Lewis B. Whitworth Papers - 1950s-1980s

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HMA0390

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Lewis B. Whitworth Papers - 1950s-1980s

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  • 1950s-1980s (Creation)

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165.00 Items

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Scrapbooks and folders contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, campaign materials and photographic prints pertaining to Whitworth's involvement in public life and his social activities. Some government publications and newsletters from various county and state organizations are also included.

 

Biographical Note: Miami-Dade County as a Hialeah Councilman, Dade County Commissioner, State Representative in the Florida House of Representatives and elected circuit court judge. As commissioner, Whitworth secured federal funds to reimburse the county for medical aid given to Cuban refugees at Jackson Memorial Hospital. During his term as State Representative he was instrumental in the successful efforts to reform the state's judicial system and in the 1971 session, he sponsored, among others, two major bills that were signed into law. One was the marijuana felony-misdemeanor bill and the other, the nonpartisan election of judges bill

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      gift

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      Accession: 2002-347, 2002-348

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      © Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.

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