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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaWilliam Venroe CHAPPELL, Jr.
(1922-1989)
CHAPPELL, William Venroe,
Jr., a Representative from Florida; born in Kendrick, Marion
County, Fla., February 3, 1922; University of Florida, B.A., 1947,
LL.B., 1949, and J.D., 1967; served in the United States Navy,
aviator, 1942-1946; retired as a captain from United States Naval
Reserve in 1983; Marion County prosecuting attorney, 1950-1954;
elected to Florida house of representatives, 1954-1964, speaker,
1961-1963; did not seek reelection in 1964 but was elected again in
1966; member, law firm of Chappell & Rowland, Ocala, Fla.;
elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the nine
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1989);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1988 to the One Hundred
First Congress; was a resident of Ocala, Fla., until his death in
Bethesda, Md., on March 30, 1989.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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