W. Hunt Harris

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W. Hunt Harris was an American lawyer and politician in Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate [1] including as President of the Florida Senate. He lived in Key West. The Florida Archives have a photo of his home at 425 Caroline Street. [2] The home was designed by Frank P. Milburn. Construction was interrupted by the Spanish American War. [1]

Harris studied medicine at Tulane University but when his father died he was unable to continue and moved to Key West where his uncle Jeptha Vining Harris was a customs collector. Harris convinced him to study law and he passed the Bar exam in Tallahassee. [1]

He served as president of the Florida Senate in 1907. [3]

He and another man copyrighted a map of Key West in 1908. [4]

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References

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  2. "Home of W. Hunt Harris - Key West, Florida". Florida Memory . Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  3. "Senate President W. Hunt Harris - 1907 Legislative Session" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  4. "Map of the city of Key West, Monroe Co., Florida : from the original maps and surveys of Wm. A. Whitehead dated Feb. 1829, from meets and bounds shown on the map, from deeds recorded in Monroe County". Library of Congress.