James E. Calkins Explained
James E. Calkins (October 6, 1878 - January 26, 1963) was a lawyer and politician in Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives in 1907[1] and 1909[2] and Florida Senate in 1915[3] and 1921[4] including as President of the Florida Senate.
He was born in Nassau County, Florida and was the son of one of the original Florida pioneers.[5]
He obtained his law degree in 1901 from the University of Georgia, and started practicing law in Fernandina.He was a commerce lawyer.[6]
In 1921 he was appointed to be the special council for the Florida Railway Commission where he served until he founded the law partnership Loftin, Stokes & Calkins
He served as the mayor of Fernandina.
In 1919, he served as a commissioner overseeing the publication of Florida's general statutes.[7]
He was photographed with Duncan U. Fletcher and Park Trammell in 1925. The Library of Congress has the image.
He died January 26, 1963, and was reported as being 82, but an image of his gravestone shows a date of birth of October 6, 1878 making his 84.[8] [9] He was survived by two sisters.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Members of the 1907 House of Representatives - Tallahassee, Florida . Florida Memory . 24 January 2021.
- Web site: Members of the 1909 House of Representatives - Tallahassee, Florida . Florida Memory . 24 January 2021.
- Web site: Members of the 1915 Florida Senate - Tallahassee, Florida . Florida Memory . 24 January 2021.
- Web site: Members of the 1921 Florida Senate - Tallahassee, Florida. . Florida Memory . 24 January 2021.
- News: noted attorney and legislator establishes home in Coral Gables . 24 January 2021 . The Miami Herald . 7 September 1926 . 13.
- Web site: Modification of Transportation Act, 1920: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-seventh Congress, First Session, on S. 1150 and S. 2510, Bills to Amend the Transportation Act, 1920, and for Other Purposes. 1922.
- Web site: The Revised General Statutes of Florida: Prepared Under Authority of Chapter 6930, Acts 1915, Chapter 7347, Acts 1917, and Chapter 7838, Acts 1919, Laws of Florida. Florida. 1920.
- News: Obituary for James E. Calkins (Aged 82) . 24 January 2021 . The Miami News . 28 January 1963 . 5.
- Web site: Gravestone image . 24 January 2021.
- News: Obituary for James E. Calkins . 24 January 2021 . Fort Lauderdale News . 28 January 1963 . 16.