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Reubin O'Donovan Askew (September 11, 1928 – March 13, 2014) was an American politician, who served as the 37th governor of Florida from 1971 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 7th U.S. Trade representative from 1979 to 1980 under President Jimmy Carter. He led on tax reform, civil rights, and financial transparency ...
Mar 13, 2014 · Reubin O’Donovan Askew was born on Sept. 11, 1928, in Muskogee, Okla., the youngest of six children of Leon and Alberta Askew. His father, a carpenter, was an alcoholic, and his mother divorced ...
Mar 13, 2014 · Reubin O'Donovan Askew was born Sept. 11, 1928, in Muskogee, Okla., the youngest of six children, and literally an "Okie from Muskogee," the title of a country song by Merle Haggard when Askew was ...
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Reubin O'Donovan Askew. Reubin O'Donovan Askew. (1928–2014) Thirty-seventh governor. January 5, 1971 to January 2, 1979. Oil on canvas, C.J. Fox, 1979. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Reubin Askew moved with his family to Pensacola in 1937. He served in a U.S. Army paratrooper unit in the late 1940s and later served in the U.S. Air Force during ...
Mar 13, 2014 · Reubin O’Donovan Askew was born on September 11, 1928, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the U.S. Army paratroopers in 1946 and was discharged as a sergeant in 1948.
Mar 13, 2014 · Reubin Askew was a Democrat who served as Florida's governor from 1971 to 1979 and championed racial integration and economic development. He also ran for president and U.S. Senate, and was a foreign trade envoy for President Carter.
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Mar 13, 2014 · Reubin O’Donovan Askew was born on Sept. 11, 1928, in Muskogee, Okla., the youngest of six children. His father abandoned the family and, when Askew was 8, his mother, Alberta, moved to ...
