William Lehman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida | |
| In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Carrie Meek |
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| Chair of theMiami-Dade County Public School Board | |
| In office January 5, 1971 – June 7, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | G. Holmes Braddock |
| Succeeded by | G. Holmes Braddock |
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| Born | (1913-10-05)October 5, 1913 Selma, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 2005(2005-03-16) (aged 91) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Alabama Oxford University |
| Occupation | Politician, auto dealer, teacher |
William M. Lehman (October 5, 1913 – March 16, 2005) was an American politician. He served in theUnited States Representative, representingFlorida from 1973 until 1993.
Born inSelma, Alabama, Lehman graduated fromDallas Academy andSelma High School in 1930. He received a B.S. from theUniversity of Alabama atTuscaloosa in 1934 and attendedOxford University in 1965. He was a brother ofZeta Beta Tau.[1]
He was an auto dealer and a teacher atMiami Norland Junior High School inMiami, Florida, in 1963–1964, while also working as an instructor atMiami-Dade Junior College in 1965–1966.
He was a member of theMiami-Dade County School Board from 1966 to 1972, and was elected as aDemocrat to theNinety-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1993. He was not a candidate for renomination to theOne Hundred Third Congress in 1992. Segments of the area the seat occupied were folded into a district currently served byDebbie Wasserman Schultz. Serving as chair of the Miami-Dade county transportation subcommittee, he helped create theMetrorail andTri-Rail systems. Other work includes the assisted creation of the trauma care center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.[2]
He died in 2005 inMiami Beach, aged 91. William Lehman Elementary School in Miami, Florida, and theWilliam Lehman Causeway are named after him.
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| New district | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's 13th congressional district 1973–1983 | Succeeded by |
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