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Governor Lawton Chiles |
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Lawton Chiles was an American politician, two-term
41st Governor of Florida (1991-98), three-term U.S.
Senator (1970-89), member of the Florida House of
Representatives (1958-66), and the Florida State Senate
(1966-70).
The folksy Southern Democrat was dubbed "Walkin' Lawton"
for conducting a "shoe leather, shoestring campaign"
in his first U.S. Senate campaign in 1970, walking from
one end of the state to the other, covering over 1,000
miles in three months. It was Governor Lawton Chiles
who initiated Healthy Start and Healthy Families, to
nurture the educational, health and social development
of infants and toddlers in Florida, and expanded the
KidCare health-insurance program.
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Biographical fast facts |
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Full or original name at birth: Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr.
Date and place of birth: April 3, 1930, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, U.S.A.
Date, time, place and cause of death: December 12, 1998,
at approximately 8 a.m.*, Florida governor's mansion,
700 North Adams Street, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. (Cardiac arrhythmia)
Marriage
Wife: Rhea May Grafton (m. January 27, 1951 - December 12, 1998) (his death)
Children
Sons: Lawton Chiles III (known as Bud Chiles) and Edward Chiles
Daughters: Tandy Chiles Barrett and Rhea Gay Chiles
Parents
Father: Lawton Mainor Chiles (a railroad worker)
Mother: Margaret (Patterson) Chiles
Burial site: The Florida Governor was initially
buried in Roselawn Cemetery, on the north side
of Tallahassee, a short distance from the Florida
Governor's Mansion. Later, his widow Rhea had the
body moved. Lawton Chiles' remains were moved
to a hilltop overlooking a log cabin and a cook
shack on the 210-acre Jubilee Plantation in
northern Leon County, fifteen miles from the
Florida Capitol. The property, which his family
owns and Lawton used as his base for his frequent
turkey hunting expeditions, was later managed
by the University of Florida extension service.
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Error correction or clarification |
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* Though his body wasn't discovered until
3:30 p.m., medical examiners determined the Governor
died instantly at about 8 a.m., but did not have a
heart attack, as was initially reported.
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