James E. Calkins (October 6, 1878 - January 26, 1963) was a lawyer and politician in Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives in 1907[1] and 1909[2] and Florida Senate in 1915[3] and 1921[4] including as President of the Florida Senate.[5]
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He was born in Nassau County, Florida and was the son of one of the original Florida pioneers.[6]
He obtained his law degree in 1901 from the University of Georgia, and started practicing law in Fernandina.[5] He was a commerce lawyer.[7]
In 1921 he was appointed to be the special council for the Florida Railway Commission where he served until he founded the law partnership Loftin, Stokes & Calkins [6]
He served as the mayor of Fernandina.[5]
In 1919, he served as a commissioner overseeing the publication of Florida's general statutes.[8]
He was photographed with Duncan U. Fletcher and Park Trammell in 1925.[citation needed] The Library of Congress has the image.[citation needed]
He died January 26, 1963, and was reported as being 82, but an image of his gravestone shows a date of birth of October 6, 1878 making his 84.[5][9] He was survived by two sisters.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Members of the 1907 House of Representatives - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Members of the 1909 House of Representatives - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Members of the 1915 Florida Senate - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Members of the 1921 Florida Senate - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary for James E. Calkins (Aged 82)". The Miami News. 28 January 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ a b "noted attorney and legislator establishes home in Coral Gables". The Miami Herald. 7 September 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Modification of Transportation Act, 1920: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-seventh Congress, First Session, on S. 1150 and S. 2510, Bills to Amend the Transportation Act, 1920, and for Other Purposes". 1922.
- ^ Florida (1920). "The Revised General Statutes of Florida: Prepared Under Authority of Chapter 6930, Acts 1915, Chapter 7347, Acts 1917, and Chapter 7838, Acts 1919, Laws of Florida".
- ^ "Gravestone image". Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Obituary for James E. Calkins". Fort Lauderdale News. 28 January 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
