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Florida's 13th Congressional District
Florida's 13th congressional district is an List of United States congressional districts, electoral district for the United States Congress, U.S. Congress on Florida's Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast, assigned to Pinellas County, Florida, Pinellas County. See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 13th district covering Sumter County, Florida, Sumter County, Hernando to Marion County: -->ING2012/PUBLICCOMMENTS/h000c9047_35x42L.pdf h9047_35x42L.pdf ''Congressional Plan: H000C9047''. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012. The district includes Largo, Florida, Largo, Clearwater, Florida, Clearwater, and Palm Harbor, Florida, Palm Harbor. In the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, 2020 redistricting cycle, most of St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg facing Tampa Bay was redistricted into the Florida's 14th congressional district, 14th district, while the rest of Pinellas County, Florida, Pinellas County former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeSoto County, Florida
DeSoto County is a County (United States), county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 33,976. Its county seat is Arcadia, Florida, Arcadia. DeSoto County comprises the Arcadia, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the North Port, Florida, North Port-Bradenton, Florida Sarasota metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. History Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, what is now DeSoto County was within the territory of the Native American Calusa tribe. In 1513, Ponce De Leon sailed into present-day Charlotte Harbor near the mouth of the Peace River to put in for repairs and maintenance on his ships. While there the Spanish encountered Calusa and soon after an argument broke out and several died on both sides. Then the Spanish kidnapped several Calusa and departed Charlotte Harbor and sailed S.W. away from the west coast of Florida. This occurred within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Pines, Florida
Bay Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,931 at the 2010 census. The community is home to Bay Pines Veterans Hospital and Bay Pines National Cemetery. Historic district The Bay Pines Veterans Administration Home and Hospital Historic District is a U.S. historic district located at 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. in Bay Pines, Florida. The district contains prehistoric aboriginal sites, and 14 Mediterranean Revival style hospital buildings constructed from the 1930s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 2012. Geography Bay Pines is located at (27.819235, -82.776658). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.8 km (2.2 mi2), of which 3.6 km (1.4 mi2) is land and 2.2 km (0.9 mi2) (38.22%) is water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 3,065 people, 1,465 households, and 879 families in the CDP. The population densit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardmoor, Florida
Bardmoor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 9,732 at the 2010 census. Geography Bardmoor is located at (27.8561, -82.7532). It lies between the cities of Pinellas Park and Seminole, with Pinellas Park to the east and Seminole to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ..., the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (3.24%) is water. References {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Pinellas County, Florida Census-designated places in Pinellas County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
118th United States Congress
The 118th United States Congress was a meeting of the United States Congress, legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025, during the final two years of Presidency of Joe Biden, Joe Biden's presidency. In the 2022 United States elections, 2022 midterm elections, the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party won control of the House 222–213, taking the majority for the first time since the , while the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party gained one seat in the Senate, where they already had effective control, and giving them a 51–49-seat majority (with a caucus of 48 Democrats and three independents). With Republicans winning the House, the 118th Congress ended the federal government trifecta Democrats held in the 117th United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William C
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Florida is the state supreme court, highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. It consists of seven justices—one of whom serves as Chief Justice. Six members are chosen from six districts around the state to foster geographic diversity, and one is selected at large. The justices are appointed by the governor of Florida, governor to set terms, which do not exceed six years. Immediately after appointment, the initial term is three years or less because the justices must appear on the ballot in the next general election that occurs more than one year after their appointment. Afterward, they serve six-year terms and remain in office if retained in the general election near the end of each term. Citizens vote on whether or not they want to retain each justice in office. Chief justices are elected by the members of the Court to two-year terms that end in every even-numbered year. Chief justices may succeed themselves in office if they are re-elected by the ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as the main rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States, slavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United States, North, drawing in former Whig Party (United States), Whigs and Free Soil Party, Free Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential election, election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congress, the party led efforts to preserve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 10th Congressional District
Florida's 10th congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It was reassigned in 2012, effective January 3, 2013, Central Florida. Before 2017, the district included parts of western Orange County, Florida, Orange County, most of Lake County, Florida, Lake County, as well as a northern section of Polk County, Florida, Polk County. The current district is entirely within Orange County, Florida, Orange County, and covers most of its western portion. It is situated along the Interstate 4 corridor. It includes most of the western half of Orlando, Florida, Orlando. Other cities and towns wholly or partly within the district include Apopka, Florida, Apopka, Belle Isle, Florida, Belle Isle, Beulah, Orange County, Florida, Beulah, Eatonville, Florida, Eatonville, Harlem Heights, Florida, Harlem Heights, Ocoee, Florida, Ocoee, Oak Ridge, Florida, Oak Ridge, Orlo Vista, Winter Garden, Florida, Winter Garden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 16th Congressional District
Florida's 16th congressional district is an congressional district, electoral district for the U.S. Congress which encompasses eastern Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough County and the entirety of Manatee County, Florida, Manatee County. In the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was drawn out of Sarasota, Florida, Sarasota and Sarasota County, Florida, Sarasota County to include more of Tampa, Florida, Tampa's eastern suburbs, including Riverview, Florida, Riverview and parts of Brandon, Florida, Brandon south of Florida State Road 60. The district is currently represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Vern Buchanan. The 16th district was created as a result of the 1980 United States redistricting cycle, redistricting cycle after the 1980 United States census, 1980 census. When the Florida legislature redistricted in 2002 after the 2000 United States census, 2000 U.S. census, a federal court described the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte County, Florida
Charlotte County is a U.S. county located in southwestern Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,847. Its county seat is Punta Gorda. Charlotte County comprises the Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the North Port- Bradenton- Sarasota Combined Statistical Area. History Charlotte County was established April 23, 1921. Before this, the Charlotte County area was a part of Desoto County. It was named for the Bay of Charlotte Harbor. "Charlotte" came from "Carlota" (Spanish). In 1565, the Spanish named "Bahia de Carlota", followed by the English in 1775 who named the area Charlotte Harbor in tribute to Queen Charlotte. Punta Gorda is the only incorporated city in Charlotte County. On August 13, 2004, Charlotte County, Hurricane Charley came ashore near Port Charlotte as a Category 4 hurricane. On September 28, 2022, Charlotte County was struck by Hurricane Ian, which made a second landfall near the city of Punta Gorda, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
