Edward J. Gurney

Edward John Gurney was a U.S. Representative and a Senator from Florida; born in Portland, Maine on January 12, 1914; attended the public schools of Skowhegan and Waterville; graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine in 1935; received law degrees from the Harvard Law School 1938 and from Duke University Law School in Durham, North Carolina, 1948; admitted to the New York bar in 1939; practiced law in New York City 1938-1941; during the Second World War enlisted as a private in the United States Army in 1941, saw action in the European Theater, and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1946; moved to Winter Park, Florida, in 1948 and practiced law; city commissioner of Winter Park 1952-1958; city attorney of Maitland, Florida, 1957-1961; mayor of Winter Park 1961-1962; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection; elected in 1968 to the United States Senate, and served from January 3, 1969, until his resignation December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; was a resident of Winter Park, Fla., until his death on May 14, 1996; remains were cremated.

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Florida - Portland, Maine - January 12 - 1914 - Skowhegan - Waterville - Colby College - 1935 - Harvard - 1938 - Duke University - Durham, North Carolina - 1948 - 1939 - New York City - 1941 - Second World War - United States Army - European Theater - Lieutenant colonel - 1946 - Winter Park, Florida - 1952 - 1958 - Maitland, Florida - 1957 - 1961 - 1962 - Eighty-eighth Congress - January 3 - 1963 - 1969 - United States Senate - December 31 - 1974 - May 14 - 1996

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