Samuel W. Getzen Explained

State Senate:Florida
District:38th
Term Start:1931
Term End:1935
Preceded:Jesse M. Mitchell
Succeeded:Fred L Touchton
Office1:Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Term Start1:1929
Term End1:1931
Preceded1:Fred Henry Davis
Succeeded1:E. Clay Lewis Jr.
State House2:Florida
District2:Sumter
Term Start2:1923
Term End2:1931
Birth Date:13 February 1898
Birth Place:Lake City, Florida, U.S.
Death Place:Alachua County, Florida, U.S.
Party:Democrat

Samuel Wyche Getzen (February 13, 1898 – April 11, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician.

Samuel Wyche Getzen was born on February 13, 1898, in Lake City, Florida, the son of James Culbreath Getzen (1866–1937), a farmer and naval stores operator, and Willie Florence née Thompson (1869–1955). He grew up in Sumter County, Florida, attending Columbia College and the University of Florida. He married Josephine Brooks (1902–1995) in 1921.

He was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives at the age of 23,[1] and was re-elected through 1929, when he served as Speaker of the House. In 1929, he was part of a lobbying investigation by the U.S. Congress.[2] [3] From 1931 to 1933, he served in the Florida Senate, representing the 38th District. He returned to the House of Representatives in 1935.[4]

Getzen died April 11, 1960, at the age of 62 in Alachua County, Florida.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gainesville Sun. Melanie Barr Special to The. Sun. www.gainesville.com.
  2. Web site: Lobby Investigation: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on S. Res. 20, Seventy-First Congress, First Session, Seventy-First Congress, Second Session, Seventy-First Congress, Third Session, Seventy-Second Congress, First Session. United States Congress Senate Committee on the. Judiciary. July 23, 1929. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
  3. Web site: SENATORS WHO SERVED AS HOUSE SPEAKER. flsenate.gov. 17 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Portraits of members of the Florida legislature. Florida Memory. 17 October 2020.