Pork Chop Gang
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The Pork Chop Gang was a group of twenty Democratic Party legislators from rural areas of North Florida who worked together to dominate the Florida legislature, especially to maintain segregation and
Pork Chop Gang, 1956.
Photograph of the Aucilla River at Nutall Rise by Raeburn C. Horne's fish camp
The Raeburn C. Horne fish camp (1960s)
Edward Ball (businessman)
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Edward Gresham Ball was a businessman who wielded powerful political influence in Florida for decades. Referred to as "a law unto himself", despite the fact that he never held public office and did no
Pork Chop Gang
…massive growth of urban areas in earlier years." The key figure in the group, coordinating their activities, although not a legislator, was industrialist Ed Ball. Legislator Howell Lancaster was a leader for the group. Their favorite haunt was the fish camp of legislator Raeburn C. Horne, at Nutall Rise, in…
Edward Ball
Alfred du Pont, Ball's mentor
sister Jessie Ball du Pont