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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaSam Melville GIBBONS
(1920- )
GIBBONS, Sam Melville, a
Representative from Florida; born in Tampa, Hillsborough County,
Fla., January 20, 1920; attended the University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla.; LL.B., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.,
1947; admitted to the Florida bar in 1947; lawyer, private
practice; United States Army, the Five Hundred and First Parachute
Infantry, One Hundred and First Airborne Division, 1941-1945;
member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1953-1958;
member of the Florida state senate, 1959-1962; delegate, Democratic
National Conventions, 1964, 1968 and 1984; elected as a Democrat to
the Eighty-eighth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January
3, 1963-January 3, 1997); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means
(One Hundred Third Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to
the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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