Ray C. Osborne Explained

Ray C. Osborne
Order:9th
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Term Start:January 7, 1969
Term End:January 5, 1971
Governor:Claude Roy Kirk
Predecessor:Milton H. Mabry
Successor:Tom Adams
Office2:Member of the Florida House of Representatives
Term2:1964-1968
Birth Date:7 September 1933
Birth Place:Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US
Death Place:Boca Raton, Florida
Party:Republican

Raymond Claiborne Osborne (September 7, 1933  - March 3, 2011), was a Florida Republican Party politician who served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Florida under the state constitution of 1968. Osborne was the state's first lieutenant governor since 1889. Appointed[1] by Republican Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr., Osborne was sworn in on January 7, 1969, for a term that lasted two years.[2] [3]

Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Osborne graduated from North Carolina State University in 1955. He then served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. Osborne graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1961. Osborne moved with his wife to St. Petersburg, Florida. From 1964 to 1968, Osborne served in the Florida House of Representatives, and unsuccessfully ran for the Florida Public Service Commission in 1968. Osborne practiced law for many years in Boca Raton, Florida, until his death in March 2011.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Archives of Florida Online Catalog . May 25, 2008 . State Library and Archives of Florida.
  2. Web site: Filming Florida: Images of the Sunshine State . May 25, 2008 . State Archives of Florida.
  3. Web site: Portrait of Florida's first Lieutenant Governor William W.J. Kelly . May 25, 2008 . State Archives of Florida.
  4. Web site: Ray Claiborne Osborne Obituary: View Ray Osborne's Obituary by The Palm Beach Post. Legacy.com . 2012-08-17.