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Senate Years of Service: 1971-1989 Party: Democrat
CHILES, Lawton Mainor, Jr., (uncle of Kay Hagan),
a Senator from Florida; born in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., April
3, 1930; attended the Lakeland public schools; graduated University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla., 1952, and from the law school of the same university in
1955; served in the United States Army as artillery officer during Korean
Conflict 1953-1954; admitted to the Florida bar in 1955 and commenced practice
in Lakeland; member, Florida house of representatives 1958-1966; member,
Florida State senate 1966-1970; businessman, banker, and industrial developer;
chairman, Florida Law Revision Commission 1968-1970; elected as a Democrat to
the United States Senate in 1970; reelected in 1976 and again in 1982, and
served from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1989; chairman, Special Committee on
Aging (Ninety-Sixth Congress), Committee on the Budget (One Hundredth
Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1988; elected Governor of
Florida in 1990; reelected Governor in 1994; was not a candidate for reelection
in 1998; was a resident of Tallahassee, Fla., until his death on December 12,
1998; funeral services held at Faith Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee
following a procession from Century, Fla., to Tallahassee; interment on
privately owned property known as "Jubilee," in Leon County, Fla.
BibliographyScribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; United
States. Congress. Senate.
A Memorial Service in Honor of Floridas Former Governor and United
States Senator: Lawton Chiles, April 3, 1930-December 12, 1998.
Washington: GPO, 1999.
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