| − | '''William Cato “Bill” Cramer, Sr.''' (August 4, 1922 – October 18, 2003), was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since 1880 to have been elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the state of [[Florida]]. He represented three different congressional districts during his House tenure from 1955 to 1971. He was an [[attorney]] in St. Petersburg in Pinellas County. First elected in 1954 at the age of thirty-two, he went on to win repeated reelection bids until 1970, when he ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]]. | + | '''William Cato “Bill” Cramer, Sr.''' (August 4, 1922 – October 18, 2003) was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since 1880 to have been elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the state of [[Florida]]. He represented three different congressional districts during his House tenure from 1955 to 1971. He was an [[attorney]] in St. Petersburg in Pinellas County. First elected in 1954 at the age of thirty-two, he went on to win repeated reelection bids until 1970, when he ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]]. |