Claude R. Kirk, Jr. AKA Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. Born: 7-Jan-1926 Birthplace: San Bernardino, CA Died: 27-Sep-2011 Location of death: West Palm Beach, FL Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, South Florida VA National Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL
Gender: Male Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Republican [1] Nationality: United States Executive summary: Governor of Florida, 1967-71 Military service: USMC (WWII and Korean War, Lt.) First Republican Governor of Florida since Reconstruction. Opponent of civil rights legislation and school integration, and proponent of environmental conservation. Permitted Disney to build Walt Disney World theme park near Orlando. He was defeated in 1970 by Democrat Reubin Askew. [1] Switched from Democratic Party to Republican, 1960. After his term as Governor, he occasionally ran for office variously as a Republican and a Democrat.
Father: Claude R. Kirk, Sr. Mother: Sarah McLure Wife: Sarah Stokes Daughter: Katherine Gilmer Kirk ("Kitty", m. Ander Crenshaw) Wife: Erika Mattfeld (m. 18-Feb-1967) Daughter: Claudia Son: Erik Henry
High School: Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, AL University: Emory University (transferred) University: BS, Duke University Law School: University of Alabama School of Law (1949)
Governor of Florida (3-Jan-1967 to 5-Jan-1971) American Heritage Life Insurance Company Co-Founder (1956)
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