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Reubin O'Donovan Askew (b. 1928) —
also known as Reubin Askew —
of Florida.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., September
11, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1958-62; member of Florida
state senate, 1962; Governor of
Florida, 1971-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1972 ;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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Louis Arthur Bafalis (b. 1929) —
also known as Louis A. Bafalis; Skip
Bafalis —
of Florida.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1929.
Republican. Investment
banker; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1964-66; member of Florida
state senate, 1967-70; Republican candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1970 (primary), 1982; U.S.
Representative from Florida 10th District, 1973-83.
Christian.
Member, Lions;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1998.
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Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., December
2, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rd
District 1967-93).
Christian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Lions;
Jaycees.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
6, 2003 (age 92 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Cecil Farris Bryant (1914-2002) —
also known as C. Farris Bryant —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., July 26,
1914.
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), 1968;
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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Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (1922-2003) —
also known as Barber B. Conable, Jr. —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Alexander, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., November
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 53rd District, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-85 (37th District 1965-73,
35th District 1973-83, 30th District 1983-85); president, World Bank.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
30, 2003 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment somewhere
in Alexander, N.Y.
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Alex Diaz=de=la Portilla (b. 1964) —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., August
25, 1964.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 115th District, 1995-.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Frank Farkas (b. 1956) —
of Florida.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., 1956.
Republican. Chiropractor;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair), 1968
(alternate).
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Military
Order of the World Wars; Jaycees; Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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George Firestone (b. 1931) —
of Florida.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 13,
1931.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1966; member of Florida
state senate, 1972; secretary
of state of Florida, 1979-87.
Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 1987.
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Don Fuqua (b. 1933) —
of Altha, Calhoun
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
20, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member
of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-87 (9th District 1963-67, 2nd
District 1967-87); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Jaycees; Woodmen;
Alpha
Gamma Rho; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Rodolfo Garcia Jr. (b. 1963) —
also known as Rudy Garcia, Jr. —
of Hialeah, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April
15, 1963.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 110th District, 1985-88,
1989-2000; member of Florida
state senate 40th District, 2001-; candidate for mayor
of Hialeah, Fla., 2011.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Jaycees; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2015.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Trilateral
Commission; Rotary;
Jaycees; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Henry Harrison (1896-1990) —
also known as William H. Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
10, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Wyoming
Republican State Committee, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;
defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1954.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
8, 1990 (age 94 years, 59
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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Russell E. Hauck —
also known as Russ Hauck —
of Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla.
Republican. Mayor
of Altamonte Springs, Fla., 1999-2008.
Lutheran.
Member, Jaycees; Rotary.
Still living as of 2008.
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William Courtland Lantaff (1913-1970) —
also known as Bill Lantaff —
of Miami Springs, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 31,
1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1947-50; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1951-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Jaycees.
Died January
28, 1970 (age 56 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Park North Cemetery & Mausoleum, Miami, Fla.
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Scott Charles Maddox —
also known as Scott Maddox —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1988,
2004;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008;
mayor-commissioner
of Tallahassee, Florida, 1995-96; mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1997-2003; candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 2002; Florida
Democratic state chair, 2003-05; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 2004.
Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 2008.
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Edwin Hyland May Jr. (1924-2002) —
also known as Edwin H. May, Jr. —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 28,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1957-59; defeated,
1958; Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1958-62; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1960,
1968
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District,
1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1968.
Member, Jaycees; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., February
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wethersfield
Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Conn.
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Tim Ryan (b. 1956) —
of Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dania (now Dania Beach), Broward
County, Fla., February
7, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 99th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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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.
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; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(alternate), 1968;
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.
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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John William Stanton (1924-2002) —
also known as J. William Stanton —
of Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
20, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lake
County Commissioner, 1956-64; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1965-83.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Jaycees.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., April
11, 2002 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.
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Hans Gearhart Tanzler Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Hans Tanzler —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March
11, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
judge of criminal court in Florida, 1963-67; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1967-79; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1978.
Member, Jaycees; Kappa
Alpha Order; Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks.
Still living as of 1979.
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Allen Trovillion (b. 1926) —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., May 1,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; realtor;
builder;
mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1962-67; member of Florida
state house of representatives 36th District, 1995-.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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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.
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James F. Weekley (b. 1947) —
also known as Jimmy Weekley —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., 1947.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 2004.
Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 2005.
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