Richard Ervin
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| In office 1949 – 1964 |
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| Born | January 26, 1905 Carrabelle, Florida |
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| Died | August 24, 2004 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Richard W. Ervin, Jr. (January 26, 1905 in Carrabelle, Florida - August 24, 2004 in Tallahassee, Florida) was the Florida Attorney General from 1949 to 1964, and he also served as chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1971. He is credited with guiding the state from segregation (based on the brief he wrote to the United States Supreme Court's request from each state's Attorney General on how to rule regarding Brown v. Board of Education), and desegregating its schools. His son, Richard W. Ervin III, was a judge of the First District Court of Appeal for 30 years and retired at the end of 2006.
Ervin was a graduate of the University of Florida where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and earned his law degree at the University of Florida College of Law.
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