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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaKenneth Hood MacKAY, Jr. (Buddy)
(1933- )
MacKAY, Kenneth Hood, Jr.
(Buddy), a Representative from Florida; born in Ocala,
Marion County, Fla., March 22, 1933; attended Ocala Elementary
School; graduated, Ocala High School, 1950; B.S. and B.A.,
University of Florida, Gainsville, 1954; LL.B., University of
Florida Law School, 1961; United States Air Force, captain,
1955-1958; admitted to the Florida bar, 1961, and commenced
practice in Daytona Beach; elected, Florida house of
representatives, 1968-1974; elected, Florida senate, 1974-1980;
unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate, 1980; elected
as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the two succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1989); was not a candidate
for reelection, but was an unsuccessful nominee in 1988 for the
United States Senate; elected Lieutenant Governor of Florida in
1990 for the term commencing January 8, 1991, and reelected in
1994; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1998; upon the death
of Governor Lawton Chiles was sworn in as Governor of Florida on
December 13, 1998, and served until January 5, 1999.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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