Harry Stratton
Harry Stratton | |
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| Member of the Florida Senate | |
| In office 1955–1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harry Onis Stratton March 23, 1910 |
| Died | August 6, 1972 (aged 62) Leon County, Florida, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Children | five |
| Occupation | Insurance agent |
Harry Onis Stratton (March 23, 1910 – August 6, 1972) was an American politician in the state of Florida.
He served in the Florida State Senate from 1955 to 1965 as a Democratic member for the 16th district. In 1963, he was president pro tempore of the Senate.[1] He also served briefly in the Florida House of Representatives, from 1945 to 1950.[2] He was a member of the Pork Chop Gang, a group of legislators from rural areas that dominated the state legislature due to malapportionment and used their power to engage in McCarthyist tactics.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Florida Senators". uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ↑ Ward, Robert L. / Florida House of Representatives (2011). "Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County, 1845-2012" (PDF). Retrieved December 11, 2011.
- ↑ Group portrait of the Pork Chop Gang during the 1956 special session of the Senate, Florida Memory, 1956, archived from the original on July 15, 2015, retrieved July 14, 2015
- ↑ Weitz, Seth (March 1, 2009). "Defending the Old South: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Political Immorality in Florida, 1865–1968". The Historian. 71 (1): 79–92. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00232.x. ISSN 0018-2370.
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