William C. Lantaff

William C. Lantaff (1963)

William Courtland Lantaff (born July 31, 1913 in Buffalo , New York , †  January 28, 1970 in Miami , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1955 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1921 William Lantaff came to Jacksonville , Florida. In 1929 he moved to Miami, where he studied at the University of Miami until 1935 . After a subsequent law degree at the College of Law at this university and his admission to the bar in 1936, he began to work in his new profession in Miami. In 1939 and 1940 he was the city judge there. During the Second World War he first served as an officer in the Florida National Guard . Later he was a lieutenant colonel in the intelligence service on the staff of the War Department . In the fall of 1950 he was reactivated as a soldier for three months.

Politically, Lantaff was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1947 and 1950 he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives . In the 1950 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Florida , where he succeeded George Smathers on January 3, 1951 . After re-election in 1952, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1955 . These were shaped by the events of the Korean War .

1954 Lantaff renounced another congressional candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to work as a lawyer. He has also done business in various other industries. Among other things, he was involved in banking and advertising. In 1956 and 1960 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . He died on January 28, 1970 in Miami, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William C. Lantaff in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William C. Lantaff in the database of Find a Grave (English)