William C. Lantaff

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William C. Lantaff
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 4th district
In office 1951 - 1955
Born	July 31, 1913 Buffalo, New York
Died	January 28, 1970 Miami, Florida
Political party	Democratic

William Courtland Lantaff—also known as Bill Lantaff— (born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, July 31, 1913 and died in Miami, Florida January 28, 1970) was a Democratic politician from Florida. He served as State court judge in Florida, 1939; member of Florida House of Representatives, 1947-50; U.S. Representative from Florida 4th District, 1951-55. He did not run for renomination in 1954.

Lantaff's family moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1921 and to Miami, Florida in 1929. He graduated from the University of Florida (where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity in 1935 and from the University of Florida College of Law in 1936. He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1937 and practiced law in Miami, serving as assistant city judge of Miami Beach in 1939 and 1940. He was inducted into the Florida National Guard as a first lieutenant in January 1941 where he served as executive officer for the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department General Staff. He was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in November 1945 but returned to active duty from September through December 1950, while he was running for Congress.

Lantaff was a delegate to the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions. At the conclusion of his political career, he returned to the law and was involved in banking and advertising. In 1967, he became a founding board member of the Dade Community Foundation. He died in 1970 at the age of 62 and is buried in Woodlawn Park Cemetery, Miami.

Preceded by George A. Smathers

United States Representative for the 4th Congressional District of Florida 1951–1955

Succeeded by Dante Fascell