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- Edward_Gurney abstract "Edward John Gurney (January 12, 1914 – May 14, 1996) was an attorney and an American politician based in Florida, where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. Born and reared in Portland, Maine, Gurney moved to Florida after his service in World War II. Becoming active in politics in the Democratic Party, he shifted to the Republican Party before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1962, the second Republican elected to Congress from Florida in the 20th century.In 1968 Gurney was elected as the first Republican Senator from Florida since Reconstruction. Indicted in an influence peddling scandal in 1974, he did not run for re-election. He was acquitted of all charges. After being defeated in a run for Congress in 1978, Gurney retired from politics and resumed his law practice.The Republican Party had suffered hollowing out in the South since Reconstruction, due to white efforts to suppress the black vote and finally to disenfranchise most African Americans through new state constitutions and laws at the turn of the century. At the time, they made up most of the Republican Party. Florida was effectively a one-party, Democratic-dominated state for decades. In 1962 Gurney was the second member of the Republican Party in the 20th century to be elected to Congress from Florida; he and others were building a new party based on white conservatives. After regaining the power to vote, most African Americans in the South shifted their allegiance to the national Democratic Party that had supported the civil rights movement.".
- Edward_Gurney activeYearsEndDate "1967-01-03".
- Edward_Gurney activeYearsEndDate "1969-01-03".
- Edward_Gurney activeYearsEndDate "1974-12-31".
- Edward_Gurney activeYearsStartDate "1963-01-03".
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- Edward_Gurney almaMater Colby_College.
- Edward_Gurney almaMater Duke_University_School_of_Law.
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- Edward_Gurney battle World_War_II.
- Edward_Gurney birthDate "1914-01-12".
- Edward_Gurney birthPlace Maine.
- Edward_Gurney birthPlace Portland,_Maine.
- Edward_Gurney deathDate "1996-05-14".
- Edward_Gurney deathPlace Florida.
- Edward_Gurney deathPlace Winter_Park,_Florida.
- Edward_Gurney militaryBranch United_States_Army.
- Edward_Gurney militaryRank Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States).
- Edward_Gurney party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Edward_Gurney region Florida.
- Edward_Gurney region Floridas_11th_congressional_district.
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- Edward_Gurney religion Congregational_church.
- Edward_Gurney seniority "United States Senator".
- Edward_Gurney serviceEndYear "1946".
- Edward_Gurney serviceStartYear "1941".
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