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  Gurney, Edward J.
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NameEdward J. Gurney
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Winter Park, Florida , United States
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Born January 12, 1914
DiedMay 14, 1996 (82 years)
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Infoborn in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 12, 1914; attended the public schools of Skowhegan and Waterville, Maine; graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine 1935; received law degrees from the Harvard Law School 1938 and from Duke Law School, Durham, N.C. 1948; was admitted to the New York bar in 1939; practiced law in New York City 1938-1941; during the Second World War enlisted as a private in the United States Army in 1941, saw action in the European Theater, and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1946; moved to Winter Park, Fla., in 1948 and practiced law; city commissioner of Winter Park 1952-1958; city attorney of Maitland, Fla., 1957-1961; mayor of Winter Park 1961-1962; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection; elected in 1968 to the United States Senate, and served from January 3, 1969, until his resignation December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; was a resident of Winter Park, Fla., until his death on May 14, 1996; remains were cremated.


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  11/07/1978 FL District 09 Lost 38.51% (-22.98%)
  09/12/1978 FL District 9 - R Primary Won 70.46% (+40.91%)
  11/05/1968 FL US Senate Won 55.90% (+11.80%)
  05/07/1968 FL US Senate - R Primary Won 80.04% (+60.08%)
  11/08/1966 FL District 5 Won 99.74% (+99.48%)
  05/03/1966 FL District 5 - R Primary Won 97.35% (+94.69%)
  11/03/1964 FL District 11 Won 60.56% (+21.11%)
  11/06/1962 FL District 11 Won 51.92% (+3.84%)
  05/29/1962 FL District 11 - R Runoff Won 65.34% (+30.68%)
  05/08/1962 FL District 11 - R Primary Won 44.05% (+14.22%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 R Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger