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  Herlong, Jr., A. Sidney
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NameA. Sidney Herlong, Jr.
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Leesburg, Florida , United States
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Born February 14, 1909
DiedDecember 27, 1995 (86 years)
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Infoborn in Manistee, Monroe County, Ala., February 14, 1909; moved with his parents to Marion County, Fla., in 1912; attended the public schools of Sumter and Lake Counties and Leesburg High School; was graduated from the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1930; was admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced the practice of law in Leesburg, Lake County, Fla.; elected county judge of Lake County, Fla., and served from 1937 to 1949; city attorney of Leesburg from 1946 to 1948; held Reserve commission as captain in the United States Army and was called to active duty in the Judge Advocate General�s Department in August 1941; was discharged in 1942 due to physical disability; served two enlistments in the Florida State Guard; president of the Florida State Baseball League in 1947 and 1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; resumed the practice of law; member of the Securities and Exchange Commission 1969-1973; died December 27, 1995.


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  11/08/1966 FL District 4 Won 99.97% (+99.95%)
  11/03/1964 FL District 5 Won 99.97% (+99.93%)
  11/06/1962 FL District 5 Won 65.21% (+30.43%)
  11/08/1960 FL District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1958 FL - District 5 Won 66.97% (+33.95%)
  11/06/1956 FL - District 5 Won 51.44% (+2.88%)
  11/02/1954 FL - District 5 Won 99.99% (+99.98%)
  05/04/1954 FL District 5 - D Primary Won 85.64% (+71.28%)
  11/04/1952 FL - District 5 Won 99.98% (+99.96%)
  11/07/1950 FL District 5 Won 76.53% (+53.06%)
  11/02/1948 FL District 5 Won 70.65% (+41.30%)
  05/04/1948 FL District 5 - D Primary Won 71.37% (+56.74%)
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FL US President - Nov 02, 1976 R Gerald R. Ford
FL US President - Nov 05, 1968 R Richard M. Nixon