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  Gibbons, Sam M.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  1994-01-01  
 
NameSam M. Gibbons
Address
Tampa, Florida , United States
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Born January 20, 1920
DiedOctober 10, 2012 (92 years)
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May 24, 2016 08:13pm
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InfoA Representative from Florida; born in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., January 20, 1920; attended the public schools of Tampa; attended the University of Florida and from the law school of that university received his LL.B. in 1947; was admitted to the bar in 1947 and began the practice of law in Tampa; served in the United States Army with the Five Hundred and First Parachute Infantry, One Hundred and First Airborne Division, 1941 to 1945, and was released from active duty as a major; awarded the Bronze Star; served in the State house of representatives, 1953-1958, and in the State senate, 1959-1962; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1964, 1968 and 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1997); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Third Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress.

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Oct 11, 2012 09:45am News Sam Gibbons: A Titan of Florida Politics  Article Some say... 

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INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/08/1994 FL District 11 Won 51.57% (+3.15%)
  11/03/1992 FL District 11 Won 52.77% (+12.20%)
  11/06/1990 FL District 07 Won 67.56% (+35.11%)
  11/08/1988 FL District 07 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1986 FL District 07 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1984 FL District 07 Won 58.83% (+17.66%)
  11/02/1982 FL District 07 Won 74.22% (+48.45%)
  11/04/1980 FL District 07 Won 71.77% (+43.53%)
  11/07/1978 FL District 07 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/12/1978 FL District 7 - D Primary Won 69.09% (+40.85%)
  11/02/1976 FL District 07 Won 65.72% (+31.43%)
  11/05/1974 FL District 07 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1972 FL District 07 Won 67.96% (+35.92%)
  11/03/1970 FL District 6 Won 72.27% (+44.53%)
  11/05/1968 FL District 6 Won 61.98% (+23.97%)
  05/07/1968 FL District 6 - D Primary Won 60.25% (+20.50%)
  11/08/1966 FL District 6 Won 99.80% (+99.60%)
  05/03/1966 FL District 6 - D Primary Won 73.12% (+46.25%)
  11/03/1964 FL District 10 Won 99.57% (+99.13%)
  05/05/1964 FL District 10 - D Primary Won 77.17% (+54.34%)
  11/06/1962 FL District 10 Won 70.64% (+41.29%)
  05/29/1962 FL District 10 - D Runoff Won 55.33% (+10.66%)
  05/08/1962 FL District 10 - D Primary Won 30.95% (+7.36%)
ENDORSEMENTS
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