* December 12 – Lawton Chiles, U. S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida ( b. 1930 )

** Lawton Chiles, U. S. Senator and the Governor of Florida ( d. 1998 )

The Everglades Forever Act, introduced by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1994, was an attempt to legislate the lowering of phosphorus in Everglades waterways.

To address the deterioration of the South Florida metropolitan area, Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area.

* Lawton Chiles Middle school

* Lawton Chiles Preparatory School

In 1997, they published The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Sinister Smoke Ring ; Florida governor Lawton Chiles purchased 600, 000 copies of the book to distribute to children as part of his anti-smoking campaign.

Florida Governor Lawton Chiles explained her impact, saying, " Marjory was the first voice to really wake a lot of us up to what we were doing to our quality of life.

He lost to former U. S. Senator Lawton Chiles, who went on to win the general election.

He is the brother of former Representative Daniel A. Mica, while his other brother, David is a former ranking staffer of Senator Lawton Chiles.

He received the endorsements of former U. S. President Bill Clinton, U. S. senator for Florida Bill Nelson, U. S. senator for Illinois Barack Obama, former Governor and U. S. Senator Bob Graham, former Governor Buddy MacKay, former First Lady Rhea Chiles ( wife of Lawton Chiles ), former Tallahassee mayor and Florida Democratic Party chairman Scott Maddox, Miami-Dade Democratic Party chairman Jimmy Morales, and Representatives Alcee Hastings, Robert Wexler, Corrine Brown, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Hastings ran unsuccessfully for the U. S. Senate in 1970, losing in the first primary to Lawton Chiles.

Pair of Lawton Chiles ' walking shoes on display at the Florida State Capitol.

Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. ( April 3, 1930 – December 12, 1998 ), was an American politician from the US state of Florida.

Chiles was born in Polk County, Florida near Lakeland, the son of Margaret Kate ( née Patterson ) and Lawton Mainor Chiles.

As a child, Hagan engaged in her earliest political activity: placing bumper stickers on cars for her uncle, Florida Governor and U. S. Senator Lawton Chiles.

During the 1998 campaign, her uncle Lawton Chiles walked the district with her.

Also in 1990, former U. S. Senator Lawton Chiles defeated Governor Bob Martinez to become Governor of Florida.

Working with state governors such as Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Michigan Governor John Engler, Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson and Delaware Governor Tom Carper, Shaw began crafting legislation that shifted the federal focus of social welfare to an emphasis on personal responsibility.

Other Great Floridians include Governors LeRoy Collins, Lawton Chiles and Bob Martinez ; NASCAR founder Bill France, environmentalist Majory Stoneman Douglas, inventor John Gorrie and Senator Claude Pepper.

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He subsequently campaigned for his fellow Democrat and Polk County resident Lawton Chiles, a state senator from Lakeland, who defeated the Republican U. S. Representative William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg in the general election.

Incumbent Democratic U. S. Senator Lawton Chiles decided to retire.

* Matt Lawton, former Major League Baseball player best known for his stint with the Minnesota Twins.

Built on former reservation lands of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901, and was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in the Philippine – American War.

Lake Ellsworth, named for a former Lawton mayor and soft-drink bottler C. R.

Politicians from Lawton include: US Senator Thomas Gore, US Representatives Scott Ferris, L. M. Gensman, Elmer Thomas, Democratic State Senator Randy Bass and former US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Julian Niemczyk ( born on Fort Sill ).

Through the Lawton / Fort Sill metropolitan area, US-281 again overlaps a toll-free section of I-44, while the former US-281 alignment through the city of Lawton is designated as Business US-281 between I-44 exits 34 and 39B.

MacKay won the 1990 Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor on the ticket headed by former Senator Lawton Chiles.

As a former legislator from Lawton, Davis was able to secure funding for Cameron that allowed it to grow into the premier institute for higher education in southwestern Oklahoma.

In 1990, Martinez was defeated in a landslide by former Democratic United States Senator Lawton Chiles.

In 2008, plans to close Army base Fort Lawton opened up debate over what to do with the former military properties: housing advocates wanted it converted into affordable housing, while some neighborhood groups opposed the idea.

Toughman alumni include Mr. T ; Tommy Morrison ; Eric " Butterbean " Esch ; and from the fall of 2006, the winner of the " Contender Television Series ," the former Lawton, OK Toughman Contest Champion, Grady " Bad Boy " Brewer.

Also participating is 2002 Manitoba champion Jennifer Jones, 2001 Yukon / Northwest Territories champion Kerry Koe, 4-time Newfoundland champion Heather Strong, 2000 Nova Scotia champion ( and former third of Colleen Jones ) Kay Zinck, 3-time Prince Edward Island champion skip Rebecca Jean MacPhee, 1996 Quebec champion second Brenda Nicholls ( playing skip this time ), 1993 New Brunswick champion second Sandy Comeau ( playing skip this time ) as well as new-comers Kelly Scott of British Columbia, Jenn Hanna of Ontario and Stefanie Lawton of Saskatchewan.

Three of the four playoff teams were former national junior champions ( Lawton in 2001, Jennifer Jones in 1994 and Scott in 1995 ), and the other was a runner-up ( Hanna in 1998 ).

Lawton is a village in Van Buren County of the U. S. state of Michigan.

The city of Lawton ( Pawnee: Raaríhtaaruʾ ) is the county seat of Comanche County, in the U. S. state of Oklahoma.

Some of these offered to serve as native guides for U. S. forces commanded by General Henry Lawton and, after authorization by General Elwell Otis, a company of " Macabebe Scouts " was formed under Lieutenant Matthew A. Batson.

Lt Gen Omar Bradley ( left ), Commanding General, U. S. First Army, listens as Maj Gen J. Lawton Collins, Commanding General, VII Corps ( United States ) | US VII Corps, describes how the city of Cherbourg was taken.

Lawton was given orders to head up actions south of the U. S .– Mexico boundary where it was thought Geronimo and a small band of his followers would take refuge from U. S. authorities.

Lawton was to pursue, subdue, and return Geronimo to the U. S., dead or alive.

Completely worn out, the little band of Apaches returned to the U. S. with Lawton and officially surrendered to General Miles on September 4, 1886 at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona.

On the night of August 14, 1944, the Fort Lawton Riot between black U. S. soldiers and Italian prisoners of war at Fort Lawton near Seattle, Washington resulted in Italian POW Guglielmo Olivotto being lynched, after which forty-three black soldiers were charged and twenty-eight were convicted of participating in the longest U. S. Army court-martial of World War II, prosecuted by Jaworski.

Gen. J. Lawton Collins, VII Corps, describes taking of Cherbourg to Gen. Omar Bradley, 1st U. S. Army.

He was placed in charge of the Caribbean Command in 1948, controlling U. S. forces in the Caribbean, and in 1949 was assigned to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration under then Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins.

Within four days, Major General J. Lawton " Lightning Joe " Collins's VII Corps resumed the offensive toward Saint-Lô, alongside XIX Corps and VIII Corps, causing the Germans to move additional armor into the U. S. sector.