Oral Histories
As of April 2009, over 130 video/oral histories of Florida lawmakers and others associated with the legislative process have been digitally recorded. These include such legendary leaders as Senate Presidents Dempsey Barron, Randolph Hodges and Mallory Horne; Governors Reubin O’D Askew, Farris Bryant, and Bob Graham; House Speakers Ralph Turlington, Don Tucker, Hyatt Brown, T.K. Wetherell, Daniel Webster and John Thrasher; and Lieutenant Governors Wayne Mixson, Bobby Brantley, and Toni Jennings.
Video/Oral Histories
- William C. “Bill” Andrews, Representative
- Philip F. Ashler, Representative and Treasurer
- Reubin O’D. Askew, Representative, Senator, Governor and U.S. Trade Commissioner
- Thomas H. Barkdull, Judge
- *Dempsey J. Barron, Representative and Senate President
- William Dean "Wig" Barrow, Senator
- Malcolm E. Beard, Representative and Senator
- Samuel P. Bell, III, Representative
- Allan George Bense, House Speaker
- William O. “Bill” Birchfield, Representative
- Bobby Brantley, Representative and Lieutenant Governor
- J. Hyatt Brown, Speaker
- J. Hyatt Brown, 25th Anniversary of Speakership
- Joe Brown, Secretary of Senate
- *C. Farris Bryant, Representative and Governor
- George L. Caldwell, Representative
- Ferrin C. Campbell, Representative and Senator
- *Doyle Elam Carlton, Jr., Senator
- Carl Carpenter, Jr., Representative
- Roberto Casas, Representative and Senate President pro tempore
- Mack N.Cleveland, Jr., House Speaker pro tempore and Senator
- Doyle E. Conner, House Speaker and Commissioner of Agriculture
- George Crady, Representative
- *H. “Gus Craig”, House Speaker pro tempore
- *William Cato Cramer, Representative and Member of Congress
- Robert B. “Bob” Crawford, Representative and Senate President
- John R. Culbreath, Representative
- Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte, Representative and Former President, Florida State University
- Welborn Daniel, Representative and Senator
- Helen Gordon Davis, Representative and Senator
- Murray H. Dubbin, Representative
- Peter M. “Pete” Dunbar, Representative
- James R. Eddy, Representative
- Tom Feeney, House Speaker and Member of Congress
- George Firestone, Representative, Senator and Secretary of State
- M. “Tony” Fontana, Representative
- Pat Collier Frank, Representative and Senator
- Lois J. Frankel, Representative
- C. Thomas “Tom” Gallagher, Representative, Treasurer and Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Education, Chief Financial Officer
- Tom Gallen, Representative and Senator
- Sam Melville Gibbons, Representative, Senator and Member of Congress
- Edmond J. Gong, Representative and Senator
- *Jack D. Gordon, Senate President pro tempore
- Robert “Bob” Graham, Representative, Senator, Governor and U.S. Senator
- William C. Grimes, Representative
- *Mary R. Grizzle, Representative and Senator
- W. D. “Bill” Gunter, Jr., Senator, Member of Congress and Treasurer
- Joel K. Gustafson, Representative
- Tom Gustafson, House Speaker
- Ralph H. Haben, Jr., House Speaker
- Marshall S. Harris, Representative
- Donald F. “Don” Hazelton, Representative
- Warren S. Henderson, Representative and Senator
- *W. C. “Cliff” Herrell, Representative and Senator
- Gene Hodges, Representative
- *W. Randolph Hodges, Senate President
- Mallory E. Horne, House Speaker and Senate President
- William G. "Bill" James, House Minority Leader
- Toni Jennings, Representative, Senate President, and Lieutenant Governor
- Bolley L. “Bo” Johnson, House Speaker
- *Elizabeth J. "Beth" Johnson, Representative and Senator
- Harry A. Johnston II, Senate President and Member of Congress
- Fred Jones, Representative
- Frederick B. Karl, Representative, Senator and Supreme Court Justice
- James E. “Jim” King, Jr., Representative and Senate President
- S. Curtis “Curt” Kiser, House Minority Leader and Senator
- Barry Kutun, Representative
- Phillip W. LaBarge, House Sergeant at Arms
- Richard H. “Dick” Langley, Representative and Senator
- Walter L. Law, Lobbyist
- Tom Lee, Senate President
- Philip D. “Phil” Lewis, Senate President
- Fred Lippman, Representative
- James M. Lombard, Representative
- Kenneth H. “Buddy” MacKay, Jr., Representative, Senator, Member of Congress, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor
- William Lacy Mahon, Jr., Representative
- William H. “Bill” Maness, Representative
- Elvin L. Martinez, Representative
- John M. McKay, Senate President
- Tom McPherson, Representative and Senator
- Carrie P. Meek, Representative, Senator and Member of Congress
- Miley L.Miers, II, Representative
- Jon L. Mills, House Speaker
- Wayne Mixson, Representative, Lieutenant Governor and Governor
- Sandra B. Mortham, House Minority Leader and Secretary of State
- *Kenneth M. “Ken” Myers, Representative and Senator
- Don Nichols, Representative
- Carl Ogden, Representative
- R. Dale Patchett, House Minority Leader
- Richard A. Pettigrew, House Speaker and Senator
- Kenneth A. “Ken” Plante, Senate Minority Leader
- Van Poole, Representative and Senator
- Ed H. Price, Jr., Senator
- James L. “Jim” Redman, Representative
- Richard R. “Dick” Renick, Representative and Senator
- Ronald L. “Ron” Richmond, Representative
- William J. “Billy Joe” Rish, Representative
- Walter J. “Buzz” Ritchie, House Minority Leader
- John L. Ryals, House Speaker pro tempore
- *A. J. “Red” Ryan, Jr., Representative and Senator
- Henry B. Sayler, Senator
- James A. “Jim” Scott, Senate President
- Frederick H. Schultz, House Speaker
- T. Terrell Sessums, House Speaker
- Jack Shreve, Representative
- Ronald A. “Ron” Silver, Representative and Senator
- Tom Slade, Representative and Senator
- George B. Stallings, Jr., Representative
- Douglas Stenstrom, Senator
- Amos Sumner, Representative
- Russell E. Sykes, Representative and Senator
- Jon C. Thomas, Representative and Senator
- James Harold Thompson, House Speaker
- John Thrasher, House Speaker
- Jim K. Tillman, House Minority Leader
- Donald L. Tucker, House Speaker
- Ralph D. Turlington, House Speaker and Commissioner of Education
- John W. Vogt, Senate President
- Peter Rudy Wallace, House Speaker
- Daniel Webster, House Speaker and Senator
- Wayne Westmark, House Sergeant at Arms
- T. K Wetherell, House Speaker and President, Florida State University
- J.H. “Jim” Williams, Senator, Lieutenant Governor, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- Lori Wilson, Senator
* deceased
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