On September 19, 2011, O ' Grady announced his own candidacy for the Texas statehouse, seeking the 2012 Republican nomination in Senate District 8 following the retirement of Sen. Florence Shapiro.

Florence Donald Shapiro ( born May 2, 1948 ) is an American politician from Texas.

A first-generation American and the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, Florence Shapiro was born in New York City ,.

Florence Shapiro entered politics after being elected to be a member of the Plano City Council, where she served six terms from 1979 to 1990.

Florence Shapiro was first elected to the Texas Senate in 1992, after defeating Democratic incumbent Ted Lyon, serving since 1993.

Florence Shapiro and Roger Staubach

* David Cain ( Texas politician ), former State Senator of the 2nd District of Texas, see Florence Shapiro

Shapiro was born to Florence and Seymour Shapiro in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York in 1956.

Past recipients include Texas State Senator Florence Shapiro, television anchor Tracy Rowlett, and former presidential candidate H. Ross Perot.

* 1860 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States ( d. 1924 )

* 1934 – Florence Henderson, American actress

* 1976 – Florence Dwyer, American politician ( b. 1902 )

At the end of World War II in Europe, in May 1945, the U. S. Army's Information and Educational Branch was ordered to establish an overseas university campus for demobilized American service men and women in Florence, Italy.

The first American University for service personnel was established in June 1945 at the School of Aeronautics in Florence, Italy.

* 1924 – Florence Stanley, American actress ( d. 2003 )

* 1896 – Florence Mills, American singer, dancer and comedian ( d. 1927 )

* 1868 – Florence Foster Jenkins, American soprano ( d. 1945 )

* 1897 – Florence Siebert, American medical researcher ( d. 1991 )

* 1998 – Florence Griffith-Joyner, American runner ( b. 1959 )

* 1901 – Florence Eldridge, American actress ( d. 1988 )

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* August 28 – Florence Turner, American actress ( b. 1885 )

* September 21 – Florence " Flo-Jo " Griffith-Joyner, American runner ( b. 1959 )

* February 22 – Florence Ballard, American singer ( The Supremes ) ( b. 1943 )

* December 21 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete ( d. 1998 )

* August 1 – Florence Eldridge, American actress ( b. 1901 )

* January 5 – Florence King, American writer

** Florence Reed, American actress ( d. 1967 )

* January 6 – Florence Turner, American actress ( d. 1946 )

** Florence Reed, American stage actress ( b. 1883 )

** Florence Halop, American actress ( b. 1923 )

* November 1 – Florence Mills, American cabaret singer ( b. 1896 )

* March 23 – Florence Moore, American actress ( b. 1886 )

** Florence Henderson, American actress ( The Brady Bunch )

Douglas was born in Florence, Italy, the eldest son of Scottish Conservative Party politician Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig, who was the heir of the 7th Marquess of Queensberry.

Notable Vassar alumni include first black graduate Anita Florence Hemmings ( 1897 ), poet Edna St. Vincent Millay ( 1917 ), computer pioneer Grace Hopper ( 1928 ), poet Elizabeth Bishop ( 1934 ), physician Beatrix Hamburg ( 1944 ), politician and activist Frances Farenthold, psychiatrist Bernadine P. Healy ( 1965 ), actress Meryl Streep ( 1971 ), CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Chip Reid ( 1977 ), television personality Andrew Zimmern ( 1984 ), actress Lisa Kudrow ( 1985 ), actress Hope Davis ( 1986 ), musician Mark Ronson, journalist Evan Wright ( 1988 ), writer-director Noah Baumbach ( 1991 ), Flickr founder Caterina Fake ( 1991 ), What Not to Wear host Stacy London ( 1991 ), Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn ( 1996 ), actress Lecy Goranson.

Concino Concini ( Florence, 1575 – Paris, 24 April 1617 ), was an Italian politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of his mother.

* Giovanni Spadolini, historian and important Italian politician, professor of " Contemporary History ", born in 1925 in Florence.

Florence Prag Kahn ( November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948 ) was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress.

* Florence Prag Kahn ( 1866 – 1948 ), American teacher and politician

Lapo Pistelli ( born on 20 June 1964 in Florence ) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Central Italy, first elected in the 2004 European Parliament election with the Democratic Party.

In Porto Feliz, the town by the Tietê River, located 80 km northwest of São Paulo, where the departure would take place, Florence was hosted for a while by surgeon and politician Francisco Álvares Machado e Vasconcellos ( 1791 – 1846 ).

Florence " Flo " Isabel, Lady Bjelke-Petersen ( born 11 August 1920 ) is an Australian retired politician and writer.

Luigi Settembrini ( 1813, Naples – 1877, Florence ) was a Neapolitan man of letters and politician.

** Francesco Pucci ( politician ) ( Florence 1437 – 1518 ), Florentine politician

Carlo Poerio ( 1803-April 28, Naples-1867, Florence ) was an Italian poet, Risorgimento and 1848 Revolution activist, politician, and brother of Alessandro Poerio.