Edward J. Gurney

A Representative and a Senator from Florida. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 12, 1914. Attended the public schools of Skowhegan and Waterville, Maine. Graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine 1935. Received law degrees from the Harvard Law School 1938 and from Duke Law School, Durham, N. C. , 1948. Admitted to the New York bar in 1939. Practiced law in New York City 1938-1941. During the Second World War enlisted as a private in the United States Army in 1941, saw action in the European Theater, and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1946. Moved to Winter Park, Fla. , in 1948 and practiced law. City commissioner of Winter Park 1952-1958. City attorney of Maitland, Fla. , 1957-1961. Mayor of Winter Park 1961-1962. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress. Reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1969). Was not a candidate for reelection. Elected in 1968 to the United States Senate, and served from January 3, 1969, until his resignation December 31, 1974. Indicted in 1974 for lying to a grand jury and bribery. Subsequently acquitted in 1976. Was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 1974. Was a resident of Winter Park, Fla. , until his death on May 14, 1996. Remains were cremated.