James H. Pruitt | |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1917[1] |
Birth Place: | Georgia[2] |
Death Place: | Florida |
Residence: | Eau Gallie, Florida |
Office: | Mayor of Eau Gallie, Florida |
Order: | 31st |
Term Start: | December 1956 |
Term End: | 1957 |
Predecessor: | Langdon Goodyear, Jr. |
Successor: | Milton McGrath |
Office2: | Member of the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County |
Term Start2: | 1959 |
Term End2: | 1967 |
Predecessor2: | Richard Muldrew |
Successor2: | Clifford McNulty |
Party: | Democratic |
Occupation: | real estate broker[3] |
Spouse: | Mary A. Law (m. March 13, 1938)[4] |
Children: | Lonnie Pruitt |
James H. Pruitt (December 16, 1917 – July 19, 2002) served as the one-term mayor of Eau Gallie, Florida from 1956 to 1957. He was also a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967, during which time he served alongside Jim Dressler.[5]
In 1954, he founded Pruitt Real Estate.[3]
In 2004, the Florida Legislature dedicated the bridge which spans the Sebastian Inlet, connecting Indian River County to Brevard County the James H. Pruitt Memorial Bridge[3]