John Nance Garner III,known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack",was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas. He served as the 39th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933 and as the 32nd vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941. Garner and Schuyler Colfax are the only politicians to have served as presiding officers of both chambers of the United States Congress as speaker of the House and vice president of the United States.
James William "Bill" Grant is an American banker and former politician from Madison,Florida. From 1987 to 1991,he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Dante Bruno Fascell was an American politician who represented Florida as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1993. He served as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee for nine years.
Frederick Daniel Miller is an American politician from the state of Florida. A Republican,he represented the state and its 13th district in the House of Representatives for ten years.
Josiah Thomas Walls was a United States congressman who served three terms in the U.S. Congress between 1871 and 1876. He was one of the first African Americans in the United States Congress elected during the Reconstruction Era,and the first black person to be elected to Congress from Florida. He also served four terms in the Florida Senate.
John Brooks Fuqua was a businessman,philanthropist,airport creator and chairman of The Fuqua Companies and Fuqua Enterprises. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University is named after him,as is the Fuqua School in Farmville,Virginia.
William Donlon Edwards was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century.
Joseph Marion Hernández was a slave-owning American planter,politician and military officer. He was the first delegate from the Florida Territory and the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party,he served from September 1822 to March 1823.
Charles Oscar Andrews was a Democratic Party politician from Florida,who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 until 1946.
Duncan Lamont Clinch (April 6,1787 –December 4,1849 was an American army officer and slave-plantation owner who served as a commander during the War of 1812,and First and Second Seminole Wars. In 1816,he led an attack on Negro Fort,the first battle of the Seminole Wars. Clinch later served in the United States House of Representatives,representing Georgia.
Jesse Johnson Finley was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida,following the reconstruction era. He also served as mayor of Memphis,Tennessee;an volunteer officer in the United States Army during the Second Seminole War;a member of the Arkansas Senate;a member of the Florida Senate;and a Circuit Court Judge in Florida.
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Florida who served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews was a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1953 to 1967.
James Hardin Peterson was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green was an American educator,lawyer,jurist,and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1925 to 1944.
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented the Florida Panhandle in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1979,with a brief break in 1944 and 1945 for service during World War II.
Robert Wyche Davis was a United States Representative from Florida. He served in the Confederate Army and became a lawyer. He served in the Florida House of Representatives including as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Later in his career he was a newspaper editor and mayor.
Donald Robert Davis was an American politician. He served in many roles,from decorated war veteran to petroleum executive,board chairman,association president,Jacksonville City Council president and Florida state legislator.
The 1858 United States House of Representatives election in Florida was held on Monday,October 4,1858 to elect the single United States Representative from the state of Florida,one from the state's single at-large congressional district,to represent Florida in the 36th Congress. The election coincided with the elections of other offices,including various state and local elections.
Henry S. Harmon was an attorney and politician in Florida after the Civil War. He was the first African-American to be admitted to the bar in Florida.
