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Engineer Politicians in Florida

Wheeler Hutchison Bristol (1818-1904) — also known as Wheeler H. Bristol — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y.; DeLand, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Canaan, Columbia County, N.Y., 1818. Civil engineer; New York state treasurer, 1868-71; defeated, 1871. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., 1904 (age about 86 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of George E. Bristol and Sarah (Hutchison) Bristol; married, October 5, 1848, to Mary Ann Worthington; father of Fannie Louise Bristol (who married William A. Smyth); grandfather of Stuart Worthington Smyth.   Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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. 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), 1924; candidate 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 Spring Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.   Relatives: Son of William E. Gilchrist and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist.   Gilchrist County, Fla. is named for him.   Gilchrist Hall (opened 1926), a dormitory at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   William G. Kirkland (1913-1999) — of Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 29, 1913. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil engineer; mayor of Huntington Park, Calif., 1952. Died, of pneumonia, in a hospital in Martin County, Fla., December 15, 1999 (age 86 years, 77 days). Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean.   Relatives: Son of James Allen Kirkland and Nora (Stevens) Kirkland; married, January 15, 1938, to Anna Dudley.   Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009) — of Stuart, Martin County, Fla.; Pompano Beach, Broward County, Fla. Born in St. Louis, Mo., September 12, 1918. Petroleum engineer; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; Governor of Panama Canal Zone, 1967-70. Episcopalian. Member, Tau Beta Pi; Phi Kappa Phi. Died August 3, 2009 (age 90 years, 325 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber; married, September 9, 1950, to Bernice Jean Palus.   George Long (d. 1929) — of Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla. Engineer; mayor of Boca Raton, Fla., 1924-25. Died in 1929. Burial location unknown.   Leo J. Nowicki (1904-1990) — of Michigan. Born in Glecz, Poland, February 17, 1904. Democrat. Engineer; Wayne County Drain Commissioner, 1933-36; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938. Died September 15, 1990 (age 86 years, 210 days). Interment at Queen of Peace Cemetery, Loxahatchee, Fla.   Frank Park (1864-1925) — of Sylvester, Worth County, Ga.; Hollywood, Broward County, Fla. Born in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala., March 3, 1864. 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.   Relatives: Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park; married 1893 to Emma A. Bridges.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Henrik Ekroll Stafseth (1919-2011) — also known as Henrik E. Stafseth; Hank Stafseth — of Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 14, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil engineer; chair of Ottawa County Republican Party, 1958-60; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ottawa County, 1961-62. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; American Legion; Kiwanis; Sigma Chi; Freemasons. Died in Florida, March 18, 2011 (age 91 years, 338 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Henrik J. Stafseth and Inger (Nordhem) Stafseth; married to Lillian Mae Carisch.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Rob Wallace (b. 1952) — of Florida. Born in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kan., May 8, 1952. Republican. Engineer; member of Florida state house of representatives 47th District, 1995-. Christian. Member, Jaycees; Kiwanis. Still living as of 1999.   Tore Wallin — of Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in Sweden. Engineer; mayor of Boca Raton, Fla., 1970-71. Still living as of 1971.

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