Askew, Reubin (1928-2014)
- Name:
- Askew, Reubin (1928-2014)
- Title:
- Sergeant, United States Army, 1946-1948
Military Intelligence Officer, United States Air Force, 1951-1953
Assistam Solicitor, Escambia County, FL 1956-
Member, Florida House of Repressentatives, 1958-1962
Member, Florida State Senate, 1962-1970
Governor, State of Florida, 1971-1979
Chair, National Governor's Association, 1977
United States Trade Representative, 1979-1980
Democratic Candidate, Presidnetial Primary, 1984 - Other Names:
- Askew, Reubin O'Donovan
- Born:
- 09/11/1928
- Birthplace:
- Muskogee, OK
- Died:
- 03/13/2014
- Death Location:
- Tallahassee, FL
- Residence:
- Muskogee, OK
Pensacola, FL 1937-
Tallahassee, FL - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Lawyer
Politician - Father:
- Askew, Leon G.
- Mother:
- O'Donovan, Alberta
- Relations:
- Partnership, Levin & Askew, Pensacola, 1955-
(David Levin and Reubin Askew) - Spouse:
- Donna Lou Harper m. 08/1956
- Children:
- 2 adopted children
- Notes:
- David Colburn and Richard Scher, Florida's Gubernatorial Politics in the 20th Century. Gainesville, FL: The University Press of Florida, 1980.
Gordon E. Harvey, The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s. Tuscalloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2015.
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