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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramPainted portrait of Florida's 32nd Supreme Court Justice William A. Hocker.
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Born December 5, 1844 in Buckingham County, Virginia. Educated at Hampden-Sidney College of the University of Virginia. Admitted to bar, 1869. Moved to Florida, 1874. Member of Florida Legislature in 1877 representing Sumter County and in 1891 representing Lake County. Member of 1885 Constitutional Convention. Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit 1893-1901. Served as Florida Supreme Court Justice from January 6, 1903-January 5, 1915. William Adam Hocker died in Jacksonville on July 16, 1918.
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