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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.
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.
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 is the population of the senator's state. [1] [2]
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.
Johnson was a leading advocate, along with former State Senate President William A. Shands, for the establishment of the University of Central Florida in 1963. [4] She considered it, along with the creation of a statewide planning and zoning system, as her chief legislative accomplishments. [1]
Pork Chop Gang, 1956. The Pork Chop Gang was a group of 20 Democratic Party legislators from rural areas of North Florida who worked together to dominate the Florida legislature, especially to maintain segregation and conserve the disproportionate political power of mostly rural northern Florida.
Lawton Chiles, former U.S. senator and Florida governor [2] John Porter East, former U.S. senator (North Carolina) [3] Bob Graham, former U.S. senator, Florida governor, and U.S. presidential candidate [4] William Luther Hill, former U.S. senator [5] Spessard Holland, former U.S. senator and Florida governor, founder of Holland & Knight [6]
Democratic primary results [1]; Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Fuller Warren: 183,326 : 32.45 : Democratic: Daniel T. McCarty: 161,788 : 28.64 : Democratic ...