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March 3, 1845 - Delayed by the reluctance of Congress to admit another slave state, Florida becomes the 27th state admitted to the Union. Florida joined the Confederacy in 1861 and re-entering the Union at war's end.
Area - 59,988 sq. miles Capital - Tallahassee © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - In God We Trust Nickname - Sunshine State

- Joseph Marion Hernández Is the first Hispanic to serve in Congress (1822). He was also the first Delegate from the territory of Florida.
- Florida was the 27th state admitted to the Union in 1845. The first state governor was William D. Moseley.
- Florida seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861.
- Florida was readmitted to the Union in 1868. © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- Blacks were given the right to vote and guaranteed civil rights by the adoption of a new state constitution in 1868.
- Josiah T. Walls of Florida was among 5 blacks elected to the 42nd U.S. Congress in 1871.
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- Claude R. Kirk, Jr. is elected the 36th governor of Florida in 1966. He was the first Republican governor since Reconstruction.
- Democrat Reubin Askew becomes Florida's 37th governor, defeating incumbent Republican Governor Claude Kirk in 1970. Reubin is re-elected in 1974 becoming the first governor to be elected to a successive four-year term.
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is first Hispanic woman elected to Florida's State legislature in 1982.the U. S. House in 1986 filling the position vacated by the death of Claude D. Pepper. Becoming the Chair of the Africa Subcommittee makes Ros-Lehtinen the first Hispanic woman to chair a House subcommittee.
- In 1987 Bob Martinez becomes the first Hispanic governor of Florida.

One Vote Counts in Florida.
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