Role American Politician Spouse(s) Terri Jo Barron | Party Democratic Party Name Joe Kershaw | |
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Born June 27, 1911Live Oak, Florida ( 1911-06-27 ) Died November 7, 1999, Miami, Florida, United States | ||
Alma mater Florida A&M University | ||
Joe Lang Kershaw, Sr. (June 27, 1911 – November 7, 1999) was an American politician, civics teacher, and a graduate of Florida A&M University. The first African-American legislator in the state of Florida after Reconstruction, he was elected in November 1968 to serve in the Florida House of Representatives for Dade County, which he went on to do for 14 years, until 1982. He died of congestive heart failure at a hospital in 1999. His son, Joe Lang Kershaw, Jr. also served in the House of Representatives.
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