* June 10 – The University of Central Florida is established by the Florida legislature.

DeSoto County originally included several other present-day counties until 1921, when the Florida legislature created the following new counties: Charlotte, Glades, Hardee, and Highlands.

When Florida was admitted as a state, Levy was elected by the new state legislature as one of Florida's first two U. S. Senators ; he served from 1845 to 1851, and again from 1855 to 1861.

:: Example: The Supreme Court of Florida has said that the legislature intended the State's electors to " participate fully in the federal electoral process ," as provided in 3 U. S. C.

Volusia County was named after the then-largest-community, Volusia, when the Florida legislature divided Orange County on December 29, 1854.

Soon after his successful election, he fulfilled his promise to " drain that abominable pestilence-ridden swamp ", and pushed the Florida legislature to form a group of commissioners to oversee reclamation of flooded lands.

Since this " new law " had not been directed by the Florida legislature, it violated Article II.

* Three justices ( Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas ) argued that the Florida Supreme Court had acted contrary to the intent of the Florida legislature.

The Court asserted that " the Supreme Court of Florida has said that the legislature intended the State's electors to ' participat fully in the federal electoral process ,' as provided in.

In 1923 the Florida legislature created Collier County from Lee County, with the county seat at Everglade.

The Florida legislature chartered the " City of Atseena Otie " in 1859.

Later, during the 1930s and 1940s, cattle ranching became popular as tick-borne diseases were being controlled with a state-sponsored irradication program and a fence law was passed by the state legislature in 1949 ending the open range in Florida.

As the 1950s approached, the Florida legislature felt that a name change was due in light of the construction of Florida's Turnpike through the center of the community in 1957, resulting in renaming the town to its present-day name.

In 1925, the community of Haskell was incorporated by the Florida legislature, which also had the effect of officially changing the community's name to Highland City.

A few months after this, Gadsden and 1, 200 potential settlers from South Carolina and Florida submitted a petition to the California legislature for permanent citizenship and permission to establish a rural district that would be farmed by " not less than Two Thousand of their African Domestics ".

He was the second Jewish senator, after David Levy Yulee of Florida, who was elected by his state legislature in 1845.

In 1943, the Florida legislature approved the formation of an airport authority, the Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District, to manage Fannin Field, or Panama City-Bay County Airport, as it became commonly known.

The selection process in the Florida state legislature was somewhat irregular, and Yulee protested, carrying his protest all the way to the Senate itself.

That body determined that the Florida legislature had acted within its authority in certifying Mallory, and so he was seated.

A few months after this, Gadsden and 1, 200 potential settlers from South Carolina and Florida submitted a petition to the California legislature for permanent citizenship and permission to establish a rural district that would be farmed by " not less than Two Thousand of their African Domestics ".

After the 1990 census, the Florida legislature carved out a new Third Congressional District in the northern part of the state.

Meek said he and Hill staged the sit-in after they tried, but were unable to get " a meeting with the governor — two members of the Florida legislature.

Meek worked at Wackenhut the entire time he served in the Florida state legislature and senate, drawing criticism when he did not recuse himself from votes that would affect his employer's bottom line.

One name considered early on was the Florida Flamingos.

It was generally considered extinct in the 1920s when a pair turned up in Florida, only to be shot for specimens.

Florida was considered a good market for Jewel because of the high number of Chicagoans who had relocated to that state.

Marion County is considered the southernmost county in North Central Florida, and the northernmost county in Central Florida.

Note that the occurrence of brown recluses in a single building ( such as a warehouse ) outside of the native range is not considered a successful colonization ; such single-building populations can occur ( e. g., several such cases in Florida ), but do not spread, and can be easily eradicated.

The University of Florida is considered a " Public Ivy ," a designation reserved for the top public universities in the United States.

This changed the entire complexion of the county ; where Brevard had once been considered a " backwoods " area of Florida, it instantly became the launching pad into outer space.

At its inception, Broward County was considered a leader in agriculture products and services within the State of Florida.

Located in central Florida along the I-4 Corridor, Polk, along with the counties to the west, is sometimes considered a part of the Tampa Bay Area.

While the Gottis were on vacation in Florida at the time, John Gotti is still presumed to have ordered the killing, an allegation considered probable by John, Jr., while denied by his daughter Victoria.

Beach Naupaka ( Scaevola taccada synonym S. sericea ) occurs throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans and is considered an invasive species in Florida, USA, and in some islands of the Caribbean including the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas.

The Everglades hosts 1, 392 exotic plant species actively reproducing in the region, outnumbering the 1, 301 species considered native to South Florida.

In addition to one of the oldest private club houses in South Florida, the club's golf course is widely considered to be greater Miami's finest golf course and occupies the entire interior of the island with a few waterfront holes.

I. E. Barwick is considered to have founded Wildwood in 1877, according to Wanton S. Webb's History of Florida, which was published near the end of the nineteenth century.

He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but he considered Elloree, South Carolina to be his home.

Due to a combination of events, the Green Iguana is considered an invasive species in South Florida and is found along the gulf coast of Florida from Key West to Pinellas County.

Napier and the area of South Beach, Miami, Florida, are considered to be the two best-preserved Art Deco towns ( with the town of Miami Beach, Florida, being mostly decorated in the somewhat later Streamline Moderne style of Art Deco.

Elliott Key, the park's largest island, is considered the first of the true Florida Keys being formed from fossilized coral reef, i. e. Key Largo limestone.

During the Florida land boom of the 1920s in Southern Florida, the communities of Coral Gables, Opa-Locka, and Miami Springs, now suburbs of Miami, Florida, were incorporated as fully planned " themed " communities which were to reflect the architecture and look of Spain, Arabia, and Mexico respectively, and are now considered some of the first modern planned communities in the United States.

Donald Glenn " Don " Garlits ( born January 14, 1932, Tampa, Florida ) is considered the father of drag racing.