Spessard Lindsey Holland was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945,and later as a US senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He would be the first person born in Florida to serve as Governor and US Senator for the state. While serving as a US Senator he would notably introduce the 24th Amendment.
David Levy Yulee was an American politician and attorney. Born on the island of St. Thomas,then under British control,he was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry:His father was a Sephardi from Morocco,and his mother,also of Sephardi descent,was born in Sint Eustatius and raised in St. Thomas. The family moved to Florida when he was a child,and he grew up there on their extensive lands. He later served as Florida's territorial delegate to Congress. Yulee was the first person of Jewish ancestry to be elected and serve as a United States senator,serving 1845–1851 and again 1855–1861. He founded the Florida Railroad Company and served as president of several other companies,earning the nickname of "Father of Florida Railroads." In 2000 he was recognized as a "Great Floridian" by the state.
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Shippensburg,Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Founded in 1871,it later became the first teachers college in Pennsylvania. Shippensburg University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
John Parnell Thomas was a stockbroker and politician. He was elected to seven terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey as a Republican. He was later a convicted criminal who served nine months in federal prison for corruption.
Charles Brown Lore was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington,in New Castle County,Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party,who served as Attorney General of Delaware and U. S. Representative from Delaware.
Robert Klotz was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Ernest Harold Cluett was an American businessman and politician from Troy,New York. A Republican,he was most notable for his service as a United States representative from 1937 to 1943.
John George Butler was a prominent Lutheran clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate and as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives.
Granville Hayward Crabtree,Jr. is an American attorney and former Florida state legislator.
Ralph Donald Turlington Sr. was an American politician from the state of Florida.
John Ed Stokes was an American politician in the state of Florida.
The Caning of Charles Sumner,or the Brooks–Sumner Affair,occurred on May 22,1856,in the United States Senate chamber,when Representative Preston Brooks,a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina,used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner,an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts. The attack was in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders,including South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler,a relative of Brooks. The beating nearly killed Sumner and contributed significantly to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery. It has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" and the use of violence that eventually led to the Civil War.
Charles Lester Nergard was an American politician who represented parts of the Treasure Coast in the Florida House of Representatives from 1967 to 1976 and 1978 to 1990
Bernard Kimmel was an American physician and politician in the state of Florida.
Basil Charles "Bill" Pearce was an American politician in the state of Florida.
The Mayor of Tallahassee is head of the executive branch of the government of Tallahassee,Florida.
Benjamin F. Allen,also referred to as B. F. Allen,was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Florida. Allen served as the 5th Secretary of State of Florida.
Charles J. Perrenot was a politician in Florida. He served as president of the Florida Senate.
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