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The Museum has over 150 oral histories of Florida lawmakers and others associated with the legislative process digitally recorded on video. If you would like more information or to order a copy of any of these oral history interviews, please call (850) 487-1902.

Video/Oral Histories

  • William C. “Bill” Andrews, Representative
  • Philip F. Ashler, Representative and Treasurer
  • Reubin O’D. Askew, Representative, Senator, Governor and U.S. Trade Commissioner
  • Jeffrey H. "Jeff" Atwater, Representative, Senator, Senate President, and Chief Financial Officer
  • Loranne Ausley, Representative
  • Thomas H. Barkdull, Judge
  • Dempsey J. Barron, Representative and Senate President
  • William Dean "Wig" Barrow, Senator
  • Malcolm E. Beard, Representative and Senator
  • Samuel P. Bell, III, Representative
  • Allan George Bense, House Speaker
  • William O. “Bill” Birchfield, Representative
  • Bobby Brantley, Representative and Lieutenant Governor
  • Charles H. "Charlie" Bronson, Jr., Senator and Commissioner of Agriculture
  • J. Hyatt Brown, Speaker
  • J. Hyatt Brown, 25th Anniversary of Speakership
  • Joe Brown, Secretary of Senate
  • Vince Bruner, Senator
  • C. Farris Bryant, Representative and Governor
  • Beverly Burnsed-Spencer, Representative
  • Locke Burt, Senator
  • George L. Caldwell, Representative
  • Ferrin C. Campbell, Representative and Senator
  • Dean Cannon, Representative and House Speaker
  • Doyle Elam Carlton, Jr., Senator
  • Lisa Carlton, Represenatative and Senator
  • Carl Carpenter, Jr., Representative
  • Roberto Casas, Representative and Senate President pro tempore
  • William "Bill" Clark, Representative
  • Mack N.Cleveland, Jr., House Speaker pro tempore and Senator
  • Doyle E. Conner, House Speaker and Commissioner of Agriculture
  • George Crady, Representative
  • H. “Gus Craig”, House Speaker pro tempore
  • William Cato Cramer, Representative and Member of Congress
  • Robert B. “Bob” Crawford, Representative and Senate President
  • Ander Crenshaw, Representative, Senator, Senate President, and U.S. Representative
  • Larry Cretul, Representative and House Speaker
  • John R. Culbreath, Representative
  • Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte, Representative and Former President, Florida State University
  • Paul Danahy, Representative and Judge, Second District Court of Appeals
  • Welborn Daniel, Representative and Senator
  • Thomas E. Danson, Jr., Representative
  • Rick Dantzler, Representative
  • Helen Gordon Davis, Representative and Senator
  • Murray H. Dubbin, Representative
  • Fred R. Dudley, Representative and Senator
  • Peter M. “Pete” Dunbar, Representative
  • James R. Eddy, Representative
  • Marilyn Evans-Jones, Representative
  • Tom Feeney, House Speaker and Member of Congress
  • George Firestone, Representative, Senator and Secretary of State
  • M. “Tony” Fontana, Representative
  • Edmond Fortune, Representative
  • Pat Collier Frank, Representative and Senator
  • Lois J. Frankel, Representative
  • Don Gaetz, Representative, Senator, and Senate President
  • Don Fuqua, Representative and U.S. Representative
  • C. Thomas “Tom” Gallagher, Representative, Treasurer and Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Education, Chief Financial Officer
  • Tom Gallen, Representative and Senator
  • Winston "Bud" Gardner, Represenative and Senator
  • Steven Geller, Representative, Senator, and Senate Minority Leader
  • Sam Melville Gibbons, Representative, Senator and Member of Congress
  • Edmond J. Gong, Representative and Senator
  • Jack D. Gordon, Senate President pro tempore
  • Robert “Bob” Graham, Representative, Senator, Governor and U.S. Senator
  • Ron Greenstein, Representative
  • William C. Grimes, Representative
  • Mary R. Grizzle, Representative and Senator
  • W. D. “Bill” Gunter, Jr., Senator, Member of Congress and Treasurer
  • Joel K. Gustafson, Representative
  • Tom Gustafson, House Speaker
  • Ralph H. Haben, Jr., House Speaker
  • Mike Haridopolos, Represenative, Senator, and Senate President
  • Bert Harris, Jr., Representative
  • Marshall S. Harris, Representative
  • Donald F. “Don” Hazelton, Representative
  • Warren S. Henderson, Representative and Senator
  • W. C. “Cliff” Herrell, Representative and Senator
  • Gene Hodges, Representative
  • W. Randolph Hodges, Senate President
  • Mallory E. Horne, House Speaker and Senate President
  • Earl Hutto, Representative and U.S. Representative
  • William G. "Bill" James, House Minority Leader
  • Toni Jennings, Representative, Senate President, and Lieutenant Governor
  • Bolley L. “Bo” Johnson, House Speaker
  • Elizabeth J. "Beth" Johnson, Representative and Senator
  • Harry A. Johnston II, Senate President and Member of Congress
  • Dennis Jones, Representative and Senator
  • Fred Jones, Representative
  • Frederick B. Karl, Representative, Senator and Supreme Court Justice
  • James E. “Jim” King, Jr., Representative and Senate President
  • S. Curtis “Curt” Kiser, House Minority Leader and Senator
  • Jeff Kottkamp, Representative and Lieutenant Governor
  • Barry Kutun, Representative
  • Phillip W. LaBarge, House Sergeant at Arms
  • Richard H. “Dick” Langley, Representative and Senator
  • Alfred "Al" Lawson, Representative and Senator
  • Tom Lee, Senate President
  • Philip D. “Phil” Lewis, Senate President
  • Fred Lippman, Representative
  • James M. Lombard, Representative
  • Kenneth H. “Buddy” MacKay, Jr., Representative, Senator, Member of Congress, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor
  • William Lacy Mahon, Jr., Representative
  • William H. “Bill” Maness, Representative
  • Gwen Margolis, Representative, Senator, and Senate President
  • Elvin L. Martinez, Representative
  • John M. McKay, Senate President
  • Robert McKnight, Representative and Senator
  • Tom McPherson, Representative and Senator
  • Carrie P. Meek, Representative, Senator and Member of Congress
  • Frank Messersmith, Representative
  • Miley L. Miers, II, Representative
  • Lesley "Les" Miller, Jr., Representative, House Minority Leader, Senator, and Senate Minority Leader
  • Jon L. Mills, House Speaker
  • Wayne Mixson, Representative, Lieutenant Governor and Governor
  • Sandra B. Mortham, House Minority Leader and Secretary of State
  • Kenneth M. “Ken” Myers, Representative and Senator
  • Don Nichols, Representative
  • Carl Ogden, Representative
  • Steve Pajcic, Representative
  • R. Dale Patchett, House Minority Leader
  • Richard A. Pettigrew, House Speaker and Senator
  • Kenneth A. “Ken” Plante, Senate Minority Leader
  • Van Poole, Representative and Senator
  • Bill Posey, Representative, Senator, and U.S. Representative
  • Ed H. Price, Jr., Senator
  • Ken Pruitt, Representative and Senator
  • James L. “Jim” Redman, Representative
  • Richard R. “Dick” Renick, Representative and Senator
  • Curtis Richardson, Representative
  • Ronald L. “Ron” Richmond, Representative and House Minority Leader
  • William J. “Billy Joe” Rish, Representative
  • Walter J. “Buzz” Ritchie, House Minority Leader
  • Luis Rojas, Representative
  • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Representative, Senator, and U.S. Representative
  • John L. Ryals, House Speaker pro tempore
  • A. J. “Red” Ryan, Jr., Representative and Senator
  • Dixie Sansom, Representative
  • Henry B. Sayler, Senator
  • James A. “Jim” Scott, Senate President
  • Frederick H. Schultz, House Speaker
  • T. Terrell Sessums, House Speaker
  • Jack Shreve, Representative
  • Ronald A. “Ron” Silver, Representative and Senator
  • Tom Slade, Representative and Senator
  • George B. Stallings, Jr., Representative
  • Douglas Stenstrom, Senator
  • Richard B. "Dick" Stone, Senator, Secretary of State, and U.S. Senate
  • Amos Sumner, Representative
  • Russell E. Sykes, Representative and Senator
  • Jon C. Thomas, Representative and Senator
  • James Harold Thompson, House Speaker
  • John Thrasher, House Speaker
  • Jim K. Tillman, House Minority Leader
  • Wayne Todd, House Sergeant at Arms
  • Donald L. Tucker, House Speaker
  • Ralph D. Turlington, House Speaker and Commissioner of Education
  • Marjorie Turnbull, Representative
  • John W. Vogt, Senate President
  • Peter Rudy Wallace, House Speaker
  • James G. Ward, Representative
  • Daniel Webster, House Speaker and Senator
  • Wayne Westmark, House Sergeant at Arms
  • T. K Wetherell, House Speaker and President, Florida State University
  • J.H. “Jim” Williams, Senator, Lieutenant Governor, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
  • Lori Wilson, Senator
  • Roger Wilson, Representative
  • Walter Young, Representative
  • 2012 Legislative Reunion Collection of Short Interviews