William H. Lehman (October 5, 1913 – March 16, 2005) was a United States Representative from Florida.
Born in Selma, Alabama, he graduated from Dallas Academy and Selma High School, 1930. He received a B.S. from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1934 and attended Oxford University in 1965.
He was an auto dealer and a teacher at Miami Norland Junior High School in Miami, Florida in 1963–1964, and was an instructor at Miami-Dade Junior College in 1965–1966.
He was a member of the Miami-Dade County School Board from 1966 to 1972, and was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1993. He was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992. The Congressman's papers are available for research at Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida. See finding aids at http://eguides.barry.edu/aecontent.php?pid=207784&sid=1732349 for additional information. William Lehman Elementary School in Miami, Florida, and the William H. Lehman Causeway are named after him.
He died in 2005 in Miami Beach, aged 91.
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| New district | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district 1973–1983 |
Succeeded by Connie Mack |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 17th congressional district 1983–1993 |
Succeeded by Carrie P. Meek |
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