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Florida's 41st Governor 1991-1998 & US Senator 1971-1989 2001 Reubin O'D. Askew: Florida's 37th Governor 1971-1979 1998 William Patrick Foster: Bandleader, Florida A&M "Marching 100" 1998 Chesterfield Smith: Justice Advocate & Florida's First American Bar Association President 1997 E. T. York: Florida University System Chancellor & IFAS Founder ...
James Edward Billie (born March 20, 1944), known as Chief Jim Billie, is a politician who chaired the Seminole Tribe of Florida from 1979 to 2001, and again from 2011 to 2016. [1] Billie's first tenure was the longest "of any elected leader in the Western Hemisphere, other than Fidel Castro," at 22 years. [2]
Florida State Representative (1999–2007) Lived in Naples Abraham Katz (1926–2013) Diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD: Bill Nelson (1942–) Former U.S. senator from Florida (2001–2019), former U.S. congressman from Florida (1979–1991), NASA administrator (2021–) Born in Miami Janet Reno (1938–2016)
President-elect Trump’s poaching of a number of high-profile Florida officials to serve in his second administration is creating openings for a new slate of leaders in the Sunshine State. Trump ...
The property at 4530 66th Street West, currently housing the Manatee County Utilities complex, was proposed to be donated to be a Veterans village during the Board of Commissioners meeting on ...
The State of Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. It seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861, [38] and joined the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861, [39] as a founding member. Following the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the Third Military District. [40] Florida was readmitted to the Union on ...
The Florida Legislature has new leaders, but the same management. Two weeks after voters cemented Republicans’ supermajority status, lawmakers gathered in the Capitol Tuesday to swear-in new ...
Ion Farris (1878–1934), former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and member of the Florida Senate; John W. Martin (1884–1958), former Jacksonville mayor and 24th governor of Florida 1921–1925; Emory H. Price (1899–1976), U.S. Representative from Florida; Fuller Warren (1905–1973), 30th governor of Florida 1949–1953