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'''Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.''' (January 7, 1926 – September 28, 2011), was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] since [[Reconstruction]] of his adopted state of [[Florida]], with service from 1967 to 1971. On November 3, 1970, he was unseated in a bid for a second term by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Reubin Askew]]. A former Democrat himself, Kirk returned to the Democratic Party from 1978 to 1990, and he then returned to the Republican Party for the remainder of his life. Because of his flamboyance and larger-than-life persona, Kirk was sometimes called "Claudius Maximus."
'''Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.''' (January 7, 1926 – September 28, 2011), was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] since [[Reconstruction]] of his adopted state of [[Florida]], with service from 1967 to 1971.<ref name=findagrave/> On November 3, 1970, he was unseated in a bid for a second term by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Reubin Askew]]. A former Democrat himself, Kirk returned to the Democratic Party from 1978 to 1990, and he then returned to the Republican Party for the remainder of his life. Because of his flamboyance and larger-than-life persona, Kirk was sometimes called "Claudius Maximus."
==Background==
==Background==