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U.S. Senators from Florida:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
David Levy Yulee (D) Stephen R. Mallory (D) Adonijah S. Welch (R) Abijah Gilbert (R) Charles W. Jones (D) Samuel Pasco (D) James P. Taliaferro (D) Nathan P. Bryan (D) Park Trammell (D) Scott M. Loftin (D) Charles O. Andrews (D) Spessard L. Holland (D) Lawton M. Chiles, Jr. (D) Connie Mack III (R) Clarence William (Bill) Nelson (D)	1845-1851 1851-1861 1868-1869 1869-1875 1875-1887 1887-1899 1899-1911 1911-1917 1917-1936 1936-1936 1936-1946 1946-1971 1971-1989 1989-2001 2001---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
James D. Westcott, Jr. (D) Jackson Morton (W) David L. Yulee (D) Thomas W. Osborn (R) Simon B. Conover (R) Wilkinson Call (D) Stephen R. Mallory (D) William J. Bryan (D) William H. Milton (D) Duncan U. Fletcher (D) William L. Hill (D) Claude D. Pepper (D) George A. Smathers (D) Edward J. Gurney (R) Richard B. Stone (D) Paula Hawkins (R) Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham (D) Mel Martinez (R) George S. LeMieux (R)	1845-1849 1849-1855 1855-1861 1868-1873 1873-1879 1879-1897 1897-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1936 1936-1936 1936-1951 1951-1969 1969-1974 1975-1980 1981-1987 1987-2005 2005-2009 2009---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Spessard L. Holland Duncan U. Fletcher

Florida Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Party Conference Secretaries: George Smathers, Connie Mack Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Budget: Lawton Chiles
Florida Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
Claude Denison Pepper

Florida Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Dr. John Gorrie by Charles A. Pillars in Statuary Hall; Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith by Charles A. Pillars (Hall of Columns). Paintings: Florida Case Before the Electoral Commission by Cornelia A. Fassett, (Senate wing, third floor, east corridor); Fort Jefferson, Fort Taylor, both by Seth Eastman (center section, first floor, west corridor).

Unusual Facts
Known as "The Florida Fire Eater" for his radical views in support of the southern cause, David Levy, was the first Jew to serve in the Senate. In compliance with a request made by his fiancee, David Levy changed his name to David Levy Yulee, by special act of the Florida general assembly on January 12, 1846. The two Floridians honored in Statuary Hall share a link to the Smithsonian Institution, which published the Confederate General Smith's botany reports of the Mexican boundary. The Smithsonian also houses an ice making invention by tropical disease scientist Dr. Gorrie. Gorrie is considered the father of refrigeration.


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