Spessard Holland

Spessard Holland
Holland in 1946
United States Senator
from Florida
In office
September 25, 1946 – January 3, 1971
Preceded byCharles O. Andrews
Succeeded byLawton Chiles
28th Governor of Florida
In office
January 7, 1941 – January 2, 1945
Preceded byFred P. Cone
Succeeded byMillard Caldwell
Member of the Florida Senate
from the 7th district
In office
1932–1940
Preceded byJohn J. Swearingen[1]
Succeeded byHarry E. King
Judge of the Polk County Court
In office
1921–1929
Prosecutor of Polk County, Florida
In office
1919–1921
Personal details
Born
Spessard Lindsey Holland

(1892-07-10)July 10, 1892
Bartow, Florida
DiedNovember 6, 1971(1971-11-06) (aged 79)
Bartow, Florida
Resting placeWildwood Cemetery
Bartow, Florida
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Agnes Groover Holland
Children4
Alma materEmory College
University of Florida
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
United States Army Signal Corps Aviation Section
Years of service1917–1919
RankCaptain
UnitCoast Artillery Corps
24th Flying Squadron
Battles/warsWorld War I

Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and later as a U.S. senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971.[2] He was the first person born in Florida to serve as governor and U.S. senator for the state. While serving as a U.S. senator he would notably introduce the 24th Amendment.[3]

During his tenure as governor, he was mainly preoccupied with the preparations for World War II and the actual war itself.[4] With the death of U.S. senator Charles O. Andrews he was appointed by Governor Millard F. Caldwell on September 25, 1946, to serve out the rest of his term which was set to expire the following January. However, he was reelected in 1946 and continued to seek reelection during every opportunity available serving as a senator until he retired in January 1971.[3][5]

  1. ^ "Florida Senators". December 29, 2016. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Spessard Lindsey Holland - Florida Department of State". dos.myflorida.com. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Stone, Spessard (2002) "An Extraordinary Floridia: A Profile of Spessard Lindsey Holland," Sunland Tribune: Vol. 28, Article 8. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1357&context=sunlandtribune
  4. ^ "The Progressive Conservative". Florida Historical Society. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).