Ander Crenshaw (born September 1, 1944), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing Florida's 4th congressional district (map). He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, was educated at the University of Georgia (A.B. 1966) and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida.
Ander Crenshaw worked briefly as an investment banker before entering politics, which a...
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Ander Crenshaw (born September 1, 1944), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing Florida's 4th congressional district (map). He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, was educated at the University of Georgia (A.B. 1966) and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida.
Ander Crenshaw worked briefly as an investment banker before entering politics, which allowed him to become a wealthy candidate. He earned his law degree in 1969 and continued to practice law while serving in Florida government.
Crenshaw served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 through 1978, and in the Florida Senate from 1986 through 1994. He became the first Republican elected president of the Senate in 118 years in November 1992, but agreed to serve only one year instead of the usual two, as a compromise between Republicans and Democrats who were evenly split in the Senate that year.
In 1980, Crenshaw finished...
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