Jennings, William Sherman, 1863-1920
Lawyer, state legislator, and governor of Florida.
Born in Ilinois; attended Southern Illinois Normal University. Read law with his uncle and attended Union Law School in Illinois. Moved to Brooksville, Florida, in 1885 to establish his law practice. Served in the Florida House of Representatives, 1892-1895, as governor, 1901-1905, and as general counsel for the Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund, 1905-1909, the agency administering public lands in Florida.
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