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Bill Gunter – a former Florida congressman, state treasurer and insurance commissioner in the 1960s through '80s – died at his Tallahassee home Monday afternoon. He was 89.
Residence (s) Holiday, Florida, U.S. Education. Florida State University (BA) Stetson University (JD) Military service. Branch/service. United States Air Force. Ronald Ray Richmond (April 1, 1941 – December 22, 2022) [4] was an American politician and lawyer from Florida.
March 23, 1976. (1976-03-23) (aged 91) Political party. Democratic. Alma mater. University of Florida. Paul D. Bevis (December 15, 1884 – March 23, 1976) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives. [ 1][ 2]
Dan Markel. Daniel Eric Markel (October 9, 1972 – July 19, 2014) was a Canadian-born attorney and a law professor, who wrote various works on retribution in criminal law and sentencing, with a focus on the role of punishment in the criminal justice system. He earned a J.D. degree from Harvard University in 2001 and after working as a law ...
December 31, 2010. (2010-12-31) (aged 90) Political party. Democratic. Alma mater. University of Tennessee. William H. Bevis (March 20, 1920 – December 31, 2010) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 57th district of the Florida House of Representatives.
Tallahassee (/ ˌtæləˈhæsi / TAL-ə-HASS-ee) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2022, the estimated population was 201,731, [5] making it the eighth-most populous city in ...
Early history. Tallahassee is situated within the Apalachee Province, home of the Apalachee, a Mississippian culture of agrarian people who farmed vast tracts of land. Their capital, Anhaica, was located within Tallahassee's city limits. The name "Tallahassee" is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as "old fields", or "old town."
Charles Kenzie Steele (February 17, 1914 – August 19, 1980) was a preacher and a civil rights activist. He was one of the main organizers of the 1956 Tallahassee bus boycott, and a prominent member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. On March 23, 2018, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed CS/SB 382 into law, designating portions of ...