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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaMillard Fillmore CALDWELL
(1897-1984)
CALDWELL, Millard
Fillmore, a Representative from Florida; born in Knoxville,
Knox County, Tenn., February 6, 1897; attended the public schools,
Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., the University of
Mississippi at Oxford, and the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville; during the First World War enlisted in the United
States Army on April 3, 1918, was commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Field Artillery, and was discharged January 11, 1919;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice
in Milton, Fla., in 1925; served as prosecuting attorney and county
attorney of Santa Rosa County, Fla., 1926-1932; member of the State
house of representatives 1929-1932; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1933-January 3, 1941); was not a candidate for renomination in
1940; resumed the practice of law; Governor of Florida from January
2, 1945, to January 4, 1949; chairman of the National
Governors’ Conference in 1946 and 1947; chairman of the
Regional Board of Control for Southern Regional Education
1948-1950; Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Administration
1950-1952; member and later chief justice of Supreme Court of
Florida; engaged in farming, banking, and practice of law; resided
in Tallahassee, Fla., until his death October 23, 1984.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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