Redmond Bunn 'R.B.' Gautier Sr. (1877-1944) was an attorney,
judge
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and the City of Miami's 15th Mayor.
Gautier was born in
Putnam County, Florida. When he was a boy his family moved to
Miami. His grandfather, Thomas Nicholas (T.N.) Gautier Sr, was signer on the city's filing for incorporation. The Gautiers are considered Miami pioneers.
Around the time of WWI, the Gautier family lived in Miami Beach and Gautier listed his occupation as 'Attorney.'
R.B. Gautier later became a
county judge, and later successfully ran for
Mayor of Miami
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List of mayors
See also
* Government of the City of Miami
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* Timeline of Miami
* List of mayors of Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1964–present
* Miami City Hall
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. He was seated next to
Franklin D. Roosevelt at
Bayfront Park in Miami in February 1933 when
Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate Roosevelt. Gautier and Roosevelt survived unscathed but
Chicago Mayor
Anton Cermak was mortally wounded and five other bystanders sustained injuries. Gautier would run for
governor in 1936 but lost in the Democratic primaries. During the Democratic primaries, he would receive 1,607 votes (0.67% of the vote).
Gautier died in Miami in 1944. His son
R.B. Gautier Jr. was elected to 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 ...
.
See also
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List of mayors of Miami
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Government of Miami
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History of Miami
Thousands of years before Europeans arrived, a large portion of south east Florida, including the area where Miami, Florida exists today, was inhabited by Tequestas. The Tequesta (also Tekesta, Tegesta, Chequesta, Vizcaynos) Native American trib ...
References
External links
HistoryMiamiofficial website of
HistoryMiami
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(formerly the Historical Museum of Southern Florida)
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Mayors of Miami
20th-century American judges
People from Putnam County, Florida
1877 births
1944 deaths