Claude Kirk
36th Governor of Florida (1926–2011)
Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. (January 7, 1926 – September 28, 2011) was the 36th governor of Florida serving from 1967 until 1971 and the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction.
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Quotes
edit- If I'm elected, I may have to sign your death warrants.
- Said to death row inmates during his campaign, quoted on Miami News Time, "FORMER FLORIDA GOV. CLAUDE KIRK, "A TREE-SHAKIN' SON OF A BITCH," DIES AT 85", September 28, 2011
- This is Claude Kirk, Governor of Florida. Do you read my press? Then you know that I'm a tree-shakin' son of a bitch
- Kirk proudly told Times, quoted on Times, "Florida: I, Claudius", Dec. 15, 1967
