James B. Hodges Collection 1902-1938

Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989

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Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951 and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until 1989. Born in Chambers County, Alabama, Pepper established a legal practice in Perry, Florida after graduating from Harvard Law School. After serving a single term in the Florida House o...

Democratic Party (Fla.). State Executive Committee

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Green, Robert Alexis, 1892-1973

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Educator, lawyer, politician. Born in Lake Butler, Florida. Educated at the University of Florida and received his law degree from Yale University. Began law practice in Starke, Florida. Served as U.S. Representative from Florida (1925-1944). From the description of Robert Alexis "Lex" Green Papers, 1922-1945. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 27719238 Robert Alexis "Lex" Green was born near Lake Butler, Florida, on February 1...

Sholtz, David, 1891-1953

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Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936

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Duncan U. Fletcher was born January 6, 1859, near Americus, Georgia. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1880, and studied law there. In 1881 he moved to Jacksonville, Florida, practiced law and became chief counsel of the Florida East Coast Railroad. He became a Jacksonville Councilman in 1887, in 1893 he served a term in the Florida House of Representatives, and was mayor of Jacksonville from 1893-1985, and 1901-1903. He was chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee from 1905...

Catts, Sidney Johnston, 1863-1936

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Florida. Board of Regents

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In 1965, the Board of Regents (Ch. 63-204; Ch. 65-138, Laws) assumed the duties of the Board of Control, which had been in existence since 1905 (Ch. 5384, Laws). The Board of Regents is a corporate entity holding all the powers of a body corporate and elects a corporate secretary. Its Regents are the Commissioner of Education plus twelve members appointed by the Governor. The Board acts as the Director of the Division of Universities in the Dept. of Education (Ch. 69-106, Laws). The...

Earman, Joe E., 1876-1935.

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State Plant Board of Florida

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Carter, Jerry W., 1887-

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Knight, Peter Oliphant, 1865-1946

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Public official, corporation lawyer, and president of Tampa Electric and other businesses in Tampa, Fla. Served in the Florida House or Representatives (1889) and as solicitor (1893-1899) and state attorney (1899-1902) of Hillsborough County, Fla., later becoming a spokesman for business and capitalism, with influence among the state's Democratic politicians. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1895-1943. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 27719182 Pub...

Hardee, Cary A. (Cary Augustus), 1876-1957.

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Cary Augustus Hardee served as Florida's twenty-third governor from January 4, 1921 to January 6, 1925. Hardee was born in Taylor County on November 13, 1876. Hardee's pre-gubernatorial career included employment as a school teacher in Taylor, Jefferson, and Madison Counties, and principal of the Perry School. He then began the study of law and was admitted to the Florida Bar at the turn of the century. In 1905, he was elected State Attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit, a positio...

Cone, Fred P., 1871-1948.

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Hodges, James B., 1877-1939

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James Branch Hodges (1877-1938) was a lawyer in Lake City, Florida, who rose to prominence in the state Democratic Party. Hodges was born in Dooly County, Georgia, and moved to Lake City in 1892. He began his law practice in 1904. Hodges' legal practice centered on civil law and he was employed as local counsel for several railroad and timber companies. He had a brief political career serving one session in the Florida House (1909), one term as mayor of Lake City (1909-1910), and several terms a...