Samuel Johnson Hilburn
Samuel Johnson Hilburn (May 30, 1869 – September 27, 1943) was a lawyer and state legislator in Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. Life and education He was born May 30, 1869, in Gainesville, Arkansas, and spent his early life on a farm. Hilburn's brother was Rev. J. P. Hilburn. After high school he went on to obtain a teaching certificate and taught for three years before enrolling at Centenary College (Tennessee), Centenary College. He obtained his law degree from Cumberland University in 1894 and was admitted to the bar in Wilson County, Tennessee. Hilburn married Jessie Moncrief from Lake City two years after moving to Palatka. He was a member of the Royal Arch Masonry and also served as a grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. Career After obtaining the bar he moved to Palatka, Florida, and became the city attorney, a position he served for eleven years. He was also chairman of the Putnam County, Florida, P ...
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Florida House Of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election. The Republicans holds the majority in the State House with 84 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 35 seats. One seat is vacant. Titles Members of the House of Representatives are referred to as representatives. Because this shadows the terminology used to describe members of U.S. House of Representatives, constituents and the news media often refer t ...
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