Charles Jerome Pratt (March 3, 1926 – August 28, 1984) was an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. He served as a Democratic member for the 115th district of the Florida House of Representatives from 1967 to 1970. Pratt was born in Orlando, Florida. He attended

Stetson University College of Law Stetson University College of Law (Stetson Law), founded in 1900 and part of Stetson University, is Florida's first law school. Originally located near the university's main campus in DeLand, Florida, the law school moved in 1954 to Gulfport, Fl ...

, where he earned a

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degree in 1954. In 1967 he became the first member for the newly established 115th district of the Florida House of Representatives, serving until 1970. Pratt was also a prosecutor and judge in

Palmetto, Florida Palmetto is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was listed as 13,323. It is part of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office called Palmetto ha ...

. Pratt died in August 1984 at the L.W. Blake Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Florida, at the age of 58. He was buried in Manasota Memorial Park.

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