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    Thomas LeRoy Collins (March 10, 1909 – March 12, 1991) was an American politician who served as the 33rd governor of Florida from 1955 to 1961. Collins began...
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  • Thomas LeRoy Collins Jr. (1934–2010) was a United States Navy officer, businessman, and political figure. Collins was the son of former Florida Governor...
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    LeRoy Collins (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2006) LeRoy Collins Papers at Florida State University (http://www.fsu.edu/~speccoll/leroy/lerocoll...
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    gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democrat LeRoy Collins defeated Republican nominee William A. Washburne Jr. in a landslide...
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    election to a term as governor in his own right, but was defeated by LeRoy Collins. After leaving office on January 4, 1955, he returned to the Florida...
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    the first lady of Florida from 1955 to 1961 as the wife of Governor LeRoy Collins. Mary Call was born in New York City, New York, the only child and daughter...
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    His opponents in the Democratic primary were the sitting governor, LeRoy Collins, former governor Fuller Warren, and wealthy businessman and former National...
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    November 7, 2006, with 60% of the vote. LeRoy Collins Jr., retired naval officer and son of former Governor LeRoy Collins Katherine Harris, U.S. Representative...
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    T. McCarty, who died in office on September 28, 1953. State Senator LeRoy Collins won the Democratic nomination in a three-way race against acting Governor...
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    Text list "Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library". Leon County. Retrieved January 9, 2020. "Governor Thomas LeRoy Collins". LeRoy Collins Leon County...
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    The LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library is a system of public libraries in Leon County, Florida. In 1954, the American Association of University...
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    Sobel 1978, pp. 272–273. "Thomas Leroy Collins". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 20, 2023. "LeRoy Collins". Florida Memory. Retrieved February...
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    Smathers decided to not seek re-election. Popular former two-term Governor LeRoy Collins won the Democratic nomination by defeating State Attorney General Earl...
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    Hubert Humphrey 134 74.5 2 Luther H. Hodges 40 0.5 0 P.T. Maner 33 0 0 LeRoy Collins 29 0 0 Clinton Presba Anderson 16 0 0 Frank G. Clement 14 0 0 Pat Brown...
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    Johnson nominated LeRoy Collins as the first Director of the Community Relations Service. Subsequently, Thurmond reminded Collins of his past support...
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  • political scientist. She is the LeRoy Collins Eminent Scholar in Civic Education & Political Science and director of the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State...
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  • sentence was commuted to life in prison by recently elected Governor LeRoy Collins. He was paroled in 1968, but died the next year in Lake County, purportedly...
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  • Public Library was renamed the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library in honor of Florida's 33rd Governor, LeRoy Collins. In 1997, Tallahassee citizens...
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    Governors Association In office June 25, 1959 – June 26, 1960 Preceded by LeRoy Collins Succeeded by Stephen McNichols 62nd Governor of Delaware In office January...
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    population led to the construction of a second Leon High School where the LeRoy Collins Public Library now stands. The current building at 550 East Tennessee...
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    Edmonds, "LeRoy Collins and the making of modern Florida", Tampa Bay Times, October 30, 2013, https://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/leroy-collins...
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  • the Sioux Mary Call Darby Collins (1911–2009), widow of governor LeRoy Collins and first lady of Florida, 1955–1961 Mary Collins (immunologist), British...
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    Democrats shifting leftward and Republicans rightward. Popular Democrat LeRoy Collins defeated State Attorney General Earl Faircloth in the Democratic primary...
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    The first governor to live in the new mansion was LeRoy Collins, in the spring of 1957. Collins and his wife were actively involved in the new house's...
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    Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Preceded by Edward Gudeman Succeeded by LeRoy Collins Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th district...
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  • (RL) Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909–1991), governor of Florida Thomas Collins (soldier), participant in the Battle of Rorke's Drift Tom Collins (disambiguation)...
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  • (1935–1951) (Alpha Mu '58 Honorary) LeRoy Collins Florida House of Representatives (1934–1940) (Beta Psi '57 Honorary) LeRoy Collins Florida State Senate (1940–1954...
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    23, 1957 – May 18, 1958 Preceded by Thomas B. Stanley Succeeded by LeRoy Collins 52nd & 56th Treasurer of Illinois In office January 8, 1951 – January...
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  • denouncing the decision and declaring it null and void. But Florida Governor LeRoy Collins, though joining in the protest against the court decision, refused to...
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  • Admiral Collins may refer to: John Augustine Collins (1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy vice admiral LeRoy Collins Jr. (1934–2010), U.S. Navy rear admiral...
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