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Bil Grant | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Don Fuqua |
| Succeeded by | Pete Peterson |
| Member of theFlorida Senate from the 5th district | |
| In office January 1983 – January 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Pete Skinner |
| Succeeded by | Wayne Hollingsworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James William Grant (1943-09-21)September 21, 1943 (age 82) Lake City, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (before 1989) Republican (1989–present) |
| Education | Florida State University (BA) University of Florida (attended) |
James William "Bill" Grant (born September 21, 1943) is an American banker and former politician fromMadison, Florida. From 1987 to 1991, he served two terms in theUnited States House of Representatives.
A graduate ofFlorida State University, he attended theUniversity of Florida for graduate studies. He is a fifth generation Floridian whose family has lived in North Florida since before statehood. He is a former Member of the Florida State Senate and the United States Congress and his party’s nominee to the U.S. Senate. Prior to beginning his political career, he organized and ran several North Florida commercial banks and was twice elected president of the Florida Bankers Association.[citation needed]
He representedFlorida's 2nd congressional district in theU.S. Congress from 1987 to 1991. After being elected as aDemocrat from theTallahassee-based 2nd District to succeed 12-term DemocratDon Fuqua, he switched parties to become aRepublican on February 21, 1989.
He was defeated for reelection inU.S. House election, 1990 byDouglas Peterson, and ran unsuccessfully for theSenate in1992, losing to incumbentBob Graham.
After leaving politics, he organized and is now CEO of MK Meridian, Inc, an international conflict resolution, trade, and diplomatic advisory firm. In that capacity, he has mediated numerous sovereign and commercial conflicts across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He helped organize theUnited Africa Association, a 13-nation effort for promoting pan-African self-help, free-enterprise capitalism, and democracy.[citation needed]
In 1997, with the assistance of the government of Egypt, he negotiated the end to the first Somali civil war and authored a draft constitutional government for that nation. He has been the senior advisor to two sovereign foreign governments and twice served as Special United States Congressional Envoy to international trouble spots. He served as Executive Vice President ofWorldwide Chemical, LLC, a multi-faceted chemical production facility inUkraine with 11,000 employees and a worldwide market.[citation needed]
Grant is married to the former Janet Krawiec; they have two children; Madison Kathleen and Kinsey Regan. He has two children from a previous marriage: John Alan and Carter Richmond.[citation needed]
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's 2nd congressional district 1987–1991 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromFlorida (Class 3) 1992 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
| Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative |
