William Sherman Jennings Papers 1877-1928

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William Sherman Jennings Papers 1877-1928

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/JenningsWilliamS.htm

Papers relating to Florida Governor William S. Jennings, his political and business dealings, and to his role in the drainage of the Everglades.

13.5 Linear feet; 29 boxes and 16 volumes

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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Jennings, William Sherman, 1863-1920

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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. ...