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Attorney General | Democrat | TRAMMELL, PARK, a Senator from Florida; born in Macon County, Ala., April 9, 1876; moved to Florida with his parents who settled on a farm near Lakeland, Polk County; attended the common schools in Florida; studied law at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in… Continue reading Park Trammel

Representative | Democrat | SMATHERS, GEORGE ARMISTEAD, (Nephew of William Howell Smathers), a Representative and a Senator from Florida; born in Atlantic City, N.J., November 14, 1913; moved to Miami, Fla., in 1919; attended the public schools of Dade County, Fla.; graduated from the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1936 and from its law… Continue reading George Smathers

Representative | Democrat | YULEE, DAVID LEVY, a Delegate and a Senator from Florida; born David Levy in St. Thomas, West Indies, June 12, 1810; at the age of nine was sent to the United States to Norfolk, Va. to attend a private school; studied law in St. Augustine, Fla.; admitted to the bar in… Continue reading David Levy Yulee

Representative | Republican | WALLS, JOSIAH THOMAS, a Representative from Florida; born in Winchester, Frederick County, Va., December 30, 1842; received a limited schooling; engaged in truck farming; moved to Florida; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1868; served in the State senate 1869-1872; presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-second Congress and… Continue reading Josiah Walls

Representative | Democrat | SIKES, ROBERT LEE FULTON, a Representative from Florida; born in Isabella, near Sylvester, Worth County, Ga., June 3, 1906; attended the public schools; B.S., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1927; MS., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1929; engaged in the publishing business at Crestview, Fla., 1933-1946; served in the Florida state… Continue reading Bob Sikes

Representative | Whig | CABELL, EDWARD CARRINGTON, a Representative from Florida; born in Richmond, Va., February 5, 1816; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., in 1832 and 1833 and Reynolds’ Classical Academy in 1833 and 1834; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1836; moved to Florida in… Continue reading Edward Cabell

Representative | Republican | YOUNG, CHARLES WILLIAM (BILL), A Representative from Florida; born in Harmarville, Allegheny County, Pa., December 16, 1930; Army National Guard, 1948-1957; member of the Florida state senate, 1960-1970, and minority leader, 1966-1970; member, Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 1965-1967; delegate to Republican National Convention, 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984; elected as a… Continue reading Bill Young

David’s comment: I think politicians may run in the family Representative | Republican | MACK, CONNIE, IV, (Son of Connie Mack III, step-great-grandson of Tom Connally, great-grandson of Morris Sheppard, great-great-grandson of John Levi Sheppard, husband of Mary Bono), a Representative from Florida; born in Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla., August 12, 1967; B.S., University… Continue reading Connie Mack III

Representative | Democrat | HASTINGS, ALCEE LAMAR, a Representative from Florida; born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole County, Fla., September 5, 1936; graduated Crooms Academy, Sanford, Fla, 1953; B.A., Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1958; attended Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., 1958-1960; J.D., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, 1963; lawyer, private practice; unsuccessful candidate… Continue reading Alcee Hastings

Representative | Republican | ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA, a Representative from Florida; born Ileana Ros in Havana, Cuba, July 15, 1952; A.A., Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fla., 1972; B.A., Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 1975; M.S., Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 1987; Ed.D., University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., 2004; founder, Eastern Academy; member of the Florida… Continue reading Ileana Ros-Lehtinen