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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.
Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant from March 1861 to July 1868 due to its secession from the Union during the American Civil War. Richard Shelby is Alabama's longest serving senator (served 1987–2023). Alabama's current U.S. senators are Republicans Tommy Tuberville (since 2021) and Katie Britt (since 2023).
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.
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.
Gainesville is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1832, it was incorporated in 1835. [2] At the 2010 census the population was 208, down from 220. Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered his men near Gainesville on May 19, 1865, at the Civil War's end.
The 1936 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 2, 1936. Senator John H. Bankhead II was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican H. E. Berkstresser. Democratic primary
Encyclopedia of Alabama (2008) Online coverage of history, culture, geography, and natural environment. online; Rogers, William Warren, Robert David Ward, Leah Rawls Atkins, and Wayne Flynt. Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (3rd ed. 2018; 1st ed. 1994), 816pp; the standard scholarly history online older edition; online 2018 edition
The 1954 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Senator John Sparkman was re-elected to a second full term in office over Republican Junius Foy Guin Jr. Democratic primary