Redmond Bunn 'R.B.' Gautier Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Florida state representative and senator. Gautier Jr was born to City of Miami judge and later mayor, R.B. Gautier and Ida F Miller Gautier. The Gautiers were South Florida pioneers, moving to Miami shortly after its incorporation. Gautier attended Miami High School, Riverside Military Academy and Washington and Lee University. He was elected to serve 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 ...

from 1943 to 1945. He gave up his seat to take a commission as a Navy officer in WWII but regained his seat after the war. Gautier was a 1956 delegate to the

1956 Democratic National Convention The 1956 Democratic National Convention nominated former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for president and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for vice president. It was held in the International Amphitheatre on the South Side of Chicag ...

Gautier was a trustee for the University of Miami.

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Miami Stories: Rooted to pioneering days
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HistoryMiami
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(formerly the Historical Museum of Southern Florida)
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