Frederica Smith Wilson was born on Frederica Patricia Smith, November 5,1942 and is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011, representing.
24 Facts About Frederica Wilson
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Frederica Wilson gained national attention in 2012 for her comments on the death of Trayvon Martin.
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Frederica Wilson is known for her large and colorful hats, of which she owns several hundred.
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Frederica Wilson has gone through efforts to get Congress to lift its ban on head coverings during House sessions, which dates to 1837.
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Frederica Wilson earned her bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in 1963 and her master of arts degree from the University of Miami in 1972, both in elementary education.
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Frederica Wilson served as the principal of Skyway Elementary School in Miami.
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Frederica Wilson represented the 104th district in the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.
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Frederica Wilson then represented the 33rd district in the Florida Senate from 2002 until her election to Congress in 2010, when term limits prevented her from running again.
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Frederica Wilson served as Minority Leader Pro Tempore in 2006, then Minority Whip.
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When Kendrick Meek retired from Florida's 17th congressional district to run for the United States Senate in 2010, Frederica Wilson ran for the open seat and won the Democratic nomination.
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Frederica Wilson said they had one goal: "to make President Obama a one-term president".
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Frederica Wilson took a vocal stance in the death of Trayvon Martin, a constituent of hers whose family she said she had known all her life.
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Frederica Wilson was both praised and criticized for saying shortly after the killing that the motive of the accused, George Zimmerman, was racism.
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Frederica Wilson suggested in March 2012 that Zimmerman had "hunted" Martin based simply on his race.
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Frederica Wilson organized a rally in Miami on April 1,2012, calling for Zimmerman's imprisonment.
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Frederica Wilson criticized Florida's self-defense gun law, the "Stand Your Ground" law, in the wake of Martin's killing, even though she voted for it as a legislator.
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Frederica Wilson said that when new laws work against the people, the laws "should be looked at and repealed".
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Frederica Wilson has been calling for tougher laws to prevent racial profiling.
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Frederica Wilson led efforts to combat bullying and hazing both as the South Atlantic regional director for Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and as a member of Congress.
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Frederica Wilson said Trump "was almost like joking" and that he said "he [Johnson] knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt".
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Frederica Wilson attacked Wilson for having listened to the phone call and claimed that she had a "history of politicizing what should be sacred moments", citing the 2015 dedication of an FBI field office in Miami as an example.
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Frederica Wilson claimed that her speech at that ceremony was "about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building" from then-President Obama.
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Frederica Wilson married Paul Frederica Wilson in 1963 and was widowed when he died in 1988.
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Frederica Wilson has a large collection that includes hundreds of hats of different varieties.