Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
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N 30° 24.145 W 081° 25.941
17R E 458469 N 3363457
Located at what was the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte Broward on the corner of Heckscher Drive and Fort George Road.
Waymark Code: WM48VX
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2008
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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Florida’s 19th governor, was born on a farm in Duval County, April 19, 1857. He had many occupations: farm hand, steamboat roustabout, cod fisherman on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, seaman on steam and sail boats, pilot on the St. Johns River, joint owner of a river steamboat, operator of a wood yard, phosphate developer, and owner of a steam tug. Broward commanded his tug on eight voyages through the Spanish blockade with war material for Cuban revolutionaries. His gunrunning voyages, which were in conflict with U.S laws of neutrality, established Broward as a national celebrity. He was elected sheriff of Duval County, Jacksonville City councilman, member of the 1901 Florida House of Representatives, and member of the State Board of Health from 1901 to 1904. Broward was elected governor in 1904. He unified the state’s institutions of higher learning under a Board of Control, and began an effort to drain the Everglades. He opposed corporate, political influence, and sought to end railroad and business abuses. Broward was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1908 while governor but won the nomination two years later. He died in Jacksonville, October 1, 1910, before becoming a senator. His Great Floridian plaque is located at the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward House, 9953 Hecksher Drive, Ft. George Island, Jacksonville.
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