The districts were redrawn following the 2010 Census, as Florida gained two seats.
For the 113th Congress (2013-2014) there were five representatives in extreme southern Florida.
South Florida now includes the
26th District (previously the 25th, southern coast) - Joe Garcia
27th District, south of Miami (previously the 18th) - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
24th District, north of Miami and Miami - Frederica Wilson
23rd District, farther north and east - Debbie Wasserman
25th District, west of Miami - Mario Diaz
The area of Florida that Corrine Brown represented when elected to Congress in 1992 was Florida's 5th Congressional District. It stretches from Jacksonville to Orlando.
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Because the State Congress decided that Florida should have the most common motto. The motto is on US Coins,too.
Joseph Marion Hernandez became the first Hispanic to serve as a member of Congress; he represented the territory of Florida. He served in Congress from September 1822 to March 1823. He later served in the U.S. army in the war against the Florida Indians, leading the 1837 expedition that captured Chief Osceola.
In the 114th Congress (2015-2016), the Senior U.S. Senator from Florida, Bill Nelson, is a Democrat, and the Junior U.S. Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, is a Republican.
The state of Florida has two positions filled in the active 111th Congress (valid from 2009-2011). The two senators the hold those positions are Bill Nelson (Democrat) and Mel Martinez (Republican).
Floriida has 25 US Representatives in 2010.
Well, March 3, 1847 was the date of statehood, October 1,1971 was the day that Disneyworld opened, and in 1822 Congress organized the Territory of Florida.
The Florida House of Representatives, one of the two Chambers of the Florida Legislature, is composed of 120 members, each representing a district.
The four states are; California, Texas, New York and Florida
The first person to represent Florida in Washington, DC was David Levy Yulee. He was the territorial representative from 1841 to 1845 when Florida became a state. He was a US Senator from 1845 to 1851 and 1855 to 1861.