The 1954 Florida gubernatorial special election was held on November 2, 1954, to elect a successor to Daniel T. McCarty, who died in office on September 28, 1953.
Le Roy Collins
J. Thomas Watson
Charley Eugene Johns
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Charley Eugene Johns was an American politician. Johns was the 32nd Governor of Florida for fifteen months from 1953 to 1955. With the exception of those months, he served in the Florida Senate from 1
1954 Florida gubernatorial special election
…McCarty, who died in office on September 28, 1953. State Senator LeRoy Collins won the Democratic nomination in a three-way race against acting Governor Charley E. Johns and J. Brailey Odham. He defeated Johns in a run-off election with 54.8% of the vote. In the general election, Collins faced J. Thomas Watson, the…
Charley Eugene Johns 1963