QUESTION :  What US State Governor sounded as if he was into malacology ?
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Answer:
 
Fred Preston Cone
(1871–1948)
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Twenty-seventh governor
January 5, 1937, to January 7, 1941
 
Fred Cone was born in Benton in Columbia County on September 28, 1871. He
was admitted to the Florida bar in 1892 and practiced in Lake City, where he
also was a banker. He served in the Florida Senate from 1907 to 1913 and was
president in 1911.
 
During Cone's administration, Florida had an outstanding exhibit at the New
York World's Fair. In addition, the state highway patrol, financed by
drivers license fees, began operation.
 
Cone was defeated in 1940 for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
After his term as governor ended, he returned to Lake City, where he died on
July 28, 1948.
 
Source: View Oil on canvas, by Clyde May, 1937
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dhr/governors/cone.htm
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Coming from Florida you can bet he appreciated cone shells !
 
Bruce Livett
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: (new Cone Shell and Conotoxins HomePage)
http://grimwade.biochem.unimelb.edu.au/cone
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