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

* 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.

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.

* Jack E. Lawton, Jr. ( District 7 )

Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, founder of the Lawton Center and an advocate of the non-violent philosophy espoused by Martin Luther King, Jr., was forced to live on handouts from fellow prisoners because the prison did not permit his wife to bring in the meager rations of food and medicine that are allowed other prisoners.

Matthew " Matt " Lawton, Jr. ( born November 3, 1971 in Gulfport, Mississippi ) is a retired American professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 seasons, including 12 seasons in Major League Baseball.

Newspaper reporter Janet Lawton ( Loretta King Hadler, in a role originally intended for Dolores Fuller ) investigates further, becoming a prisoner of Dr. Vornoff in the process.

Police officials, the irradiated Dr. Vornoff, Dick Craig and Janet Lawton all escape, and Dr. Vornoff is eventually killed by a bolt of lightning, forming a mushroom cloud as the film ends.

He traded Roberto Alomar to the New York Mets for a package that included outfielder Matt Lawton and prospects Alex Escobar and Billy Traber.

In late 1954, Gen. J. Lawton Collins was made ambassador to " Free Vietnam " ( the term South Vietnam came into use in 1955 ), effectively elevating the country to sovereign status.

Hugelkultur is practiced by Sepp Holzer as a method of forest gardening and agroforestry, and by Geoff Lawton as a method of dryland farming and desert greening.

In 2005: John Cooke and Graham Lawton.

** Frederick Lawton, 9th Director of the Office of Management and Budget ( d. 1975 )

* March 17 – Henry Ware Lawton, American general ( d. 1899 )

Similarly, Mount Scott outside Lawton, Oklahoma is only from its base to its highest point.

* Fort Sill, a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, named for Joshua W. Sill

The family lived in Lawton, Oklahoma, where Cassin ran a movie theater.

The 1910 federal census for Comanche County, Oklahoma, enumerated on April 20, showed Henry and Anna living at 910 " D " Street in Lawton.

Among the sites considered within Seattle were Duwamish Head in West Seattle ; Fort Lawton ( now Discovery Park ) in the Magnolia neighborhood ; and First Hill — even closer to Downtown than the site finally selected, but far more densely developed.

The Texas longhorn stock slowly dwindled, until in 1927 the breed was saved from near extinction by enthusiasts from the United States Forest Service, who collected a small herd of stock to breed on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Lawton is located squarely in area known as Tornado Alley and is prone to severe weather in late April through early June.

In 1972, he teamed up with guitarists Mike Pinera and April Lawton to form Ramatam.

Lawton was chosen to receive a high school over Anadarko in April, 1909, due to their having already set aside a portion of land for a higher educational institution.

On April 18, 1999, Lawton hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 11 inning to give the Twins the victory over the Cleveland Indians.

On April 9, 2000, Lawton failed to catch a ball hit by Carlos Beltrán in the seventh inning that would have kept Twins pitcher Eric Milton's perfect game bid alive.

On April 18, 2002, in a game against the Minnesota Twins, Lawton separated his right shoulder after diving for the ball in right field, but played through the injury.

On April 6, 2004, Lawton filed a report with the Philadelphia Police Department regarding a jewelry theft in his hotel room.

On April 18, Lawton hit two home runs in a game against the Detroit Tigers.

In April 1944 in Edinburgh he played for a British Army XI that included Jack Rowley, Leslie Compton, Cullis, Mercer, Hagan and Lawton and against a Royal Air Force XI that included Peter Doherty, Stanley Matthews and Ted Drake.

After the band took a brief hiatus from touring, Trey Anastasio Band drummer Russ Lawton joined Strangefolk in April 2004.

Lawton S. Parker ( 7 April 1868 – 1954 ) was an American impressionist painter.

Mary Jo Slater ( born Mary Jo Lawton ; April 19, 1946 ) is an American casting director and producer for film, television and theatre.