19 Facts About Park Trammell

Park Monroe Trammell was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida.

Park Trammell previously served as the Governor of Florida and Florida Attorney General.

Park Trammell was born on April 9,1876, in Macon County, Alabama.

Park Trammell attended Vanderbilt University in 1898, before enlisting in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.

Park Trammell served in the Quartermaster Corps, and was stationed in Tampa, Florida.

Park Trammell was admitted into the Florida Bar the same year.

In 1902, Park Trammell was elected to the Florida House of Representatives, representing Polk County.

Park Trammell served in the Florida House until 1904, when he was elected to the Florida Senate for Polk County.

From 1905 until 1907, Park Trammell was the President of the Florida Senate.

Park Trammell resigned from the senate the following year, and returned to private practice.

In 1909, Trammell was appointed to serve as the 19th Florida Attorney General by Governor Albert W Gilchrist.

Park Trammell's governorship was known for his blatant racism, endorsing racial segregation and overlooking the lynching of African Americans.

Park Trammell opposed, for instance, US Supreme Court nominees Harlan F Stone in 1925 and John J Parker in 1930, the prior being successfully appointed to the court.

Park Trammell was the chairman of the Senate Expenditures in the Treasury Department Committee from 1917 until 1919, and of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee from 1933 until his death in 1936.

Park Trammell died at his home in Washington, DC, on May 8,1936.

The Park Trammell Building at the Florida State Mental Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida, dedicated in 1956, is used to house the geriatric population of the institution.

Park Trammell later married Beatrice Padgett, a divorced woman with a son, in 1934.

Park Trammell had no children of his own with either woman.

Park Trammell was a member of the Freemasons, the Knights of Pythias, and the Woodmen of the World.