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  Sikes, Robert L. F. "Bob"
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NameRobert L. F. "Bob" Sikes
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Crestview, Florida , United States
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Born June 03, 1906
DiedSeptember 28, 1994 (88 years)
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 22, 2022 03:41pm
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InfoBorn in Isabella, near Sylvester, Worth County, Ga., June 3, 1906; attended the public schools; B.S., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1927; MS., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1929; engaged in the publishing business at Crestview, Fla., 1933-1946; served in the State house of representatives 1936-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his resignation on October 19, 1944, to enter the United States Army during the Second World War; delegate, Interparliamentary Conference in Warsaw, 1959; elected to the Seventy-ninth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; was a resident of Crestview, Fla., until his death on September 28, 1994.


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RACES
  11/02/1976 FL District 01 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/07/1976 FL District 01 - D Primary Won 73.11% (+46.22%)
  11/05/1974 FL District 01 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1972 FL District 01 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/12/1972 FL District 01 - D Primary Won 80.72% (+66.83%)
  11/03/1970 FL District 1 Won 80.17% (+60.34%)
  09/08/1970 FL District 01 - D Primary Won 77.37% (+54.74%)
  11/05/1968 FL District 1 Won 84.66% (+69.31%)
  11/08/1966 FL District 1 Won 95.10% (+90.20%)
  11/03/1964 FL District 1 Won 97.95% (+95.90%)
  11/06/1962 FL District 1 Won 81.90% (+63.82%)
  11/08/1960 FL District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1958 FL - District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1956 FL - District 3 Won 89.57% (+79.15%)
  11/02/1954 FL - District 3 Won 99.99% (+99.98%)
  05/04/1954 FL District 3 - D Primary Won 87.71% (+75.42%)
  11/04/1952 FL - District 3 Won 99.99% (+99.99%)
  11/07/1950 FL - District 3 Won 100.00% (+99.99%)
  11/02/1948 FL - District 3 Won 99.95% (+99.90%)
  05/04/1948 FL District 3 - D Primary Won 75.43% (+50.85%)
  11/05/1946 FL - District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/07/1946 FL District 3 - D Primary Won 64.71% (+29.43%)
  11/07/1944 FL - District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/02/1944 FL District 3 - D Primary Won 55.93% (+11.87%)
  11/03/1942 FL - District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/05/1942 FL District 3 - D Primary Won 75.28% (+50.55%)
  11/05/1940 FL - District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/28/1940 FL District 3 - D Runoff Won 52.44% (+4.88%)
  05/07/1940 FL District 3 - D Primary Won 32.77% (+0.07%)
ENDORSEMENTS
FL US President - D Primary - Mar 13, 1984 D John Glenn