Van B. Poole
Chair of the Florida Republican Party
In office
1989–1993
Preceded byJeanie Austin
Succeeded byTom Slade Jr.
Member of the Florida Senate
from the 30th district
In office
1978–1982
Preceded byJon C. Thomas
Succeeded byTom McPherson
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 84th district
In office
1972–1978
Preceded byGeorge L. Caldwell
Succeeded byThomas J. Bush
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 88th district
In office
1970–1972
Preceded byJoseph M. Martinez Jr.
Succeeded byRandy Avon
Minority Whip of the Florida House of Representatives
In office
1974–1976
Personal details
Born (1935-07-05) July 5, 1935 (age 88)
Jackson, Madison County
Tennessee, USA
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDonna Maggert
ChildrenCynthia Lynne, Kimberly Anne, Mark Devereaux, and Katherine Kelley
Residence(s)Fort Lauderdale
Broward County, Florida
Alma materMemphis State University (BS)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army Reserve
Years of service1953–1961

Van B. Poole (born July 5, 1935) is a former Republican politician from Florida.

Biography

Born in Jackson, the seat of Madison County in western Tennessee, he graduated in 1958 from Memphis State University in Memphis, Tennessee. He relocated to Florida in 1963.[1][2]

From 1953 to 1961, Poole served in the United States Army Reserve.[3] From 1971 to 1979, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from Broward County in south Florida. He was elected to the state House in the same election in which his fellow Republicans, Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr., and U.S. Representative William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg, lost. For two years, he was the House Minority Whip. From 1979 to 1983, he was a member of the Florida Senate. In 1982, he received 38.3 percent of the general election vote in his challenge to Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles, who won his third and final term in the body. Chiles was first elected in 1970, when he defeated Cramer. Poole ran for Treasurer of Florida in 1986, but lost to Bill Gunter.[4]

Under the Republican Governor Bob Martinez, Poole was the director of the Florida Department of Business Regulation. From 1989 to 1993, he chaired the Florida Republican Party. In 2001, then Governor Jeb Bush appointed him to the Federal Judicial Nomination Commission, headed by former Governor Martinez.

Poole spent twenty years as an insurance executive with Krieg Kostas & Poole and is currently a lobbyist with Dutko Poole McKinley.[5]

He resides in Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, Florida

References

  1. ^ "Florida House of Representatives". Myfloridahouse.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "Ronald Reagan: Nomination of Van B. Poole To Be a Member of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  3. ^ 1980–1982 Senate Handbook flsenate.gov
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - FL Treasurer Race - Nov 04, 1986". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "Dutko World Wide :: Poole". Dutko Worldwide. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

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Florida House of Representatives Preceded byJoseph M. Martinez Jr. Member of the Florida House of Representativesfrom the 88th district 1970–1972 Succeeded byRandy Avon Preceded byGeorge L. Caldwell Member of the Florida House of Representativesfrom the 84th district 1972–1978 Succeeded byThomas J. Bush Florida Senate Preceded byJon C. Thomas Member of the Florida Senatefrom the 30th district 1978–1982 Succeeded byTom McPherson Party political offices Preceded byJohn Grady Republican nominee for United States Senator from Florida(Class 1) 1982 Succeeded byConnie Mack III Preceded byJeffrey L. Latham (1978) Republican nominee for Treasurer of Florida 1986 Succeeded byTom Gallagher Preceded byJeanie Austin Chair of the Florida Republican Party 1989–1993 Succeeded byTom Slade Jr.


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