A political family is a family in which multiple members are involved in politics —particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage;often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
James Oscar Davis III is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He is a Democrat and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007,representing Florida's 11th congressional district. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in the 2006 election,but was defeated by Republican Charlie Crist.
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III,known professionally as Connie Mack III,is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and then as a Senator from 1989 to 2001. He served as chair of the Senate Republican Conference from 1997 to 2001.
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) after passage of the Reconstruction Acts in 1867 and 1868 as well as in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy,disenfranchisement,and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern states. Historian Canter Brown,Jr. noted that in some states,such as Florida,the highest number of African Americans were elected or appointed to offices after 1877 and the end of Reconstruction. The following is a partial list some of the most notable of the officeholders pre–1900.
Louis Frey Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional district from 1969 to 1973 and the 9th district from 1973 to 1979,until he ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Republican nomination for governor to succeed the term-limited Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola.
James Carson Gardner is an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative (1967–1969) and as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1989–1993).
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. is an American lawyer and former politician who represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives.
Louis Arthur "Skip" Bafalis is an American businessman and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party,he was the party's nominee in the 1982 Florida gubernatorial election,and previously represented district 33 in the Florida Senate from 1966 to 1970.
William Venroe Chappell Jr. was an American Democratic politician from Florida who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1989.
Alfred James Lawson Jr. is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district,serving since 2017. The district stretches across most of the border with Georgia,including most of the majority-black areas between Tallahassee and Jacksonville.
Irlo Overstreet Bronson Sr. was an American Democratic politician,rancher and land owner in the state of Florida. Bronson is perhaps best known for selling land to Walt Disney as part of the construction of Florida's Walt Disney World.
Irlo Overstreet "Bud" Bronson Jr. was an American politician in the state of Florida. He was the son of prominent rancher and cattleman Irlo Bronson Sr.
George Abraham Crady is an American politician in the state of Florida.
Reid Moore Jr. is an American former politician in the state of Florida who served two non-consecutive terms in the Florida House of Representatives and as Mayor of West Palm Beach. Born in Tennessee,he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia before moving to Florida in 1959. Moore soon became involved with local politics in West Palm Beach,beginning with serving as a member of the Greater West Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in 1963. Two years later,he mounted a successful campaign for city commissioner,an office he would hold from 1965 to 1969. During his tenure,he was chosen by his fellow commissioners to be Mayor of West Palm Beach from 1967 to 1968,as the city operated under the Council–manager form of government at the time.
Charles Nolan "Bud" Hulsey is the State Representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives 2nd District in Sullivan County.
Lori Wilson was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Florida.
Donald "Bud" Cook is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,District 49,the 49th Legislative District since 2017. His district includes portions of Fayette County and Washington County.
Benjamin Frank Diamond is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 68th district,which includes most of the city of St. Petersburg,Florida,Pinellas County.
Bill Flynn was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 117th and 119th district of the Florida House of Representatives.
