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William Augustine Shands (July 21, 1889 – January 20, 1973) [1] [non-primary source needed] was an American politician and elected officeholder. Shands was a long-time Democratic member of the Florida Senate and an advocate for the establishment of a state medical college and teaching hospital.
Francis Cockrell was Missouri's longest-serving senator (1875–1905). Missouri is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.
William A. Shands was a Florida state Senator, elected from the 32nd District in the mid-1940s. He was convinced that the best way to enhance the Gainesville community was to establish a teaching hospital at the University of Florida.
William A. Shands was a Florida state Senator, elected from the 32nd District in the mid-1940s. Shands was recruited to the effort to create a teaching hospital in the Gainesville area, though he at first considered that a larger city might be a better site, and was instrumental in obtaining state funding.
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 64th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1917. Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term.
Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as vice president, a House member, a cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor includes the population of senator's state. [1] [2] [3] In this congress, the most senior junior senator was J. William ...
William A. Shands: 1960 LL.D. William A. Shands was a native son of Florida, legislative leader, statesman, churchman, and farmer. Shands was an eighteen-year member of the Florida Senate, and served as the senate president in 1949. He was a forceful advocate for the state's creation of the University of Florida Health Science Center. George ...
William Edward Barton: Democratic March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 16th: Elected in 1930 Redistricted to At-large district and lost renomination to 13 others. [a] Edward Bates: Anti-Jacksonian: March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 At-large: Elected in 1826. Lost re-election to Pettis. William Van Ness Bay: Democratic March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 ...