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  • March 10, 1909: Born in Tallahassee, Florida.
  • 1927: Graduated from Leon High School, Tallahassee, Florida.
  • 1931: Received LL.B degree from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.
  • 1932: Married Mary Call Darby, great-granddaughter of Florida Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call.
  • 1935 - 1940 : Served as Florida Representative
  • 1940 - 1953 : Served as Florida Senator.
  • 1954: Elected Florida Governor in primary campaign against Acting Governor Charley Johns.
  • 1955 - 1961 : Served two terms as Florida Governor.
  • 1960: Elected permanent chairman of Democratic National Committee.
  • 1961 - 1964 : Served as President, National Association of Broadcasters.
  • 1964 - 1965 : Served as Director, Community Relations Service.
  • 1965 - 1966 : Served as Undersecretary, U. S. Department of Commerce.
  • 1968: Ran for U.S. Senate seat vacated by U.S. Senator George Smathers; was defeated by U.S. Representative Edward Gurney.
  • 1970: Returned to law practice in Tallahassee with firm of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom, and Kitchen.
  • 1971: Published his book Forerunners Courageous.
  • 1974: Served on Florida Commission on Ethics.
  • 1977 - 1978 : Served on Florida Constitution Revision Commission.
  • 1978: Received first Annual Nelson Poynter Award for his public service in preserving civil rights.
  • 1978 - 1983 : Served on Governor's Advisory Council on Productivity.
  • 1979: Served on Florida Joint Legislative and Executive Committee on Postsecondary Education.
  • 1980 - 1981 : Served on Commission on the Future of the South.
  • 1981: Selected as first recipient of the Florida Distinguished Service medal at the premiere of his film, "LeRoy Collins, Great Floridian."
  • 1982 - 1984 : Served as Director of the Committee on the Constitutional System in Washington, D.C.
  • 1983 - 1990 : Produced Public Service Radio Broadcast Series.
  • 1986 - 1989 : Served on U.S. Constitution Bicentennial Commission of Florida.
  • 1989: Collins Center for Public Policy Founded.
  • 1990: Received first Distinguished Community College Alumni Award.
  • March 12, 1991: Died at his Tallahassee home, The Grove.

From the guide to the Thomas LeRoy Collins Papers, 1909-1991, 1961-1991, (Repository Unknown)

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