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Florida Governors Lasting Legacies (Images of America)

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The state of Florida has a unique place in the annals of national history and has been a constant contributor to the country’s identity. The 51 men who have served as the state’s governors are an essential a part of its complex identity and have produced resonant material for historians of every age. They have got been farmers, generals, boat captains, restaurant owners, presidents, and sons of presidents. They have got been given the office by both popular mandate and the happenstance of fate. These individuals have represented virtually every category of what it means to be a Floridian. Their lasting legacies can also be felt on a daily basis by the state’s citizens. Since the drainage of the Everglades and the transformation of swamplands into beachfront paradises, Florida has lured Americans from more than a few states to its sunny shores. It has seceded from the Union, decided the final verdict in many presidential elections, used to be the site of railroad monopolies, developed into a playground of the rich, and is the birthplace of a new roughly theme park–all even as being led by these distinct individuals who, at their core, were Floridians first.

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