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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramPortrait of U.S. Senator Spessard Lindsey Holland speaking about the Panama Canal - Tallahassee, Florida.
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Accompanying note: "Florida's senior U.S. Senator, Spessard Holland, above, in a news conference today said the United States could make some concessions in the Panama Canal dispute but 'we must not give up the canal.' Holland, former governor of Florida and a member of the U.S. Senate for 18 years, made no formal announcement to again campaign for the Senate seat."
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Senator Holland was born in Bartow, Florida on July 10, 1892. Graduated from Emory College in 1912 and then from the University of Florida College of Law in 1916. During the First World War he served in Army Air Corps in France 1918. He was a member of the Florida State Senate 1932-1940. Served as Governor of Florida from 1941 until 1945. Served as a member of the U.S. Senate from September 25, 1946 until January 2, 1971. He died on November 6, 1971.
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