Redmond Bunn Gautier Jr. | |
Rank: | Lieutenant |
Occupation: | Attorney |
Party: | Democrat |
Office: | Member of the Florida Senate representing Florida's 13th District |
Term Start: | 1949 |
Term End: | 1956 |
Office2: | Member of the Florida House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 1947 |
Term End2: | 1948 |
Predecessor2: | George Shaffer Okell, Sr |
Successor3: | William C Lantaff |
Predecessor3: | George E Holt |
Term Start3: | 1943 |
Term End3: | 1943 |
Birth Place: | Miami, Florida |
Redmond Bunn 'R.B.' Gautier Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Florida state representative and senator.
Gautier Jr was born to City of Miami judge and later mayor, R.B. Gautier and Ida F Miller Gautier.[1] The Gautiers were South Florida pioneers, moving to Miami shortly after its incorporation.
Gautier attended Miami High School, Riverside Military Academy and Washington and Lee University.[2] He was elected to serve in the Florida House of Representatives from 1943 to 1945. He gave up his seat to take a commission as a Navy officer in WWII but regained his seat after the war. [3]
Gautier was a 1956 delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention[4] Gautier was a trustee for the University of Miami.[5]