Ernest Amos (1867 - February 13, 1943) was an American politician in Florida. Early in his career he was a law clerk for Charles J. Perrenot. He was elected to one term in the

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 1900 and then served as state auditor from 1904 until 1917. He also served a comptroller until 1933 when he was defeated in an election. He went on to hold lesser offices for the state. The Florida archives have a photo of him and state secretary of state R. A. Gray in an office in

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. Amos was born 1867 and raised in

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. His family had been prominent in the

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. He was married to Eleanor Amos and had a son Ernest Amos Jr. He died February 13, 1943, fighting a brush fire on his property, it was suspected he had suffered a heart attack.

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