Correspondence, 1901-1904.
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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. ...
Florida. Governor (1901-1905 : Jennings)
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William Sherman Jennings was born March 24, 1863 at Walnut Hill, Illinois. He attended Southern Illinois Normal and Union Law School in Chicago. He moved to Brooksville, Florida in 1885 to complete his legal studies, and began practicing law there in May, 1886. He was appointed Circuit Court Commissioner in 1887. The following year he became County Judge of Hernando County. He resigned as Judge in 1893 to serve in the House of Representatives from Hernando County and was Speaker of ...