William F. Russell (Florida Politician)
William F. Russell (c. 1805 – after 1875) was an American politician. He was a settler in Florida, soldier, and member of the Florida House of Representatives, serving as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Speaker of the House in 1854. Russell was born in North Carolina. He became a major, and was put in charge of the Indian River Settlement in St. Lucia County, which broke up following an Seminole Wars#Indian attacks, attack by Seminole Indians in July 1849. Russell was shot in the arm during the attack. Russell's brother-in-law John Barker was killed. The rest of his family escaped to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, New Smyrna. He served as county commissioner for St. Lucie County, Florida, St. Lucie County from 1847 to 1852 and 1853 until Brevard County, Florida, Brevard County was broken off from St. Lucie in 1855. In 1854, Russell was elected to the Florida House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Russell introduced t ...
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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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