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Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (April 3, 1930 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician and military officer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Florida from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 until his death in 1998. A Korean War veteran, Chiles later returned to Florida for ...
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. was born in Lakeland, Florida. He attended public schools, graduated from the University of Florida in 1952 and earned a law degree there in 1955. Chiles served in the U.S. Army as an artillery officer, 1953-1954. In 1955, he was admitted to The Florida Bar and began a Lakeland law practice.
Dec 13, 2023 · Friends, opponents remember Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles 25 years after his death Chiles famously remarked that “the old he-coon walks just before the light of day” — and the He Coon label stuck.
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Dec 14, 2018 · Chiles was making a final campaign message: he is the he-coon. A lifelong Floridian born at the start of the Great Depression, Chiles was raised in Lakeland. He first rose to fame when made the thousand-mile trek from the Keys to Pensacola, earning him the nickname “Walkin’ Lawton.”. Chiles often joked he spoke cracker.
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Dec 14, 1998 · Gov. Lawton Chiles, a homespun centrist politician from the middle of Florida who served three terms as a Democratic Senator and was elected to two terms as governor, died on Saturday at the ...
Governor Lawton Chiles dedicated nearly 40 years of public service to standing up for Florida’s children and families. A fourth generation Floridian, Chiles was a strong champion for our youngest citizens and a national leader on children’s issues. As Governor, he dedicated his service to “building a constituency for children” that ...
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. was born in Lakeland, where his father was a railroad worker. The younger Chiles recalled the excitement when, as a 10-year-old boy, he saw a political campaign come to ...
