Floyd Nease (politician)

Floyd William Nease II (born 1952) is the former Democratic Party Majority Leader of the Vermont House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Nease was born August 2, 1952 in Boston, the son of Stephen W. Nease and the grandson of Floyd W. Nease. He attended high school in Mount Vernon, Ohio and earned an associate's degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene College before attending the Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts for his baccalaureate education. He later earned a master's degree from Antioch University in 1986.^[1]

Career

Nease was the director of Laraway Youth and Family Services and served as a Vermont state representative from 2002 until his resignation in January 2011. He served as the house majority leader for two terms. He represented District 3: Lamoille County, Vermont.^[1]

Notes and references

↑ 1.0 1.1 Project Vote Smart: Floyd Nease

External links

Vermont Public Radio: Patti Komline & Floyd Nease on legislative priorities, Monday March 16, 2009

Members of the Vermont House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Shap Smith (D)
Majority Leader: Willem Jewett (D)
Minority Leader: Donald H. Turner (R)
Progressive Leader: Christopher Pearson (P)

Betty Nuovo (D, Add.-1)
Amy Sheldon (D, Add.-1)
Willem Jewett (D, Add.-2)
Diane Lanpher (D, Add.-3)
Warren Van Wyck (R, Add.-3)
Fred Baser (R, Add.-4)
David Sharpe (D, Add.-4)
Harvey Smith (R, Add.-5)
Alyson Eastman (I, Add.-Rut.-1)
Bill Botzow (D, Benn.-1)
Timothy Corcoran II (D, Benn.-2-1)
Rachael Fields (D, Benn.-2-1)
Ruqaiyah Morris (D, Benn.-2-2)
Mary Morrissey (R, Benn.-2-2)
Alice Miller (D, Benn.-3)
Steven Berry (D, Benn.-4)
Cynthia Browning (D, Benn.-4)
Patti Komline (R, Benn.-Rut.-1)
Marcia Martel (R, Cal.-1)
Joseph Troiano (D, Cal.-2)
Scott Beck (R, Cal.-3)
Janssen Willhoit (R, Cal.-3)
Richard Lawrence (R, Cal.-4)
Martha Feltus (R, Cal.-4)
Kitty Beattie Toll (D, Cal.-Wash.-1)
Anne Therea O'Brien (D, Chit.-1)
Terence Macaig (D, Chit.-2)
Jim McCullough (D, Chit.-2)
William Frank (D, Chit.-3)
George Till (D, Chit.-3)
Mike Yantachka (D, Chit.-4-1)
William J. Lippert (D, Chit.-4-2)
Kate Webb (D, Chit.-5-1)
Joan Lenes (D, Chit.-5-2)
Joanna Cole (D, Chit.-6-1)
Kurt Wright (R, Chit.-6-1)
Jean O'Sullivan (D, Chit.-6-2)
Jill Krowinski (D, Chit.-6-3)
Curtis McCormack (D, Chit.-6-3)
Christopher Pearson (P, Chit.-6-4)
Kesha Ram (D, Chit.-6-4)
Johannah Leddy Donovan (D, Chit.-6-5)
Mary Sullivan (D, Chit.-6-5)
Barbara Rachelson (D, Chit.-6-6)
Clem Bissonnette (D, Chit.-6-7)
Diana Gonzalez (P, Chit.-6-7)
Martin LaLonde (D, Chit.-7-1)
Ann Pugh (D, Chit.-7-2)
Helen Head (D, Chit.-7-3)
Maida Townsend (D, Chit.-7-4)

Debbie Evans (D, Chit.-8-1)
Linda Myers (R, Chit.-8-1)
Tim Jerman (D, Chit.-8-2)
Paul Dame (R, Chit.-8-2)
Robert Bancroft (R, Chit.-8-3)
Joey Purvis (R, Chit.-9-1)
Jim Condon (D, Chit.-9-1)
Patrick Brennan (R, Chit.-9-2)
Maureen Dakin (D, Chit.-9-2)
Ronald Hubert (R, Chit.-10)
Donald H. Turner (R, Chit.-10)
Constance Quimby (R, Ess.-Cal.)
Paul Lefebvre (R, Ess.-Cal.-Orl.)
Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R, Frank.-1)
Barbara Murphy (I, Frank.-2)
Kathleen Keenan (D, Frank.-3-1)
Corey Parent (R, Frank.-3-1)
Eileen Dickinson (R, Frank.-3-2)
Marianna Gamache (R, Frank.-4)
Brian K. Savage (R, Frank.-4)
Stephen Beyor (R, Frank.-5)
Albert Pearce (R, Frank.-5)
Daniel Connor (D, Frank.-6)
Larry Fiske (R, Frank.-7)
Mitzi Johnson (D, G.I.-Chit.-1)
Robert Krebs (D, G.I.-Chit.-1)
Heidi Scheurermann (R, Lam.-1)
Linda Martin (D, Lam.-2)
Mark Woodward (D, Lam.-2)
Bernard Juskiewicz (R, Lam.-3)
Avram Patt (D, Lam.-Wash.)
Shap Smith (D, Lam.-Wash.)
Susan Davis (P, Oran.-1)
Rodney Graham (R, Oran.-1)
Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D, Oran.-2)
Chip Conquest (D, Oran.-Cal.)
Patsy French (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.)
Marjorie Ryerson (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.)
Lynn Batchelor (R, Orl.-1)
Loren Shaw (R, Orl.-1)
Gary Viens (R, Orl.-2)
Michael Marcotte (R, Orl.-2)
Vicki Strong (R, Orl.-Cal.)
Sam Young (D, Orl.-Cal.)
Mark Higley (R, Orl.-Lam.)
Patricia McCoy (R, Rut.-1)
Joseph Burditt (R, Rut.-2)
Dave Potter (D, Rut.-2)
William Canfield (R, Rut.-3)
Robert Helm (R, Rut.-3)

Thomas Terenzini (R, Rut.-4)
Peter Fagan (R, Rut.-5-1)
Lawrence Cupoli (R, Rut.-5-2)
Herb Russell (D, Rut.-5-3)
Douglas Gage (R, Rut.-5-4)
Stephen Carr (D, Rut.-6)
Butch Shaw (R, Rut.-6)
Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (P, Rut.-Benn.)
Job Tate (R, Rut.-Winds.-1)
Dennis Devereux (R, Rut.-Winds.-2)
Anne Donahue (R, Wash.-1)
Patti Lewis (R, Wash.-1)
Robert LaClair (R, Wash.-2)
Francis McFaun (R, Wash.-2)
Paul Poirier (I, Wash.-3)
Tommy Walz (D, Wash.-3)
Mary Hooper (D, Wash.-4)
Warren F. Kitzmiller (D, Wash.-4)
Tony Klein (D, Wash.-5)
Janet Ancel (D, Wash.-6)
Maxine Jo Grad (D, Wash.-7)
Adam Greshin (I, Wash.-7)
Rebecca Ellis (D, Wash.-Chit.)
Tom Stevens (D, Wash.-Chit.)
Michael Herbert (R, Windh.-1)
Valerie Stewart (D, Windh.-2-1)
Mollie S. Burke (P, Windh.-2-2)
Tristan Toleno (D, Windh.-2-3)
Carolyn Partridge (D, Windh.-3)
Matthew A. Trieber (D, Windh.-3)
David Deen (D, Windh.-4)
Mike Mrowicki (D, Windh.-4)
Emily Long (D, Windh.-5)
Ann Manwaring (D, Windh.-6)
Laura Sibilia (I, Windh.-Benn.)
Oliver Olsen (I, Windh.-Benn.-Winds.)
Jon Batholomew (D, Winds.-1)
Donna Sweaney (D, Winds.-1)
Mark Huntley (D, Winds.-2)
Leigh Dakin (D, Winds.-3-1)
Alice Emmons (D, Winds.-3-2)
Robert Forguites (D, Winds.-3-2)
Teo Žagar (D, Winds.-4-1)
Kevin Christie (D, Winds.-4-2)
Gabrielle Lucke (D, Winds.-4-2)
Alison H. Clarkson (D, Winds.-5)
Sarah Buxton (D, Winds.-Oran.-1)
Timothy Briglin (D, Winds.-Oran.-2)
Jim Masland (D, Winds.-Oran.-2)
Sandy Haas (P, Winds.-Rut.)

Democratic (85)
Republican (53)
Progressive (6)
Independent (6)