
1988),
member, Arrangements Committee (1964),
, Democratic National Convention.
Female.
Baptist. Member, Beta
Sigma Phi.
Died December
21, 1991 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Entombed at Naples
Memorial Gardens, Naples Park, Fla.
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James Bush III (b. 1955) —
of Florida.
Born in Panama City, Bay
County, Fla., February
13, 1955.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 109th District, 1993-.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (1862-1944) —
also known as Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. —
of Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss.
Born in Belleville, Hamilton
County, Fla., January
18, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1901-21; mayor
of Corinth, Miss., 1933-37.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Honor.
Died in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., December
18, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Henry
Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezekiel Samuel Candler and Julia (Bevill) Candler; married, April
26, 1883, to Nancy Priscilla Hazlewood; married, January
14, 1924, to Effie Merrill Neuhardt; married, June 21,
1933, to Ottie (Doan) Hardenstein; nephew of Milton
Anthony Candler, Asa
Griggs Candler and John
Slaughter Candler; grandson of Samuel
Charles Candler; grandnephew of Daniel
Gill Candler and Ezekiel
Slaughter Candler; second great-grandson of William
Candler; first cousin of Charles
Murphey Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen
Daniel Candler, William
Ezekiel Candler and George
Scott Candler; second cousin of Thomas
Slaughter Candler; second cousin twice removed of Mark
Anthony Cooper; fourth cousin of Joseph
Meriwether Terrell. |
| | | Political family: Candler
family of Georgia. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Doyle Elam Carlton (1885-1972) —
also known as Doyle E. Carlton —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Wauchula, Hardee
County, Fla., July 6,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1917-19; Governor of
Florida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in a nursing
home at Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
25, 1972 (age 87 years, 111
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Robert K. Casey (b. 1931) —
also known as Bob Casey —
of Florida.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., July 22,
1931.
Republican. Physician;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 22nd District, 1993-.
Baptist. Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; American Medical
Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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Roy H. Chapman (b. 1885) —
of Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Lake Butler, Union
County, Fla., July 15,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1937-52.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Washington Chapman and Addie Mary (Owenby) Chapman;
married, June 17,
1930, to Edith L. Lanier. |
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Frank Clark (1860-1936) —
of Polk
County, Fla.; Duval
County, Fla.; Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., March
28, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1889-91, 1899; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1894-97; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1905-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1920,
1924
(alternate).
Baptist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1936 (age 76 years, 17
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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Linton McGee Collins (1902-1972) —
also known as Linton M. Collins —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., June 21,
1902.
Lawyer;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-72; died in office 1972.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
12, 1972 (age 69 years, 296
days).
Interment at Crescent Hill Cemetery, Helen, Ga.
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Frederick Preston Cone (1871-1948) —
also known as Fred P. Cone —
of Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla.
Born in Benton, Columbia
County, Fla., September
28, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1907-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1928,
1948;
Governor
of Florida, 1937-41.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died July 28,
1948 (age 76 years, 304
days).
Interment at Prospect
Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Near White Springs, Hamilton County,
Fla.
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Eric Alan Crawford (b. 1966) —
also known as Rick Crawford —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Homestead Air Force Base, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
22, 1966.
Republican. Television
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 2011-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2018.
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George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke
and died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Larry Crow (b. 1959) —
of Florida.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
2, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 49th District, 1995-.
Baptist. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1999.
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Willye F. Clayton Dennis (1926-2012) —
also known as Willye Dennis —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March
14, 1926.
Democrat. Librarian;
civil rights leader; in December, 1989, she was the target of attempted
murder when a mail bomb was sent to her office; she did not open
the package, and the bomb was defused; member of Florida
state house of representatives 15th District, 1993-99; resigned
1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Died March 9,
2012 (age 85 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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King Dixon (b. 1908) —
of near Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
2, 1908.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; ice and
fuel oil dealer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Laurens County,
1955-56; member of South
Carolina state senate from Laurens County, 1960-64.
Baptist. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary;
Blue
Key.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Montgomery Dixon and Sarah Youmans (King) Dixon; married,
August
14, 1926, to Katharine Simmons. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Josephus Eggelletion Jr. (b. 1949) —
of Lauderdale Lakes, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April
23, 1949.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 94th District, 1993-.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Richard William Ervin (b. 1905) —
also known as Richard W. Ervin —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Carrabelle, Franklin
County, Fla., January
26, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1964-75.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard William Ervin and Carrie Marvin (Phillips ) Ervin;
married, November
23, 1933, to Frances Blois Baker. |
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James B. Fuller (b. 1949) —
also known as Jim Fuller —
of Florida.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., October
10, 1949.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 16th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Samuel Francis Gove (1822-1900) —
of Georgia.
Born in Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 9,
1822.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1868-69.
Baptist.
Ordained as a minister in 1877 and was a traveling missionary for
much of the rest of his life.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., December
3, 1900 (age 78 years, 269
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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John Thomas Graves Jr. (b. 1970) —
also known as Tom Graves —
of Ranger, Gordon
County, Ga.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1970.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 2003-10; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 2010-16 (9th District 2010-13, 14th
District 2013-16).
Southern Baptist.
Still living as of 2016.
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Robert Alexis Green (1892-1973) —
also known as R. A. 'Lex' Green —
of Starke, Bradford
County, Fla.
Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union
County), Fla., February
10, 1892.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1918-20; Bradford
County Judge, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1925-44 (2nd District 1925-43,
at-large 1943-44); resigned 1944; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
9, 1973 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
River Cemetery, Near New River, Bradford County, Fla.
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Addie L. Greene (b. 1943) —
of Mangonia Park, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Black Creek, Choctaw
County, Ala., January
21, 1943.
Democrat. Mayor of Magnolia Park, Fla., 1991-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives 84th District, 1993-.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) —
also known as Cary A. Hardee —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.
Born in Taylor
County, Fla., November
13, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-17; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1917; Governor of
Florida, 1921-25.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died November
21, 1957 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Fla.
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Lindsay M. Harrington (b. 1944) —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., November
12, 1944.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 72nd District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Anthony C. Hill Sr. (b. 1957) —
also known as Tony Hill —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
9, 1957.
Democrat. Longshoreman;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 14th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Earl Dewitt Hutto (b. 1926) —
also known as Earl Hutto —
of Panama City, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Midland City, Dale
County, Ala., May 12,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; sports
director and president of radio
stations; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1979-95.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., April
16, 1888.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., June 1,
1983 (age 95 years, 46
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Randy Johnson (b. 1959) —
of Florida.
Born in Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho, December
16, 1959.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 41st District, 1999-.
Baptist. Member, Delta
Epsilon.
Still living as of 1999.
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Beverly Kilmer (b. 1951) —
also known as Bev Kilmer —
of Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
24, 1951.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 7th District, 1999-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 2004.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2004.
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Willie F. Logan (b. 1957) —
of Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
16, 1957.
Member of Florida
state house of representatives 103rd District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2000.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Sigma; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Alpha
Phi Omega; Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 2000.
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John Wellborn Martin (1884-1958) —
also known as John W. Martin —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Plainfield, Marion
County, Fla., June 21,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1917-23; Governor of
Florida, 1925-29; defeated in primary, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
22, 1958 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Sadye Gibbs Martin (d. 1999) —
of Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
School
teacher and principal; mayor
of Plant City, Fla., 1985-89, 1991-92.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Died December
6, 1999.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Linza McNary (1874-1944) —
also known as Charles L. McNary —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 12,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; law school
dean; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1913-14; appointed 1913; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1916-17; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1917-18, 1918-44; appointed 1917, 1918; died
in office 1944; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1940.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., February
25, 1944 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Original interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.; reinterment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) —
also known as Clarence W. Meadows —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.; Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., February
11, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32;
Raleigh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of
West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1952;
campaign manager for Claude
Pepper, in 1958 U.S. Senate campaign.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack in Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital,
Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va., September
12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Beckley, W.Va.
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Carrie P. Meek (b. 1926) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April
29, 1926.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-83; member of Florida
state senate, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Florida 17th District, 1993-2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
First
Black women elected to Congress from Florida; inducted 1992 into the
Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2014.
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Kendrick B. Meek (b. 1966) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., September
6, 1966.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1994-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Florida
state senate, 1998-2002; U.S.
Representative from Florida 17th District, 2003-.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lesley Miller Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Les Miller —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., April
21, 1951.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 59th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; Freemasons;
NAACP.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Byeram Owens (c.1816-1889) —
also known as James B. Owens —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born near Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., about 1816.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1860;
delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died August
1, 1889 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Ocala, Fla.
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Frank Pate Jr. —
of Port St. Joe, Gulf
County, Fla.
Born in Paul, Conecuh
County, Ala.
Mayor
of Port St. Joe, Fla., 1966-97, 1999-2007.
Baptist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) —
also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill
Bob" —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born, in a log
cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick
County, Va., January
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor
of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11.
Baptist. French
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lewis Pedigo and Sarah Amanda (Taylor) Pedigo; married 1896 to Lena
Attaway. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
speaker, 1944,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist. Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist. Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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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.
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;
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.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
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. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | 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. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Alzo J. Reddick (b. 1937) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Alturas, Polk
County, Fla., November
15, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 39th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Albert Lee Reeves (1873-1971) —
also known as Albert L. Reeves; Alburdah Lee
Reeves —
of Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Steelville, Crawford
County, Mo., December
21, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1901-02;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1918; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1923-54;
took senior status 1954; senior judge, 1954-71.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Morton F. Plant Hospital,
Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
24, 1971 (age 97 years, 93
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Ray Sansom (b. 1962) —
of Florida.
Born in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa
County, Fla., July 11,
1962.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 4th District, 2003.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2003.
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Nelis J. Saunders (b. 1923) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., September
3, 1923.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1964; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1969-72; defeated
in primary, 1960 (Wayne County 11th District), 1962 (Wayne County
11th District), 1965 (24th District), 1966 (11th District), 1972
(20th District), 1974 (21st District).
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1974.
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Benjamin Sawyer (1804-1856) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Connecticut, 1804.
Mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1844-46.
Baptist.
Died in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., December, 1856
(age about
52 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight Stansel (b. 1947) —
of Florida.
Born in Lake City, Columbia
County, Fla., July 6,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 11th District, 1999-.
Baptist. Member, Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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Park Trammell (1876-1936) —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Macon
County, Ala., April 9,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1900-02; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Florida
state senate 7th District, 1905-09; Florida
state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of
Florida, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1917-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died May 8,
1936 (age 60 years, 29
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) —
also known as Lowell Wadmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., March
16, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1986 (age 90 years, 193
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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David Elmer Ward (b. 1909) —
also known as David E. Ward —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Florida, September
26, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
county judge in Florida, 1932-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948
(alternate), 1968.
Baptist. Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Thomas Ward and Mollie Ethel (Cox) Ward; married, June 3,
1937, to Martha Catherine Carlton. |
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Fuller Warren (1905-1973) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun
County, Fla., October
3, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1926-28, 1938-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1928,
1956
(alternate); member Jacksonville city council, 1931-37; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Florida, 1949-53.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Theta
Chi; Elks.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., September
23, 1973 (age 67 years, 355
days).
Interment at Nettle
Ridge Cemetery, Blountstown, Fla.
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 60, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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Stephen R. Wise (b. 1941) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, December
11, 1941.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Florida
state house of representatives 13th District, 1989-2000; member
of Florida
state senate 5th District, 2001-12.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2012.
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