Dan Webster | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Grayson |
| Constituency | 8th district (2011–2013) 10th district (2013–2017) 11th district (2017–present) |
| Majority Leader of the Florida Senate | |
| In office November 2006 – November 4, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | J. Alex Villalobos |
| Succeeded by | Alex Díaz de la Portilla |
| Member of the Florida Senate | |
| In office November 3, 1998 – November 4, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | John Ostalkiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Andy Gardiner |
| Constituency | 12th district (1998–2002) 9th district (2002–2008) |
| 89th Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives | |
| In office November 19, 1996 – November 17, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Wallace |
| Succeeded by | John Thrasher |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives | |
| In office November 4, 1980 – November 3, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | John Mica |
| Succeeded by | Randy Johnson |
| Constituency | 39th district (1980–1982) 41st district (1982–1998) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Alan Webster April 27, 1949 Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Sandra Jordan (m. 1972) |
| Children | 6 |
| Education | Georgia Institute of Technology (BS) |
| Website | House website |
Daniel Alan Webster (born April 27, 1949) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he first entered Congress in 2011. He represented Florida's 10th congressional district from 2011 to 2017 (numbered as the 8th district during his first term). Before his congressional service, he served 28 years in the Florida legislature. He was the first Republican Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
After receiving his engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Webster worked in the family air conditioning and heating business he now owns and operates. He has been a resident of Florida since the age of seven and resides in Clermont. First elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1980 and the Florida Senate in 1998, Webster is the longest-serving legislator in Florida history.[1] He became Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (1996–1998) and Florida Senate Majority Leader (2006–2008); he left the legislature after reaching the legal term limits. He ran unopposed in all of his elections for the state legislature except for the first three: 1980, 1982, and 1984.[2]
Webster was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2010. He has since run three times for Speaker of the House: in January 2015, he received 12 votes; in October 2015, he received nine votes; in 2017, he received one vote. In the 115th United States Congress, Webster sat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Natural Resources Committee and the Science, Space and Technology Committee.