James E. Calkins

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]

James E. Calkins (cica 1919)
Members of the 1907 House of Representatives - Tallahassee, Florida
Members of the 1921 Florida Senate - Tallahassee, Florida

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. The Library of Congress has the image.

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
  1. "Members of the 1907 House of Representatives - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Members of the 1909 House of Representatives - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. "Members of the 1915 Florida Senate - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. "Members of the 1921 Florida Senate - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. "Obituary for James E. Calkins (Aged 82)". The Miami News. 28 January 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. "noted attorney and legislator establishes home in Coral Gables". The Miami Herald. 7 September 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. "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.
  8. 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".
  9. "Gravestone image". Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. "Obituary for James E. Calkins". Fort Lauderdale News. 28 January 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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