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| death_place = Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |resting_place=Chiles Family Estate Lakeland, Florida | party = Democratic | spouse = Rhea May Grafton (m. 1951–1998; his death); 4 children | alma_mater = University of Florida | religion = Presbyterianism | jr/sr2 = United States Senator | state2 = Florida | term_start2 = January 3, 1971 | term_end2 = January 3, 1989 | predecessor2 = Spessard Holland | successor2 = Connie Mack III | office3 = Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget | term_start3 = January 3, 1987 | term_end3 = January 3, 1989 | predecessor3 = Pete Domenici | successor3 = Jim Sasser | office4 = Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging | term_start4 = January 3, 1979 | term_end4 = January 3, 1981 | predecessor4 = Frank Church | successor4 = H. John Heinz III | allegiance = | branch = | serviceyears = 1953–1954 | battles = Korean War }} Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. (April 3, 1930 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Korean War veteran, Chiles later returned to Florida for law school and eventually opened his own private practice in 1955. Three years later, Chiles entered politics with a successful bid for the Florida House of Representatives in 1958, as a member of Democratic Party. By 1966, Chiles left the Florida House to run for the Florida Senate. Despite 12 years in the Florida Legislature, Chiles was relatively unknown when he initially decided to bid for United States Senate in 1970. Thus, he embarked on a 1,003 mile walk from Key West to Pensacola, earning him the nickname "Walkin' Lawton". It was successful and Chiles defeated his opponent William C. Cramer by a 53.9%-46.1% margin. Chiles retired from the United States Senate and from politics entirely in 1989. However, supporters convinced him to run for Governor of Florida in 1990 against the unpopular incumbent Bob Martinez, and Chiles defeated Martinez by a 13-point margin (56.5% to 43.5%). During his first term as Governor of Florida, Lawton Chiles brought reform to health care in the state of Florida and oversaw recovery efforts from Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Chiles faced a tough re-election bid in 1994 against Jeb Bush, who was a businessman and son of former President of the United States George H. W. Bush. Chiles prevailed over Bush by fewer than 64,000 votes. In his second term, Chiles was known for his reforms to education in Florida. On December 12, 1998, he suffered a heart attack and died at the Florida Governor's Mansion, leaving Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKay to serve the remaining 23 days of Chiles' unexpired term. ==Early life== Chiles was born in Polk County, Florida near Lakeland, the son of Margaret Kate (née Patterson) and Lawton Mainor Chiles. He attended public school at Lakeland High School, then went on to the University of Florida at Gainesville. At the University of Florida, he was active in student politics, and was inducted into both the university Hall of Fame (the most prestigious honor a student can receive at UF) and Florida Blue Key. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He graduated in 1952. Following his college years, he entered the Korean War as an artillery officer in the United States Army. After the war, Chiles returned to the University of Florida for law school, from which he graduated in 1955; he passed the state bar exam that year and went into private practice in Lakeland. He was married to Rhea Grafton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawton Chiles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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