Guest AuthorOctober 9, 20135min178
Last of four parts. On Nov. 7, 1944, Floridians went to the polls. The re-election of President Franklin Roosevelt to a fourth term was the compelling headline. The race for governor, featuring Millard Caldwell against his Republican opponent Bert Leigh Acker, was not a page-one story. Florida’s Grand Old Party (GOP), still burdened by the […]