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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. |
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Frostproof, Florida , United States |
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October 20, 1910
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| Died | March 01, 1990
(79 years)
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| Contributor | Some say... |
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| Info | Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. (October 20, 1910 – March 1, 1990) was a citrus magnate and politician from Florida.
Born during a hurricane in Tiger Bay, near Fort Meade, Florida, Griffin studied agriculture at the University of Florida, but left without earning a degree. He began with a 10-acre (40,000 m2) orange grove, a wedding gift from his father, and turned it into a citrus empire. In 1989, the year before his death, he was ranked 261st on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.
Griffin, a conservative Democrat, was a member of the Florida Legislature for 12 years, four in the Florida Senate and eight in the Florida House of Representatives. In 1974, he lost the race for Governor of Florida to Reubin Askew.
Griffin was a generous donor to the University of Florida, and their Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is named after him.
Katherine Harris, formerly a United States Representative from Florida, is Griffin's granddaughter. J.D. Alexander, currently a Florida state Senator is his grandson.
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