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LeRoy Collins

LeRoy Collins
Personal data
Date of birthMarch 10, 1909
Place of birthTallahassee, Florida
Date of deathMarch 12, 1991 (aged 82)
Place of deathTallahassee, Florida
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Call Darby Collins
ReligionEpiscopalian
33rd Governor of Florida
In officeJanuary 4, 1955 - January 3, 1961
Succeeded byC. Farris Bryant
Preceded byCharley Eugene Johns

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Thomas LeRoy Collins (March 10, 1909 - March 12, 1991) was the 33rd Governor of Florida.

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Inaugural Plans Taking Shape - Capitol News Service Tweet this news
Capitol News Service--In January 1955, -Leroy Collins- said there is “So Much to be Done!” It is against that same backdrop, the historic Capitol…that Rick Scott will take the ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:08:13 GMT+00:00
Collins Veterans Museum Building Dedication to be Held on Dec. 8 - Creative Loafing Tampa (blog) Tweet this news
Creative Loafing Tampa (blog)--The life of Rear Admiral -LeRoy Collins-, Jr. will be celebrated during a building renaming ceremony hosted by the Hillsborough County Board of County ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:47:07 GMT+00:00
County Holds Ribbon-Cutting for Library Branch Expansion - WCTV Tweet this news
WCTV---...- complete with educational gifts, children's activities, storytime and refreshments, this Saturday, from 11 am to 1 pm, at the -LeRoy Collins- Leon County ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:46:24 GMT+00:00
Leroy Collins - Riverhead News-Review Tweet this news
Riverhead News-Review--By Times Review | December 7, 2010 in Obituaries -Leroy Collins- was born on Jan. 9, 1935, to -Leroy Collins- Sr. and Ethel Hamilton in Charleston, ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:29:09 GMT+00:00
Packers' Matthews, Collins, Woodson named Pro Bowl starters - Sacramento Bee Tweet this news
Sacramento Bee---Collins- is the first Packers safety to make three straight Pro Bowls since -LeRoy- Butler. "It's a great accomplishment, following a legend who invented the ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:19:36 GMT+00:00
Remembering one of Florida's greatest Veterans - WPTV Tweet this news
WPTV--Retired Navy Admiral -LeRoy Collins- was killed in July while riding his bike in Tampa. Collins was the son of former governor -LeRoy Collins-. ... - Date : Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:02:19 GMT+00:00
Diner's Journal: Tavern on the Green Visitors Center Opens - New York Times Tweet this news
New York Times--In August, the city tore down the Crystal Room, which was built in 1976 by Warner -LeRoy- after he took charge of the restaurant. ... - Date : Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:52:29 GMT+00:00
Ride to honor slain cyclists to take place Friday night in Tampa - Creative Loafing Tampa (blog) Tweet this news
Creative Loafing Tampa (blog)--This incident comes just a few months -Leroy Collins- Jr. met his fate in a similar fashion, when an SUV hit and killed him in South Tampa, as well as three ... - Date : Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:55:33 GMT+00:00
Donna Damaged Citrus, Short- and Long-Term - The Ledger Tweet this news
The Ledger--14, 1960, shows then-Governor -LeRoy Collins-, right, and Florida Citrus Commission General Manager Homer E. Hooks touring damaged groves. ... - Date : Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:39:16 GMT+00:00
Author proud of her Florida heritage - St. Augustine Record Tweet this news
St. Augustine Record--Former governor -LeRoy Collins- and Secretary of State Katherine Harris (involved in the election of 2000) all are mentioned. Readers will relate to names in ... - Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:12:22 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Charley Eugene Johns
Governor of Florida
January 4, 1955 - January 3, 1961
Succeeded by
C. Farris Bryant
Party political offices
Preceded by
Daniel T. McCarty
Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Florida
1954, 1956
Succeeded by
C. Farris Bryant
Preceded by
Sam Rayburn
Permanent Chairman of the Democratic National Convention
1960
Succeeded by
John W. McCormack
Preceded by
George Smathers
Democratic Party nominee for United States Senator from Florida
(Class 3)

1968
Succeeded by
Richard Stone

Governors of Florida

Military (1821)Jackson
Territorial (1822 - 1845)Duval * Eaton * Call * Reid * Call * Branch
State (since 1845)Moseley * Brown * Broome * Perry * Milton * Allison * Marvin * Walker * Reed * Hart * Stearns * Drew * Bloxham * Perry * Fleming * Mitchell * Bloxham * Jennings * Broward * Gilchrist * Trammell * Catts * Hardee * Martin * Carlton * Sholtz * Cone * Holland * Caldwell * Warren * McCarty * Johns * Collins * Bryant * Burns * Kirk * Askew * Graham * Mixson * Martinez * Chiles * MacKay * Bush * Crist

Chairs of the National Governors Association

Willson * McGovern * Walsh * Spry * Capper * Harrington * Allen * Sproul * Cox * Trinkle * Brewster * McMullen * Dern * Case * Pollard * Rolph * McNutt * Peery * Cochran * Stark * Vanderbilt * Stassen * O'Conor * Saltonstall * Maw * Martin * Caldwell * Hildreth * Hunt * Lane * Carlson * Lausche * Peterson * Shivers * Thornton * Kennon * Langlie * Stanley * Stratton * Collins * Boggs * McNichols * Powell * Rosellini * Anderson * Sawyer * Reed * Guy * Volpe * Ellington * Love * Hearnes * Moore * Mandel * Evans * Rampton * Ray * Andrus * Askew * Milliken * Carroll * Bowen * Busbee * Snelling * Matheson * J. Thompson * Carlin * Alexander * Clinton * Sununu * Baliles * Branstad * Gardner * Ashcroft * Romer * Campbell * Dean * T. Thompson * Miller * Voinovich * Carper * Leavitt * Glendening * Engler * Patton * Kempthorne * Warner * Huckabee * Napolitano * Pawlenty * Rendell * Douglas * Manchin

United States presidential election, 1956

Democratic Party1956 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBattle * Chandler * Davis * Harriman * Johnson * Kefauver * Lausche * Stevenson * Timmerman
VP CandidatesBrown * Clement * Collins * Gore * Hodges * Humphrey * Johnson * Kefauver * Kennedy * Symington * Wagner
Republican Party1956 Republican National Convention
CandidatesEisenhower
VP CandidatesNixon

Democratic Party nominees for Governor of Florida (1953-)

McCarty * Collins * Bryant * Burns * High * Askew * Graham * Pajcic * Chiles * MacKay * McBride * Davis



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