1. Alexander Mann "Ander" Crenshaw was born on September 1,1944 and is an American banker, attorney, and politician who served as the US representative for from 2001 to 2017.
21 Facts About Ander Crenshaw
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Ander Crenshaw was an investment banker before being elected to Congress.
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Ander Crenshaw served in the Florida State House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978 and in the Florida State Senate from 1986 to 1994.
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Ander Crenshaw was the first Republican Senate president in 118 years.
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Ander Crenshaw was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2000.
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In 1978, Ander Crenshaw won the Republican primary for Florida Secretary of State.
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Ander Crenshaw lost the general election to Democrat George Firestone.
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In 1980, Ander Crenshaw ran in the Republican primary for Florida's US Senate election, finishing third in a multi-candidate field.
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Ander Crenshaw served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 through 1978.
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Ander Crenshaw returned to public office in 1986, winning a special election for a seat in the Florida Senate that he held through 1994.
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Ander Crenshaw became the first Republican elected president of the Senate in 118 years in November 1992, but agreed to serve only one year instead of the usual two, as a compromise between Republicans and Democrats who were evenly split in the Senate that year.
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Ander Crenshaw largely kept a low profile during his congressional tenure.
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On September 29,2008, Ander Crenshaw voted for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which created the Troubled Assets Relief Program.
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Ander Crenshaw was one of only three Florida Republicans to do so.
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Ander Crenshaw finished fourth behind Tom Gallagher and Jim Smith.
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In 2000, Ander Crenshaw returned to politics when he won the Republican nomination for the 4th District after Tillie Fowler retired to honor a self-imposed four-term limit.
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Ander Crenshaw easily won in November, becoming only the fourth person to represent this district since its creation in 1943.
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Ander Crenshaw was reelected five times with no substantive opposition in what has become one of the most Republican districts in Florida.
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Ander Crenshaw even ran unopposed in 2002 and 2004, and faced no major-party opposition in 2010 or 2012.
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Ander Crenshaw is a son-in-law of former Governor of Florida Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.
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In 2013, Ander Crenshaw was awarded the Malaria Action Award for his work against malaria by Malaria No More.